by Jenika Snow
Her face became warm as images of her and Tallin flickered through her mind. Riley turned his attention back at the paper, taking another long drink, his hand gripping the mug so tightly that his knuckles were white. She ate the food on her fork, her hand shaking as her emotions were playing havoc in her.
“Tallin went into town. He won’t be back for several hours.”
“Okay.”
“Did you sleep well last night?” he asked genuinely. He glanced up from his paper, his face no longer hard. He leaned back in his seat with one arm outstretched on the table, his whole demeanor relaxed, loving.
She chewed slowly, and then swallowed, knowing he had to know about last night because he was acting a little too curious with her right now. “I slept fine, and you?” She took a drink of her orange juice, seeing a little smile play across his lips. She set her fork down and stared at him.
He shook his head. “I tossed and turned all night.”
She swallowed at Riley’s tone.
He leaned forward. “I was thinking of you all night.”
Her pulse jumped. “You were?”
He only nodded. “Were you thinking about me?”
Her heart jumped into her throat. “I was,” she whispered, being honest.
“I was hoping you were going to come to my room last night, finish what we’d started. I missed you.”
Her cheeks heated, and she knew he noticed. “Believe me, I wanted to…” But Tallin came to my room. She cleared her throat and took another drink.
“Why didn’t you?”
She didn’t regret what had happened, but she also didn’t know how to respond. “Because.” It was all she could say.
He reached out and touched her hand, stroking her fingers over her skin, looking right in her eyes.
“Come with me into the study, Lilly.” His voice had gone deep, husky.
With that, he got up, cleared his setting, and left the room. She sat there a moment, knowing she was going to follow him, but steeling herself for how this would go. She looked down at her half-eaten food, her appetite gone all of a sudden. Lilly pushed the plate away, and sat there for a second before standing and clearing off her setting.
She turned her attention to the hallway, knowing she needed to be honest and thinking now was a good a time as any.
Chapter Ten
Revelations and Confessions
Lilly was breathing harder than normal by the time she got to Riley’s study. The door was closed, and she stopped in front of it, just staring at the smooth wood. Grabbing he cold brass handle and turning, she pushed it open and stood there staring at Riley.
“Come here, Lilly,” he said in a deep voice.
She stepped inside and closed the door behind her, looking at him as he sat in an oversized chair by the window. He was bracing his elbows on his knees, his glasses off and sitting on his desk, and his expression stormy. He didn’t fully face her, just continued to watch as the snow fell.
“We need to talk, love.”
Her heart ached at his gentle words, making her emotions that much more heightened. She walked over to him and knelt. A surprised expression crossed his features
“We do,” she stated. It was time to get all of this out there, to really know what he wanted, and if being a triad was their future. She took a deep breath, closing her eyes briefly as she decided where to start. “You know how much I love you right?” She waited a heartbeat before she continued. He nodded his response. “You know how much I love Tallin, right?”
He stood and faced her fully, nodding again.
“I’m in love you both so much … I want both of you in my life as more than what we’ve ever shared.” She looked into his face, thankful he gave her the time to say this, and that he wasn’t trying to speak right now. “I just love you so much, Riley.” The words were barely out before Riley was moving toward her. “I’m so in love with both of you, and Tallin said—”
He had his hand behind her head, his fingers tunneled in her hair, and was kissing her before she could get the rest of the words out.
He moved them backward so her ass bumped into his desk, and she was forced to reach behind her and brace her hands on the wood.
He took possession of her mouth, his tongue spearing in and teasing her, tasting her. She gasped when he pulled away and trailed his tongue down her neck, his teeth gently nipping at the base of her throat.
“Riley?” She was surprised by this intensity from him, especially after what she’d just told him. He still hadn’t said anything yet, and she knew sex wasn’t the answer. They needed to talk, and she needed to make sure he was okay with this.
He nipped and licked at her throat, groaning and pressing his rock hard erection into her belly. Riley had always been the gentler and sweeter among the boys, but this dominating and controlling emotions coming from him was startling as well as arousing. Already her pussy was soaking wet, her clit swelling with her desire as he continued to torment her skin.
“God, Lilly.” His voice was low and heavy, thick with his own arousal. He tightened his hands on her waist, flexing and relaxing his fingers on her flesh. Then he slipped the digits under the hem of her shirt and slowly moved them up.
“Wait,” she managed to breathe out, and he instantly stopped. Riley pulled back and looked into her face, his amber colored eyes stormy and filled with arousal. “I need to know how you feel about what I just said.”
He swallowed, the column of his throat working from the act. Riley took a step back and looked at her. He was sporting a huge erection, the front of his slacks tented. Lifting his hand and running a hand over his short blond hair, the silence stretched out between them. “Tallin and I got drunk one time, a while back. It was shortly after you left. I was feeling like shit because I was already in love with you but never had the balls to actually admit my feelings to you or anyone else.”
He kept his focus on her, and she made sure to stay silent. What Riley was saying, she knew was what she’d want to hear.
“Christian was out of town, so it was just Tallin and I. One thing led to another and we were both trashed, and saying a bunch of shit we’d never told anyone.” He ran a hand over his hair again, an act she knew was due to nerves. “I admitted how much I was in love with you, and how I never told you because I was too weak, and also because I knew you were leaving and I didn’t want to screw up the plans you had.”
She felt her heart jump at the fact Riley was sharing this, and that he’d never told her his feelings because he didn’t want to get in the way of her plans with her career.
“Tallin, even piss ass drunk, seemed like he was sober. He admitted how he felt, too, but we both thought it best to just let it go because of where you were at in your life, and the fact we were all friends.”
“Oh, Riley.” She wished that they’d been able to take about this stuff back then, but the truth was she hadn’t appreciated how precious life was until Christian had been taken away. The truth was she knew she’d always been in love with them, but she’d never fully accepted it, never allowed herself to bring those feelings up from her soul. She’d focused on school, on starting her career. Now that Christian was gone and the truth of their emotions was coming to the surface, she was tired of hiding, of not doing and experiencing what was important in life.
“We are in love with you, and during that drunken talk, and even more recently, after you came back to Burkett and have been staying here, we decided that if there was ever a chance we were able to be with you, we’d take it, no matter what.” He smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “And we knew that if you wanted one of us but not the other, we’d step away, let you be happy.”
“And if I want both of you?” she whispered, her heart beating so fast.
He took a step closer to her, so close she felt his heat. “Then we’d be the two luckiest men in the world, Lilly. We’d share you, protect you, make you so damn happy you never had to fear that the sadness of what happened would co
nsume you.” He reached out and cupped her cheek. “We’d be so good to you, sweetheart.”
She licked her lips, leaned more into Riley’s touch, and knew she wanted this, wanted both of them. “I want to be with both of you, Riley. I’m in love with you and Tallin.”
He smiled, and this time it did reach his eyes. “I know, sweetheart. I know you were with Tallin last night, and I’m happy about that.”
Her heart palpated.
Riley took another step forward. “In fact, knowing you were with Tallin, knowing that there was even a possibility you’d want us both in your life, turned me on so much, Lilly.” He took hold of her wrist and placed it between their bodies, right over his erection. “This is what you do to me. Just thinking about you, thinking about you with Tallin, getting off because of it, because you want both of us, makes me so damn hard Lilly.”
Lilly couldn’t control the torrent of emotions moving in her.
“Do you like knowing you do this to me?” he asked with heat in his voice.
She couldn’t answer, couldn’t find her voice. Instead she nodded. And then something crackled and sizzled behind Riley’s eyes. He started kissing her, claiming her mouth with all the possession she yearned for. He went for her shirt, pulled it up and over her head unceremoniously, and never once did he stop kissing her.
Lilly pulled back and breathed heavily when he unhooked her bra and slid it off her body. Her breasts spilled free a second before his mouth latched onto one of her aching nipples. She threw her head back and moaned, not about to stop the sound from leaving. He gripped her breast with his other hand and tweaked her nipple between thumb and forefinger. He let go of the elongated bud with a resounding pop, and her skin cooled when the chilly air touched the sensitized flesh.
Riley covered her mouth with his again. He lifted her up and onto the desk, and she spread her legs wide to accommodate his larger frame. A gasp left her when he ground his erection against her jean-covered pussy. She wanted to be fully naked for him. She tilted her head to get better access to his lips, his tongue roaming the inside of her mouth with such skilled concentration she thought she would pass out from the pleasure.
“That’s it, sweetheart. Just give yourself to me,” he murmured against her mouth.
She felt his hands slip start to undo the button and zipper of her pants before pulling them and her panties off. Lifting her ass to help him get the offending material off, she was so aroused all she could do was go through the motions. The air wafted over her thighs and overheated pussy. He broke the kiss and stared down at her with a heated expression, his breathing erratic, his lips red from their kissing. She looked at him with wide eyes, touching her tingling lips in remembrance, in shock at how turned on she was.
“I want you so badly, Lilly. If you aren’t sure about all of this, about being with Tallin and me, I’ll stop. God help me, it won’t be easy, but I’ll stop.” His voice was gruff and low as he watched her.
She knew Riley would stop in an instant if that was what she really wanted.
But I don’t want that.
He appeared tense, his expression one of fierce concentration while he waited for her response. He stroked his fingers over her side and belly, waiting for her to lead the way, to cease or move this forward.
“I want this. Please don’t stop.”
He groaned. “Your happiness is my happiness. Your pleasure is my pleasure.” He didn’t elaborate, but then again he didn’t need to. He was telling her in so many words he accepted what she wanted, whom she wanted.
She focused on him, her heart racing. Her whole life had changed in such a short period of time, in some ways bad, but in others for the good. He cupped her head, his smile one of knowing, love, and acceptance. He leaned in and kissed her. His tongue slipped past the seam of her lips and pushed against her tongue. His hands moved down to her ass, gripped it, and gathered her to the edge of the desk.
With one hand on her ass, he used his other one to move over her hip and belly. He was so close to her pussy that she could hardly stand it. She needed him to touch her. He leaned back, his eyes filled with desire as he roamed his gaze over her naked flesh.
“You’re so beautiful.”
She shivered, not from the chill in the air but from the way he was staring at her. She moved her view down, swallowing thickly as his erection strained against the front of his pants. Even through the fabric she could tell how thick and long his cock was. His hands went to his belt, and he unbuckled and unzipped his pants. The material hung open while he took off his oxford and pushed it off his shoulders. His flesh was smooth, his abdomen so defined and toned.
Without thinking, she reached out and traced his external oblique muscles—that perfect V in his abdomen. His skin was so tight and distinct that she felt her pussy become even wetter.
She ran her fingers up, moving them along the ridges that made up his six-pack and over his small copper-colored nipples. She lightly scraped her nails along the flat disks, which elicited a deep groan from him. His hands went to his pants, sliding them fully down so they were at his feet now. His cock was big and long, hard and ready with a pearl-sized drop of pre-cum formed at the slit.
Licking her lips caused him to groan again. She lifted her gaze up to his face, his expression one of pure lust.
“You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for this moment, how long I’ve wanted you to know I’m in love with you.” He wrapped his hands around her hips. “I’m going to make you feel so good.”
Lilly instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. His cock pressed snugly against her cleft, which sent tingles of pleasure through her. Their lips meshed as he lifted her off the desk and carried them out of the office and into a spare bedroom down the hall.
Yes, she was really going to do this, had told them both what she wanted, and now she just had to accept the fact her life would never be the same. And damn did that make her feel good.
Chapter Eleven
Love of Life
Riley shut the bedroom door with his foot, his mouth unrelenting on hers as he set her on the bed and moved over her. He pressed his body against hers, and she spread her legs wide to accommodate him. He broke the kiss and trailed his mouth down her neck, leaving a path of fire in his wake.
“What you do to me…” he murmured against her throat, and she lifted her hips in invitation, needing his cock in her pussy. He gave her throat one last lick before gripping her hips and flipping her over on her stomach. This assertiveness was so unlike the Riley she’d know he whole life, but she loved it. Riley moved his hands down her back and ass, gave the cheeks a squeeze, and she gasped.
“You have a perfect ass.” He emphasized his point by giving the mounds a light smack. The sound of his flesh slapping against hers heightened the arousal she was already feeling.
His dominance wasn’t as strong as Tallin’s, but it was still so powerful that she squirmed for him, eager to submit.
He covered her back with his chest, his dick resting snugly against the crease of her ass. He started a slow pump of his hips against her ass, his cock so heavy and long that she could feel the head teasing her cleft and clitoris. His hands snaked beneath her, and he lifted her hips so her ass was slightly elevated. When he grabbed two pillows and pushed them under her belly, all she could do was be here and experience it, let Riley take control.
She bent her knees, spreading her thighs wide, and knowing he could see every intimate part of her. She swallowed from the eroticism of the position she was in.
“Stretch out for me.”
She looked at the thick oak beams of the headboard, curling her hands around them and shivering at the control he was taking. Her muscles pulled and stretched in this position, and looking over her shoulder showed Riley was stroking himself as he moved his gaze up and down her body. She would have never guessed Riley to have a dominant streak, but here he did, and she yearned for more.
Lilly faced the wall again and closed her eyes, moani
ng when she felt his hot, wet tongue start a sensual trail down her spine. He gripped her ass cheeks and massaged them slowly before pulling them apart. He laid a small kiss on the small of her back, ran his tongue over the top of her ass, and grunted in pleasure.
She heard him inhale and looked over her shoulder to see his complete attention on her spread pussy. He then leaned forward, his hands on her ass, keeping her spread open, and attacked her slit with his mouth. He mouth fucked her. There was no other way to describe what he was doing. She moaned, dropped her head to the bed, and absorbed the feel of his tongue in her pussy hole and his thumb rolling her clit. She was so close to climaxing that her whole body shook.
“Come in my mouth, Lilly. I want your sweet honey to slide down my throat.”
She made a small noise, a sound of pleading and need. She started to wantonly thrust her vagina into his face, her hips working of their own accord as she tightened her hands around the headboard and screamed into the mattress as her orgasm tore through her.
Riley grunted in pleasure and thrust his tongue into her clenching pussy faster, moved his thumb quicker against the small bud of nerve endings until she was begging him to stop, pleading with him that it was too much.
“It’s never going to be too much, Lilly.” He growled the words against her cleft, wringing one last tremor of pleasure out of her before his chest was covering her back and his shaft was probing the entrance of her pussy. He moved his hands beneath her, his big palms gripping her breasts and squeezing them as he breathed heavily against her shoulder.
“Do it, Riley. Fuck me.” Even after the orgasm he’d just given her, she wanted more. She wanted to feel his long, hard cock thrusting into her, wanted to feel his balls slapping against her clit while he took her from behind. The very images her mind conjured caused her pussy to contract hard, wanting to grip his cock and suck it inside of her.