Maizy the Bear Charmer [Divine Creek Ranch 16] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting)

by Heather Rainier

  Cody smoothed the curls away from her face and said, “You’re here. That’s what we’ve wanted all day. You set to work without even noticing the changes around here. You must’ve been pretty worked up, huh?”

  Maizy took a deep, tremulous breath and let it out. “I guess I was.”

  “You’re not used to having someone to lean on, are you?”

  “I’ve been on my own a while.”

  Cody gently kneaded her shoulders. “You’re not alone anymore. You’ve dealt with the school and any issues on your own but now you have three men who…who are coming to care a great deal for you, angel. We won’t leave you to fend for yourself against people like Mrs. Dumphrey.”

  “But you—”

  “I know that if she has anything to say to you at school that you’d handle that on your own, but, baby, if we give you enough reasons to fight for what we have, you can handle her.”

  Heath removed a baking sheet from one of the kitchen cabinets and started laying the pastry strips on it. As he got the sugar bowl and cinnamon and started sprinkling both over the pastry, she said, “What are you doing?”

  Heath grinned at her as he popped a piece of the raw dough in his mouth and said, “Making pie cookies while you take a long, sexy bath.”

  “While I what?”

  Spencer smiled and said, “We’ve been working all day. We have a surprise for you.”

  Cody poured sangria in a glass filled with crushed ice and handed it to her while Heath placed the baking sheet in the oven and set the timer.

  “Come with us,” Cody said as he took her hand and led her to the hallway.

  “You got more painting done. My goodness, did you work the entire day? You must be exhausted.”

  “Not only did we get more painting done but we got your tub installed and ready to use.”

  “You did?” she asked incredulously. “My tub?”

  Heath came up behind her and caressed her ass cheeks and chuckled when she squealed. “Yeah, baby. You didn’t think we got that tub so the three of us could luxuriate in it together, did you? That’s yours. Now if you want company, we’re all on board with that plan.”

  Cody said, “Matter of fact, we shopped for it with that idea in mind.”

  “Well, I did notice it was a very large tub. Did you actually get into it all together?”

  Cody grinned and nodded. “I guesstimated the size we’d need and we tried it out, with our clothes on, here after it was delivered. We figured there’s just enough room for all of us in there if you lay in our laps.”

  “Oh,” she murmured and squirmed a little as her cheeks grew rosy. “That sounds so sexy. I could play musical chairs…with my bears.” All three of them were surprised at her use of that term and she looked apologetic for a second. “You don’t want me to use that word? I kind of liked it but if you don’t I’d—”

  Cody pulled her clip from her hair and said, “We like it when you use it better than anyone else. You can play musical bears in the tub with us anytime you want, baby.”

  “Musical bears. I like it,” Heath said.

  Spencer nodded, relieved she wasn’t talking about things ending between them anymore and sat down on the edge of the tub to turn on the faucet. “This will take a few minutes to fill. Want some help undressing?”

  Maizy giggled and wrinkled her nose. “I’ve gotten all sweaty and dirty today working in the rose garden downtown. You probably don’t want to help me undress right now. I’m funky.”

  Heath chuckled lecherously, “Au contraire, baby. I’m getting turned on just thinking about you being a dirty girl. And this T-shirt…Baby, you’re holy-shit-kinda-hot in Hello Kitty.”

  Her smile was as radiant as her giggle when he lifted the hem of the shirt and pulled it over her head. Then he buried his nose in it and growled before slinging it over his shoulder.

  Spencer, Heath, and Cody were silent for several seconds as they stared at her. He felt like he was seeing her for the first time all over again. She had on a sheer flesh-toned bra that clearly revealed her dark rose-colored nipples and made Spencer’s mouth go bone-dry. Heath stared at her mutely as he unzipped her holey jeans and pulled them down to reveal her matching flesh-toned thong. The color of the material was just barely lighter than her tanned skin and at first glance she appeared to have nothing on.

  “I have body wash, shampoo, and conditioner in my tote bag,” she murmured, “along with a change of clothes.”

  “We’ll get the toiletries for you, baby,” Cody said. “But you won’t need the clothing until it’s time to go home.”

  “I’m…what?” she said, blinking up at him.

  He smiled and handed her the glass of sangria she’d placed on the bathroom vanity. “Soak for now. Let us finish the supper prep and then we’ll talk. You being naked will make it even more enjoyable.”

  He reached behind her and unclasped her bra as he gave her a gentle kiss and left the room. Heath cupped one of her butt cheeks and nuzzled her cheek and said, “You smell edible to me, Maizy. I’ll be right back with your stuff.”

  Heath left her alone in the room with Spencer. Contentment, despite the poor start to their evening, filled him as she walked over to him after dropping her bra on the pile with the rest of her clothing.

  When she stood in front of him where he sat on the edge of the tub, he hooked his fingers in her sheer thong and slowly slid the garment down her legs. She licked her lips and took a sip from the glass of chilled wine.

  He slid his fingertips down her torso, from the sides of her lush breasts to her rib cage, her hips, and then around to her ass, pulling her to stand between his legs. Her skin was warm and silky under his hands and he wanted her more than it was humanly possible for a man to want a woman. He didn’t just want her body, he wanted her heart as well. He felt a connection with her but something kept stopping him from saying the words. He worried that it was too soon to tell her he loved her. But it wasn’t too soon to show her, to seek her love in return.

  He wrapped his arms around her waist, held her to him tightly, and pressed kisses all over her breasts and down her abdomen. She stared at him as she stroked the back of his head. The soft look in her eyes dazzled him and he wasn’t sure how long they stayed that way.

  “Here’s your bath stuff, baby,” Heath said as he walked into the bathroom and grinned at them. “Having a little fun?”

  All Spencer could manage in reply was a soft growl. His cock was so hard it hurt and he imagined Heath and Cody were probably in the same state but the events from earlier kept his focus where it needed to be…on her. He stroked her back and tongued one of her nipples and felt her legs tremble against his inner thighs. She exhaled suddenly and Spencer sensed Heath’s presence directly behind her as he reached over and turned off the water, which was just about to overflow the tub. Spencer smiled, realizing how long they’d been like that, holding each other.

  He switched and sucked at the other nipple, tugging gently until she moaned and squirmed. Holding a woman, feeling the satiny warmth of her hips under his hands, had never been so satisfying, nor left him so desperate for more of her. He inhaled the scent of her arousal and wanted to lay her down and eat her alive. He hadn’t even touched her pussy yet and she already sounded close to a climax. Just the way he wanted her. It was a great start to the night.

  He released her and said, “Time for your soak, baby.”

  Heath murmured from behind her, “Yeah, let’s get you in.”

  The two of them helped her into the tub and Spencer folded a hand towel for her to rest her head on against the back of the tub. She smiled at him and her eyes fluttered closed and then opened again.

  “Spencer? Heath? Do you believe it’ll work out, like Cody said?”

  Spencer squatted down beside the tub, cognizant of the uncomfortable erection he sported. He sighed and nodded. “I do. You may teach for them but they’re not entitled to control your private life…what happens in the privacy of your home.” He looked up
at Heath and his brother nodded at her in agreement.

  “I hope you’re right.”

  Any other outcome was unacceptable. They’d just found her. They couldn’t lose her now.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Maizy opened her eyes when she sensed a presence in the doorway and smiled at Cody, as he stood casually leaning against the doorframe. A wave of heat shimmered through her at the desire radiating from his dark eyes. “Hi.”

  “I brought you a shirt to slip into.” He placed a white button-down shirt on the counter.

  “Thank you.”

  He squatted down by the tub and she could see that his hair was still a little damp from his shower. She reached out and painted the end of his nose with bubbles. His warm gaze twinkled a little before he wiped the bubbles away and she wondered how long it’d been since he’d relaxed and played.

  “I thought you’d like to have something to wear during supper but I’m sure it’ll come off afterward. Don’t button it.”

  “Don’t button—uh!” She gasped in surprise and sat up. Bossy!

  “Please,” he added with a knowing smile as he stood.

  “Why?”

  “Because we think you’re beautiful and we want to look at you while we eat supper and talk. Then we plan to eat you for dessert.”

  “Oh…Well…All right, then.” What else could she say? He walked out of the room smiling and she could hear voices down the hall and the opening and closing of the back door. Her body quivered wickedly at the thought of being served up as their dessert.

  Five minutes later, with the tangles combed out of her hair, Maizy slipped into Cody’s shirt and rolled up the long sleeves, leaving it unbuttoned as he’d directed. Vulnerability and sensuality created a potent combination coursing through her, and Cody’s scent on the shirt got her a little wet as she checked her reflection in the bathroom mirror. Every breath rustled the cotton fabric against her peaked nipples and the air currents brushed over her pussy as she walked into the living room. They had all showered and put on pajama pants and T-shirts which fit snugly over their immense muscular frames.

  When they saw her, all three men froze. Spencer bumped into the love seat and his steak nearly did a nose dive off his plate before he course-corrected and took a seat. Heath’s baked sweet potato slid off of his plate and onto the coffee table as he stopped in midstroke cutting his steak. Cody halted midstep with three bottles of beer in one hand and another glass of sangria in the other. All of them were staring at her.

  Heath was the first to recover, though his eyes were riveted to her bared cleavage and pussy. In a husky voice, he said, “Wow, baby. Come and sit with us.” He plopped the potato back onto his plate with a chuckle. She noticed then that they’d rearranged the furniture in the living room.

  The couch, where Heath lounged, and the love seat Spencer was sitting on were now at angles with each other and an overstuffed chair formed the third side of a triangular setup. Cody headed to the chair with his plate after delivering the beverages to their owners. A fourth plate containing a sirloin steak already all cut up, a baked sweet potato, and bacon-wrapped asparagus sat on the side table.

  “Where would you like to sit, or rather with who?” Cody asked as he reached out to her, drawing her into their midst. When she frowned and hesitated, Cody smiled. “There’s no wrong answer, Maizy. Before the night is over, you’ll have been with all three of us.”

  Her pussy pulsed and ached with excitement at his word choice. Even though she recalled Spencer’s words from earlier about not overdoing tonight, she imagined moving from one man to the next and making love with them. When her gaze met Heath’s he smiled and she had a feeling he knew exactly what she was thinking. They probably all did, because her cheeks gave her away.

  She made her choice and went to Spencer. His gaze was warm as he helped her into his lap and took her plate from Cody when he handed it to him.

  Heath said, “I hope I cooked your steak all right.”

  She noticed then that all three men had already cut up their food and she understood why when Spencer speared a piece of her meat with his fork and held it for her. That way, they had both hands free.

  “You want to feed me?”

  Hello, Mister Romance Novel Fantasy Man!

  “Yes. Is that all right?”

  “Yes.” Hell fucking yes. Her inner angel cringed at her inner devil’s potty mouth.

  She accepted the bite, chewed, and smiled at Heath. “Medium rare. Perfect.”

  While Spencer chewed a bite of his own steak, he offered her a forkful of the baked sweet potato, which was delicious as well.

  The next few minutes were filled with quiet talk and a subtle increase in tension as their warm gazes lingered on her while they ate. Sitting there in only the shirt, which was parted to reveal a large portion of her breasts and abdomen was turning her on. She got a little wetter each time Spencer slid his hand beneath the shirt and caressed her bare hip.

  Cody finished first and said, “Maizy, we don’t want you to think that you’re ever choosing one of us over the others. If you’re with us, we see you as being with all of us. When you came in the room and you weren’t sure where to sit, why did you hesitate?”

  “Well, my first concern was that if I chose one of you, then I’d be leaving out the other two. My next thought was that you’d probably expect me to sit with you, Cody, since you seem to most consistently take the lead. I wanted to make all three of you happy and if you hadn’t said something, I might’ve dragged a straight-backed chair from the dining room to sit on. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.”

  Spencer gave her another bite of her steak and followed it with sweet potatoes as Cody said, “We want you to feel taken care of, baby. Not because we think you’re weak or because you need looking after, but because it makes us feel good. If you worry about offending us when making choices like this, then you’ll always be second-guessing yourself. We’ll find a balance between the three of us. Sometimes we’ll give you the choice, or we may decide for you, based on your needs and ours. Will you satisfy my curiosity about something?”

  “I’ll try.”

  “Why did you choose Spencer?” When she hesitated, he added, “There’s no wrong answer and you won’t offend us. Something made you choose him.”

  She looked at Spencer, and then over at Cody, as she slid her hand up the back of Spencer’s head and stroked his dark, close-cropped hair. “I thought the afternoon was stressful for him. He beat himself up about letting me come into the store with him. He saw firsthand how the people in authority over me treat anyone who steps out of their little model of perfection. And I think he could tell how much worse it would be if I was seen in public in a ménage relationship. I felt guilty, too. You weren’t happy when you found out what happened and I knew that made him feel worse. I could tell by the way he held me in the bathroom that I needed to go to him for now.” She worried that she sounded like she could read Spencer’s mind and stopped talking. But she’d spoken only the truth as she knew it.

  Spencer gave her a bite of asparagus and a little smile and a nod. She nuzzled his temple and took the next bite of steak when he offered it.

  They sat in the quiet for a few seconds and Cody said, “We want you to follow your instincts. When one of us needs time alone with you, we’ll ask or help you make time for us. And when you need one of us by ourselves, to the best of our ability we’ll be there for you. We won’t keep score, or make you feel guilty if you need to be completely alone either. If things begin to feel out of kilter we’ll talk about it. There will be challenges and we know that. Life won’t suddenly be perfect because we’ve gotten together but our goal is to make it worth it to you.”

  “Okay. What about in public?”

  Cody sighed. “That’s where it gets complicated. We have to negotiate some boundaries with you and it may be difficult. I’ll say that much from the get-go.”

  “I understand,” she murmured and leaned against Spencer
when he kissed her temple.

  “For now, at the Twisted Bull, you can be with us the way you were last night. Depending on if we’re working or there on our free time, Heath and Spencer could dance with you, spend time with you, and even show affection, like last night. And they’ll need that from you, too. But you’ll be seen predominantly as my girlfriend. Our closest friends will know of course, since I’m sure word has gotten around to all of them that we’ve finally found you. They’ll be supportive and understanding which is good because the rest is going to be hard at first.”

  She gulped from her glass of sangria. “The rest?”

  Cody set his plate on the coffee table and leaned his elbows on his knees. “Since we have to assume you’ve been seen in your neighborhood being dropped off and picked up in Heath’s truck, we’ll continue using his vehicle. Since Spencer picked you up from your house today, that will be his task from now on. They may have seen Heath’s truck early this morning but it was dark and his windows are tinted so they likely couldn’t tell us apart at night. During the day if we need to come to the house, it’ll be Spencer picking you up and dropping you off. Same goes with the grocery store because you’ve been seen together there, and the school because Mrs. Dumphrey would notice if Heath or I showed up there. We’ll have to hope luck is on our side if anyone from your school comes to the Twisted Bull.”

  “What about Heath?”

  Heath smiled and stacked everyone’s plates and started for the kitchen. “I get dibs on sleeping arrangements, baby. On any night you spend with us, I don’t have to sleep on the outside edge.”

  Cody chuckled and said, “That’s more of a hassle for the guys right now because my king-size bed might be big but it’s not big enough for the four of us, and the only solution is lining up like matchsticks in a box. We’ve ordered a custom bed.”