by Marla Monroe
“Don’t worry about it right now. You’ve got time to think about it later. Let yourself get past this first.”
Zack reappeared. “Dinner is ready.”
Cole helped Tina to her feet and they walked to the kitchen where three places were set at the bar. Zack pointed to her plate in the middle where he spooned a generous helping of scrambled eggs on her plate. Then he served their omelets with bacon and toast.
“There’s plenty of bacon and toast if you want to try any of it, but I was afraid it would hurt your throat.” Zack handed her the salt and pepper first.
“Thanks, I think I’ll stick with the eggs. They’re perfect.” Tina smiled at him when he took a seat next to her.
With Cole on the other side of her, she felt safe. Cocooned between the two men seemed to settle her jittery nerves. She wouldn’t always have them, though. She needed to not rely on them.
“What got you into riding?” Zack asked.
“My dad used to ride with a weekend club and sometimes I would ride with him. When I got old enough, I got my own bike and joined them on occasion when I wasn’t in school. Then I rode from job to job once I got out of nursing school.”
“What does he think about you riding alone like you do?” Cole asked.
“He’s dead. I lost him about three years ago.”
“I’m sorry. I know that had to have been tough.” Zack kissed her temple.
“It was, but he’d been sick for several years, so it was a blessing in the end. I stayed with him until he died. Then I decided to ride. I didn’t want any ties for a while.”
“So you don’t have a single place you go to when you’re between jobs sometimes?" Cole asked.
“Not right now. I sold the house we’d lived in. It wasn’t where I would want to live anyway. When I figure out where I want to put down roots, I’ll find something there.”
“Good idea. That’s basically what we did.” Cole finished up his omelet.
“What made you such good friends?” she asked, even more curious about why they shared.
“We served together in the army,” Zack supplied. “You get really close to your buddies when you live through some of the situations we did.”
“I can understand that. If I stayed in one place very long, I’d get attached to my fellow nurses in the emergency rooms where I usually work.” She let the rest of her curiosity alone.
“Do you want some more eggs, Tina?” Zack asked.
“No thanks, that was plenty. They were great.”
“How about watching a movie before bed?” Cole asked.
“Sounds like a good idea.” Tina needed something to distract her from her inner thoughts.
Cole and Zack led her away from the kitchen and the dishes she had wanted to wash. They situated her between them on the couch and turned on the TV. “Hope you like action movies. That’s about all we have,” Cole confessed.
“I actually do. What are we going to watch?”
“Thought Die Hard with a Vengeance would be a good one.”
“I love Bruce Willis in those films,” she said.
They settled down and watched the movie. She was well aware of Cole’s hand on her thigh and Zack’s arm around her shoulders. They were obviously staking a claim on her. She wasn’t sure how she felt about that. She had only just met them the day before, but they’d been honest about their intentions from the beginning and hadn’t pushed her.
Tina realized she wanted them to a little bit. She didn’t want to make the decision, but she would have to. They weren’t going to make it for her.
Once the movie was over with, Cole used the remote to turn it off and the news popped on. They were discussing the serial killer and her near miss. Her name hadn’t been released, thank goodness. How they’d managed that, she didn’t know.
“They still don’t have any leads other than the description you gave them. It was a pretty damn good one.” Zack squeezed her shoulders. “I’m surprised they didn’t want you to work with a sketch artist.”
“I hadn’t thought about that,” she admitted. “I guess they still might ask me to. They know I’m staying with you two.”
“I think it’s time for bed.” Cole stood up and turned off the TV. “Would you like us to sleep with you? Just for company?”
“I–I really don’t want to sleep alone, but I’m not ready for anything else yet.”
“We wouldn’t expect you to be after having barely escaped a killer.” Cole pulled her to her feet and into his arms. He hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head.
Zack walked ahead of them to the bedroom where he turned back the sheets to the king-size bed. Cole reached down and pulled her T-shirt up, looking her in the eyes the entire time he was pulling it up and over her head. Then he knelt at her feet and pulled her shorts down so she could step out of them. When he kissed her pelvis, she shuddered.
Zack walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her chest where he kissed her neck and shoulder. Then he led her over to the bed and helped her climb into it.
The men stripped down and climbed into bed nude. They huddled up close to her and warmed her with their body heat. She realized she’d felt cold inside until they added their heat and their presence to hers. It helped to thaw her inside. She snuggled between them and was soon asleep.
* * * *
Zack felt it the minute she slipped into sleep. Her body relaxed all over and her breathing evened out and deepened. He glanced over her head at Cole. His friend smiled.
“She’s comfortable with us now, I think. As soon as she seems to be over the attack, we can push her a little bit more. I think she’s ready now, anyway. She wasn’t uncomfortable being nude with us.” Cole’s smile turned into a grin.
“She’s not just someone to play around with, Cole. I don’t know about you, but I’m serious about her.”
“I am, too. I want to bury myself so deep inside her I can’t tell where one of us ends and the other begins. I want to hear her scream our names and feel her squeeze my dick when she comes. Most of all, I want to see her eyes when she climaxes.”
“Then we’re agreed? She’s someone we could settle down with?” Zack asked.
“Yeah. Hell, yeah. I can see spending the rest of my life making her happy.” Cole’s eyes turned serious. “She’s going to be hard to convince, though.”
“I know. It’s a challenge. Since when have we ever stepped back from a challenge? And when was the last time we lost?” he asked reminding Cole they were virtually unbeatable in most things.
“What do you suggest?” Cole asked.
“I think we ought to make her come in the morning then see what she wants to do tomorrow. Show her some of the sights around town. Help her make up her mind to stay for a while.” Zack ran a finger across her cheek.
He wasn’t surprised that she didn’t move. She had been exhausted and needed to sleep. He was glad she’d allowed them to sleep with her. Not that he’d likely get much sleep again. He was hard as a rock. He was sure Cole was in the same boat. If she didn’t welcome them in her body soon, they would both die of need.
He listened to her breathing and relaxed at the gentle snore that she made. It sounded more and more like something he wanted to hear for the rest of his life. Somehow he had to figure out how to make her want to stay. They’d love her into wanting to stay. Maybe they could hook her on them so she couldn’t bear the thought of losing them. He grinned at that.
No doubt, that was wishful thinking, but he could wish, and he would. Deep down, he knew she was the one for them.
He knew she was curious why they shared between them. The fact was, all of them shared their women. They’d gotten into it back in one of the countries they’d been sent to in the army. They’d learned that you could bring so much more pleasure to a woman between two men. And by sharing a wife, it assured that one of them was always around to take care of her. She would never have to worry for anything. It wasn’t something you could easily explain, but
if it came down to it, they would try.
For now, he would hold her and assure her that they were there for her. His dick was sitting on ready, though. He grinned. He hadn’t been this interested in a woman in a long time, and never to the point of obsession. He settled down and took advantage of holding her from behind by snugging his cock against her ass. Then he sighed and went to sleep.
Chapter Five
Tina woke disoriented and surrounded by male flesh. She froze and panic set in before she remembered where she was.
“You okay?” Cole’s voice whispered against her ear on her right side.
“Yeah, forgot where I was at first.”
“You’re safe, Tina.” Zack’s voice whispered in her other ear.
“Sorry, I just panicked for a minute. I’m okay now. I didn’t mean to wake you.”
“We’ve been awake for a little while. We didn’t want to wake you up by moving,” Cole told her.
“Oh, well, you can move now.”
“Don’t really want to move. You feel too good to leave,” Zack said.
“Um, I can tell.”
“Been that way all night, too,” Cole teased.
“Sorry?” She wasn’t sure what to say.
“I’d say it isn’t your fault, but it is.” Zack leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. “We want you, Tina. We can’t hide that fact.”
“I know. I don’t know what to say.”
“That you want us, too. Doesn’t mean anything has to happen right away, but it would be nice to know that you’re attracted to us as well.” Cole ran a hand up and down her arm.
“Damn, I can’t believe you can’t tell. Yes, I want you. I stay wet thinking about you. I just need some time after yesterday.” Tina felt guilty that she hadn’t said anything before now.
“We understand. Knowing you want us goes a long ways in easing the need. We can wait—for a while, but not forever.” Zack leaned in and kissed her on the cheek, then rolled out of bed.
“Hungry?” Cole asked when her stomach growled.
“Sounds like I am,” she said.
“How about pancakes?” Zack asked. “That should be easy on your throat.”
“Actually, it feels a lot better this morning.”
“Good. But you have some nasty bruises on your neck,” Cole told her.
“They’ll heal. I just hope—” She stopped.
“Hope what?” Cole asked, turning her face toward him with his finger on her chin.
She hesitated, then decided to answer him honestly. “I hope that I haven’t lost my nerve. I don’t want to change my way of life right now.”
“Give it time. You’ll get your confidence back. You’ll see.” Cole kissed her, and pulled her into his arms for a brief hug before letting her go.
He climbed out of bed and padded naked out of the room, presumably to get dressed. She had no trouble seeing his impressive cock. Just like in her dream, he was a bit longer than Zack’s, but Zack was thicker. Who would have thought she would have them pegged so perfectly?
She yawned then stretched, and crawled over to the edge of the bed to get out and get dressed. She had just pulled on her jeans and fastened her bra when Zack walked in.
“Breakfast is ready.” He zeroed in on her breasts and licked his lips. “Let me touch?”
“Isn’t that just making things worse on you?” she asked with a frown.
“Naw, it would make things better.” He took a step closer and reached out and ran a finger down along the side of her bra-encased breast.
Zack’s finger rasped at her nipple through the silky material. He pinched through it, leading Tina to close her eyes in pleasure. Heat suffused her face as she grew damp between her legs. Her breath grew quick and raspy as he followed through with the other breast as well.
“Fuck, you’re wet. I can smell you.” He reached down and rubbed her pussy through her jeans.
“Zack. We need to stop.”
“I know.” He backed her up against the door. “I just need a taste, baby. Let me have a taste of that sweet pussy.”
“Oh, God.”
He reached between them and unzipped her jeans. When she didn’t stop him, he shoved them down her legs, and went to his knees before her. He licked his lips looking up at her. Then he leaned in and licked her hot cunt. As if the taste of her was more than he could take, he began lapping at her as if his next breath depended on it.
Tina threw her head back against the door and moaned. She was vaguely aware of Cole walking into the room. He leaned in and nipped at her jaw.
“You’re so beautiful when you’re aroused like that.”
“She tastes like spicy nectar, Cole. You’ve got to have some.” Zack moved over and Cole knelt down in front of her.
He leaned in and tongued her clit, then delved between her pussy lips. His mmm of pleasure was nearly her undoing. Cole spread her pussy lips and began licking in earnest.
Zack chuckled and stood up. He stared deep into her eyes and slowly lowered his head until his lips were a hair’s breadth from hers. He was so close she could smell her arousal on his lips.
“I want to taste your breasts. Will you let me take off your bra?”
She nodded her head in a jerky movement, and he reached out with his tongue and licked her lips. She opened her mouth and he plunged inside using his tongue to explore hers. They slid along each other like old lovers, until she was sucking on his in time to Cole’s licks to her cunt.
Zack continued his kiss while he used his hands to unclasp her front closure bra. He peeled back the cups, leaving the bra hanging on her arms. She felt his fingers lightly brush across her nipples before he pulled back from their kiss and leaned in to lick each one. He groaned, giving them both a long, slow rasp of his tongue.
Tina whimpered at the barrage of sensations between Cole’s mouth on her cunt licking her pussy lips and Zack’s on her breasts. They both alternated between licking and nipping until she was on her tiptoes trying to escape the overwhelming need to climax.
Surely it wasn’t right to come when they weren’t going to fuck her. It wasn’t fair. Aw, hell. She wasn’t going to be able to escape it. Cole latched onto her clit at the same time that Zack pinched her nipples. Tina exploded with a scream. Lights danced behind her squeezed eyelids and bells rang in her ears. She’d never come like that before. She was sure she was covering Cole’s face in her cum.
Zack licked her nipples then whispered how beautiful she was when she came in her ear. He told her she was wonderful and laid butterfly kisses across her lips and cheeks.
Cole softly licked her clit then just her pussy lips until he had her clean. He stood up and pulled her into his arms where he kissed her senseless. Again she tasted herself, but this time, it was from Cole’s mouth and not Zack’s.
“You’re fucking amazing, Tina. I could lap your sweet juices all day long.” Cole brushed her hair back from her eyes.
Zack still stood next to her holding her up with his arm around her shoulders. She wasn’t sure she would be able to stand on her own right then. Her legs felt like overcooked spaghetti noodles and her knees were shaking.
“Zack, I think she needs someone to carry her.” Cole reached down and picked her up in his arms.
She squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck. He carried her effortlessly to the kitchen with her pants still down around her knees and her bra hanging off her arms. When he stood her up in the kitchen she struggled to pull up her pants, but Zack beat her to it.
“I’ll get them, baby. I pulled them down.” He pulled her underwear up first then licked the inside of her legs before pulling her jeans up and fastening them for her.
Next, he peeled off her bra and dropped it over the back of a barstool before helping her up to sit at the bar.
“Pancakes, coming right up,” he said with a mischievous grin.
“What can I get you to drink?” Cole asked, dragging her attention over to him.
“If you have coffee rea
dy, that would be wonderful. If not, water is fine.”
“Coffee it is. What do you like in it?” he asked.
“Nothing. I drink it black.” Tina had a difficult time meeting his eyes after the mind-blowing orgasm he and Zack had given her.
They ate breakfast in relative silence though the men talked some off and on. When she picked up her plate to take it to the sink, Zack stopped her with a frown.
“I’ll get it. You just sit there and look beautiful for us.”
“I feel like I’m taking advantage of you two,” she confessed.
“How?” Cole asked, his brows drawn together.
“Um, you’re letting me stay here with you, and you’re waiting on me.” She licked her lips and looked down. “Not to mention the orgasm.”
“It was a good one, huh?” Zack said with a smug smile.
“Don’t brag much, do you?” she snapped, then felt heat climb up her face. “Sorry. I’m just a little off-kilter.”
“Don’t sweat it. We enjoyed it as much as you did,” Cole told her. Then he leaned in and licked her across the nipple.
“Oh, God. Don’t start that again.”
Zack smiled as he cleaned up the kitchen. “Do you need to call anyone while you’re here? You’re welcome to use the phone.”
“Thanks, but I have my cell and I don’t have anyone I need to touch base with for a few days.” She turned to Cole and reached out her hands to steady herself so she could jump off the bar stool.
Instead, he picked her up and eased her down to the floor. He held on to her arms until he was satisfied that she wasn’t going to lose her balance. Really, they were too protective.
“I’m going to go get dressed. Thanks for breakfast. It was really good.” She bit her lower lip and backed out of the room.
When she made it back to the bedroom, Tina remembered too late that she had left her bra in the kitchen on the back of the barstool. That was fine, she’d get it later. She started to dig around in her pack for another one when Cole walked in carrying it.
“I think you’re missing this.” He reached out to hand it to her, then snatched it back. “You owe me a kiss for bringing it to you.”