Total pages in book: 123
Estimated words: 119597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 598(@200wpm)___ 478(@250wpm)___ 399(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 119597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 598(@200wpm)___ 478(@250wpm)___ 399(@300wpm)
When I let loose a growl, she looks at me with fear in her eyes.
Dammit. I can’t stand it. There are so many things for her to fear right now. I don’t want to be one of them.
“Fine.” The heat in that word evaporates on my tongue like steam as I yank my arm away. “No fighting.”
Kody returns to his side of the mattress and gives her his confession.
“I sneaked in every night while you slept. Sometimes, just to watch you. Other times…” He clears his voice, wets his lips. “I caught urges, feelings I couldn’t shake. You’re so fucking pretty. Never seen anything like you. Better than any image I could conjure in my head. Touching myself felt natural. I know it was wrong, marking you the way I did, but that felt natural, too. Nothing demeaning or disrespectful in the way I felt. I didn’t molest you. I would never do that without your consent.”
My feelings are all over the place. I understand why he did it. She arouses those same urges in me. But jerking off on her? That’s bullshit.
I restrain my reaction, waiting to see how she responds.
“I knew it.” Lying on her back, she stares at the ceiling and chews her lip. “Remember when I asked you if you watched me sleep? I fucking knew it was you.”
He wasn’t supposed to be looking at her like that. Or thinking about her. Or wanting her. We had a pact. But I won’t call him out on it because I’m just as guilty. Hell, while I was telling my brothers to stay away from her, I was pinning her against walls and shoving my tongue down her throat.
“How many times?” I look him square in the eyes.
“Twice.” He holds my glare, unapologetically stony.
“Nope.” She squints. “I remember three times.”
He turns his attention back to her, his expression softening. “Four, actually.”
My temper pounds at me like a second heart. I whip off the blankets, letting the chill rush in to cool my raging blood.
“Oh, my God.” She heaves. Her cheeks flush. Then…“Kody Strakh, you are sick!” She lunges at him, her stern tone belied by the too-light swats she gives his chest. “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Rolling on top of him, she lands on his hips, straddles his waist, and continues to scold him while fighting laughter. “You masturbated on me four times! And you were never going to tell me!”
“I was going to, I swear.” Biting back a grin, he blocks her slapping hands. “Just waiting for the right time.”
“The right time to tell me you’re a pervert? How about the morning after? Or maybe the night you ejaculated on my face? That would’ve been a good time.” Perched on his hips, she crosses her arms. “We need to talk about that, too. That night in the workshop.”
“No, we don’t.” I shift to my back and drape an arm across my forehead, trying to school my breathing.
“I know you’re tired and angry, so the conversation can wait.” Her tone hardens. “But we will talk about it.”
I close my eyes as my fingers, teeth, legs, every damn part of me clenches.
“Hey.” The mattress jostles, signaling her approach. “Don’t hide from us.”
“I’m not.”
Her hands slide across my arm, dragging it away from my face. I open my eyes and find hers inches away, huge and green, searching, digging, prying me open.
“I don’t know how to do this.” She cups my jaw. “This love. The three of us sharing it. I’m blundering through it, but I’ve learned to let my senses and my past tell me what’s right and true. This is right and true. Us. I know the sharing part isn’t easy. The best things are never ever easy. You can wish it away, but I’m fighting for it. With every drop of blood in my body, I’m not giving up on us. Because this right here, the three of us…” She grips each of our hands, pulling them onto her lap. “This is the only good thing we have. The only thing that matters. If one of you disagrees, you better speak up.” Her cheeks bounce. “So I can change your mind.”
This woman.
She’s so fucking adorable. I forget I should be mad.
“Love that look in your eyes,” Kody murmurs.
“Which one?” She lowers to her belly, releasing our hands to prop up her chin.
“The one that promises total annihilation to anything and anyone in your way.”
“Oh.” She dips her head, peering at us from beneath her lashes. “I get a little crazy when I set my mind to something. Fair warning…I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want this.”
“Your crazy is irresistible.” I catch her around the waist and drag her against me, squeezing her so tightly I’d have to break my ribs to pull her any deeper.