Dangerous Territory

by Becca Van

  Logan didn’t say anything but shook his head.

  “You’ve already started paying it off,” Haden said, drawing her gaze.

  “How do you figure that?” she asked.

  “You’ve already got dinner cooking. Do you know how much it would cost if we had to hire someone to cook or we ate out every night?”

  “Pfft.” Sammy snorted. “Look what you’re doing for me and Lily. You’re letting us stay in your house for fifty dollars a week. That’s like a drop in the ocean compared to what I’d be forking out for rent.”

  “About that.” Maddox rubbed the back of his neck before threading his fingers with hers. “We don’t need your money, baby. In fact, we don’t want it. We’d rather you put that money aside for Lily in a college fund. We don’t have a mortgage to worry about. We inherited the house and land from our parents. We spent eight years in the Marines, and the money we earned while serving our country, we hardly touched. Cattle prices have been great over the last five years, and our folks had life insurance policies. We have more money than we know what to do with, Sammy.”

  * * * *

  She was so humbled by Maddox and his brothers she couldn’t speak. No one had ever been so generous or kind to her and her daughter. Her heart was so full of emotion, tears burned her eyes again, but after inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly, she managed to curb the urge to cry again.

  “I’m sorry for your loss, and thank you,” Sammy said. “Those words sound so inadequate, to tell you all how grateful I am, but I don’t know what else to say. Nevertheless, I don’t want or need you spending your money on me. I like to pay my own way.” She’d needed to say that after learning they had money. She didn’t care if they were wealthy or just scraping by. Sammy didn’t want them thinking she was with them because they were rich. She wasn’t a gold digger. Never had been and never would be.

  Maddox scooped her up from the cushion and into his lap. Her knees sank into the leather on either side of his hips as she gazed into his eyes. The hair on the back of her neck stood up on end, and she felt everywhere Logan’s and Haden’s eyes touched on her body, her flesh heated. Sammy had never thought of herself as sexy or a seductress, but she was very tempted to wiggle her ass. She glanced over her shoulder and wasn’t surprised to see the other two men eying her body over. She exhaled as she turned back to face Maddox.

  Maddox cupped her cheeks between his hands. “Say yes, baby. Say yes to being in a relationship with us.”

  Sammy swallowed around the constriction in her throat, opened her mouth to answer, but nothing came out. So she nodded.

  Her heart stopped when Maddox’s pupils dilated and the blue of his irises darkened even more. There was so much heat in his gaze, it was a wonder she hadn’t burst into flames.

  “I need to hear you say it, Sammy.”

  She cleared her throat. “Yes, I-I’ll try a r-relationship with you all.”

  “Fuck, you’re gorgeous,” Maddox rasped out. “And so fucking brave. We promise that we’ll never, ever do anything to intentionally hurt you, baby.”

  Sammy opened her mouth to reply but ended up moaning when Maddox slanted his mouth over hers. He licked into her mouth, swirling and dueling his tongue around and then gliding it along hers.

  She shivered when he skimmed his hands up her sides, following the indent of her waist and up over her ribs. When he stopped just under her breasts, his thumbs resting in the crease of the globes and her torso, she couldn’t stop herself from arching into him.

  She cried out when he enveloped her breasts in his big hands, kneading and caressing them. Then he strummed his thumb over the hard, aching peaks. Sammy’s pussy clenched, forcing more juices out onto her folds and panties. Her clit was so achy and swollen, she shifted on her knees, trying to get some relief, but it didn’t help. As she parted her legs wider, the seam of her jeans rode up into her crotch, pressing on her throbbing clit.

  The longer they kissed, the hotter and needier she became.

  The fervent blaze was driving her insane, and there was only one way to douse it. She wanted, needed to make love with Maddox, Logan, and Haden.

  Maddox broke the kiss, licking and nibbling his way down her neck. She groaned when he pinched and plunked at her nipples, but it wasn’t enough. She wanted to feel his skin against hers. She wanted to touch and be touched.

  Goose bumps raced over her skin as a shiver of heat skated up her spine when Maddox scraped the edge of his teeth over the sensitive spot just beneath her ear. “Hold on to me, baby,” he whispered into her ear.

  Sammy wrapped her arms around his neck and whimpered when he cupped her ass in his big hand and shoved to his feet. She hooked her legs around his hips, clinging to him as he started walking.

  Maddox groaned when their denim-covered crotches rubbed together with each step he took, and he lifted her up higher against his chest.

  She opened her eyes and met Logan’s hungry blue-green eyes as he followed behind. Haden was to the side and behind Logan. He was staring at her ass and licking his lips but must have felt her gaze on him. He raised his head, and her breath hitched in her throat. His green eyes were so hot she was sure she saw flames leaping in his irises.

  Maddox stopped in the hallway outside of Lily’s room and peeked in. Sammy turned to make sure her baby was still asleep. She looked so cute and innocent with one of her arms flung up above her head. The other was close to her face since she was sucking on her thumb. As Maddox retreated from the doorway, he pulled the door almost all the way closed before continuing toward her room and lowering her to her feet. Logan moved to the bedside table and placed the intercom on the wood surface. Haden closed and locked the door as soon as he entered.

  Sammy got nervous all of a sudden. While she might be slim with curves, she also had flaws on her body. She’d carried a baby for nine months and had stretch marks over her belly and her breasts from being engorged from breast milk and feeding her baby. She lowered her gaze to the floor, using her hair to hide the blush on her cheeks.

  “What’s wrong, honey?” Logan asked when he was standing in front of her with his brothers.

  Sammy shook her head, trying to quell the trembling in her limbs.

  “Talk to us, sweetheart,” Haden said quietly.

  Tears of frustration burned her eyes. Sammy wondered if she should just say she’d changed her mind and escape. She should have known they wouldn’t let her remain quiet.

  Maddox nudged her chin up with a knuckle until her gaze was locked with his. “Why are you so nervous, baby? I thought you wanted this.”

  She licked her lips. “I do.”

  Logan stepped around behind her, wrapped an arm over her waist, and pulled her back against his body. “If you’re not sure, we’ll give you all the time you need so that you’re certain.”

  “We aren’t going to force you or pressure you, sweetheart,” Haden said. “We want you, but only if you want us, too.”

  “It’s not that,” she said as she glanced aside and then met Maddox’s eyes again. “My body’s not…I’ve had…” Sammy blew out a breath, inhaled again, and then blurted out, “I have stretch marks.”

  “And?” Maddox frowned.

  “My body’s not perfect.”

  “You think we want perfection?” Logan asked incredulously.

  “No! Yes. I don’t know.”

  Maddox reached back over his head, tugged his T-shirt up and off, and flung it aside.

  Sammy stopped breathing as she eyed over all his toned muscles, and then she gasped when she saw the long thin scar on the left side of her torso. She reached out and ran her fingertips over the line in his flesh before meeting his gaze again.

  “Do you think less of me because I have a scar, Sammy?”

  “No.” To show him she was sincere, she stepped closer, thankful that Maddox didn’t stop her, and she kissed his skin. He sucked in a breath and palmed her cheeks between his hands. He seemed to like doing that so she couldn’t look away from him whe
n he was talking to her.

  “Do you think we’re so shallow, sweetheart?” Haden asked.

  She bit her lip and shook her head.

  “Then stop worrying, Sammy,” Maddox said. “We like you, a lot. We don’t care if your whole body is covered in a mishmash of scars. We’re attracted to your personality. You’re sweet and beautiful.”

  Sammy didn’t get to respond, because Maddox started kissing her again. This time she didn’t want him to stop.

  * * * *

  Maddox was so hungry for Sammy he was shaking. His dick was harder than it had ever been before, and he was leaking precum. He delved into her mouth with his tongue, whirling and curling around hers. Each sound, moan, and gasp she made shot straight down to his dick, and while he wanted to strip him and her off, then bury himself in her wet pussy balls-deep, he wasn’t going to push her too fast.

  He needed Sammy as hot under the collar as he was. He wanted her begging him to make love to her.

  The kiss they shared went on and on and on. They ate each other’s mouths as if they were starving. He was. He was famished for her and had been since the first time he’d spotted her walking down the street. Now, at last he was about to get what he wanted, but he needed to make this special for her.

  He lifted his lips from hers, breathing heavily as he tried to regain his breath. Sammy still had her eyes closed, and her lips were curved up into a sultry smile. She was one of the most unconsciously sexy women he’d ever met, and he was about to make her his. He nodded at Logan as their gazes locked over Sammy’s head. Logan swallowed, sucked air into his lungs, and stepped up closer behind her again. His brothers were just as eager as he was to make love with Sammy. Logan didn’t caress his hands up her body this time. Instead, he cupped her breasts in his hands, weighing the lush globes before massaging and kneading them. Sammy bowed her breasts farther into his hands, trying to get a firmer touch.

  Maddox decided it was high time to get Sammy naked. He gripped the hem of her shirt and sweater and pulled them up and over her head before tossing them over his shoulder. He gasped with hungry awe when he saw that her breasts were larger than he’d suspected. Even though she was petite, her breasts had to be at least a D cup, maybe even bigger. His mouth watered for a taste. Logan flicked the clasps of her bra open, just as Sammy met his eyes. Her cheeks turned a becoming pink when Logan smoothed the straps of her bra over her shoulders and down her arms, revealing her sexy boobs.

  “Fuck, you’re beautiful,” Maddox rasped out. He had no idea why she’d been worried about a few stretch marks. The white thin lines didn’t detract for her sexy gorgeousness. In fact, they seemed to add to it. The lines on her breasts somehow managed to showcase her voluptuousness as well as draw his attention to her dusky-rose hard nipples.

  Maddox curled his hand around the outside of one of her breasts, lifting it as he lowered his head. When he swiped his tongue over the ripe berry, she cried out. He loved how vocal she was when he or his brothers gave her pleasure. He just hoped that Lily didn’t hear and wake up.

  Maddox swirled his tongue around her areola and then drew her nipple into his mouth. He gazed up at her from beneath his eyelashes and flickered his tongue back and forth over her hard nipple. She moaned and clutched at his shoulder.

  Haden moved to her side and knelt. He caressed a hand over her belly and then tugged the button on her jeans open before lowering the zipper. Haden gave Logan a nod, and between the two of them, as well as himself, they supported her as Haden removed Sammy’s shoes and socks.

  Maddox switched sides, latching onto her other nipple, suckling on the tip firmly as he squeezed the other one between his finger and thumb.

  “Oh!” Sammy moaned.

  “Do you like that, honey?” Logan asked between licking and nibbling on Sammy’s neck. “Do you like having your nipples sucked and played with?”

  “Yes!”

  “I’ll bet you love having that sexy cunt licked, don’t you, Sammy?” Logan brushed Maddox’s hand away from the breast he was kneading and cupped the full globe.

  Sammy shook her head. “I d-don’t know.”

  Maddox tried to discard the anger surging in his blood as he skimmed his hand down her side over her hip and then hooked his thumb into the waistband of her jeans and panties. He couldn’t believe her asshole of an ex had never gone down on her. The fucker probably had her suck him off on a regular basis. Haden shoved his thumb into the other side, and then they both pushed down and off.

  She gasped and shivered when Haden ran the tips of his fingers through her trimmed pubic hair. When Haden leaned over and pressed his nose into the top of his sex and breathed her in, she stopped breathing altogether.

  “So fucking sweet,” Haden rasped out before licking up through her folds.

  Maddox was glad that Logan had his arm around her waist because her knees buckled. He tapped Haden on the shoulder, and as soon as his brother moved out of the way, Logan swept her up into his arms and carried her to the bed. Maddox quickly stripped off the rest of his clothes and wrapped his hand around his dick, pumping up and down a few times.

  Logan lowered Sammy onto the mattress and climbed up next to her. Haden was already on the other side of the bed since he’d pulled the covers down, and he got up onto the bed, too.

  Maddox placed first one knee and then the other on the bed and then crawled closer to Sammy. He smoothed his hands over her shins, and when he got to her knees, he caressed the inside of her thighs, gently spreading her legs wider. Sammy took his whole body in, but when her gaze got to his hard cock, her eyes widened even further. She lifted her face to his and shook her head.

  “I won’t hurt, Sammy. I promise I’ll go slow. You’ll feel nothing but pleasure, baby.”

  Sammy swallowed and nodded.

  Logan grasped her chin, turned her toward him, and opened his mouth over hers, kissing her voraciously. Haden sucked a nipple into his mouth while kneading her other breast.

  Maddox parted Sammy’s legs farther, dropped down onto his belly, and wrapped his arms around her upper thighs.

  Then he lowered his head.

  Chapter Eight

  Sammy’s cry was muffled by Logan’s mouth. Logan released her lips and then kissed and sucked his way down her neck, pausing to suck on the tendon beneath her ear. He nipped and sucked on her earlobe before shifting lower, running his tongue over her collarbone, swirling his tongue in the hollow at the base of her throat before moving lower still.

  She moaned when Maddox parted her folds with his thumbs, licking her with a slow thoroughness over her labia and higher. Her legs began to tremble when he circled the tip of his tongue around her clit while rimming the entrance to her pussy with the tip of a finger. Her internal muscles spasmed, causing cream to drip from her pussy. An ache started down low in her belly, spreading to her womb, making it clench. Her clit had never felt so engorged, and it started throbbing in sync to the rapid cadence of her heart.

  Their hands and mouths were everywhere, setting her blood, her body on fire. The ache intensified, and her insides melted. Sammy bowed her hips and then her chest up, silently begging them to end their pleasurable torture. She was so hot she wondered why she hadn’t already gone up in flames.

  Maddox dipped his finger into her soaked pussy, and she cried out when he withdrew.

  Haden released the nipple he’d been tending to with a wet pop and cupped her cheek, turning her toward him. Sammy hadn’t even noticed that she’d closed her eyes until Haden spoke, “Open your eyes, sweetheart.”

  She forced her passion-heavy lids up, meeting his green-eyed gaze.

  A gasp escaped from between her parted lips when Maddox slowly worked his finger into her drenched pussy, and once more she struggled to keep her eyes from drifting shut.

  “Do you like having Maddox’s finger in that sexy, wet cunt?” Haden asked.

  She opened her mouth to respond, but all that came out was a croaking sound. Maddox was now licking right over her achin
g clit while pumping his finger in and out of her pussy. It felt so good, so right, she never wanted him to stop. She’d never experienced such pleasure in her life. She hadn’t thought sex was anything to rave about, but she’d been wrong. It was everything she’d heard about, but she had a feeling she’d never ever feel this way with anyone else. The Keegan brothers knew their way around a woman’s body.

  That thought had her heart flipping with pain. She closed her eyes, hoping that the three men hadn’t seen how possessive and jealous she felt. While she’d agreed to try to have a relationship with them, she’d known they all had pasts, just as she did.

  “Open your eyes, Sammy. Now!” Maddox commanded after lifting his mouth from her pussy.

  She did as she was bade to find all three of them staring at her with concerned frowns on their faces.

  “What’s wrong, honey?” Haden asked, caressing up and down her arm.

  “N-nothing,” she said as she glanced to the side.

  “I call bullshit,” Logan snarled. He grasped her chin so she couldn’t look away.

  Sammy had never felt so exposed in her life as she stared into Logan’s intense blue-green eyes, and she quickly closed her eyes. Other than all of them breathing, the room was so quiet she could have heard a pin drop. Maddox withdrew his finger from her pussy, and she had to bite her tongue to stop herself from moaning. He unhooked his arms from around her thighs, and when the mattress dipped between her legs, tears stung the back of her eyes. She ruined everything with her stupid thoughts and jealousy. While she knew she was being irrational and unfair, she couldn’t help the way she felt. When the mattress moved on either side of her, she figured that Haden and Logan were also annoyed with her. Enough that they’d decided they didn’t want her anymore? Even though she tried to keep the tears at bay, she failed. They welled and rolled down her cheeks from her under her eyelids. A sob was forming in her chest, and she wasn’t sure she’d be able to stop it from coming out.