by Lexie Davis
Harper propped her hands on her hips. “Who has the biggest cock?”
In unison all three men said, “Me.”
Harper shook her head and turned toward the wall. “You’re full of it.”
“What? You want to measure? We’ll whip them out right now and let you be the judge.”
Harper laughed. “I’ll pass right now, boys. I need to get this office done so I can work. I’m having my assistant email me client requests and leads on properties. She might even be a proxy voter in the auction if I find something I like.”
“You were so worried about our income earlier,” Cooper commented. “What about yours?”
She licked her lips and grabbed the trowel. “I’m not in Atlanta so it’s difficult to sell properties. But I’m okay. I have a good savings account and a nice amount of play money to spend on properties I want to flip. My dad takes care of me with company benefits as well.”
She scraped the extra goo that she smeared along the drywall. “I was always taught you have a safety net to fall into when things get tough. None of you have a safety net on one thousand dollars a month.”
Nick frowned as he draped his arm over the back of the chair. “Is money important to you?”
“Money is a necessity.” She glanced over at him. “I don’t worship it or anything, but it’s great being debt free and having money in the bank.”
Cooper liked that idea, too. He never had to not worry about finances until he came to the Wild Horse Ranch. He was mainly homeless after he turned eighteen and that was the reason he wanted to find his birth mother. He was two years too late. He had no idea who his birth father was, but Janine saw him outside the supermarket and offered him a place to stay. When she realized he had nothing to his name she offered him a job at the ranch. He’d been grateful for everything she gave him. He’d definitely miss that with her gone.
“Why don’t you lug heads get up and help us so we can finish faster?” Cooper suggested as he lifted another piece of drywall to hang. Aaron stepped up to help him, holding the piece of sheetrock while he pulled out a screw. Nick actually listened to him for once and moved to help Harper, though by her giggling he was messing around more than he helped. Cooper rolled his eyes and hung the drywall up before turning his attention toward them. Nick had her plastered against the wall they’d just hung, kissing her lips while he felt her up.
Cooper watched him with annoyance. Harper had pulled Cooper closer to her when he’d kissed her, and now, with Nick, she looked like she was halfway between pushing him away and keeping him close. Harper teetered on the line of giving in to them and backing away.
“Quit sucking face and work.” Cooper grabbed another sheet of drywall to hang. “We’re almost done so help us, Nick.”
Nick pulled away from her. “Cooper is jealous.”
“No,” Cooper commented. “Cooper wants to be done with this drywall.”
Harper came over to him and smoothed her soft hand against his arm. “Thank you for helping me. I appreciate it.”
She tugged at his shirt so that he would lean down. Her soft lips pressed against his cheek and he forgot what the hell he was complaining about. Harper smelled like something spicy. Exotic. A unique fragrance that did a number on him. His cock stirred in his pants as he stared at her. One thing Nick got right was the need to ravage her. He felt that from the moment he saw her and it was only getting stronger.
* * * *
Gabe poured himself a mug of coffee and wiped his eyes. He’d been out feeding the cattle and the dust from the hay coated his skin. Sweat from the day probably didn’t help matters any either. He washed his hands at the kitchen sink and dried them on a paper towel. Laughter came from down the hallway and he followed it, to see Harper writing on the new drywall in paint.
“What are you doing?”
She jumped and swiveled around. “I was testing out colors and talking to my sister.” She spoke into her headset. “Ellie, I got to go. I’ll call you back later.”
She hung up and sat her phone and headset aside. “What are you doing?”
“I’m going upstairs to take a shower.” He took in the short shorts that showed off her shapely legs and tight ass. “Why are you writing on the wall?”
“Because it’s fun.” She picked up another can of paint, one that was a muted green, almost a mint color, and swiped it on the wall. “Which do you like?”
A purple gray color of paint was smeared along her cheek and Gabe walked over to her. “I like this one.”
He lightly ran his finger along the smudge. She was gorgeous in her fancy clothes but she was even hotter all dressed down with her hair pulled back like she belonged there with them. Gabe sure as hell felt like she did.
“Yeah, well, I’m not the best canvas for a proper color demonstration.”
“I don’t know. Take your clothes off and we’ll see.”
She rolled her eyes. “What is with the five of you trying to get me naked?” She sat her paintbrush down. “Conner, Nick, and Aaron tried earlier this morning. Logan tried at lunchtime when I dropped food into my cleavage and now you with the paint.”
All five of them? He didn’t realize they all had the same thoughts running through their mind. Granted, how could they not? She was gorgeous and nice. Fun to be around. He could definitely see her fitting into their life. Why would he expect the other guys to keep their distance? He felt the same fucking way about her as they did.
“You’re beautiful, baby.” Gabe leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. Her soft moan was encouragement enough to deepen the kiss. He cupped her cheeks and plunged his tongue between her lips tasting her sweetness while he explored her mouth. He wasn’t sure what the others were planning, but if it involved being with Harper in some way, he wanted in on it. God, she felt so soft. So perfect. He was a dirty mess that stunk like sweat and grass. He really needed a shower.
He pulled back and moved away from her. “If you want to get naked, I’m all for it.”
Harper licked her lips and Gabe nearly choked. “I don’t think you five would know what to do if I gave you the go ahead.”
“We’d make it up along the way.”
She smiled. “Why don’t I doubt that?”
Gabe left her to take his shower. Something about Harper renewed his hope about the Wild Horse Ranch. With Janine running it until her death, there had been questions about how things would transpire after the funeral. The men stayed up at night talking about what they’d do if the place closed down and the new owners made them move. Crawford was a small city and there wasn’t much in the way of jobs and housing. They’d all have to pack their bags and leave.
But not with Harper. Harper wanted to fix the place up and live here. Gabe grabbed a towel from the hall closet upstairs and headed to the bathroom. He didn’t think that she’d stay here forever. She had a life in Atlanta and she’d probably spend most of her time there throughout the year. He suspected that she would let them run the ranch. There wasn’t any talk about cutting them out completely. He overheard her suggesting that they didn’t make enough and she wanted to change that.
Gabe slipped out of his clothes and into the warm shower. He couldn’t quite figure it out, but having Harper with them felt like a missing puzzle piece finding its home. Maybe she was the last misfit of Wild Horse Ranch, and now, she’d become part of the family?
He took a quick shower and washed the grime from his body. Afterward, he went to his bedroom to find something simple to pull on before heading downstairs for dinner. He had no idea whose turn it was to cook, but he hoped they made something good or at least warmed up the leftovers.
Harper bolted out of the office and down the hall, squealing as she ran right to Gabe. Concerned, he opened his arms and caught her, holding her to him. “What is wrong?”
“Spider.” She shivered. “Oh my goodness. It was huge. Black and ugly. It flew at my face.”
Gabe chuckled. “Spiders don’t fly.”
“This on
e does.” She shivered again. “Now we have to burn the place down.”
“Burn what place down?” Nick asked coming into the kitchen from working.
“The house.” Gabe stroked Harper’s back while she clung to him. He hadn’t bothered with a shirt and was silently thanking his lucky stars for it. Her head rested against his chest while he soothed her. “Spider,” he added.
Nick scoffed. “Just when I thought you weren’t all girly. Please tell me you at least killed it.”
She shook her head. “It flew at my face. I didn’t want it to bite me. It was huge.”
Nick rolled his eyes and stood. “Where? Show me.”
Gabe hated it when Harper pulled away from him. Her softness was something he’d gotten used to pretty quick. She followed Nick into the room while Gabe went back to finding something to eat.
“I need your help.” Logan came up to Gabe and handed him a rope. “That damn horse is trying to fucking kill me. She won’t go back in the stable and I’ve been fighting her for the past thirty minutes.”
Gabe snorted. “It’ll have to wait. I’m starving.”
He pulled out a casserole dish and sat it on the counter. The best part about leftovers was that they tasted better the second day. He dished a healthy serving out and put it in the microwave. Harper and Nick rounded the corner laughing at something while the rest of them stared.
“Kill the huge, flying spider?” Gabe asked.
“If that thing was huge to her then we don’t have to worry about impressing her with the size of other things.” Nick rolled his eyes. “Just like a girl to be overdramatic. I’m surprised though that it stayed where she swatted it. They have a knack for crawling off and hiding.”
“I wasn’t overdramatic. He was huge and he touched my face. You do not get to be a spider and touch my face. Those are the rules.”
The microwave went off and Gabe grabbed his food. He went to the flatware drawer and snatched a fork before sitting his food on the counter to pour himself a glass of iced tea. Everyone stared at him to the point he glanced up.
“What?”
“Where’s my food?” Harper asked.
He grinned. “You didn’t want to get naked with me in the shower. Get your own food.”
She pursed her lips while the guys laughed. “I’ll remember that.”
“Ooh. Not a good move, Bailey.” Logan smacked Gabe’s back and went to Harper to kiss her forehead. “I’ll fix you something, sweetheart.”
Gabe smiled at her as he took a bite of his food. They’d only known her a few days but it seemed like years. She simply just fit with them and Gabe couldn’t help but like it.
Chapter Four
One week in Crawford, Kansas and Harper started to feel at home. The office was painted a purple gray and she had Gabe spray the room for bugs. The furniture was something to be desired, but she would work with what she had until she could get something better.
“What the hell?”
Harper glanced up as Logan stood in the doorway. “UPS brought like twenty boxes for you.”
She smiled. “My stuff.”
She stood and walked around the desk. The poor driver looked rough as she greeted him. He’d just sat the last big box in the foyer and wiped the sweat from his brow.
“Thank you,” Harper said to him. He had her sign the board and left.
“What does a woman need with all this stuff?” Logan peered into the box as she opened it.
On top, Ellie had packed a dildo for her with a note. Logan chuckled and lifted it. “My sister has a terrible sense of humor.”
“What’s the note say?” he asked.
She opened it and read it aloud. “Just incase you’re lonely living on the ranch.”
Logan laughed. “You didn’t tell her about us?”
“No.” She set the card aside and dug into the box. “She would have been on a flight out here before we hung up the phone.”
Logan leaned against the wall. “Are you lonely living on the ranch?”
Harper shook her head. “All of you are incorrigible.”
“What’s the holdback, sweetheart? Mind blowing pleasure. Five men to worship the fucking ground you walk on. We would have fun. You know it and so do we.”
She did know it. Couldn’t stop thinking about it, really. She dreamed of them at night. Gabe would kiss her neck while Logan sucked her nipple in to his mouth. She wanted Cooper’s face between her thighs and he accommodated her request. Aaron’s fingers would tease her other nipple while Nick’s tongue stroked along hers. Five men and endless pleasure.
“You’re thinking about it,” Logan commented.
She shook her head and tried to focus on unpacking. “Five men and one woman is impossible. Someone is going to get left out and get their feelings hurt.”
“We’re all grown men. We can handle it.” Logan tossed the dildo to the box. “Tell me what you want me to do. What were you just thinking about?”
When she didn’t respond, he lifted his hand and stroked her lower lip with his finger. “Do you want my lips here?”
She waited while his hand drifted down her body. The blouse she wore dipped low and he had no trouble caressing the soft swell of her breast. The heat from his touch burned against her flesh as he smoothed his finger over the curve of her breast.
“I could put my mouth here.” He circled the general area of her nipple. “I bet you taste sweeter than honey. You’re so soft. So tempting. I can’t wait to know what you feel like beneath me, surrounding me with your tight warmth. You’d be a fucking dream come true.”
Her temperature spiked a few degrees as he continued to lazily caress her. She wanted him to do it. To pull her shirt open and tear off her bra so he could suck her achingly hard nipples into his warm mouth. She panted as his finger continued down her body, stroking her abdomen until he reached the waistband of her pants. He paused and met her eyes.
“Or I could put my mouth here. Just skip the preamble and go right for what we both want.” His finger lingered at her waistband while he held eye contact with her. “What is it that you want?”
All of it. Harper couldn’t think straight with the ideas he proposed. They sounded like a great addition to her own ideas. Her pulse pounded as each second ticked by. Did she want them? No, that wasn’t really the question. How would she handle five lovers? That was more like it. She licked her lips and Logan let out a soft groan. She didn’t have to glance down to know he was hard. Painfully so. It was now or never because she wasn’t entirely sure he would forgive her for making him take a cold shower. Jacking off was a sore consolation for the real thing.
“I—” She stopped when the back door flew open. Gabe and Cooper stepped in chatting about something. She tried to pull away, but Logan caught her, pinning her between the wall and his body.
“Tell me what you want.” He leaned in to kiss her neck.
Harper closed her eyes as the soft pressure of his lips captured her again. She dropped her head back against the wall and gave herself up to the gentle pulls of his mouth along her neck. He cupped her breast while his soft lips worked along her pulse point, licking and sucking until she’d forgotten where she stood.
Logan moved back, momentarily, to undo the blouse. He shoved it off her shoulders before finding the clasp of her bra. Once that was torn away from her body, his mouth surrounded an aching nipple, sucking and teasing the hard tip. She didn’t know where Gabe and Cooper had gone, but she didn’t really care either. Harper clutched Logan’s head to her, sliding her fingers through his soft hair as she whimpered beneath the heat of his mouth. She needed this. He’d convinced her of that.
Before she could protest a tongue slid between her lips while another warm mouth circled her neglected nipple. God, she didn’t know who was doing what and she really didn’t care. She didn’t want them to stop. Her knees threatened to collapse and two strong hands gripped her hips to keep her upright.
No one said anything as they moved her to the downs
tairs bedroom. The large bed was big enough for all of them and Cooper laid her in the middle of it. His hands went to her jeans and undid the fly. He worked quickly to get them off her body while Gabe and Logan’s weight dipped the bed beside her. Logan leaned in to kiss her while Gabe pressed his lips to the underside of her breast. He tweaked her nipples, eliciting a fire deep within her belly.
Slowly, Cooper inched the denim down her legs, careful to remove her panties with it. She tore her mouth from Logan and met Cooper’s burning blue eyes as he watched her, seeing her for the first time. Desire burned hot in the dark depths of his eyes, something that matched the fire low in her belly. He was gorgeous. Tanned, lean muscles covered his chest and abdomen, undoubtedly the results of working on the ranch. His soft brown hair was spiked from running his fingers through it. Harper licked her lips, the anticipation building as he knelt between her legs. He reached for her pussy and parted her.
Gabe bit her nipple as Cooper gave her one long lick. She shuttered at the contact moaning into Logan’s mouth as he kissed her. Never in a million years would she have thought her illicit ideas would have become a reality.
Cooper circled his tongue around her clit. Her nipples ached from neglect. Gabe sucked one hard into his mouth as she pushed against Logan to break their kiss. She stared into his dark brown eyes. “Please.”
Logan didn’t say anything as he leaned down and lapped at her other nipple. Cooper’s tongue slipped inside her, working her as pleasure raced through her hot and bold. He licked around her clit while sliding two fingers into her greedy pussy. She arched at the contact, almost climaxing, as she clasped Gabe and Logan’s heads to her breasts.
“I think she needs more,” Logan commented. He stared at her hard nipple, wet with his saliva. “Where are the condoms?”
Gabe let her go and smoothed his calloused hand along her stomach. “Upstairs bathroom last time I checked.”
Logan moved away from her. “I’ll be right back, sweetheart.”
Gabe pressed a kiss to her temple. “Do you like Cooper’s tongue inside you?” he asked. His hot breath whispered along the shell of her ear eliciting a shiver down her spine. “Do you like the way he eats your sweet pussy?”
