Not that Asher and Nick weren’t helping with that. Last night had been a revelation. I hoped it was only the start of something bigger. Oh hell, there’s no way I’m going to be able to last two days in L.A. with Eli without dragging him to bed with me.
I need to learn some self-control, or at least find a way to sate those desires enough to function as if I’m not an out of control nymphomaniac. I go back into my closet and start going through my handbags. I know I have one of those little bullet vibrators somewhere...
“Eden?” Nick’s sleepy voice makes me jump.
“I’m in here,” I call out, going back to looking. I finally spot the silver sex-toy and grab it, keeping it in my fist as I turn around.
He’s leaning against the door frame in his briefs, the sight of his taut muscles making me bite down on my lip. Then my gaze drifts lower and I find out he’s happy to see me.
“Where’s the librarian?” He’s got that look in his eyes, like he wants to get up to some kind of mischief.
It makes me shiver. Damn. If only Asher was in a better mood. “He’s downstairs.”
He moves closer, to pull me into his arms. “Too bad for him.”
His hands go under my skirt, stroking my ass and pulling me close to feel his straining dick against belly. I’m throbbing with desire as he works my panties down my hips. I help with a wriggle that drops them to the ground when he lets them go.
“Lean over that cabinet.”
I do as instructed, palms down. The vibrator rolls out of my hand and lands on the floor with a thump. Nick leans over me, picking it up. The buzzing sound of it makes me gasp out a breath.
“What’s this?” He asks, his voice husky. “Are two lovers not enough to keep you satisfied, Eden? You need to use this on yourself too? You’re insatiable.”
Oh, hell. “Uh...”
“Part your legs.”
I realize my thighs are pressed together and quickly do as he tells me. I glance back. He’s naked now, and smiling at my sex toy. He moves in close and the vibrating metal presses against my already throbbing clit. I close my eyes. It’s almost enough to make me come.
Then I feel the tip of his cock pushing at my entrance. It feels so big. I’m not wet enough to take his thick shaft. I groan as he presses the cool surface of the vibrator tighter against my swollen clit.
“Oh, fuck.”
He moves, swaying so the tip of his cock pushes into my pussy a tiny little bit more each time he gently thrusts. The slow, shallow impaling as the vibrator works me to ecstasy feels just perfect. I’m desperate to feel him thrust all the way in by the time I’m close to the edge. He doesn’t give me that heaven, he just keeps working his dick in a tiny little bit more and pulling it back out. I’m so damned wet by the time I start to come that there’s no reason for him still to tease me. He drops the vibrator and thrusts in all the way just when I think he’s about to release me, once my pussy is throbbing. I gasp out a breath as his hands move to my waist.
He pulls me in close as he pushes his impressive dick into me harder and faster. He fills me so completely I never want him to stop, but I can tell he’s going to. Teasing me with the vibrator got him off pretty hard. He was already close when he started to fuck me properly.
He moans as he slows his thrusting and stops, hugging me close before he pulls out. My pussy is tender and drenched, but it’s not enough. I’m already desperate for more. He’s right. I’m insatiable. I get up and he pulls me towards him for a long, deep kiss. I sink into his strong arms as my lips work against his, savoring every second.
How the hell am I going to go without this for who knows how long?
He breaks the kiss suddenly, and gazes at me with those sparkling green eyes of his. They’re still full of mischief. “Now sit on the edge of that cabinet, Eden. We’re not done.”
Chapter Four
Nick
She’s always surprising me. The sex toy is a smaller thrill than finding out she was into being with me and Asher at the same time, but every little thing I discover only stokes the fire of my longing for her even further. It’s already a goddamned inferno. She does as I tell her, and sits.
“Part your legs and pull up that sexy skirt.” I fucking love the trashy look she favours for casual wear. There’s something a little good-girl-gone-bad about the ripped denim and thin little shirts put that gorgeous body of hers on full display.
She does as told, her gaze intent on mine. I’m about to sink to my knees in front of her when she smiles slowly and runs her fingers over her drenched pussy. She arches her back and bites down on her lip. Her nipples are hard points piercing the soft fabric of her shirt. I want to rip it off of her to see them better, but her moving hand distracts me. She moans softly and my cock goes from half asleep to fully alert. I’ve never seen her stroke herself. Why the hell have I never seen this before?
Fuck. It’s so hot I can’t keep my hand off my dick. I’ve forgotten all about my plan to lick her to ecstasy. I can’t stop watching. She peels her shirt down over her shoulders to reveal her breasts and I curse under my breath. That saucy stare she gives me says it all.
“What now, Nick?”
Her husky whisper makes my balls tighten. I’m on the edge of blowing my load. I let go of my dick and sink to my knees in front of her. Up close it’s even hotter. I take in the way she touches herself, the way her fingers caress and probe. She gets them wet inside her pussy and strokes them over her clit with a soft sigh.
“I want to watch you come like this.” I could watch her all day. If I had my phone nearby, I’d be taping it to watch over and over again.
Her cheeks are pink, her gaze clouded over with lust.
“You have to promise you’ll put your cock back inside of me once I do.”
Oh, fuck. My dick strains at the thought of it. “I might not last very long.”
“I don’t care. I just need you to fill me.” She gasps and I see it when she comes from her stroking. Her beautiful face lights up. Her body tenses. She closes her eyes and gasps in a breath. Then she looks up as she gets to her feet and strips out of her clothes.
I get up and pull her hand to me. I kiss it, tasting her fingers slowly, then sucking on them one at a time. She tastes of me. It makes me desperate to pin her down, to get back inside and never stop thrusting. “Get over here,” I tell her, pulling her to me and moving towards the bed. The door is open and the thought of Asher walking in on us makes me smile.
I pull her onto the bed and pin her down, her arms above her head. Her full lips are soft and her breath quickens as I kiss her. Her fingers sink into my butt cheeks, and I smile the second I realize she’s trying to pull my dick closer, to inch it into her desperate pussy. Something’s gotten into her this morning. She’s so full of need, so hungry for what she wants. Damn.
“First, tell me what’s up.” I move my dick so I won’t be pulled into her so easily.
She frowns at me. “Nick! You promised...”
“I promise I’ll give you exactly what you need, as soon as you tell me what’s going on.”
She makes an irritable noise. I move down slightly to run my tongue over the hard peaks of her nipples. She forgives me instantly, I feel it. Whatever’s wrong, she needs to tell me, but it doesn’t mean I have to deny her everything.
“Tell me, Eden.”
She sighs. “I have to go back to L.A.”
“L.A.? When?”
“Today.”
Now, I get it. Both why she’s so desperate for more, and why she had that vibrator in her hand. She thinks she’s going to be there for a while. Alone?
“I could come with you.”
She shakes her head. “I’ll explain the whole thing later. Please, Nick. I need to be with you, right now.”
I give her what she asks for, taking it as slowly as I can. If this is the last time I get to be with her for a while, I want it to last.
Chapter Five
Eden
I’m sweating and breathi
ng hard by the time Nick’s done with me. The blissful feeling that makes me want to close my eyes and drift into a deep sleep is so heavy I almost give in. Then I remember. Sky.
I sit up and Nick pulls my hand back down. “Are you going to tell me what the deal is with you going back to L.A. now?”
I press my lips together. I don’t think I can handle it if he reacts the same way Asher did, but I know I have to tell him. “It’s Sky.”
“Sky?” He raises an eyebrow. “Didn’t she monopolize your time enough when you came out to see me?”
“It’s not what you think. She’s in trouble.”
He snorts. “Sorry. She’s always in trouble, Eden. That never changes.”
“I’m saying this all wrong.” I take a breath. “She’s been kidnapped.”
Now, his expression turns serious. “Kidnapped? What do you mean? Did the cops call you or something?”
Now that would be a nice convenient lie. I shake my head, I can’t take the easy way out. This thing I’m running into is crazy, and I’m being reckless, but none of that matters because she’s my best friend and she needs me. “Lawson Black is in Rapture. He came because he can’t trust anyone in L.A. Sky was taken from his place. By the cult she grew up in.”
He’s quiet for a few seconds, and I can see he’s taking it all in. I get up while he’s distracted.
“I have less than an hour before I have to leave now.” I find my phone and discover I have about forty minutes. Luckily, most of my packing was done before he walked in on me in the closet.
“It’s not as if you’re a detective, Eden. Why does he need you, exactly?”
“I’m a Goddess. He knows that. Apparently I can track Sky down.” I shrug my shoulders. I’m unclear on how exactly I’m going to be able to do that, but Lawson seems so damn confident about it.
“Oh.” He nods slowly. “And you’re kind of unbreakable, I guess, so I don’t need to be worried about this cult situation being dangerous.”
“Right. I’ll be fine. There’s nothing to worry about.” Why does it feel like I’m lying to myself? I groan inwardly. “Eli’s coming with me. I called him for advice and he invited himself.”
He raises an eyebrow as he watches me collect my clothes from the floor. “So, you’ll be getting to know the sheriff a little bit better?”
“Maybe.” I shrug, but my face is burning. I know I have to take things slow, but I get the feeling Eli’s going to strain my willpower to breaking point.
“Go shower. I’ll make breakfast. You have a plane to catch.”
I do as told, rushing to make sure I’m not running out of time. When I’m ready, I find the vibrator and stuff it into my bag.
When I get downstairs, Asher’s stewing on the couch while Nick is over-stuffing my frying pan. He smiles at me as he looks up. He’s thrown on a T-shirt and jeans. Just a little bit scruffy, exactly how I like him. My gaze drifts over his tattoos as he flips eggs and bacon in the pan.
“Hey, sexy,” he greets as I ditch my bag and move over.
The food smells amazing. I hadn’t been able to eat earlier, but now? I snatch up a slice of already buttered toast and moan as I bite into it. Nick has been excessive with the butter and it’s freaking delicious. I eat it quickly and wonder how long the real food will take.
I glance Asher’s way and take in the intense, irritable expression on his face. My heart sinks. I doubt I’ll even get a goodbye kiss from him at this rate. He’s so mad I can practically taste it. No poker-face this time. He wants me to see exactly how messed up this situation is making him feel.
He’s still watching the news. He put it on when he went over there. Ugh. I’m about to leave town again and Asher’s not happy about it. I feel awful. Damn it. I knew I should have gotten back into bed this morning instead of coming downstairs to answer the damned door.
Waiting for my men to wake up either side of me would have been a much nicer start to this hell of a day. I snap out of that daydream as Nick puts a plate in front of me.
“So you can cook,” I say, impressed.
He smiles. “Just because I don’t, doesn’t mean I can’t.”
“So I can see.” I’m not much into fried eggs, but I eat the whole lot anyway, suddenly starving.
He douses his own in pepper before he starts to eat, pausing to tell me, “Asher said he wasn’t hungry. He seems a lot more scowly this morning. Is he always this moody?”
“I can hear you,” Asher calls out.
“I mean, I get it, kind of,” Nick goes on as if Asher hasn’t spoken. “But I trust you, Eden. If you need to go, I’m not going to try to stop you.”
I swallow and watch Asher’s shoulders tense. Is Nick trying to wind him up? Shit.
“You know what you’re doing,” Nick tells me.
Asher gets up and comes over. I realise I’ve stopped breathing when he stops at my side. His dark eyes are intent as he shifts his gaze to Nick. “Don’t presume to question my trust in Eden. I know why she’s going.”
“Then why are you so pissed?” Nick is completely unperturbed.
I’m glad Asher’s annoyance isn’t getting to him, but honestly I feel as if I’m on a knife-edge right now, waiting to find out if this argument is going to stay vaguely civil.
“I’m pissed because a stranger came to our house and now Eden’s leaving because her reckless friend is in trouble.”
“That’s Eden’s call,” Nick says, with a shrug.
“We don’t know this guy. We don’t know why he came here.”
“Eden’s intuitions are supposed to be trustworthy.”
“And Dark Forces Goddesses know exactly what buttons to push to mess with their enemies.” Asher’s argument makes sense, and I freak a little when I realize his fears are more valid that I’d thought.
Nick seems to realise he’s not winning this one. He gives up with a shrug of his shoulders and an apologetic glance my way. I feel horrible. My men are at odds over a decision I made. So much for things getting easier.
Damn. This is how hard it’s going to be to do something dangerous with three men around driving me crazy. And yes, I’m aware I just said three. Things might just be starting with Eli, but I already know he’s going to be as permanent as these two.
“I have to go in like ten minutes.”
“When will you be back?” Nick asks, sounding a little sad.
“If all goes to plan, round-trip, an hour and a half,” Asher answers him, still not even flirting with a smile. Don’t get me wrong, the serious look is pretty hot on him. I just don’t like the mood that comes along with it.
Nick shoots me a questioning glance. He must be wondering what’s going on.
I blow out a breath. “Asher’s going to come and check that Lawson’s on the up and up before I go with him.”
Nick nods. “Then I hope he discovers the guy’s a creep.”
I gape at him. He smiles slyly at me.
“That way you can be back here by the time I get out of the shower.” He kisses me quickly on the cheek and heads over to the fridge.
I can’t believe Asher’s still in a mood. If anything he’s gotten more irritable. At this rate, I don’t think I’m even going to get a kiss goodbye before I get on the plane with Lawson. This sucks.
Nick comes out of the fridge with the orange juice. He gets a glass out the cupboard and puts everything down, coming over to pull me into his arms and plant his lips on mine. It’s a fairly tame kiss as far as Nick goes, with a whole lot of tongue but no illicit touching involved, but I feel a whole lot better when he breaks away.
“In case Asher doesn’t manage to drag you back here today, just know I’ll be thinking of you in the shower. Every morning and probably most nights, until you’re back.”
I love this man. And the other one, even if he is driving me crazy right now.
“I’ll miss you too, Nick.”
Chapter Six
Eli
Eden’s call was early enough to let me move th
ings around. I hadn’t taken any vacation time at all this year, so it wasn’t that big of a deal to put in an emergency fortnight. The paperwork isn’t exactly complicated. Ticking the box for ‘family emergency’ was easy enough. No details required. The next step was throwing things into a bag and checking my tank was full for the drive to Eden’s place.
It took almost two hours to get to her mansion. I’d decided to wear the uniform. I could change on the plane if need be, but I knew Eden liked this look. I’d just leave the hat in my car. Rarely wore the thing anyway, it wasn’t usually all that practical.
The security guard outside her place opens the gate and lets me drive in. He gets on a walkie talkie as I stop the car. A second later he nods, and I get out.
I head to the front door and she opens before I knock.
“You realize you don’t need to do this?”
“I realize I do,” I tell her. Her heart is in the right place with this thing, but she’s risking her life doing this. I hope her friend is worth it. Maybe I’ll get to find out.
She sighs. “Okay, then. Let’s do this.”
She steps out and Asher appears behind her, stopping and locking the door as he comes out.
I raise an eyebrow but the only one with a bag is Eden. Asher takes it from her and goes to his car.
“Is Asher coming too?”
She shakes her head. “He just wants to check Lawson out before we leave.”
“Good idea,” I say. “So are you coming with me, or…”
“You can both come with me,” Asher tells us as he opens the driver’s door to his BMW. “Leave your car here. We’ll be right back anyway.”
“Asher!” Eden seems shocked by his brusque behaviour.
I have to admit it’s not his usual demeanour, though I’d seen this irritable version of him a fair bit when we were younger. It was usually caused by that psycho-bitch Diana.
I move around to the passenger side when she steps into the back of the car and slams the door closed. It makes me wince. I don’t know why he doesn’t just come with us if he’s this pissed off, but I’m not about to ask. I’d go to protect Eden, either way, but I want to use the time to get closer too, and I know if Asher was around it would be harder to get a moment alone with her.
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