“That might work,” Phoenix agreed.
“Or it might backfire, and they might shut us out for good,” Ethan said. “I do believe that if Kel saw me with another woman she’d cut me out without a second thought.”
More silence followed, then there was the sound of glasses being sat back down, letting the girls know the men were stumped by what to do to win their bet and get the girls into their beds.
So Kel decided it was time to make themselves known, but not entirely. She leaned up and whispered, “Just go along with me, sisters. I think I have an idea.”
With their nods of agreement, Kel got up, and the others followed her. She went to the waitress and got her to seat them at the same table, but this time she wanted the men to notice them. But they’d act like they didn’t see them.
It was time to make a little deal of their own.
Chapter 23
“How about three beers and some cheesesteak sandwiches, Peggy?” Kel said after the waitress had seated them.
“Sure thing, Kel,” Peggy said and noticed the men all looking around to see who was in the booth behind them. She saw the Scottish guy put his finger to his lips and the other two men nod. “I’ll be back right back with your drinks.”
Kel was all smiles as she said, “So, which one of you thinks you have your man right where you want him?”
“I know I do,” Cait said. “I think three more days of holding out and I’ll be able to tell Phoenix to take me to Vegas and marry me if he ever wants to get to the good stuff.”
“Yeah, this was a great idea, Kel. Find three men and get them to marry us so they can pay our student loans and let Dad off the hook is pure genius,” Jess said.
“I know,” Kel agreed. “And how lucky for us that we got three men interested in us all at the same time. Talk about great luck!”
The looks on the men’s faces were priceless. They couldn’t believe what they were hearing.
“I think we’ll all be married before this month is up,” Cait said. “Have you seen the way they look at us?” Cait nudged Jess. “And Griff is smitten with you, baby sis.”
“That little make out session in the movie theater helped with that,” Jess said as she laughed.
The waitress brought their beers and thought she’d add a bit to their game as she said, “No charge today, girls. Some men at the bar are taking care of your bill today. Should I give them your phone numbers? They look like they have money.”
“No, just tell them thanks, but we’re all in committed relationships, Peggy,” Kel said.
“I really think these guys have money. You sure?” Peggy asked and saw the men in the booth behind them looking at the bar to find out what guys were paying their tab.
There were around twelve men at the bar, and not one of them hadn’t noticed the three women when they’d come in. A thing Phoenix was seeing as most of the men were looking at their women.
“We’ve found some men, Peggy,” Cait said.
“Yeah, some hot men,” Jess said. “And they have to have money and plenty of it.”
“Yeah,” Kel added. “None of them need to get to work anywhere, and all of them spent some pretty good money on us yesterday taking us on dream dates. You know, I never thought we’d find love too, but I think we just might.”
“And Griff and I will make gorgeous babies,” Jess said.
Cait smiled as she said, “I’m going to get Phoenix to buy me a little house with a white picket fence all the way around it. And we can sit on the front porch each night and hold hands while the sun goes down.”
“Sweet,” Peggy said. “And all the while you get those student loans paid off. I bet none of you thought you’d find love too when Kel came up with this great plan.”
“Not me,” Kel said. “I thought we’d find men to pay it, but I’d figured we’d have to deal with ugly, old men to do it. It’s refreshing to know that we’ve got hot men to use.”
“What about you, Kel?” Peggy asked. “You and your guy going to make babies?”
“Lots and lots of them,” Kel said. “I have the man wrapped around my little finger. He’d hop in bed with me right now if I let him. But that’s not how you trap a hubby. No, if he wants this, which he does, then he’ll put a ring on it and change my last name.”
Cait began to get worried the men would confront them, so she said, “You know what, Peggy? You better go ahead and make those sandwiches to go. We need to get back home and make our men something good to eat for dinner. Mom fed them haggis last night so whatever we cook will taste like heaven to them tonight.”
“You have dates again for tonight?” Peggy asked.
“Not yet,” Jess said. “But with a phone call, we’ll have them. The guys are falling all over themselves for us. It’s a given they’ll come if we wiggle our little fingers in their direction.”
“Sweet deal,” Peggy said. “I’ll wrap those sandwiches up for you. I’ll be right back with them.”
“I never expected to get men we’d actually like,” Kel said, then took a drink of her beer. “Lucky us, huh?”
“I’ll say,” Jess added. “I can hardly wait. Maybe we should all get married in Vegas at the same time. That’d be cool, don’t you think?”
Cait nodded. “Yeah. I mean, I know I can get Phoenix to. Do you girls think you can make your man do it too?”
The other two women laughed, making the men seethe with anger. They were being played by the women. They’d had no idea of what the women were capable of.
The men waited patiently for their women to leave before they spoke again. “So, what do we do now?” Phoenix asked.
“Isn’t it obvious?” Ethan said. “We show them what they’ll get if they get us. And it won’t be pretty. They won’t want to marry any of us after we show them what they’ll be getting in us all.”
With smiles, the three set about making their plans.
Chapter 24
When Griff’s cell rang a few minutes later, he picked it up and held it out so the others could see it was Jess who was calling him. “Hi, baby.”
“Hi, Griff. We wanted to make you guys something for dinner tonight. Spaghetti. Wanna come over around five?”
“Let me ask the guys; we’re eating lunch right now,” Griff said. “Hey, fellas, the ladies would like to invite us for dinner this evening. It’s spaghetti.”
“Count me in,” Ethan said.
“Me too,” Phoenix said. “And tell Cait I can’t wait to see her. I’ve got something to ask her.”
“Did you hear that, baby?” Griff asked.
“I did hear that. So, we’ll see you then. Why don’t you bring wine?”
“Anything you want, baby. I can’t wait to get my hands on you,” he said with a growling sound.
“Oh, but you will,” she said with a giggle, then hung up.
“The girl is the devil,” Griff said as he put his phone away.
“Can you imagine using sex to get yourself a husband to pay your bills for you?” Ethan asked as he slammed his beer mug on the table. “The audacity!”
“So, how’re you going to make Kel not want to trap you in a marriage and still get her into bed?” Phoenix asked, because he had no idea what to do about Cait.
“I’m still thinking on that one, Phoenix,” Ethan said. “Let’s face it; we’ll have to dig deep to make them believe we’re not worthy of being their husbands. We’re all catches.”
“I just can’t believe my little Jess is this devious. She seems so sweet and innocent,” Griff said.
“Well, the heartless oldest sister who had her heart broken, who’s become a shrew, has led her sisters down a dark path. I just hope the younger two see the light before they follow in her footsteps,” Ethan said. “And what a great actress she is!”
“All three of them are,” Phoenix said as he shook his head. “So damn honest looking and talking like they’re good girls. They are not good girls!”
“No, they are not!” Griff said then finis
hed his beer. “I think I need a nap before I see Jess again. I don’t know how I’m going to hide the fact that I know about their terrible plan.”
“Me neither,” Phoenix said then finished his beer. “Let’s go. My head hurts.”
“Aye, mine too,” Ethan agreed. “That woman has let me down so completely. And to think that I contemplated ending the bet.”
“You did?” Griff asked. “How come you didn’t say anything about that? I’ve thought about it too.”
“Me too,” Phoenix said. “Especially since yesterday.”
“Well, I wasn’t sure about it. I wanted a couple more days to go by before I said anything,” Ethan admitted. “But now I’ll never stop the bet. One of them will make one of us the winner, then we’ll dump all three of the money-grubbing whores!”
“Whores is a bit much,” Griff said. “Let’s just call them gold diggers and let that be their brand.”
“Yeah, they aren’t whores, Ethan,” Phoenix said as he got up. “But they are liars.”
“They are that,” Griff agreed. “But Jess is still naïve and pretty innocent.”
“For a woman who’s trying to get a guy to marry her to pay off her debts,” Ethan said with raised brows. “Don’t let the sirens fool you. And I think we have a better shot at getting them into bed now, anyway.”
“After we marry them, we do,” Phoenix said with a sigh.
Ethan smiled as they walked outside. “Stipulations could be made, you know. Put a cheap, fake ring on their fingers, then tell them we want to marry them but have to know if the sex will be good before we go all the way through with it.”
“Genius!” Griff said, and the three high-fived one another.
Chapter 25
Garlic and basil filled the air as the men were greeted by Cait at the front door of their home. “Smells great, honey,” Phoenix said as he pulled Cait into his arms and dropped a kiss on her lips. “You’ll make some man a great wife someday.”
She giggled and smacked him in the chest lightly. “Oh, you!” Cait took his hand and led him and the other men down the dark hallway to the kitchen. “Come on. I’ll pour you guys some of that wine you brought, and you all can take seats at the kitchen table. Our parents went out to play bingo at the church. They took Alex, so it’s only us for the evening.”
“Good,” Phoenix said as he pulled her up closer. “Then we can play house for a little while.”
Cait giggled again, finding it funny that he was talking in such a way. They’d half expected the guys to disappear on them. But they’d also had a notion they’d stick around for the bet.
Ethan pushed the galley door open, finding Kel stirring a pot of bubbling red sauce. “There’s my love!” He went straight to her and picked her up, kissing her with a homey kiss. “I missed ya.”
Griff went to where Jess was tearing up leaves of lettuce in a large bowl. “Look how domestic you are, baby!” He too gave his girl a kiss and a sweet hug.
“I can be quite the domestic goddess when I want to be,” Jess said with a smile.
Griff kissed the tip of her nose. “I bet you can be. Can I do anything to help you?”
“You can pour me a glass of wine while I make this salad.” She kissed his cheek, then whispered, “Mom and Dad are out; I plan on taking you up to my bedroom later.”
Griffin eyed her for a moment. He wanted to let the cat out of the bag so damn bad, it ate as his insides. But he pushed that down and said, “I can’t wait.”
With a sweet smile, Jess went back to making the salad as Griff went to pour her a glass of wine. He watched the women being overly sweet to his friends. He knew they thought they were so smart. But they had no idea of the bullshit that was about to be pulled on them.
With what they had planned, no woman in her right mind would want to marry any of them!
Kel handed Ethan the plates to set the table with. He met Griffin at it as he was putting down napkins and forks. Phoenix had been delegated the job of placing the food on the table as the women washed up the dishes they’d use to cook with.
Then all six took seats around the table. Kel took Ethan’s hand, and that of Cait’s who sat next to her. “I think we should start a tradition of saying grace before we eat. It’s what I want our family to do. When I have one, that is.” She gave Ethan a giant smile. “Would you do the honors, Ethan?”
He was shaking inside with fury at the woman. Playing on the Lord to gain him as a husband was low. But he smiled and pretended to be impressed with how fantastic Kel was. “Oh, love, yes, please allow me to do the honors. Everyone take hands and bow.” They all did as he said and he too lowered his head. “Oh Heavenly Father above us all, please rain down your guidance on us this evening. Watch over our pretenses and silence the fears in us.”
Kel opened her eyes and looked at him. “Ethan, this is no sermon. Bless the food and be done with it.”
“Sorry, my love,” he apologized. “Lord, up in Heaven, our almighty and one true God, please bless this food these lovely, honest, women made for us this evening. Please watch over them and lead them to the light and to your ways, Lord. Help them to understand life and truth.” Another tug on his hand had him knowing Kel was about to interrupt him again if he didn’t wrap it up. “Wrapping it up, Lord, our God, please help these women with their very souls. Amen.”
“I don’t know what that was about,” Kel said. “But thanks for saying the blessing, Ethan.”
“You’re very welcome, my love,” he said then kissed her cheek.
At least he’d asked God to help their heathen souls!
Dinner went well, and soon they were finished and retiring to separate, secluded areas of the home. Jess took Griffin up to the bedroom the three young women shared. “Here we are; my room.”
Griff looked at the three beds. “You all share one bedroom?”
“Yes, the house only has three bedrooms. Alex is a boy, so he gets his own,” Jess said then wrapped her arms around his neck. “Wanna make out?”
Griff was pretty pissed at what Jess was trying to pull, but he might just get her to do more than make out, and it might lead to him winning the bet then they’d dump the money grubbers and leave town. “Sure, we can make out, baby.”
She smiled as he kissed her and picked her up in his arms. Taking her to the nearest bed, he laid her down and covered her body with his. The kiss grew with his desire, and he was lost in it in no time at all.
Pushing her shirt up, he cupped her bra-covered breast, kneading it and salivating as he wanted to have it in his mouth. He decided he was going for it. Pushing the bra up, he uncovered the perfect mound and kissed his way down until he found the nipple hard as a rock and pulled it into his mouth.
Jess moaned and arched her body up to him, “Yes, Griff.”
He dug his fingers into her waist as he sucked and licked her tit. His cock was straining the zipper of his jeans, and he had to have a bit of relief. Taking her hand, he moved it to his cock.
It took her no time at all to unbutton and unzip his pants, setting him almost free. Her hand moved over his underwear, rubbing his aching dick. The sisters had all talked and had come up with the idea to give the men almost what they wanted. It was another teasing scheme that was sure to leave the men mad at them and hurry the end of their plan to get them into bed.
In the living room, Cait had Phoenix on the sofa. The way he was grinding on her was making it hard for her to stick to the plan of teasing him beyond belief without giving in all the way. His warm lips pressed against her ear. “I want you, Cait.”
All she could do was groan. She wanted him too, but there was the little promise she’d made her sisters. Her body undulated to his. Her breasts were mashed against his tight chest. When he grabbed her ass and gave it a squeeze, she almost lost it all.
Kel and Ethan were in the den. He was kissing his way up her neck, muttering, “You smell like heaven. You taste like sin, and I want to taste every inch of you, love.”
Kel’s
body was on fire. She just kept wishing the man wasn’t a liar. She’d have given into him with a passion she’d never known before if he’d been an honest man.
He had her lying on the sofa, and there was a spring in her back that kept her alert, instead of falling into the abyss his kissing was trying to take her to. Ethan made his way down her body, kissing and touching her all over. When he got down on his knees beside the sofa and pushed her skirt up, she sucked in her breath.
Should she allow him to kiss her more intimately?
Ethan wasn’t asking; he was taking. Before she could protest, he pulled her panties to one side and had his hot mouth on her. It was his intention to fuck her. Then the bet would be done, and he could move on from the conniving female.
Kel had lost all track of any thoughts she’d been having. With his tongue stroking her clit, she was in ecstasy. Her hands fisted in his amber waves. She cried out with each deft lick he gave her. “Yes!”
Ethan was in a frenzy of lust and anger that had him being more beastly than he had been before with her. His nails pressed into the flesh of her ass as he took it to lift her up so he could kiss and eat her out more voraciously.
Kel was aware of nothing but the intensity that he was filling her with. An enormous wave began in her lower regions, swelling up and moving all the way through her body. She let out a hellacious shriek with the orgasm, “Ethan!”
The man wasted no time; he stood up and dropped his pants as he pulled her around so he could get on top of her and finish what he’d started. It was her weak cry that made him stop. “Are you weeping?” he asked her.
“I’m sorry,” she whimpered as the tears flowed like rivers. “It’s just that, damn. It’s … I haven’t …”
“Are you trying to tell me that you haven’t had an orgasm since you and that guy broke up?” he asked her in disbelief.
“I’ve never had an orgasm given to me by anyone. You’re the first person to ever make me have one.” She wept openly and felt so damn odd that it made no sense to her at all.
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