Lily pressed the soft napkin to her mouth, trying to hide her sigh. She wanted to lie in bed with Adam, watching movies and eating popcorn. Her wants were simple, and until now, she hadn’t realized how much she needed someone to share her bed, not the window seat.
Lily got up and walked over to the windows. The shimmery streaks of moonlight were like fingers stretching through the trees. The calm water looked like a darker film against the landscape of the grass. “It’s a beautiful sight, isn’t it, the way the moon uses the water as a mirror?” She made the comment to herself, not realizing Adam was standing behind her until he wrapped his arms around her waist. “Did you mean what you said?”
“About what?” he asked as he skimmed his lips over the shell of her ear.
She tried to focus, but the thoughts spinning in her head only wanted him to keep trailing his warm breath over the sensitive flesh. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to stop the warmth spreading over her skin. “About relocating.”
“Yeah. I’m tired of New York. I want something different. A new start. I need to take Nick’s advice and stop waiting to start my life. I’m the older brother, but somehow he was always so much smarter than me. He always followed his heart in everything he did. He had no fear, Lily. It led him to you.” He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “He led me to you. If he could follow his dreams, so can I.”
She kept her gaze forward so he couldn’t see the pained expression on her face. “I understand.” She said the words, knowing they were true. Understanding his need to move on and accepting it were two very different things her heart might not be able to manage.
He turned her around to pull her into his arms. “Then will you do something for me?” The way he slid his thumb over her cheeks made her lean into his touch. “I am coming back, Lily. There’s something I haven’t told you. I’m leaving for Afghanistan in a couple of weeks. I contracted with National Geographic to take pictures there. If I pull out, I’ll lose a lot of money.” He reached for her arm, and she pulled away. “I don’t want to be away knowing you’re here lonely and suffering while I’m gone. Can you wait for me?”
Lily was terrified knowing the danger Adam would be putting himself in. She wanted to drop to her knees and beg him not to go. She swallowed. “What do you mean by suffering?”
“I mean, here.” He pressed his hand against her skirt, massaging the mound of her sex. “We’ve shared something very special and nothing can take the place of that. But I want you to be satisfied while I’m gone. It’s not fair that you’ve opened up, and now with me leaving, you have to shut down again. I want to make you happy, and I think I know a way to make that happen. Will you trust me?”
“I have Tony and Renee.” Lily wrapped her hand over his, pressing it farther into her dress. “They can keep me company.” Truly, the last thing she wanted was a substitute for the man she was falling in love with. Oh, God, I’m really falling in love with him.
“With fake cocks and toys?” His sullen frown reached out to her. “I don’t think so.” He turned his hand, taking hers and pressing it against his slumbering cock. He clasped her fingers, forcing her to feel the bulge. “You need this. Say you need this.”
“I do. I do need this. But I can wait for you.”
“I wouldn’t expect you to.”
“But, Adam—”
“Come here,” he said and led her to the sofa where Tony was waiting.
Adam positioned her in front of Tony. She stood silent, watching the expression on Tony’s face. She couldn’t recall ever seeing him look at her with such tenderness. She looked down at him as he sat on the edge of the cushion.
Tony eased her closer between his knees. He pulled the thin shawl from her shoulders, revealing the crests of her exposed cleavage. Lily slowly glided her hands behind her back.
“Not tonight, Lily,” Tony said.
She couldn’t recall the last time she heard him say her name. It startled her. She didn’t know what to do. Her knees became weak as she felt him reach behind her and take her hands into his. She studied Adam, who was sitting close beside Tony. The sincere expression shining in Adam’s eyes reassured her everything was going to be okay. She looked back at Tony. He was waiting for her. Calmly, she placed her hands on the front of her thighs and nodded.
“Just relax for me. Nothing is going to happen you don’t want to,” Tony said and stood up, towering over her. “Okay? Tonight is about us showing you how much we care about you. Adam, what movie are we going to watch first?”
Lily looked over at Adam, who was holding two DVDs. “I got one for her and one for us. Death Race for us and Pride and Prejudice for her. I say we watch some serious gunfire first.”
“Okay, wait a second,” Lily said. Did they not both just give her the fuck me eyes? “You guys don’t want to fuck tonight?”
Both men looked at each other. “No,” they said in unison.
“So you want to watch movies and snuggle on the couch?” she asked with a sarcastic grin.
“Yes,” Tony said. “It’s not about sex tonight, Lily. It’s about you feeling comfortable with me so I can take care of you while Adam’s away. Adam and I’ve been talking a lot and have made some decisions. Adam has been learning about your needs. He wants you to be happy while he’s away.”
Lily put her hands over her ears and shook her head. “Don’t say another word about that. Not now.”
Adam tossed the DVDs on the couch and tugged Lily into his arms. “Oh, baby, it’s going to be all right. Let Tony and me take care of you. If it leads to something…that’s okay too, but we wanted to comfort you tonight.”
The words she wanted to say were stuck in the back of her throat. She needed to say so many things, but nothing could describe the intense grip their compassion had on her heart. The only thing she could do was nod her head, knowing times like these would be limited and maybe never come again. “I’ll watch the movies. But I get to sit in the middle.”
Tony tugged her back against him. “Poppet, you can sit anywhere you want.”
“Tony,” Adam said as he sat on the couch. “You get the popcorn, and I’ll make a comfortable spot here for Lily.”
“You don’t have to do that,” she protested.
Adam leaned up and pecked her cheek with a sweet kiss. The gesture made her feel more vulnerable than if she’d been standing there stark naked. “You’re mine to take care of, Lily Flower.”
Lily looked down. She could outline the rigid shape of his hard cock. “If I’m going to get more comfortable, then you guys have to too.”
Lily spun around and sat on Adam’s lap. The slow motion of her hips as she rocked back and forth made her feel sexy, in control of his inner beast. Adam’s growl made her smile. The feeling of his fingertips digging into the sides of her hips made her pause. The rough sensation eased through her veins, touching every remote part of her body.
“Naked or one of my T-shirts,” he said from behind her. “Which one?”
“For me or you?” she teased.
“Definitely naked for you. Would you do that for me? Get naked and let us have our way with you?”
Lily turned to look at Adam. “Really? Anything?” She thought about the prospect for a moment. Excitement made the steady cadence of her heart triple its effort. “I think I could do that. Yes, I would like that.”
“Ah, you little minx, I think you better get your ass upstairs then. You got two seconds, or I’m throwing you over my shoulder. Tony, we’ll be down in a sec.”
Lily giggled and sprinted for the stairs, knowing that this might be the last time she was going to feel Adam’s strong hands all over her body.
Chapter Thirteen
Lily turned over to find a wall of flesh keeping her from getting out of bed. The lights had been turned off, leaving her in the darkness of the loft. She turned in the other direction, trapped there too. Tony was peacefully sleeping behind her. Reaching out, she traced the sleek muscles of Adam’s back. The gentle rise an
d fall of his shoulders kept time with his sleeping breaths. He still had his clothes on. She lifted her head to try and see his face, but he was turned too far away. She snuggled up behind him and wrapped her arm over his waist. A soft moan filtered out of him as he grabbed her hand and pulled her even closer.
Lily heard him say something, but her eyes were too heavy and she was too tired to respond. Her pussy ached. Both men had ended up chasing her up the stairs, and they’d watched the movies in bed instead of on the couch. Lily had impatiently waited for someone to make a move, but it never happened. She’d fallen asleep, frustrated and horny.
From behind her, Tony mumbled something in his sleep. She rolled onto her stomach, trying to get comfortable, quickly drifting back to sleep.
In a half dream, Lily stroked her cheek on the soft pillow and yawned, unable to fully wake. She kept her eyes closed and skimmed her hand across the sheet, feeling for Adam. The first lick of heat spreading across her back made her eyes shoot open.
Lily heard her voice echo as if it were coming from above her head. Again, the whip of the leather cut through the air. The lash raised another mark next to the first. A wave of pleasure surged through her as she cried out for more. Tony’s voice faded as she fell into the familiar and welcoming blackness of her quiet thoughts.
“SEE, YOU CAN’T hit in the same place twice,” Tony said as Adam listened carefully to Tony’s detailed instructions. Tony pointed to the dark pink marks he’d just made. “And never on the front of her body; she doesn’t like that.”
Adam nodded, accepting the instruction. Both men were kneeling on the bed, watching Lily as she squirmed underneath their inspection. Tony, naked, and Adam, with his cock still hard, methodically discussed Lily’s marks.
“And you have to snap it. Let the leather do the work, not your heavy hand,” Tony said as he flicked his wrist and smacked the lash on her left buttock. “Check her. You’ll see this gets her wetter than anything. She craves it. Truth be told, I trained her to accept what she needs, and in her own subtle way, she taught me how to give her what she most desires. “
Adam slid his hand between Lily’s spread thighs and rubbed the soft flesh covering her clit. She rolled her hips and murmured her approval into the pillow. He explored the depth of her slick core, then looked over at Tony and smiled. The way Lily’s body responded so readily amazed him. She was a beacon of senses, acting on instinct and waiting to be pleased. The last thing he wanted to do was harm the one woman he believed could heal his soul. This—the taming of his beast—was something only Lily could do. If this was what pleased her, then he would do whatever it took to show her he was ready for the challenge of bringing her pure pleasure.
Lucky for him, they had the same desire. He wanted to dominate every aspect of her body, teach her to find power in her submissiveness and find happiness in his arms. He vowed at that moment to keep her safe. He would wield the belt, the thin strips of the flogger, or the whisper of a feather to bring her strength in knowing that she was owned. She was safe to explore her desires without fear of judgment.
He had to give her at least that. She brought him peace in her touch and compassion in her submission. He would never be able to repay that debt. He had to be diligent when opening himself up to her desires. Whipping was not a punishment, but an act of caring. Binding was not a force of power, but a way for her to find release in the safety of knowing she was wanted. With every part of his being, he wanted to bring her the things she cherished most.
Adam took another breath and watched as the end of the belt licked the gentle curve of her lower back. He had begun to run his fingertips along the pink flesh when Tony pulled his hand away.
“Stop—you don’t want her to come.”
Adam wanted to touch her, to make her feel overcome with passion, but there was one lesson he was going to have to learn the hard way. Restraint. Adam never had been very proficient at holding out for anything that he set his mind to. And when it came to his Lily Flower, he felt he’d waited damn long enough. He reached his hand out to touch Lily again. Tony intercepted his hand. Adam looked over and Tony shook his head. Okay, this was really going to be a test of both his patience and impulse control. He got it. Lily needed a man who could be in control when she couldn’t.
Both men watched as Lily dug her mound into the mattress. “Yes, please. I want more.”
“She can’t help it,” Tony said. “Her body knows what it needs and seeks it.” Crack! Tony landed the strip of leather on her pale flesh. This time at the base of her shoulder blade. “Okay, now you try.” Tony handed Adam the belt.
Adam studied the long strap of leather. There was no doubt this was so much more intense than the scenes he’d watched at the club. Knowing that he was in control of Lily’s ultimate pleasure was a high, a drug he would forever be addicted to. He wrapped the buckled end around his right wrist, twice. The tight feeling in his chest had nothing to do with fear. There was no hint of hesitation. The beautiful, soft body resting below him consumed every fiber of his soul. She was giving herself over and wrapping her trust in a lovely pink box. A cherished gift for him to protect.
He checked Tony, who had started stroking his own cock. Adam grinned. Tony probably needed to come as much as she did. “You crave this, don’t you,” Adam whispered, “just as much as she does. That’s why you do this—why you love the kink with her. You wish it was you.”
Adam winced when Tony wrapped his fingers around his wrist and squeezed. The tight muscle in Tony’s jaw twitched. “Don’t presume to know me. You are here for her. Not me.”
The message had been sent loud and clear. That topic was off-limits, and Adam was going to be the first to bury it. He turned his attention back to Lily.
Crack! He’d done it. His mark looked like Tony’s. It left a bright pink streak on a new piece of skin at the top of her shoulder blade. He watched as Lily wiggled beneath him, trying to grind her pussy farther into the mattress. Again, he smacked her, this time on the ass.
God, he loved the way her ass clenched and released as if she were sitting on his waist, riding his dick. He waited until he could see her breath slow and her body relax into the mattress. The last thing he wanted to do was cross the line from the pleasure-pain threshold into all-out violence.
“Hit her several times, then start in again after giving her a quick break,” Tony instructed Adam. “Straddle her head between your knees. Don’t let her move.”
Adam did as Tony instructed and moved to the head of the bed, where he carefully eased Lily’s head between his knees. Her hair was messy and tossed around on the sheet. He felt her head twitch when he placed a heavy knee on the wavy strands. She was pinned, confined—the way Adam knew she needed to be.
He looked up at Tony, his voice a command. “Now fuck her hard.”
LILY TRIED TO lift her head, but the strength in Adam’s legs kept her from moving. The sensation of being confined made her feel an ultimate release. There was no anxiety. No deadlines for work. No hectic schedule. The clarity was pure peace. This was what she craved.
Between strokes, the relaxation unfurling her muscles was that much sweeter. The way her welts blazed like fire over her skin, the coolness in the air that soothed the tormented flesh. The sweltering pleasure made the darkness more intense. There was a content silence going inward, finding that hidden place within herself that no one knew about. Not Tony. Not Adam. Not Nicholas. The secret place was hers to cherish. It was her friend; the gentle lull of what she knew was true.
She was a submissive, her need for the pleasure-pain threshold was an unspoken bond that kept her always wanting more. More sensation, more understanding, more control. There was passion in knowing she could withstand anything in life. The strength she owned in pain brought her the power to seek her desires. And this time—this sacred time—Adam and Tony were allowing her to release what hindered her and to explore the darkness with truth and a realization that she was a woman who deserved to experience joy of the bo
dy and mind in any way she wished. This was her dream. Adam finding the courage to trust her gave her the strength to discover the courage within herself.
She heard Adam give Tony the command. She wanted this so badly she could only pray he wouldn’t be disappointed in the way she tried to lift up onto her knees. Her desire to give him better access to her pussy was a plea to relieve the throbbing inside her channel and to be filled so deeply. Her breath caught with the feeling of a warm hand pushing on her lower back.
“Down, poppet,” Tony’s raspy voice called out to her in the misty dream of her thoughts.
Instinctively she tried to raise her hips again. Seeking the end to the torment coursing through the tight coil gripping her muscles, she pulled back on her head. Adam’s knees dug deeper into the mattress, locking her head in place. The stinging sensation of her hair being pulled made her want to submit, to let her body fly and trust that these two men would bring her the most delicious pleasure she’d ever experienced.
She relaxed her head, finding a comfortable position as she rested her hips back onto the bed.
Tony’s voice floated from behind her. “That’s it. Let your body accept this. Relax,” he said as he caressed the side of her waist. “Let the distractions go. Let me give you what you need. Trust me, poppet.”
Lily eased her trembling body deep into the mattress and did as Tony had taught her to do. She released the pain and took in the darkness, where only pleasure dwelled.
TONY SPREAD LILY’S legs, watching as she tried to raise her backside off the bed. He leaned back and slid two fingers into her pussy. She was so damn tight. The sweet sound of her moan made his dick leak. It’d been over two weeks since he and Renee had slept together. He stroked the length of his shaft. All they seemed to do was fight about his long hours at work or how he kept ignoring her when he was home. They didn’t even have make-up sex anymore.
But this was his poppet. Here and now. He could always count on her soft voice to soothe him, to take away the harsh realities of his life. Watching her thrive under his discipline made him forget about other things, made life seem more bearable.
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