by Becca Van
Passion, Victoria 2: Toni’s Reluctance
Antonia Cameron is part owner of a coffee shop in the country town of Passion in Victoria, Australia, with her sister, Natasha. She is being courted by two new residents, Ben and Jack Landon, the owners of the new adult shop, which is across the road from Toni's shop.
The two brothers are persistent with their courting of Toni. They can see she has feelings and desire for them whenever she looks at them.
Toni has built a wall around her heart, as her one and only experience with a man led to her being physically and emotionally hurt.
Ben and Jack need to break through the walls she has encased herself in without hurting her physically or psychologically in the process. Everything begins going downhill when the brothers realize in their arrogance, they have probably burnt their bridges and have no hope of having a relationship with the woman of their dreams.
NOTE: This book was previously published at 30,000 words under the name Becky Wilde with another publisher. This version has been extensively revised and expanded to 40,000+ words.
Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre
Length: 40,869 words
PASSION, VICTORIA 2: TONI'S RELUCTANCE
Becca Van
MENAGE EVERLASTING
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Epilogue
About the Author
Passion, Victoria 2: Toni's Reluctance
BECCA VAN
Copyright © 2013
Chapter One
“Hot damn,” Antonia Cameron muttered when she looked up as the bell over the door to her coffee shop gave a tinkle and two of her customers walked through the door. She hoped it wasn’t too obvious to them that she was drooling over their handsome features and musculature. They were sex on legs.
Toni could still remember the first time the Landon brothers had entered her store a few months ago. Her heart had beat out a rapid tattoo and her body had responded to the handsome faces and manly physiques.
She’d never forget the way she had felt, as if she were drowning when she’d met their eyes or the way her breath had hitched in her throat when both men had perused her body. She could honestly say she had never been attracted to or reacted that way before. And even though she appreciated their handsomeness and masculinity she wasn’t sure she liked the way her errant body seemed to take over whenever they came in to get their morning cup of coffee. But no matter how hard she tried to keep her eyes off of them she couldn’t seem to help herself. Even as she moved toward the coffee machine she found herself watching them.
God, they are so damn sexy. I need a change of underwear every time they come in.
“Hi, Ben, Jack, what will it be today?” Toni asked.
“The usual please, sugar,” Jack answered.
Toni worked at the coffee machine making their usual drinks as she spoke to them.
“So, how is Landon’s Adult Store doing? Are you getting enough customers?”
“Yeah, we are. Since the news of the polyandrous relationship going on at the Triple R farm was spread throughout the country by the media six months ago, and the fact that we only opened our doors two months ago, I’d have to say business is booming.” Ben grinned.
“Where is that sexy little sister of yours, sugar?” Jackson Landon asked.
“Um, she had to get some things done for the store, this morning. She should be here around lunch time. Why?”
“No reason,” Jack answered as he let his eyes run over her long blonde hair, which she’d pulled back in a clip, over her face, and then he met her eyes. Toni was aware of the way the two men watched her avidly as she made their coffee, but pretended sh
e didn’t know they were looking at her while she filled their order.
Ben moved in closer to the counter, leaned his six-foot-three-inch frame on the free space beside the cash register and studied her. Goose bumps rose up on her skin and a shiver worked its way up and down her spine. They took her breath away every time they came within her vicinity. She’d never been more aware of her body than when these two men came into her shop. Every time she moved, she felt the slight jiggle of her breasts, the ache in her nipples as they ruched and hardened and brushed against the lace of her bra, and her clit pulsed causing her pussy to clench and drip cream. But there was no way she would ever let them know they affected her so much.
Jackson and Ben Landon had only moved to Passion, Victoria a few months ago and had been coming into Toni and her sister, Natasha’s, coffee shop from the first day. In fact business was booming for them, too. Ever since that media account of Simone and the men on the Triple R farm had hit the news, their little town had been inundated with people.
Jack and Ben asked after Natasha every morning and even though Antonia wasn’t normally a jealous person, especially of her sister, she was very envious of the attention the two men had for Tasha. She couldn’t understand it, because Toni wasn’t interested in having a relationship with one man, let alone two.
So why does the green-eyed monster raise its ugly head when they enquire about Tasha?
“Do you want me to let her know you were asking after her?” Toni asked, hoping they weren’t as interested in her little sister as they seemed. She knew she was being contrary but couldn’t seem to help herself. Toni didn’t want them for herself but she got jealous every time they asked after Tasha or if she saw them talking to any other woman. She pushed their take-out coffee cups across the counter and rang up the sale when Jack handed her a twenty-dollar bill.
She reached out with Jack’s change and hoped the little gasp she made when his hand encircled her small wrist went unnoticed by him. She looked up to his face and saw heat directed at her. Is that look for me or Tasha? She blinked and saw his face once again lacked all expression.
God, Toni, now you’re imagining things. You’ve been working too hard and need a break. Get a grip, girl.
She had to concentrate really hard not to react when Jack’s thumb caressed over the sensitive skin of her inner wrist. Fire licked through her veins as he continued to rub little circles over her skin.
Jack shrugged in indifference to her question, which only managed to confuse her. Either they were interested in her sister or they weren’t.
“When are you going to visit our store, Toni?” Jack asked with a grin.
“Um, oh, I’m not,” Toni replied. Her face felt so hot she was sure it was the color of a fire engine. Her eyes were on his hand as he stroked the soft skin of her inner wrist. His touch was warm and light and she was having a hard time trying not to giggle as he tickled her. But that wasn’t all. Her body was doing a jig as if begging for more. She didn’t want to look up and meet his eyes until the heat in her face had dissipated, but if he kept touching her the way he was, that wasn’t going to happen any time soon.
“Why not, sugar? There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Lots of people in this town visit our store, married couples, couples, single people, men, and women. So, how ’bout you come on over one day and I’ll give you a tour?”
“I don’t think so,” Toni said with conviction and finally she raised her head to look into his smiling blue eyes.
God they were sexy. Jackson Landon stood at six foot one with blonde hair, blue eyes and the widest shoulders she had ever seen besides his brother. They were both handsome in a rugged way, not the pretty boy, GQ style out of magazines, but real, sexy, rugged men.
Ben was taller than Jack at around six foot three with dark blonde hair and blue eyes. His upper arms and torso bulged with musculature, drawing female eyes to him whenever he passed in the street. He was currently leaning over her counter watching her with his sexy blue eyes like a hawk. Jackson was the eldest of the two brothers at age thirty with Ben only two years behind.
They had moved to Passion approximately three months previously and bought the store across the main street from her shop. It had taken them a month to refurbish the interior of their store and another couple of weeks to set up the merchandise. Toni had nearly had a fit when she saw the signs being painted on their windows and the advertising board outside the new store. She would really love to go and take a look at the merchandise within but was actually a very shy and private person. There was no way she was going to let anybody in this small country town know she liked sex toys as much as any other person. She wasn’t the type of person to go advertising her sexual proclivities.
Ben straightened from the counter to stand tall as he gazed down at her. “You will come and visit one day, sweetheart, even if I have to carry you over my shoulder. Just think of all the fun you could have picking out gifts for your friends and your sister. We have some really sexy lingerie I’m sure you’d find interesting. In fact I would love to have you model some of the sweet little outfits we have for sale. Mmm hmm, I can just imagine…”
“Ben, that’s enough, you’re embarrassing Toni.” Jack interrupted his brother’s musings.
Thank God. If he’d continued the juices leaking from my pussy soaking my crotch would be running down my legs.
“Sorry, Toni, I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable, baby. I guess I kind of get carried away when I talk about the store.”
“Ya think?” Toni pulled her hand away from Jackson’s clasp and slapped his change on the counter in front of him and pulled her hand back quickly so the man in front of her could not entrap her hand once more.
Jackson took his change from the counter, placed it in his pocket, then walked around the end of the counter until he was standing in front of Toni, looking down at her. He moved in closer until there were only inches separating their bodies. She tipped her head back, craning her neck until she could see his eyes, but she had to lower her head again when the muscles in her neck began to cramp.
She gave a gasp as she felt Jackson’s hands around her waist. She was lifted from her feet, and ended up with them dangling in the air as Jackson picked her up until she was staring into his eyes. She reached out and clutched his shoulders for balance.
“What are you doing?”
He didn’t answer but moved toward the counter until her buttocks rested on the edge, giving her body a little support. He leaned down until his face was only inches from hers and breathed in deeply. He closed his eyes as if savoring her scent and then his lids lifted and pinned her with his gaze again.
He slowly moved his gaze from hers until it was resting on the lips of her mouth, not moving, as if giving her time to protest, and even though she wanted to she couldn’t find her voice. Excitement rushed through her, her lips parting slightly to draw in air and then the tip of her tongue slid along her bottom lip, moistening her dry flesh. Jackson groaned as if he was in pain and then he lowered his head.
His mouth was on hers, gliding his lips back and forth with a gentle questing until she couldn’t help but open more for him. He took immediate advantage, sliding his tongue into the recess of her mouth, tangling his tongue with hers, thrusting in and out in an imitation of a more carnal act. She moaned without conscious thought when he sucked her full bottom lip into his mouth, laving it with his tongue until she was digging her nails into his broad, hard, muscular shoulders. Releasing her lip he slanted his mouth once more, ravaging her with a carnality that surprised her, then he drew back gently, as if easing the kiss down from the hot meeting of lips and tongue it had been, until he finally lifted his mouth from hers.
She stared up at him with desire and bewilderment, wondering if her eyes were glazed with passion. Jackson still held her in a steadying grasp, with his large hands on her slim waist, and there was a satisfied gleam in his eyes as he once more lowered his eyes to her mouth.
Ben moved up bes
ide Jackson and his brother relinquished his hold on her as Ben placed his hands on her shoulders to keep her steady or still, she wasn’t sure which.
Ben moved in close to her body until he was standing between her splayed thighs. Leaning down, he took her mouth. Toni was consumed by the need to taste and tantalize. He thrust his tongue between her lips, twisting and tangling it with hers with a rapaciousness she’d never experienced before, and she whimpered with delight when he swept his tongue over her teeth, along her cheeks and tickled the roof of her mouth. Her moan brought her back to the present and she gasped when she realized what she was doing. Toni shoved at his shoulders, trying to break the hold he had on her with his hands and mouth. He gave one last thrust of his tongue then slowly weaned his mouth from hers.
Toni was so embarrassed. She couldn’t believe she’d allowed the two sexy brothers to ravage her in her coffee shop where all the people passing by her store could see, let alone if she’d had any customers walk through the door. She was so mortified she shoved once more at Ben’s chest and slid her arse from the counter until her feet were once more back on the floor. She locked her knees when her legs wobbled, hoping they hadn’t seen her reaction to their kisses, and turned to glare at them.
She couldn’t believe that Jack’s first touch had seemed to hold her in a sexual thrall. Toni had been almost mesmerized as she’d looked into his beautiful blue eyes. Now that he and Ben were no longer touching her she snapped out of the sexual trance they had wrapped around her and quickly glanced around the shop to make sure no one had entered while the Landon brothers had put their moves on her.
