by Angel Steel
“What the fuck are you doing?” Logan hissed as he pulled the door closed. His body had shifted behind hers, his arm wrapped around her middle section as he held her back from the door.
Pushing him back, she spun around. “You took my shorts, I was only going to grab another pair from my bag,” she hissed back.
“Like hell you are, spitfire. You wouldn’t even make it out of this truck in only a thong and a shirt,” he growled.
Smiling at him, she shifted closer to him. If she could distract him just enough, she could slip out and grab another pair before he got to her. Her hand slid up the inside of his leg as she pushed her chest into his arm. His body tensed as she approached his erection, sitting behind his jeans. Her fingers bypassed his hardness and moved up to his chest. Gripping his shirt, she pulled him down to her mouth.
Their lips moved together as she slid her tongue into his mouth. Sage smiled as he groaned her name. Her hand slid down his body and gripped Logan through his jeans, stroking, and adding pressure as the jeans rubbed along him with her hand.
Her other hand let him go, and slid over towards the door handle, nipping him on his lips. She pushed open the door and quickly jumped out, leaving the door open. Giggling, she high fived herself; she had successfully seduced one of the boys, instead of them doing it to her. One point to her, zero to the Harper boys. She took a step, ready to run to the back of the truck when she was pushed back against it with an extremely hard body.
She couldn’t move. Her hands fisted at the side of her as her eyes roamed up the body pinned to hers, and found Zeb’s eyes boring down into hers.
His hands gripped her hips, using his body to shield her away from prying eyes. “Where the fuck are your shorts?” he yelled, his voice stern.
Shrinking back a little at his voice, she answered on a whisper, “Your brother has them and won’t give them back.” She glanced over his shoulder and realised that they were parked at a service station out of town. Zeb’s truck was parked behind Caleb’s, as Caleb stood at the front end talking to some guy about something under the hood. Bri and Kaidence were talking about something, and then their eyes found her. Both of them gasping before they burst into laughter, taking in the scene.
Shaking her head, she pushed Zeb back, ready to move past him, but Logan was right beside him, frowning down at her. Seriously, it wasn’t like she hadn’t walked around practically naked before.
“Get back in the truck before I throw you back in there,” Logan growled at her, his body tense as he stood blocking anyone’s view of her. His eyes glared at her, lips firm.
Like fuck she was because he asked so bloody nicely. Looking over to Caleb, she called out his name, “Caleb.”
Caleb spun around and smiled towards her. “What’s up, spitfire?”
“I need to use the bathroom. Can you take me, please?” She used the sweetest voice she could.
Both Logan and Zeb moved closer to her.
“Come on, spitfire. Let’s go. We need to hit the road...”
She pushed past both the boys and got about halfway to Caleb before he finished speaking. She was suddenly thrown over a shoulder with a shirt covering over her ass as she was walked quickly towards the toilets.
Logan and Zeb followed suit behind her as Bri and Kaidence doubled over with laughter at her ass sticking up in the air on top of Caleb’s broad shoulder. Grinning to herself, she was extremely proud. She was determined to get a rise out of him.
As Caleb stomped into the ladies’ toilets, Lilly walked out of a cubicle and screamed. Her hand pushed to her chest, breathing heavily as all three of the boys stood right in front of her.
“What the fuck, guys?” she hissed.
Placing Sage on the ground, the shirt was ripped from around her ass and she was pushed towards the cubicle in front of her.
Shaking her ass just a little more than usual, all three of them turned and walked out of the toilet. She knew they would be standing at the door not allowing anyone else in.
“Well, you know how to make an entrance, don’t you?” Lilly laughed as she finished her business and flushed. Walking out of the cubicle, Sage washed her hands and dried them at the automatic hand dryer.
“Well, if Logan gave my damn shorts back, it wouldn’t have happened like that. Stupid stubborn man,” she gritted out.
“So, why are you only in a thong and shirt? Do I even want to know?” she asked curiously.
“Let’s just say that Logan, Caleb and I had a little fun while you guys were waiting here patiently for us.” She wasn’t going to give extra detail of what occurred in the back of Caleb’s truck.
“You dirty, dirty, hooker. You finally got some,” Lilly screamed in excitement.
The door busted open and all three of the boys stood, looking between them.
Lilly walked up to Logan since he was the closest to the door and slapped him on his chest. “You hound dog,” she said as she walked by him and out of the toilet. Caleb stepped forward and thrust his hand out with Logan’s shirt that he had taken off to cover her.
Tying it around her body, it barely covered all of her. Stepping through the door, Logan walked in front of her as she was pushed against his back, with Caleb behind her, guiding her back to the truck. Zeb mumbled something from behind her, but Sage never heard the words.
As they approached Caleb’s truck, the guy Caleb had been talking to approached Logan. Caleb’s hands gripped her hips, pushing her further into Logan’s back as he moved closer behind her.
“Everything all right?” The guy asked as his eyes landed on her. She hid her face in Logan’s back as her hands gripped the side of him. Logan’s hands came up and held them there as he answered the man, “All good, just a small mishap.”
She could feel the man’s eyes on her again, and she felt dirty. There was something about the guy, something creepy, dirty and sickening. The way his eyes roamed over her half-naked form made her shudder. It made her sick to her stomach at the look that covered his face.
“If you need any help with the little one, just let me know.”
Caleb stepped forward. “Unless you have a fucking death wish, it’s never happening in this life or the next,” he grated out. His hands tightening on her hips, to the point it was almost painful.
His voice grated over her skin, making her quiver at the tone in his voice. There was something about the guy that creeped her out in a fucking huge way. Logan stepped around him, his muscles straining under her hands. She stuck to him as Caleb followed closely behind her.
Opening the door, Logan shifted aside as Caleb moved forward with her. Once she was up in the cabin of the truck, Logan closed the door and slid into the front beside Caleb. Oh, they were pissed. She sat in the back, alone, looking between them in the front. Neither of them said a word to her as the truck started and moved out of the service station, with Zeb and the girls behind them.
Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to push their buttons and practically run around a service station half-naked.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered to them.
Caleb’s eyes burned into her. Sliding down farther in the seat, she took her eyes away from the front and looked out the window. She didn’t mean to upset them by her actions at the servo. But they had to understand that they couldn’t just order her to do things when they knew full well she would retaliate against them. Shit, they’d known each other long enough. They knew she reacted to domineering shit like that.
Her phone beeped with a message. Unlocking her phone, she read the message and laughed.
Bri: Sage, Logan and Caleb sitting in a tree, F.U.C.K.I.N.G. woot woot, girl. You keep them on their toes and fucking their brains out, but I want details as soon as we get to the ranch, and they bloody better be dirty too.
Looking behind her at the truck, Bri, Lilly and Kaidence gave her the thumbs up. Zeb shook his head at them as he followed closely behind.
Turning around, Logan nor Caleb still hadn’t spoken to her. Well shit, s
he was definitely in deep trouble with them. What more could she do besides saying sorry and actually meaning it? It wouldn’t be enough for them, that was for sure.
Closing her eyes, she smiled to herself as she went over what she had done to them in this truck, and even more what they both did to her. She didn’t think she’d ever be able to see Caleb’s truck again without thinking about it. Clenching her legs together, the thought of having them again, in any way, was making her wet for them all. Maybe she would have to think of something to occupy them, just enough that they would forgive her for winding them up at the servo. It was a stupid thing to do, but she would make them see that they saw it that way and soon, very soon.
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Caleb’s hand gripped the steering wheel as they drove along the highway towards his parents’ ranch. How the fuck did she get that far away from Logan and Zeb with only a fucking G-string and shirt covering her? Watching as she stepped away from them, in only that, had his blood boiling to the point he was close to exploding. The guy looking over Zeb’s truck whistled and said something along the lines of, he wouldn’t mind tapping that ass for a good hour or two. Logan had ripped off his shirt as he stormed over towards her and threw it over her to cover her ass.
Fuck, he was close to throwing her in the back of the truck, giving her a good mouthing, then having his wicked way with her. The little devil had the audacity to call his name and walk towards him like nothing was wrong with the whole situation.
Good, thing she was far from that. His hands tightened further on the wheel as she laughed at something she received on her phone. He nor his brother had said a word to her once they were inside of the truck. If he did, God only knew what would have come out of his mouth. He had to keep his mouth shut, not wanting to rip into her and hurt her feelings in some way. She had to know what she did was completely wrong.
Her ass was getting spanked for that once they reached the ranch. Glancing sideways towards Logan, his eyes were closed and his breathing a little heavy, just like his own.
Jesus, she knew how to push their buttons and in a big fucking way. The road opened up ahead of him as the speed limit hit one hundred. His truck lunged forward as he pushed down on the accelerator. Maybe going to the ranch for the weekend would help her tame it down a little and spend time with his parents, since she hadn’t been up there in a few years. Maybe he would have a talk with his dad and find out what he would suggest they do.
This weekend away from work and general life was going to be relaxing, and having her there with them would help. Caleb needed to get his head away from the security business and relax himself. He had been running around constantly trying to acquire the contracts for their company. He wasn’t only doing his own work, but the work of Mac’s as well. He had sent countless text messages asking where he was and when he was coming back. Although it had only been close to a week since he walked off after they found out what he had said to Sage, which they were all still pissed at him for, they wanted to know that their brother was safe and not harmed.
He didn’t need that on his shoulders; they had already spoken about what they were telling their parents about him. They just needed a reply from him for their own sanity. They were giving it another week, max. If nothing came back from him, or he never showed, they were going to the last source who had seen him last, and he was regretting that now. He didn’t want to see that person; she had caused way too much tension between him and his brothers.
Shaking the thought away, Caleb set the cruise control and lifted his foot off the accelerator. With barely any traffic on the road, he drove towards the one place he knew that hardly ever had any drama there, and the one place he could be himself: his home.
CHAPTER
ELEVEN
As they pulled down the long driveway of his family’s ranch, Logan threw Sage’s shorts in the back beside her sleeping form. He could not say anything to her; he was too pissed at what she had done.
The horses in the paddock raced along the fence as their car sped towards the main house; he needed to get out of the truck. The two-hour drive to the ranch was getting to him in a big way. Having her sleeping in the back, still half-naked hadn’t helped; the whole journey he’d been squirming in his chair, wanting nothing more than to slide in the back and take her.
Caleb slowed his speed down as he approached the main house. Their dad’s truck sat to the left out front, and several other trucks sat beside his. Noticing it was lunchtime on the ranch, and knowing every workhand would be sitting at the table out back, had him on edge as they had brought the girls with them.
Pulling to a stop, he noticed his mum standing on the top step of the veranda, smiling down at them. Opening his door, Logan jumped out, walked to the back door and opened it. Sage had already woken and pulled on shorts; she sat there looking everywhere but at him. Fuck! He should have said something, anything to her so she wasn’t acting like this towards him. Lifting his hand to her, she pushed passed him and slid out. Great, now I’m getting the cold shoulder! He knew he couldn’t expect a different reaction, especially since he’d done the exact same thing to her for the last two hours.
Slamming the door shut behind him, Logan and Caleb moved quickly to her side as Zeb and the girls followed them towards the front of the house.
His mum’s arms opened wide as Sage practically ran up the stairs and wrapped her arms around her.
“I’ve missed you, my dear,” his mother said to Sage. Their mum pulled away from her grasp and placed her hands on either side of Sage’s face. Tilting her head to the side, her eyes moved from hers to Logan’s. He knew by that one look, he was in deep fucking trouble.
Rubbing his hand across the back of his neck, Logan walked up and stopped in front of her when Sage stepped to the side.
“Hey Mum.” Logan leaned down, giving her a hug. His mum was a tiny woman; smaller than Sage, she stood about five-feet-six against his build.
His mum pulled him closer and pinched his side. “What have you done?” she whispered as her eyes quickly went to Sage and back to him.
Logan shook his head in shame, and let his brothers say hello to her. The door banged open and there stood his father. Same height as all the boys, his build was a little smaller than all theirs, but he still gave them a run for their money when it came to it.
“Well, I’ll be damned, Sage Mathews. Haven’t seen you in a while. Come and give me a hug, sweetheart.”
Sage laughed and wrapped her arms around him as he picked her up and bear hugged her. Placing her down on her feet, he said around a smile, “You are still the cute little thing you always were. Besides Helen.”
Sage giggled, “I promise I won’t say a word.”
The others all said their hellos as they all walked inside of the house. The house was huge; but it needed to be. Having four boys and constant family stopping by, the house held eight bedrooms, and six bathrooms: one in the main room, and each to their four rooms. There was also one for the rest of the household. The other was an outside bathroom, a shower only, for all the workers to use, before they entered into the house.
Their mother hated anyone, specially her boys, coming in covered in dirt. Stepping into the sitting area, their mother walked off towards the kitchen and was back with a tray full of drinks. As they stood in the lounge room, the girls all looked around the room. Their eyes lit up at the size of the area.
Their mother handed out the drinks as his father spoke to them briefly. Logan barely paid attention as he kept his focus on Sage. His mother told the girls to follow her into the kitchen, as the four of them stood there talking.
“So, you boys here to really work or to dip your dipsticks inside that little girl?” Their father never sugar coated anything with them, but they were all shocked with what came out of his mouth.
“What?” Logan spluttered, choking on his drink.
“Son, I’m not stupid. I’ve seen the way you have all glanced her way over the years. Plus, I’ve heard the rumours
, so it’s not too hard to put two and two together. But words of advice, you hurt that little girl’s feelings and I hear about it, all of you be prepared for an ass whooping.”
Okay, so Logan was not expecting that at all, and by the looks on his brothers’ faces, neither were they.
“How did you know?”
“She had been trying to get all yours attention the day she stepped foot on this property.”
Well damn. “So it doesn’t bother you in the least that we all want her?”
“What you all do in the privacy of your own home is your business. As long as she is happy and you keep her that way, I’m fine with it. As to your mother, you will need to let her get used to the idea that you are all with her. She treats Sage like her own daughter, so you fuck up, not only will I kick your ass, so will she,” his father said as he slapped Logan on the back a little harder than normal, making sure what he said went through.
Nodding in agreement, he wanted nothing more than for Sage to accept them all in her life.
“Good, now let’s go out back, so you can all chat to the guys.” His father walked toward the back, as he and both his brothers followed behind.
As they stepped out, he heard Sage laugh at what one of the boys said to her. His fists clenched beside him as she and his mother stood at the end of the table, handing out drinks to all the workers.
His eyes strayed to hers, but she wasn’t looking at him.
“Well, I’ll be damned; lads lock up your girls, cos the Harper boys are back and going to be causing trouble by the night’s end.”
Laughing at Willy, expecting him to say something like that, Logan walked over and shook the man’s hand. “It’s been a while since I saw you last, old man. How’s it going?”
“Old man? The little pipsqueak can talk. Ready to rumble with the big boys, son?”
“I’d run circles around you and the rest of them, and you know it,” Logan laughed. Old Man Willy loved to stir the pot with them all. He had kept their secret safe the day he found all four of them, naked in the barn with the neighbour’s daughter between them.
