by Becca Van
“Yes it was,” he replied.
And right then Jeremiah fell head over heels in love with the woman of his dreams.
Chapter Ten
Tori had been so busy serving customers she was glad when there was a lull and leaned against the counter. She watched the newly married Cashmere Morten looking at baby clothes. She’d met Cash and a lot of other women involved in ménage relationships the day of the grand opening, and even though she been asked if she wanted to have a night out with them, she’d been too tired.
Cash giggled when one of her men leaned down and whispered in her ear and swatted him on the stomach. They looked so happy and in love. Tori was just about to go over to see if they wanted some help when she caught movement out the shop window. She began to feel a little scared.
This wasn’t the first time she’d seen that guy across the road staring into the shop, but she had thought maybe she was being a little paranoid. He hadn’t been there before Cash and Bruce came into the store, but she’d seen him a few times when the shop was being refurbished and when they were setting out all the displays. At first she figured he was just curious about the new store and too shy or intimidated by the baby things and maternity wear to come inside when they’d opened, but she had quickly discarded that scenario. She’d even seen him watching when Trick was working with her but had forgotten to say anything because of the line of customers needing to be served.
But the more she thought about him the more concerned she got. Surely he’d have worked up the courage to come inside by now if he was that curious. A knot of dread formed in the pit of her stomach.
Trick was here today, but he was in the back office going through the software to see what stock needed to be replaced. She wished she could go out there and talk to him, but she wasn’t about to leave the shop when there were customers. What frustrated her was that the guy had a hat on his head and it was pulled down low, which put his face in shadows and she couldn’t see his face. He kind of looked a little out of shape with his pot belly and she had a feeling he was middle-aged, but she couldn’t be sure. She just hoped that if he was trying to gather up the courage to come inside instead of lurking out there, he would.
Pushing him from her mind she hurried over to Cashmere and Bruce. “Do you need some help?”
“Not really,” Cash said and glanced at her tall, muscular husband. “We’re just looking at the moment.”
Tori glanced at Cash’s flat stomach and wondered if she’d just found out if she was pregnant. She picked up a little all-in-one baby suit and sighed. “It’s so small. I can’t wait to have a baby.”
“Are congratulations in order?” Tori asked.
Cash gave her a soft, dreamy smile but shook her head. “No. We’re still in the practice stage. This is for Shelby Alcott. Her and her husbands, Cord and Brandt, have just found out they’re expecting.”
“That’s wonderful.”
“Have you met Shelby?” Cash asked.
“Um…”
Cash smiled. “She has long brown hair and brown eyes and is about five four.”
Tori snapped her fingers. “Yes, she was in yesterday buying furniture for the nursery.”
“We’ll have to arrange for a night out so you can meet everyone. Maybe on Saturday afternoon or Sunday next weekend?”
“I’d love that, thanks.”
“Good.” Cash led the way to the counter and register with the baby suit in hand and then snatched up one of the teddy bears on the counter to purchase too.
“Your men are invited, too.”
Tori nodded and smiled, rang up the sale, and then gave Cash her change.
“We’ll have a cookout. Give me your cell number and I’ll call you.”
After exchanging phone numbers and saying good-bye, Tori watched Cash and Bruce leave. She was glad that the guy who’d been standing outside diagonally across the road was gone and put him from her mind as she started hanging some of the clothes onto racks and thought about last night.
She’d spent the entire night sandwiched between Jeremiah and Luther and hoped to spend many more between her men. It was just over a week since she’d moved in with them and she was so happy. Tori had never thought to find one man right for her, let alone three, but that’s what had happened. With every day and night she spent with them she fell more and more in love. It was so nice having someone to come home to, to share her day with and listen to them as they shared with her. There was nowhere else she’d rather be.
Bryant had spent the night before last sleeping with and holding her, and she hoped that she’d never have to be alone again. It hurt to even think about things not working out, so she didn’t even go there. Tori knew she was still a little insecure in regards to relationships and hoped she would gain confidence with each passing day. She wanted to tell them she loved them, but none of them had told her that they loved her, and she didn’t want to be the one to say it first. The last thing she wanted was Luther, Jeremiah, or Bryant telling her they loved her out of a sense of obligation. She wanted those words to come from their hearts when they were ready.
She already knew that they cared. They’d each said so in their own way, telling her how amazing she was and how special, but she needed to know she was loved, not just liked. Hopefully soon she would hear the words she wanted to hear. It was really hard biting those three words back when they were making love to her, but she had managed to so far.
Last night had blown her mind. Jeremiah had come up to her the moment she’d come of out of the bathroom wrapped in towel fresh from her shower. He’d cupped her face in his hands and then he’d started kissing her. That kiss had been hot and wild from the first meeting of lips and she’d melted against him. Without breaking the kiss he’d lifted her into his arms and carried her to the bed. Her hands had gripped his bare, shirtless shoulders as he’d covered her body with his and then she’d been touching all the warm skin with those steely muscles beneath. She hadn’t even heard when Luther and Bryant had come into the room, but she’d felt the mattress dip on either side of her as they got onto the bed.
The towel had been tugged away and then three sets of hands and mouths were kissing and caressing all over her naked body. The passion that had been simmering inside heated up and she’d groaned with frustration when Jer had broken the kiss.
“You’re so fucking passionate, honey.” Jer kissed his way down her chest, over her belly until he was between her spread thighs and his mouth a hairbreadth away from her pussy. “I’ll never get enough of you Tori.”
And then his mouth had been on her cunt, lapping and laving at her clit as he pushed a finger up inside her creating that exquisite friction that sent her on a path to the stars. Warmth had filled her heart and those three words were on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back down. Just as she thought she was about to go over the edge, Jeremiah had stopped and had turned her onto her side.
His hands had rubbed over and then gripped and kneaded her ass cheeks. “I love this ass. Will you let me fuck it? Will you let all of us make love with you?”
Tori wanted that so much. She wanted them all inside her appeasing the deep ache. She wanted them loving her until she screamed their names.
“Yes,” her answer came out on a moan.
She heard the pop of a bottle and then cold wet fingers were rubbing over her ass. She whimpered and pushed her bottom back into Jeremiah’s touch. When his finger breached her anus she began to tremble with desire and reached out to Luther.
Luther slanted his mouth over hers again and again and again. By the time the carnal kiss ended Jer had three fingers in her rectum stretching her out. Her pussy clenched on emptiness and cream wept onto her thighs. Bryant was plucking and sucking at her breasts driving her insane with need.
And then Jer was pushing his lubed-up, condom-covered cock into her ass. She gasped with pleasure at the dark carnality of having a dick in her rear entrance. When he was inside her all the way, he gripped her hips firml
y and then lifted her leg and pulled it back over the top of his thigh.
Luther released her mouth, aligned his body with hers, and eased his latex-covered rod into her pussy. How the two men managed to lift and turn taking her with them she had no idea. But a moment later Jeremiah was underneath her, his cock still inside her anus and Luther was on top of her. And then they moved her again so that she was sitting on Luther's thighs with Jer behind her.
Bryant got up onto his knees and stroked her cheek with the head of his dick. Tori wrapped her hand around the base of his shaft and brought it to her mouth. She’d sucked and licked, pleased with the grunts and growls he’d made as she’d given him head.
Jer and Luther had started sliding their cocks in and out of her ass and pussy sending her on the long, slow, pleasurable climb toward nirvana. Tori had felt so full of love, so full of emotion, she’d closed her eyes so that Luther and Bryant hadn’t seen the tears in her eyes. The yearning to tell them how much they meant to her would have spilled out onto her lips if her mouth hadn’t been full of Bryant’s cock.
Then he’d warned her he was about to come. She had concentrated on sending him over. He’d come with a yell and she swallowed down his salty-sweet essence until he’d finally withdrawn from her mouth and slumped down onto the bed.
Tori had come next with a soft scream, the pleasure so intense more tears had formed behind her eyes, but she’d held them back barely. But the warmth and love in her heart had been so penetrating, so powerful, she felt consumed by it.
Luther had shouted and met her gaze just as he’d reached his own peak and his eyes had been full of emotions she wasn’t sure she could or wanted to identify as yet. Jer had pumped his hard cock into her ass twice more and he too yelled as he climaxed.
She felt so safe and secure in their arms, surrounded by their bodies and heat. She never wanted to be apart from them. She was so deeply in love with them and felt connected to all of them. Her heart stuttered and her belly flipped. Tori had closed her eyes to the intensity of all those feelings and slumped against Luther as she tried to get her breathing back under control, her pussy still quaking with aftershocks.
And then she had fallen asleep in their arms.
She jerked when Trick called out to her as he came in from the back of the store, pulling her from her introspection. “There’s a problem at the bank I have to go sort out. Will you be okay by yourself for a while?”
“Sure, I think everyone’s having lunch.” Tori glanced at her watch to see that it was already 1:30 p.m. and her stomach growled in protest. Trick must have heard because he smiled at her. “Do you want me to bring you something for lunch?”
“No, thanks anyway. I brought a sandwich.”
“I hope I won’t be too long, but I won’t know until I know what the problem is. Call me if you need me.” Trick opened the door and waved before leaving.
Tori rushed to the small kitchen, got her sandwich from the fridge and a bottle of water, and headed back to the counter to eat. Just as she finished and put her lunch wrap in the trash the door opened. She stood up, and her hands went clammy as the man who’d been observing the store walked toward her.
He stopped in front of her and stared down at her. She’d been right. The guy had to be in his late forties or early fifties.
“Can I help you?”
“Yes,” he replied but continued to stare at her.
Tori was getting really scared now and slowly edged toward the phone at the other end of the counter.
“What can I help you with?”
“Well, now, there a lot of things, but the only thing I’m interested in is getting back at Trick Wendall.”
Tori’s legs started shaking and her face felt like all the blood had drained from it, but she tried to keep her expression stoic.
“I can call Mr. Wendall to come and see you.” Tori picked up the phone receiver but squeaked with fright when his hand covered hers and stopped her from lifting it to her ear. His grip was hard and it felt like he was going to break the bones in her hand and fingers. She stared at him, not sure what to do or say, and after a moment he changed his grip from her hand to her wrist and pried the phone from her clasp, before placing it back in the cradle.
He pulled her with him as he walked to the end of the counter and she whimpered when her hip kept hitting the edge. She was going to end up with a bruise over her hipbone, because he wasn’t even trying to be gentle.
“Look, Mr.—ˮ
“We’ll wait until we’re on our way before I introduce myself.” The man tugged her out from behind the counter and then pulled her toward the hallway in the back.
Tori dug her heels in, but he was much bigger and stronger than her and she didn’t even seem to slow him down.
“I don’t know what Trick’s done to upset you, but I had nothing to do with it. Please, let me go.”
“Shut up. Do you think I don’t know you’re his girlfriend? He ruined my life and it’s time he knows what that feels like.”
Tori gulped when she realized he was dragging her to the back door. If he managed to get her from the store there was no telling what he would end up doing to her. Her heart was racing so hard in her chest it was a wonder it hadn’t exploded. She couldn’t seem to get enough air into her lungs and she was shaking like a leaf, but she knew she had to keep him talking. If she distracted him enough she may just be able to get away from him.
But before she could think of anything to say he had her outside and was heading toward the truck parked in the loading bay behind the shop. Tori hit out at him, but he must have seen it coming. He spun around, grabbed her fist in his large hand, and squeezed hard as he pushed her down to her knees.
“You’re not going to get away, you little bitch. You and your boyfriend need to suffer just like I have. That fucker ruined my marriage and made me lose my farm. Now he needs to know what it’s like to lose someone important to him.”
Tori could see the fury in his eyes as he snarled at her. Spittle flew from his mouth and hit her cheek, making her gag. She tried to get to her feet, but with him holding her wrist in one hand and her fist in the other while he applied bruising pressure, she didn’t stand a chance.
When she was able to get one foot flat on the ground he let go of her fist and grabbed her hair so hard she cried out as strands pulled from her head. He released her wrist and started dragging her across the concrete on her knees. Tori’s skin scraped and started burning as he pulled her along behind him. She grabbed at his wrist and dug her nails into his skin as hard as she could and then yelled when the back of his hand connected with her cheek. She hadn’t even seen him turn back toward her so she hadn’t been able to block the blow. Her cheek throbbed, but she continued fighting him. She wasn’t about to give up until she got away.
She hadn’t even had the chance to tell Luther, Jeremiah, and Bryant she loved them. Tears spilled from her eyes and onto her cheeks and her knees felt like they were being torn to shreds, but she was going to get away from him.
He hauled her to her feet by her hair and then shoved her into the truck. Her breast and shoulder connected with the metal frame and she screamed with pain. Her ass landed on the seat, but when he went to grab her ankles she kicked out at him. He grunted when her foot landed in his solar plexus and she lifted her other foot to kick him again.
Agony assailed her ankle and leg when he twisted it hard and wrenched it, snapping the bone just above her ankle and all she could do was moan as agony assailed her. The pain was too much for her to even cry out and she couldn’t even breathe.
He shoved her legs into the truck and slammed the door behind him. Tori was hurting so bad she felt sick to her stomach, but she couldn’t give up. She watched him through blurry eyes as he walked around the truck toward the driver’s seat and she pulled at the door handle. It wouldn’t budge. She straightened in her seat and hugged the door, staying as far away from him as possible, and tried to calm her breathing to circumvent the nausea roiling in
her gut. Her head and heart were pounding and her ankle, foot, and lower leg were throbbing with every beat of her heart and every breath she took.
He got into the truck, gave her an evil look, and then turned the key. He drove out of the back access lane and headed out of Slick Rock. Tori looked around to see if anyone saw them, but he’d kept away from the main road and the streets he traveled were empty.
Her only hope was that Trick came back to the shop and found her gone.
* * * *
Luther stretched out his aching back as he watched the cattle investigating their new home. Their stock was good quality and they had calves, heifers, and two bulls. Hopefully by next spring every one of those cows would be ready to drop another calf. Just as he finished checking the automatic watering trough to make sure it was working properly, his cell rang.
He glanced at the screen and didn’t recognize the number and was about to put it back in his pocket, but he decided to see who was calling. They were expecting a delivery of seed for planting in the far pasture and since it hadn’t been delivered yet, he thought the company might be trying to contact him.
“Luther Katz.”
“Luther, it’s Trick Wendall.”
“Wendall,” Luther said. “What’s up?”
“Is Tori there?”
Luther’s whole body went on alert. He could hear concern in Trick’s voice and it was strange that Wendall was calling him looking for Tori when she was at the shop.
“What the hell kind of game are you playing, Wendall? You know damn well that Tori’s with you.”
Jeremiah and Bryant looked up from the fence they’d just finished fixing and walked over to him with frowns on their faces.
“I’m not playing any games,” Trick snapped. “Just answer the fucking question. Is. Tori. There?”
“No.”
“Fuck.”
Luther’s heart flipped in his chest and then started pounding. He pushed the speakerphone button and turned the volume up so his brothers could hear Trick.
