Laid Bear

by Eve Vaughn

  “Yes,” she screamed. “I want it so bad.”

  Eager to feel his skin against hers, she frantically fumbled with the buttons on his shirt and when her clumsy fingers failed her, she ripped his shirt open and ran her hand over his torso. But this was far from enough. She worked her hands between their bodies and undid his belt buckle and his button. Zora slid her hand inside his boxers and wrapped her hand around his cock.

  The hard, heavy shaft throbbed in her hand.

  “Wrap your legs around my waist and put me inside of you.”

  She guided him between her legs, sliding his cock along her slit. Zora paused for just a brief moment to savor the feel of his hardness.

  “Shit, woman. You’re going to be the death of me.” He pushed her hand aside, grabbed his cock and shoved it into her in one hard thrust.

  Zora gasped in relief and pleasure, loving the way his hardness stretched her pussy to its limits.

  He buried his face against her neck as he rammed into her.

  With each powerful thrust, her back slammed into the wall.

  She raked her nails down his chest.

  “God, yes. This pussy is so good. So tight.”

  Gavin practically roared as Zora contracted her muscles around his cock, sucking him deeper inside her.

  “Fuck me harder,” she cried out, loving the primal side of Gavin. He shoved his cock so deep inside her it felt as though they’d merged into one unit.

  He grabbed her hips and bounced her up and down on his cock. If she wasn’t lost in the throes of their love making, Zora would revel at his sheer animal strength.

  Gavin’s dark-green gaze turned golden—his bear was trying to break free. He shoved deeper still, almost hurting her, but she loved it.

  She gripped his shoulders for balance while trying to keep up with his powerful thrusts. Zora could feel the pressure of a climax building deep within her core. She closed her eyes and threw back her head, savoring his hardness stretching her to the limit.

  “Don’t come,” he ordered.

  Her eyes flew open. “What?” In her bewilderment she lost her rhythm momentarily.

  “I said, don’t come. Don’t come until I say. Got it?”

  Still confused, she nodded, wanting to ask why but thinking better of it.

  To her further bafflement, he pulled her off of his cock.

  Juices slid down her thigh as he half-carried, half-dragged her to the kitchen table. Before she could ask what he was doing, he turned her to face the other direction.

  “Place your hands on the table and spread your legs wide.”

  “What—”

  Without a word, his palm crashed against her ass. Zora gasped in surprise but was galvanized into obeying his order.

  Another smack fell on her rear, followed by another. It stung like hell, but the endorphin rush made her tingle all over, taking her to another level of carnal delight.

  She wiggled her rear when he stroked her ass. Her pussy was so wet and hot, she could barely stand it. “Gavin, please,” she begged.

  “Please what?”

  “You know what.”

  This time when he smacked her, it landed on her pussy sending a jolt of pleasure along every single nerve ending of her body. “Say it. Tell me what you want.”

  She pushed her bottom back against his dick. “I want you to fuck me. Stick your cock inside of me. I need it so bad.”

  “Hell yeah, you do, and I’m going to give it to you, baby.”

  He gripped several locks, wrapped them around his fist and eased himself back into her pussy.

  Their sighs of relief were in chorus.

  “This is home, baby. This pussy is so fucking good.” He groaned, remaining still for one excruciating moment before moving slowly.

  Zora, unable to remain still, pushed back against him. She didn’t think it was possible for him to be any deeper than he already had been, but he felt so good.

  Still gripping her hair, he picked up the pace until the sounds of flesh slapping flesh filled the room. Zora fucked him back with all she had, pushing her rear against him. It wasn’t long before she neared her climax.

  “Gavin, I need to come,” she cried out.

  He leaned over and whispered in her ear, “Ask nicely.”

  “Please let me come!”

  He slammed into her several more times before saying the words she wanted to hear. “Come for me, baby.”

  Zora fell apart on that command. Her orgasm was so powerful, she felt as if she were floating. Gavin grunted as he continued to pound his cock into her while her pussy spasmed around him.

  With a loud roar, he spilled his seed deep inside her. His breath ragged, he leaned over Zora and kissed the side of her neck. “Was that gentle enough for you, baby?”

  Zora giggled. “Oh, it was just the kind of gentle I like.”

  Gavin chuckled, releasing her hair and then turning her around in his arms. He dropped a light kiss on her lips. “I love you.”

  “I love you too. I didn’t mean to offend by saying you’re gentle.”

  “I know you meant no harm by it, darling, and I wasn’t offended. When you came downstairs wrapped up in that sheet, it was inevitable I’d end up inside of you.”

  She wrapped her arms around his neck. “Cocky much?”

  “Only for you, babe. How about you go upstairs and shower and I’ll fix you some breakfast?”

  “Don’t bother making me anything. I’ll just have some fruit and a yogurt or something.”

  “I bought some fresh croissants this morning, have one of those too.”

  She rested her head against his chest, enjoying being in the comfort of his arms. “Mmm, I love croissants.”

  “I know, that’s why I bought them.”

  “Do you plan on going into the office later on today?”

  “Probably this afternoon, but I wanted to talk to you about something first.”

  She pulled away from him and retrieved the sheet that had been discarded on the floor. “Sounds serious.”

  “It isn’t, really. But remember you expressed interest in finding work?”

  “Yes. You guys have your jobs, and I don’t mind taking care of our home, but I want to get out of the house, too, at least until we have children. No point in my degree going to waste. Besides, I’d like to have some spending money that I’ve worked for and perhaps treat you three sometimes.”

  She’d left school after the Dale incident, but Zora hated the idea of all her credits going to waste. After she’d settled in Covington for a while, she’d enrolled and took classes at a local college and earned a degree in business administration.

  “You know it’s not necessary for you to work, but I understand your concern.”

  “I appreciate you guys giving me that option, but I want to work.”

  “You’ve mentioned it and Heath, Logan and I discussed it.

  I think we’ve come up with a solution. My office manager is reducing her hours and there will be a couple days a week when we’ll need someone to help out around the office.

  Logan could also use someone in the store to help with the books a few days a week, so if you’d like, you can do either one of those things or both. You’re welcome to find something else if those options don’t interest you.”

  Zora was excited at the prospect of getting out of the house every day. “I don’t see why I can’t give a try. When can I start?”

  “As soon as you want. My office manager is working her last full week. Perhaps you can come in for training. And when you’re comfortable with how things work around the office, you can work out your schedule with Logan.”

  She moved into his arms again to kiss him on the jawline.

  “You guys take such good care of me. I don’t know what I did to deserve the three of you, but I’m the luckiest girl in the world.”

  Gavin squeezed her tightly against him. “Funny you should say that, because we think we’re the lucky ones.”

  Chapter Twelv
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  “Are you absolutely sure?” Heath demanded.

  “Yes, I’m sure. I’m looking at the private investigator file now,” Gavin said over the phone.

  Heath racked his fingers through his hair. He and his cousins intended to take care of the Dale situation without Zora finding out, but now he wondered if they’d have to get her involved after all. “Shit. Then who the fuck was making those harassing phone calls to her? It couldn’t have been some random person. Zora said the caller knew too much about her to be someone random. She was positive it was Dale.”

  “I thought about that as well. Zora never told us specifics on what exactly was said. That would give us a real clue about who this person is. And if they found her once before, they could find her again.”

  “Or maybe it was someone who already knew she was with her grandmother. Maybe it was someone in Covington.”

  There was a sigh on the other end of the phone. “I thought of that too. I have the investigator looking into that angle.”

  “Fine. Did you call Logan?”

  “Yes. As you can imagine he’s not happy either. When you get home tonight, we’ll talk about this further.”

  “Fine, I have a few more meetings scheduled, but I’ll have my PA cancel all my afternoon appointments and be home by three. Where’s Zora now?”

  “She’s taking a shower. I’m about to head into the office for a couple hours. I should be home by the time you get home.

  Zora will be here.”

  “Do you think it’s wise to leave her alone, knowing there could be some psycho stalker after her? I’d feel more comfortable if someone is there with her.”

  “I agree. Logan will be home shortly. He has someone else watching the shop for him. I’m going to leave a little before he gets here because I don’t want her to be alarmed.”

  Heath knew his cousin was right, but he still didn’t feel comfortable with Zora being on her own. “I know you’re right, but dammit, this is frustrating. Just keep us posted when you hear back from the PI.”

  “Will do. Hey, hold on for a sec, someone’s on the other line and I don’t recognize the number.”

  “Sure.” Heath waited as his cousin clicked over. When they’d returned from their cabin, everything had fallen into place seamlessly. Zora fit right in like the missing puzzle piece of their lives. They discussed their future and marriage and even children. The only dark cloud in their horizon was the Dale situation. It didn’t sit well with either him or his cousins and they’d decided they’d look into it and handle it themselves. But finding out the other man had been dead for some years put them back at square one.

  “Sorry about that,” Gavin said once he clicked back over.

  “That was Zora’s cousin.”

  Heath frowned. “Her cousin? The one who left her homeless and jobless?”

  “The very one.”

  “What’s she doing calling you and how did she get our number?”

  “It’s the last number Zora contacted her from. She wanted to speak to Zora. Said it didn’t work out with her last tenant and was wondering if Zora was still at a loose end.”

  “Nice cousin.” Heath snorted. With family like Zora’s, it was no wonder their woman had so many insecurities.

  “Yeah, my thoughts exactly.”

  “What did you tell her?”

  “I just gave her Zora’s new cell number. I figured Zora would want to deal with her cousin herself. Although I was tempted to just hang up.”

  “You’re much nicer than me because I sure as hell would have hung up on that bitch,” Heath growled.

  “Like I said, I was tempted. But I don’t think Zora would have appreciated it when I told her.”

  “You probably didn’t have to tell her.”

  “We agreed no secrets. It’s bad enough we haven’t told her about the Dale situation yet. Hopefully she’ll understand when we tell her. Anyway, I have to go, but I’ll touch base with you later.”

  “Okay, I’ll see you when I get home.” Heath hung up.

  Damn. Now what?

  Zora was surprised when Gavin told her Bernice had called and there was indeed a message from her cousin when she’d checked her phone. She ate something and took a walk around the estate before returning her cousin’s call.

  Bernice picked up after the third ring. “Hello?”

  “Hi, it’s Zora. I got your message. What’s up?”

  “Who was that dude who answered the phone when I called?”

  Zora paused, not quite liking the way her cousin asked the question as if she had the right to know. “My boyfriend,” she finally answered giving the safe response. And while she wasn’t ashamed of her men, it was a lot less complicated to call him that. Besides, it was none of Bernice’s business.

  “Mmm, he sounds hot. Sounds like you landed on your feet just fine, cuz, so I’m not sure if it’ll matter to you or not.”

  “What are you talking about, Bernice?”

  “Well, I, uh… that damn tenant I let stay in my rental property got arrested for selling dope, and on top of that he and his junky friends trashed my damn house. It’s going to take a long time to get the house back to the way it was.”

  “Your tenant did that in a month?”

  “Yeah, the dirty ass bastard. I wish I would have waited for you to get in contact with me, but I figured since he was willing to pay in cash and you were MIA, I might as well rent the place out.”

  Zora was still puzzled about why her cousin was calling. If it was to apologize, she bore no ill will. “Oh, that’s too bad.

  Sorry to hear you’ve had bad luck with your renter.”

  “Well, even though you have a boyfriend, I was wondering if you still need a place to stay. I mean since I have an opening, you can move in right away.”

  “But didn’t you say the house was a wreck?”

  “Yes, but I figured if you had nowhere to go, you wouldn’t mind the mess.”

  Zora bit her tongue to hold back a sarcastic retort. “Bernice, I’ve found other accommodations. I wish you luck in finding another tenant.”

  There was another pregnant pause on the other end of the phone before Bernice spoke again. “Okay. Well, do you plan on coming to the family reunion this weekend?”

  “Umm, no. This is the first I’ve heard about it, so probably not.”

  “Oh well, I hear Uncle Darren and Aunt Rayna aren’t coming either. Not that we’re surprised. They haven’t been to any family events in a while, not since they got all religious.”

  Zora froze at the mention of her parents. “They’ve always been religious.”

  “No, they’ve gotten really weird from what I hear. They don’t really keep in contact with anyone. My dad calls Uncle Darren sometimes just to make sure he’s still alive. Dad thinks they’ve joined some kind of cult or something.”

  This sounded strange, even for her parents. “Cult?”

  “I don’t know if it was a cult per se, but from the little bit my father got out of Uncle Darren, it’s one of those really strict churches where the women have to walk two steps behind the man. Your mom is a better person than me because I wouldn’t put up with that mess from any man. Anyway, I’m really sorry about the way things happened. Things haven’t been going too well at the boutique and I was counting on that rent money so I got a little greedy. I meant no harm by it. And I would have helped with repairs of the house. I just figured if you still needed a place to stay, you wouldn’t mind so much.”

  It was no excuse, but at least Bernice sounded sincere. Zora wasn’t one to hold grudges, besides one couldn’t handpick relatives. “I appreciate that. Maybe when things settle down for me, I can come up for a visit.”

  “That would be nice. It’s been a long time.”

  “I’d like that. Please keep in touch.”

  “Will do.”

  When she clicked off her phone, Zora felt much better at how the conversation ended than how it began. Maybe she and Bernice could be real friends one da
y and not just cousins who spoke on occasion.

  “You owe me five hundred dollars.” Zora held her hand out for her payout.

  Logan slammed his palms against the table. “This is getting ridiculous. Tell us again how you ended up with all these properties with so little cash. You own all the railroads, utilities and the three most expensive properties on the board.”

  Zora held her hand out. “Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Now hand it over, buddy. If you weren’t so busy trying to run your hand up my leg, maybe you’d own more properties too.”

  The blond reluctantly handed her a five hundred dollar bill. “You’re lucky you’re cute,” he grumbled.

  She grinned. “Nice doing business with you. Your turn, Heath.”

  Heath picked up the dice and rolled a six. “Damn. I’m out.”

  “Uh-uh. You have to move your marker six spaces,” Zora ordered.

  “Why? You know I’m just going to land on one of your properties. I only have fifty dollars left. I think Logan may be right. You’ve been cheating, haven’t you?”

  Zora had suggested they have a game night because when she’d lived with her nana, they’d have people over and play board games. She wanted to keep the tradition going with her new family as a way of paying tribute to her grandmother.

  She appreciated that her men were willing to participate in this activity with her. They were good sports even though they completely sucked at board games.

  “Don’t be a spoilsport. You have to move your little doggie to make it official.”

  Heath pursed his lips and moved the designated spots. As he said he would, he landed on one of Zora’s properties.

  “Happy?”

  “Very much. I’ll take those fifty dollars even though you owe me more.”

  “She’s a shark. I think you should check under her chair for hidden money,” Gavin teased. He sat by watching after Zora had knocked him out of the game a while ago.

  “Ha ha, very funny. You guys are just being a bunch of babies. It’s not my fault you suck at this.” Zora counted her money ostentatiously to rub it in their faces. She could admit she was competitive when she played board games, but it was all in good fun and even though they grumbled and pretended they weren’t having a good time, she knew they were.