Total pages in book: 142
Estimated words: 133849 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 669(@200wpm)___ 535(@250wpm)___ 446(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 133849 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 669(@200wpm)___ 535(@250wpm)___ 446(@300wpm)
Grim practically melted. “I don’t want you to be afraid of me. I know I’m a big guy, but I wouldn’t hurt you. I take consent seriously. This is not something where you say yes once and then we do whatever we want to you.”
She bit her bottom lip. “And if that doesn’t sound so bad?”
“It’s too early.” Josh needed to make things plain. “We don’t know you well enough to play those games. Grim’s right. If you want to spend the night with us, you need to understand that it only goes as far as you want. Any no from you will be honored by the two of us. All we want is the chance to spend some time with you.”
It was a little lie. He already wanted more. She was sweet and smart and made him laugh. She was good with Grim.
Her head turned slightly, though she didn’t move away from Grim. “It’s just sex for me.”
Now she was the one who was lying. She clearly wasn’t a woman who seduced men on the regular.
“Is it because there are two of us?” Grim asked quietly.
“No,” she whispered as though the thought hurt her.
“Because you wouldn’t be the first woman who wanted nothing more than sex from us. Mostly they want to date Josh and they let me sneak into bed,” Grim admitted.
“I would never do that to you,” Nicole declared. “No, that’s not the problem. I have to leave pretty soon. I have a job waiting for me. As soon as my car is fixed, I need to head on out.”
Ah, there it was. Yep. Pops was right, and she was probably in trouble. But it was way too early to push her. He needed to get a feel for the situation. If she was in money trouble, he could easily fix that. If she had some asshole stalking her, well, that would be fun to fix. He was the right mix of his dads. He could ruin an asshole both mentally and physically. “How long do you think you’re staying here in Willow Fork?”
“A week,” she murmured. “Two, tops.”
He let his hands find her hips. “How about you spend that time with us? When we’re not working, of course. I work my dads’ ranch, and Grim here is a vet because there was zero way I was going to that many classes.”
“Yeah, so says the business major.” Grim seemed to have calmed, and his hands were stroking over her hair. “But he’s right. When we’re not working, I would love to spend some time with you. It doesn’t have to mean we’re getting engaged or anything. It’s nothing more than spending time with a beautiful woman.”
One of her hands came back, and her fingertips brushed over Josh’s jawline. “It’s been a long time for me and the idea of…spending time with you…I think I would regret not doing it, but I am going to leave.”
He was sure she thought she was going to. But if he had a couple of weeks to build some trust with her, she might come around to his way of thinking. “Then let me kiss you.”
Grim turned her so she was facing Josh, his big hands holding her against his body. “Kiss Josh. You’re going to find we’re bossy when it comes to this, but I do not want you to forget you’re in control.”
Her breath hitched, and he could see the creamy swell of her breasts against the V-neck of her shirt. “You have more than one kink, don’t you?”
Josh felt his lips curl. “Oh, my darlin’, you have no idea.”
He had zero shame when it came to his sexuality. His sister might complain about their parents’ deep belief in sex positivity, but Josh reveled in it. It was freedom to be who he was, and that was a Dom.
He moved in, his hand cupping her cheek as he looked down at her. “Bossy doesn’t begin to cover it, but Grim’s right. All you need to say tonight is no and everything stops.”
He didn’t want her to say no. He wasn’t going to give her a single reason to stop this train now that he’d gotten it rolling. He could be fairly vanilla, and then introduce her to more interesting play later.
It wasn’t like they hadn’t been quietly topping her all night, and she’d reacted beautifully. When some cowboy Josh didn’t know had asked her to dance, she’d shaken her head and stepped back between them as though they were protection. They were. She needed to learn to trust that instinct.
It started with pleasure and continued with proving to her that when they said something, she could count on them.
But mostly pleasure.
“I’m not saying no now,” she said, her chin coming up.
Oh, he liked the fact that she could challenge him. “I’m glad, but the choice is yours. I don’t intend to make it hard for you. I intend to make this the easiest choice you’ll ever make.”