She pulled it up to her waist and Travis murmured, “Good girl,” as he caressed her abdomen and her mound, drawing a soft exhalation from her.
She was about to ask them what next, already knowing, when Hank pulled her across their laps, so her upper body rested on Travis’s thighs and he pulled her arms forward and held them so she couldn’t pull them back down. Her arousal was like a helium balloon rising on the currents of heat in his eyes.
Her bare ass was across Hank’s lap. He positioned her so her legs slanted down and her feet rested on the floor, giving him the perfect angle for spanking her. More liquid arousal leaked from her pussy as he squeezed her butt cheeks, molding them with his callused hand, warming them, and increasing her feelings of vulnerability. “Nika, we’re tired of hearing you doubt your worth to us.”
Wham! Oh, that one was hard. It jarred her whole body and made her skin sting.
“You insulted me by implying the only reason I’d want you with me is because I feel sorry for you. That’s not how I feel at all.”
Wham! That one was even harder and her whole body shook with the force of it. Pain bloomed in her other butt cheek. Tears misted her eyes.
“You pulled back from giving Travis a sweet welcome home, hurting his feelings.”
She scoffed but didn’t have time to voice her objection before his palm landed again.
Wham!
Holy shit! That one stung something fierce. Okay, clearly this is not going to be a fun spanking. But every word he’d said was true, although she didn’t believe for a minute that Travis got his feelings hurt that easily.
“You called yourself stupid. Three times. You are not stupid.”
Wham! That one was really hard. Her lip swelled from biting it so hard, and from being facedown. Her breasts rubbed against Travis’s thighs, stimulating her nipples, and she moaned.
“You believe that I would need to be forced into making a declaration of how I feel, we feel, about you. Silly girl.”
Wham!
Ow-ow-ow!
“You insulted us by implying that you don’t trust us enough to hope that there is the chance for something more between us. You implied that we would let you go easily. Let me tell you right now, Veronica Benedict, you should be full of hope.”
Wham! Holy fucking hell! She wasn’t going to be able to sit down!
“You implied that you don’t make a difference in our lives.”
Wham! She burst into sobs. Maybe he had been right when he’d used the word hammering. Her butt felt hammered. But more importantly, so did all her doubts. He beat them all down for her and she dropped her head into Travis’s lap, her tears soaking his jeans as she cried.
Hank’s hands gently squeezed her cheeks, making them even hotter. They felt swollen and painful and must’ve been bright red. This definitely hadn’t been a pleasure spanking like they’d given her before.
Hank spoke softly as he stroked her bottom. “Do I have your attention now, Nika?”
No other thoughts circled in her brain and she nodded. No doubt, no negative tapes playing in her head. She listened to him.
“You listen to Hank, Nika,” Travis said softly as he cupped and stroked the back of her head. She nodded as she cried.
“It’s only been a little over a week we’ve been together, Nika. So much has happened, to us and to you, it seems longer. But I know my own mind. And I know how Travis feels. We want you in our lives. And we don’t want to change you. We want you just the way you are, with all of those qualities you perceive as flaws. Being with you…Nika, being with you is like coming in from a freezing rain and finding the house full of warmth and love. We can’t predict the future and we don’t know if you want to stay with us just for now or maybe forever but I’m not letting you pull back into your shell. You’re not going back to the foreman’s house. I know that sounds bossy and highhanded. But I don’t believe that in your heart you really want to go back there either. Divine loves you. Our friends love you. They were ready to go to war for you the other day when those ladies showed up. Everyone I’ve talked to, who has met you, has told me how much they like having you here. You need a declaration, Nika? I’ll give you a declaration. I want you here with me, with us. I want to bundle you up, get in the truck, and bring whatever remains of your life in Montana down here where we can love you and protect you and take care of you. And if I run across Brent, Phil, or Gordon while we’re there…” His harsh growl made all her senses fire with the purely territorial sound. “I’ll find it hard to hold back from beating the shit out of all three of them.”
Her body felt limp and warm, draped over them as the words washed over her and she lifted her head to look over her shoulder at him. “Divine loves me?”