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Adel was trying to catch her breath. Here she was with her legs wrapped around her boss Leo’s waist. Her other boss Will was pressed up against her back, caressing her arms and her friends were mere feet away enjoying a game of volleyball, but her body wanted more. She wanted to disappear into the woods and explore their bodies and these emotions she was feeling. It was all too much.
“Oh God, Leo, Will, what are we doing?”
She felt Will’s hands on her waist from behind and then his lips touched her shoulder.
“What we’ve wanted to do for quite some time. Taste you, spend time with you, and be close to you.”
She held Leo’s gaze. He licked his lower lip as his eyes trailed over her breasts then to her lips. She was on fire. Her pussy throbbed, her nipples hardened to tiny buds. This was overwhelming. No man ever made her feel this way, not even Bentley, and she almost married him.
The thought upset her as she pushed Leo away and moved to the side. Will went to reach for her but she waded in the water and held one hand up. She moved closer toward the shoreline where she could stand.
“Don’t push us away. Don’t minimize what you felt and what we felt.”
Her thoughts were frazzled.
“I’m not. I mean, I don’t know what to think and how to process this. I can’t right now. I can’t do this.” She was going to swim toward the others but Leo grabbed her hand to stop her.
“Slow down.”
“Does this have something to do with the call from earlier today?” Will asked. She looked at him and felt the tears in her eyes. If she never met Bentley, never had a father who didn’t love her, maybe she could give this nontraditional type of relationship a try.
“Will…yes,” she said. She was going to try to deny it but she just couldn’t lie to them.
Leo pulled her closer and she tried to resist. He was so big and muscular and had this tattoo along his upper arm and shoulder. All three brothers shared such intense dark expressions. He cupped her cheek.
“Is somebody bothering you? Because if so, you need to tell us, or tell Max, someone, so you don’t get hurt. Baby, you can trust us.”
She shook her head.
“I can’t.”
“You won’t,” Will interjected and took her other hand. He brought it to his lips and kissed her knuckles. She stared into hazel eyes and so badly she wanted to trust them, to tell them she was scared and she didn’t want to get hurt.
“This guy, the one calling you, he hurt you?” Leo asked her.
She looked away. “God, please, Leo, don’t do this to me. This is why I can’t get involved with you or Will.”
“And Hank, too. We all want you,” Will added.
She shook her head.
“Hank isn’t interested in me. Forget that. It doesn’t matter. I’m sorry, but you just need to accept the fact that now is not a good time for me to engage in some free-for-all. I’m not like that. I’m not the kind of woman you guys get involved with.”
“Whoa, slow down and wait one minute. You’re exactly what we’ve ever wanted in a woman to share.”
“Please, Leo, give me some credit will ya,” she said and pulled back. “I’ve taken the phone calls, I’ve heard the gossip.”
“What gossip?” Will pushed. He stood there looking at her like she was nuts meanwhile he and his brothers had reputations as playboys. Well except for Hank. He was just known as a mean hard ass who probably was into kinky stuff. She swallowed hard. The thought aroused her and it shouldn’t. What were these men doing to her?
“You like us, and you’re making excuses,” Leo pushed.
“No, I’m not. I won’t be some woman who you get to screw whenever you want to and even in the meeting room at work.”
“What?” Leo and Will both asked, raising their voices and drawing attention to the three of them.
She felt her cheeks warm as she lowered her eyes and then moved back a little.
She whispered as she glanced around to be sure no one heard her, “The meeting room table? I heard the gossip about you having sex in there with different women, okay.” She turned around to swim away but Will caught her around the waist.
“That’s just bullshit. We’ve never brought any women to the job and fucked them on that table or anywhere else,” he told her, his lips wet and smooth against her shoulder.
Leo cupped her cheeks. “What the hell kind of men do you think we are? You want to know the truth? Hell I’ll tell you the truth, Adel, I haven’t been with a woman sexually for months. That’s months, and the reason why is because of you.”