There was no denial left in Keeley as she realized the truth. “I’m yours,” she rasped, fighting the sobs, for she knew she’d just sealed their fate. She destroyed anything good in her life. As if something inside refused to let her be happy. But, right now, this moment she wanted to cherish and shoved that monster into his cage with brute force.
Tar sensed her inner turmoil. “I won’t let anyone hurt you. Including yourself,” he vowed before ravaging her tongue with his. Silently he begged her, Let me show you, Keeley, how much I love you.
Their shower was easily leading up to another sexathon until E walked in. “Fuck a duck,” he howled, shutting the door. Tar busted a gut. E was on the other side laughing just as hard. Keeley couldn’t follow why both men were in stitches. Then, it clicked. “Oh, my God,” she cried out as tears of laughter ran down her cheeks.
Tar planted a quick kiss on her lips before stepping out of the shower. A towel around his waist, he stepped out of the bathroom still chuckling. “I’m not into bestiality,” he mocked.
“Fuck. Stop.” E held up his hand. “My sides fucking hurt.”
That brought on another wave of hysterics. Keeley stepped out, hair still wet, and cocked her hip to one side. “You two have lost your minds.”
“Maybe so, Tigress, but it was hella funny,” Tar cackled into her ear.
E’s sparkling silver gaze met hers. “I never meant to imply you’re a duck.”
She fought the urge to giggle, attempting to look offended. “But you never apologized for the fucking assumption.”
His brows rose to his hairline before he called her bluff. “We all know you were about to fuck.” His grin turned wicked. “I can leave so you two could go at it.”
Keeley smacked her brother-in-law across his bicep. “You’re such a shit!”
“Yes ma’am, I am.” There was no sense of remorse about that in his playful voice.
She pretended to be indignant and, “hmphed,” before sticking her chin in the air and flouncing out of the gym.
Tar shook his head, chuckling. “Phew! She’s a piece of work.”
“She sure is.” E lightly jabbed him in the abs. “And all yours, my man.”
“Hell yeah, she is.” He couldn’t contain his happiness over that either.
Keeley was still giggling when she found Lacey in the kitchen. “Domestic goddess time?”
Lacey spun around, surprised at the lilt in her sister’s voice. “It’s just a small snack for everyone.” She held Keeley’s gaze noticing the twinkle there. “Ohhhhhh, start talking!” Lacey grabbed her sister’s hand, dragging her to the dining room where they sat facing one another.
“Well, he has a huge dick.”
“Keeley Ann!” Lacey gasped in mock-horror. She knew Tar would carry an impressive package considering his height and build. Duh!
“Whoa! You sound just like mom,” Keeley teased.
“Shut the fuck up and tell me what changed from last night.”
“How can I tell you if I’m to ‘shut the fuck up’?”
That earned her a face full of water. “You so deserved that,” Lacey responded, chortling.
“Bitch,” Keeley said without heat, wiping her face. Once dried off, she proceeded, “I’m in love.”
“You’re just now figuring that out?” Lacey’s brow was quirked in a way that said, Girl, where the hell have ya been.
“Okay, so I’m slow on the uptake. Sue me!” shaking her head, “Actually, I’ve known for a while but…”
“Lived in denial,” Lacey finished for her.
“Yup. Stupid of me, right?”
Lacey paused, leveling her gaze on the sister she loved so much. “Protective, not stupid.”
Keeley reached over and embraced her hard. “You’ve always been this way.”
“What way?”
“Positive and encouraging. My opposite in more ways than one.”
“I don’t know about opposites. I mean, we both love fiercely and protect those we care for.”
“That we do,” Keeley confirmed as her cell phone beeped with a text. Leith. Oh shit! She attempted to ignore it as her sister popped up out of her chair. “Let me go check on the muffins I have in the oven.”
Well, that was convenient. She quickly read the message and covered her mouth so no one overheard the gasp.
She replied: Why are you here?
Leith: Assignment moved.
Keeley: Which one?
Leith: New one. I’ll meet you at the wharf around 7.
Keeley: OK
Her stomach began to churn. Damn. How would she break away from everyone?