No Holds Barred(11)

Nathan’s palm rested just beneath her breasts, a warm, solid touch to anchor her. “If you want this, it’s okay,” he murmured against her ear.

She swallowed past the constriction in her throat. Her heart thudded so hard, she felt the reverberations throughout her body. Oh God, she couldn’t do this. Couldn’t go through with it. She grabbed his forearms to pull away and started to shake her head, but Nathan gripped her tighter.

“I would never force you. You know that. But I won’t let you hide from yourself either. I think you want this. You want it, but you’re afraid of what I’ll think of you afterward.”

He was right, but she couldn’t find her voice. Was this really happening? Was part of her seriously contemplating allowing it?

“Don’t say no because you’re afraid, Cait.”

This was no joke. They were both dead serious. It scared her to death.

Liam took a step toward her. She instinctively backed up but there was nowhere to go. Nathan was pressed tight against her back, a hard, unyielding wall of aroused, muscular male. Her hands locked around his forearms. To anchor herself or push him away, she wasn’t sure.

“Why?” she blurted shakily, battling a wave of desire and shame. She wanted to run, to hide. “Tell me why.”

His warm, tender lips brushed the side of her neck. “Because I know you fantasize about this. And because I’d love to see you completely lost in the pleasure we can bring you.”

She shivered at the words as her mind conjured up images of them both making love to her. God, this was too surreal. Her nipples pressed painfully against the thin tank top and her pussy was already slick, throbbing at the forbidden thought of taking what they offered. She didn’t dare.

Her breath hitched in as Liam prowled over and stopped within arm’s reach. His dark eyes were so full of molten hunger it stole her breath. That wasn’t fake. He wasn’t pretending to be into this for her sake. He wanted her. The knowledge made her legs tremble. She struggled to understand it. Had he been hiding this from her all along?

Frozen, she stared up into Liam’s eyes as he closed his hands around her wrists and brought them to her hips. His grip was warm, firm. Commanding. His strong, tanned fingers were so dark against her pale skin. She instinctively tugged, but couldn’t do anything more than open and close her hands. Caught. They’d caught her and weren’t letting go. Her fingers curled tight into her damp palms.

“I want this,” he said softly, watching her with those dark, predatory eyes. “Do you?”

She couldn’t speak. Could barely breathe. Didn’t know how to voice the fear and hunger warring within her.

Nathan’s hand moved beneath her breasts, fingertips finding and caressing the sensitive undersides, coaxing, teasing. She gasped. Her breasts seemed to swell in response, sending electric tingles to her straining nipples and between her thighs. Already she could feel her resistance crumbling. It made her want to cringe in shame.

“Only as far as you want,” he whispered, his warmth surrounding her, slowly penetrating the haze of numbness in her brain. “This is all about you, Cait.”

The erotic words made her tremble with guilty longing. Liam hadn’t moved, but she couldn’t look away from his eyes. They trapped her as surely as his hands did, the arousal in them burning bright. He was too close. Too sexy. Too tempting. Her traitorous body was already softening, dying for the pleasure she knew damn well they could bring her.

Nathan’s tongue traced a warm path down the side of her neck. She jerked and whimpered, but their holds never lessened.

Let them, the voice in her head urged.

But she was so afraid of what would happen afterward. I can’t…

“No guilt, Cait.” Nathan’s deep voice washed over her. Calm. Full of resolve. “Just pleasure. So much pleasure, baby.”

She knew they’d done this before, with other women. The thought was unsettling, and yet their experienced touch turned her on even more. Without a doubt they knew exactly how to make her mindless, make her beg for release. But she was Nathan’s fiancée—surely she meant more to them than any of the others they’d done this with?

“Baby, I love you more than anything,” Nathan whispered, partially easing the knot in her chest. “Let me give you this.”

The enticing words swirled through her, drugging in their potency. It would be so easy to give in. To simply submit and let them take over. Tell herself she’d had no choice.

Liam’s fingers tightened around her wrists, bringing her out of her head. He leaned in until his muscled chest brushed against her tingling nipples. She flinched and sucked in a breath, but he skimmed his lips over her temple, her cheek. A gentle caress meant to reassure her, but it only made her heart knock harder against her ribs.