Rules of Desire: Protecting Erin(43)

The warm solidness at her back told her that Reese had stayed with her, his warm hand on her hip.

“Feel better?” Reese’s deep voice, husky with sleep, tickled her ear.

“Hmm.”

“That’s a yes. I knew you were exhausted. Getting some sleep was good for you. How’s the headache?”

“Hmmm.”

“That’s good. I’m glad it’s gone. I was worried about you especially when you moaned in your sleep.” His hand moved lightly over her hip. “How’s the rib?”

Erin smiled and stretched again, rolling to her back. “Hmm.”

Chuckling, Reese slid his hand over her abdomen, slipping his fingers into her panties. “Better. Good. The pain medicine works. You know, learning your wake-up language has been a lot of fun, but you know, it also presents a challenge that I just can’t resist.”

Erin opened her eyes to look into his, closing them again on a moan when his fingers slid lower. “Mmm.”

She parted her legs wider, lifting into his caress. “Reese.”

“She speaks.” Reese slid a powerful thigh over hers. “Be still. I don’t want you to hurt that rib. You move, and I’ll stop.”

Lifting one hand to his hair and closing the other over his forearm, Erin opened her eyes again, staring into his as the pleasure mounted. “If you stop, I’ll smack you.”

Reese’s smile tripped her pulse. “That’s not nice.” Bracing himself on his elbow, he leaned over her, avoiding her hip. With another wicked smile, he slowed his caress even more. “If you want to come, you have to be nice.”

Tightening her hold on him, Erin bit back another moan when he slid his finger lower to gather more moisture. “If you wanted nice, you married the wrong woman.”

Staring down at her with narrowed eyes, Reese smiled again. “No. I married exactly the right one. Do you want to come, baby?”

Erin sucked in a breath when his finger slid over her clit again, the swollen bundle of nerves slick with her juices. “Of course I want to come, damn it!”

Shaking his head, Reese clicked his tongue, covering her clit with his finger, but not moving it. “That doesn’t sound very nice. You’re gonna have to be real nice to get what you want.”

She knew damned well that he was trying to provoke her. “Really? You don’t think I could go to Jared or Duncan and get what I want?”

Raising a brow, Reese removed his finger, easing her panties down to her knees before gathering both of her wrists in one big hand. “You wanna play that way, do you?” Raising his voice slightly, he called for his brothers. “I thought you understood that you can’t play us against each other. Guess you need to be reminded of that.”

Jared and Duncan rushed into the room just as Reese lifted her nightgown to her chin.

“What’s wrong?” Jared stopped abruptly when he saw her, his eyes going wide.

“Is she all right?” Duncan rushed to the other side of the bed, his lips curving. “Well, well, well. What do we have here?”

“We have someone who wants to come.”

Lowering a knee to the mattress, Jared slid her panties the rest of the way off and tossed them aside. “Be careful of her ribs.”

Reese ran a fingertip back and forth over her nipple. “That’s what I was trying to do. I told her not to move and that I would make her come but she had to be nice.”

Fire raced from her nipple to her clit, the sensation intensifying when Jared sat at the edge of the bed and eased her leg over his lap, effectively spreading her wider.

Dropping to his knees beside the bed, Duncan traced his fingertip over her other nipple. “That sounds like a reasonable request.”

Sucking in a breath at the next stab of pleasure, Erin looked down to look at Jared. “I was being nice. He’s being mean.”

Reese slid a fingertip down her body, slipping it between her folds again. “She got real demanding and cursed at me. When I told her again that she had to be nice in order to get what she wanted, she said that if I didn’t make her come, one of you would.”

Duncan continued to run a fingertip back and forth over her nipple, his eyes narrowing in a way that usually meant trouble. “Really? Don’t you think you’ve pushed your boundaries far enough? Do you really think you’re gonna get away with pitting one of us against another?”

Running a hand over her thigh, Jared smiled. “Just lie still and you can come.” Flattening a hand on her abdomen, Jared smiled faintly. “I’ll help you.”

Erin’s eyes closed again, the feel of Reese’s finger moving over her clit and Duncan’s fingertip teasing her sensitive nipple taking her closer and closer to the edge.