Sugar Creek 2(42)

“We need to stop, baby. There’s not enough time for us to love you the way we want to. We’re supposed to be at your sister’s in half an hour.” Damian panted as he rested his forehead against hers.

Melissa closed her eyes, gasping for breath, trying to get her arousal under control. Thank goodness Damian had the control to stop, otherwise she didn’t think they would have made it to her sister’s at all. She was so aroused all she wanted to do was have her mates make love to her all night long.

Opening her eyes again, she stared deeply into Damian’s and saw the love and hunger in their depths, but he was right. They didn’t have time. She let him see her love in return and finally sat up, and looked at Luke to let him see how much she loved him, too.

Damian and Luke smiled at her and their grins lit up their whole faces, and she knew she would never be lonely or alone again.

“We need to go, honey.” Luke took her hand and helped her to her feet. “If we don’t leave now I don’t think we’ll make it to your sister’s at all.”

Melissa stepped away from Damian and Luke and breathed deeply to regain control of her arousal.

“Let’s go,” she said as she grabbed her keys and purse from the table and led the way to the door.





Chapter Eleven




Melissa was feeling decidedly agitated as she waited for Sara to open her front door. When she heard her sister’s footsteps approaching, she took a deep, steadying breath and pasted a smile on her face.

“Hi Sara.” She smiled at her sister and then watched her sister’s face as she looked over her head at her mates. “I’d like you to meet Damian and Luke Aerth. Damian, Luke, my sister, Sara.”

Her two men put Sara at ease right away. They each extended their hands, shaking hers in greeting, then set about charming her with their wit and confident personalities. They spoke of inconsequential things such as Sara’s work while they ate their meal of Chinese takeout.

“Would you like something to drink? Tea, coffee, or soda? Sorry I don’t have any beer to offer you at the moment,” Sara said as she and Melissa cleared away the plates.

“Coffee’s fine thanks, Sara,” Damian and Luke answered in unison.

“Could you give me a hand please, Mel?” Sara asked, and they took the plates to the kitchen.

Melissa followed her sister and set about filling the sink with hot water and detergent, leaving the dishes to soak while Sara put the kettle on and retrieved some mugs from a cupboard.

“Where did you really meet Luke and Damian, sis?”

Let the interrogation begin.

“At the inn I drove to last weekend. I already told you that on the phone.”

“Melissa, what were you thinking? You picked up strange men from a bar? Are you crazy?” Sara asked in an agitated whisper.

“Sara, I can’t explain everything to you right now, but please just trust me to know what I’m doing. Those two men would never hurt me. In fact they would give their lives to protect me if needed.”

“I don’t understand you, Mel. Less than a week ago, you were here crying on my shoulder about your date and now you have two men vying for your attentions and you’re playing along with them? You don’t even know them, Melissa. You’ve let them into your apartment, brought them to meet me, which you have never done before, and didn’t I mention there were two of them? How can you be dating two men at the same time? What gives?” Sara asked, staring at her with her arms folded beneath her chest.

Melissa knew that stance. Sara was not going to back down until she had been answered to her satisfaction. She raised her eyes to the ceiling, knowing she would have to explain to Sara but not knowing how to go about it. The matter was taken out of her hands completely when she smelled Damian and Luke walk into the kitchen behind her.

Luke walked up behind her and wrapped her in his arms from behind and pulled her against his hard, warm, muscular body. Damian stood next to her and placed an arm around her shoulders. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek.

“I think we can answer any of the questions you have, Sara. You probably won’t believe us or like what we have to say, but I want you to listen with an open mind,” Damian said as he waited for Sara to acknowledge his statement.

Melissa nodded and held her breath for a moment before exhaling slowly. Her muscles were taut with tension and she was starting to feel a headache coming on.

“Okay.” Sara sighed. “I’ll listen to you without interrupting and try to listen with an open mind. Before we do get down to the nitty-gritty of things, how about I make that coffee? Then we can adjourn back to the living room where we’ll all be more comfortable.”