Their Virgin Concubine(21)

“This is your room. I made it ready for you. And I didn’t just tell the servants what to do. I picked everything out. You do not like it?” Still on one knee, Kade held out his hand to her.

“It’s beautiful.” She hauled herself up, pulling up on the bed, but the silky duvet slid and just as she got to her knees, she slid right back down and into Kade’s waiting arms. Darn it.

“I’m fine,” she snapped. “You can put me down.”

Kade didn’t. He stood, rising to his feet without the aid of anything to balance him and never once tipping her over. He simply stood, cradling her in his arms. “I think not, Pandora. I think I might carry you around, lest you destroy the plane.”

He teased her with a sexy little grin, but it didn’t matter. Perhaps they found her amusing, charming in a quirky, offbeat way. Somehow that made her humiliation worse. Tears pooled in her eyes. “Please put me down.”

“Damn it, Kade, you should not have said that to her.” Rafe rolled his eyes at his brother.

Kade’s arms tightened around her as he sank to the bed. “I meant nothing bad. What the hell happened? Why are you crying, Piper? If Rafe said something unkind, I can beat him.”

“I should like to see you try,” Rafe grumbled.

Maybe when they started arguing again, she could slip out and find a place to hide. “It’s fine. I’m just tired.”

“Piper kissed me.” Rafe’s words became soft, his shoulders relaxing as he looked down at her. “I was trying to explain the situation when she fell.”

Kade’s face went blank, and he set her down next to him on the bed. “That is twice you have kissed Rafe.”

Shame swept over her. “I’m sorry. I know I didn’t have any right to do it. I apologize and hope it doesn’t make you think less of me. I’m not usually aggressive.” They might just ship her right back to the States the minute they landed. She wondered if she still had a job at Black Oak Oil. Once Gavin heard how she’d behaved with his friends, not even her relationship with Hannah would save her.

“Do you not want to kiss me? Is it only Rafe you want?” Kade’s handsome face twisted with worry as he asked the question.

“What?” She sat up straight, her eyes widening with confusion.

Rafe sat beside her, his weight making the bed dip. She had to scoot or she would have fallen into him. “Piper, I was looking for the words to tell you that I could not kiss you again without Kade. We had a horrible argument about it earlier. He threatened retribution if I took you by myself. He is very good at revenge.” His hand came out, tracing a line down her arm. Everywhere he touched caused a shiver of sensuality. “I was not rejecting you, habibti. Never that. I simply intended to invite my brother to join us.”

Her breath caught. Both of them? That was insane. She’d barely been kissed before and now she was going to lose her virginity to two gorgeous men? That just didn’t happen. Unless they were making fun of her. Yeah, that definitely did happen. And it stung.

“Very funny, guys.” She struggled to her feet. “I’ll just go to the other bedroom. Good night.”

When she got to Bezakistan, she could hang out with Tal and crunch her numbers. No more trying to break out of her shell and be a new woman. Lesson learned—painfully.

“You’re not going anywhere.” Kade gripped her arm and pulled her back to the bed, his face darkening. “Piper, I must know. If you have no interest in me, then tell me now. This cannot work if you do not allow me to try and win you over.”

“What can’t work?” She was brutally confused, especially when some unnamed emotion seemed to pass between the brothers.

Rafe sighed, his whole body rigid, as he rose and paced the floor. “You must understand the way relationships work in our family. It is traditional in wealthy Bezakistani families that brothers share.”

Share? “A house? I can see where that makes financial sense.”

Kade’s lips curved up in the sexiest grin. “Yes. We share a house. But more.”

Though his smile suggested otherwise, he couldn’t possibly mean what she suspected. “You share cars?”

Rafe’s nose wrinkled up. “I would never let him near any of my cars. He is a slob.”

Kade shrugged. “I don’t want your cars. You have old man taste.”

“My Bentley is top of the line,” Rafe argued.

“Boring.” Kade made snoring sounds.

If she didn’t stop them they would argue over who had the best car. “Are you telling me that you share girlfriends?”

They both directed their gazes to her once more, eyes sharp and focused, like two gorgeous predators who’d just been offered a tasty meal.