Lindsey squeezed her legs together under the blankets. She was fully aware of what needed to happen to “rectify” that situation, and was not mentally ready to follow that line of thinking, even though her body betrayed her mind. The tightening in her stomach made her sex practically twitch with anticipation.
“Nevertheless, I could feel your fear and anger from downstairs. What happened? Who was on the phone?”
Bossy. Is he always this demanding? “Kara.”
“And?”
Apparently so.
“Seems some people from my former church were sort of … stalking Jessica last night at the apartment. All night.”
She cringed when his eyes went wide. “And, let me guess, they weren’t there trying to recruit new members.”
“Probably not, no.”
“I thought you left the church a long time ago?”
“I did. Four years ago. When I went away to college after my grandma died, I left and never went back.”
“But they won’t take no for answer.”
“No. They’ve never been this bad though. It’s weird. Two or three members have always come by from time to time to ‘check up on me.’ They’re usually fairly pleasant. I can’t imagine why they’d wait outside all night for me when I’m not even home.” She shivered again and snuggled farther under the covers.
Alejandro sat on the edge and laid a hand on her thigh. Even through the layers, she could feel the heat of his touch as it traveled higher up her leg and ignited her in places she hadn’t even been completely aware of until last night.
“We should check it out. Head back and go to your apartment.”
“No. It’s not necessary. Kara’s going to go get Jess and let her stay out on the farm for a few days while we’re here. I’ll face them when I get home. It’s one thing to hound me regularly about returning to the flock—it’s another thing altogether to wait outside for my return. I can’t tolerate my friends feeling terrorized by their impatience.
“I’ll talk to them when I get home. Apparently I need to be a little more insistent that no means no.”
“You’ll do no such thing.” Alejandro frowned.
“Huh?”
“Cariña, we aren’t going to leave you to face these crazies by yourself.”
Lindsey chuckled. “What do you think you’re going to do? Threaten some religious zealots with your size and good looks?”
“If we have to, yes.” His look was stern, his eyes furrowed. “Ryan and I will handle it.”
“I don’t need you to ‘handle it,’ Alex. I was doing just fine before you showed up and I can still hold my own now.” She leaned up on her forearms. Sure, a little dominance in the bedroom was sexy, fun, entertaining, hell … hot. But out in the real world? Could she tolerate this demanding need to control her from two men? Not.
“Lindsey?” She lifted her gaze to see Ryan standing in the doorway. His face was as scrunched up as Alex’s, as though he’d been here the entire time.
Naturally. Of course Alex had been maintaining a side conversation with Ryan ever since he’d entered the room.
“Don’t you start with me too. Boys—”
“Boys?” Ryan wandered toward her. Instead of heading for the other side of the bed and settling there to flank her as usual, he climbed right up the end of the bed, crawled up the center, straddled her legs with his, and leaned forward above her until their lips met.
The kiss was so brief and light, she wasn’t even sure their lips had actually touched. But, she felt the heat of that kiss travel down her body all the way to her core. She grew wet beneath his gaze and squirmed.
He smiled at her and repeated, “Boys? Is that what we are?”
She swallowed. “When you act all bossy like this, yes.”
“Bossy? Who’s being bossy?”
“Oh, cut the crap. I know good and well, you are aware of every detail of what Alejandro and I were discussing, Mr. Telepathy.”
Ryan settled over her body, letting the weight of himself press into her. His cock was hard, and it rubbed her in just the right spot through the layers between them.
Holding just his head up with his forearms, his face was inches from hers. “We aren’t bossy. We just want to protect what’s ours.”
“See. That’s what I mean. ‘Ours.’ What am I? A possession?” Why was she growing incredibly hornier while they argued?
Alex spoke from the side. “We don’t think of you that way at all. We just … care about you is all. A great deal. We don’t want anything to happen to you. It would destroy us.”