“He came and sat with us and acted like nothing was untoward. When Leonie came in and we’d been talking he started spouting shit and told her she was a six out of ten for him. We were horrified. To treat a woman like that was disgraceful. She went running out, and I was about to go after her, but then Smith produced a stake from his inside pocket and threatened to kill himself.”
“Fuck.”
“He was a mess. Our brother was a mess. We got the stake off him and rang our parents. They got him into a facility. But by the time we were done with all that, Leonie was gone. She’d left town. We never found her. She’s out there somewhere, and we never got to do the compulsion that could clear all this from her mind.”
I placed a hand over my mouth in shock. What he’d just told me changed everything. I needed time to think, to process, but the usually strong looking man in front of me looked beaten.
“We’ve never treated women like that. Our parents brought us up to respect people. It still churns me up that we haven’t found her yet. She must be working under a different name, not wanting to be found, because we aren’t without our resources.”
I pulled my chair closer to his and slipped an arm around his neck. “It wasn’t your fault. Smith had a problem. At least it got dealt with. He’s okay now, right?”
“Yeah, he’s fine. He takes a medication now that means the alcohol doesn’t have that effect on him though he chooses to avoid it completely these days.”
I’m stroking his cheek and he places one of his large hands over mine.
“We’d never want to hurt a woman. We just want to love one.”
“Take me to bed, Jayden.” I commanded him. “And call the others.”
Chapter Twenty
Serena
I was lost.
Time slowed down.
I felt every goose bump.
Heard every exhalation.
They were everywhere.
Hands, tongues, lips, skin.
Sensation overload.
The following morning, I woke up in the center of Jayden’s bed. Tangled up in more limbs than I could make out and I remembered…
Jayden phoned the guys while I went into his bathroom to freshen up. I crawled under the comforter of his enormous King sized bed and waited, having stripped off in the bathroom. I only had my slip on after all. I'd hung it on a hook on the back of the bathroom door. My heart thudded in my chest with both anticipation and trepidation. I was really doing this-WE were all really doing this. They would be here any minute. It would be awkward at first, of that I was sure.
The other guys must have agreed to wait outside as when Jayden answered the intercom, they were all there together. I waited and then looked up as they entered the bedroom one by one. First Jayden, followed by Carter, Flynn, and finally Smith. They stood at the end of the bed.
“Well, I’m the only one naked and I think that needs rectifying.” I said, trying to sound confident, though I felt anything but. There was a telltale tremor to my voice.
“I think we need wine, and to get a little more comfortable.” Jayden said. He turned to the other guys and pointed to the bed. “Make yourself at home.”
Carter stripped off his clothes, his buff beach body on show. He turned back the comforter and slipped inside at my right. Smith smirked, “Good thinking, Carter, my man.” He followed Carter’s lead, although he shed his clothes a lot more slowly, putting on a show. He slipped in at my left hand side.
Flynn sat at the end of the bed. He removed his clothes, revealing that toned, slim body, and he stared at the other two.
“Ha, where you gonna go?” Smith smirked.
“Once again you underestimate the quiet one.” Flynn raised an eyebrow and then he raised the bottom of the comforter. He moved it up until he revealed the tops of my thighs and then grabbing my calves he pulled me slightly down the bed. It was unexpected, and I squealed. This made him laugh.
He pushed my thighs apart, then looked at the other two men. “So underestimated me.” Then he lowered his mouth.
The next thing I knew, the comforter was thrown to the floor and Smith took one nipple into his mouth while Carter took the other. Their tongues laved my breasts, while their teeth grazed and teased. I heard footsteps.