I stood in anger then, glaring down at them both. “I was here yesterday, and I saw some woman running out of here. She was on the phone talking about you selling me out.” I spat. I felt a little odd with my hands on my hips, yelling at these two powerful business tycoons.
Then Jake started laughing, and Logan looked indifferent. Why the hell was he laughing?
“Why are you laughing?” My voice croaked and the tears I fought before came to. He saw and immediately stopped.
“Fuck, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh, you just look so damned cute when you’re mad.” He smiled and I wiped my face quickly. Logan shook his head and sighed.
“Madeline,” he held out his hand, “come and sit down. Please.” He pleaded, his eyes soft and welcoming. I softened a bit but pursed my lips at Jake in anger.
“What on earth are you talking about?” Logan asked me softly.
I took a deep breath and tried to think of where to start.
“I was in here yesterday. And I saw some woman in your office, you were both yelling at her and she looked pissed.”
“How did we look?” Jake was making jokes, what was wrong with this man? Even though it didn’t annoy me enough to ignore it.
“Um, hot. I guess.” I crossed my arms and stared down at my lap. I could feel them smiling at me, amusement or not, they were smiling. Was I being irrational?
“Anyway, she stormed out of there and then made a call. She said you were focusing more on this start-up and that you were going to buy me out.” I explained.
Jake nodded and leaned back. He ticked his jaw as he clenched his fist and held it to his mouth as he frowned.
“Is that why you left?” Logan asked.
I nodded simply. The last of my tears were gone and I took a deep breath to calm myself.
“I was mad, and I didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t sure how to face you both, I was…scared.” I murmured.
Both Logan and Jake gently laid their hands against my thigh. It was like they didn’t care if anyone saw, maybe they knew no one was around.
“Madeline, why would you be scared?” Logan asked me. Jake squeezed my thigh to show he agreed.
“You both are very intimidating, if you hadn’t noticed.” I whispered.
The air shifted as everything came down on me. I struggled to even breath, and they both surrounded me so easily. Jake with his sharp cologne, it made me dizzy—but in a good way. A good way for him, because it draws me to him just as much as I am to Logan. They weren’t even saying anything and I didn’t know what to do, or say. How do you follow up to that?
I just sat there and waited for one of them to say something. Perhaps they didn’t want someone as inexperienced as me, who was afraid of them. Well, I’m not afraid of them—but they make me nervous, yes.
I opened my mouth to finally break the silence, but then I was blinded by a white-hot kiss. From Jake. He gripped my jaw so tight I couldn’t even move. His lips coaxed over me, hot and heavy and fast. His tongue grazed under of my bottom lip, and it dropped open to invite him in. As he kissed me, Logan let his hand drift higher and higher, right at the apex of my sex, but he didn’t touch me there, he just let his hand lay there. The heat of it was scorching. The feel of Jake’s lips were infectious. He broke away and before I could take two breaths Logan gripped his hand in my hair and pulled me to him. I could taste them both on my lips, their scotch and mint. Logan’s kiss was slow on my lips, soft and sweet and I caught my breath. His lips trailed down my neck, to that spot behind my ear and then Jake pressed one last kiss to my lips.
They leaned away, and I could breathe again. I struggled to catch my breath as I straightened my hair. Logan let his hand drift away to my knee.
“You belong to us Madeline,” Logan said. “You shouldn’t be afraid of us.” Jake finished.
I nodded simply.
“We are not buying you out.”
I nodded simply to say I understood. Jake reached out to fix my lips as Logan stood up to get me a glass of water.
“Dan is coming.” Logan gestured to the door. Sure enough, Dan strolled in with his big briefcase.
“Hello.” He graveled.
He looked like a nice guy, older than Logan and Jake but really good at his job.
“Hey.” Jake said.