“You want to be able to let us know when you’re thinking about us?” Nick asked.
“You want to be able to call us for a late-night booty call?” nudged Adam.
“Is that what you want?” Tyler joined in. “To be able to call us whenever you want some of our special attention?”
I looked at the devilish grins on each of their faces and my panties were instantly wet. Holy fuck, the effect these men had on me was instantaneous and maddening. I tried not to let my mother’s words from earlier filter back into my head, but once I started to remember, there was no going back.
Sensing a shift in my mood, Adam reached out and put his large hand over my much smaller one, running the pad of his thumb over my knuckles. “We didn’t mean to upset you. We were just teasing.”
I shook my head and offered a smile that didn’t quite reach my eyes. “No, you didn’t upset me,” I tried to assure him.
Nick’s eyes were boring into mine as I stood there. “Well, something did,” he said.
“Yeah, for sure,” Tyler added.
“Tell us about it,” Tanner probed.
Before I could even open my mouth, the cause of my anger and frustration strutted right through the damn door. My stomach dropped and all four of their blue gazes followed mine.
“Something happen with your mother?” Nick asked, his voice tight.
I shook my head.
“No use trying to lie about it, baby girl,” Adam chimed in. “It’s written all over your beautiful face.”
“What did she do now?” Tanner asked, his eyes zeroing in on my mother, who was already commanding attention.
“Please, just don’t cause a fucking scene. It’s the last thing I need tonight. She’s gonna be a handful as it is,” I said.
“We can play it cool. But if she comes over here and starts shit, she’s gonna know whose side we’re on,” Tyler said.
“I got it. And thank you. That is very kind,” I said.
“I have to ask though,” Tanner said. “What is her fucking deal with you?”
“Simple. She wants to sleep with you guys,” I said.
The four brothers burst out into laughter as I bit back a giggle.
“Not in a million fucking years,” Tyler said.
“Nope,” Adam said.
“She sounds like a piece of work, and no thanks,” Nick said.
“Gross,” Tanner added. “I don’t know how you stand her.”
But their laughter caught my mother’s attention, and soon she was over here pressing herself against Adam.
“Hey there, big boy,” my mother said. “Fancy a drink?”
Adam looked around at his brothers as my mother shot me a look.
“If you’re buying,” Adam said.
“Now what kind of man doesn’t buy a woman a drink?” my mother asked.
“The kind that doesn’t like a mother degrading her daughter,” Adam said.