“Kiss me again, Emerson,” she said, shocking him. Emerson looked at Stone, but Stone’s face was fixed on Antoinette.
Emerson moved closer. “With pleasure, Antoinette.” He lowered his mouth to hers, and this time, she pushed her tongue deeper, and relished in controlling the kiss. Emerson allowed it, but then he gripped her hair, pulled gently from her lips, and nipped at her lower lip, pulling it between his teeth, sucking it, then releasing it slowly.
He kissed her again and then released her lips slowly. He never disengaged his hand from her hair.
“Give me some time. I don’t want to screw this up. I don’t want to get hurt. Please understand,” she said. He could tell she was being sincere. The last thing they wanted to do was to scare her or make her feel conflicted and unsure.
“Okay. We wait,” Emerson said.
“When can we see you again?” Stone asked.
“Next week?” she suggested.
“Tomorrow night,” Stone stated, and then slowly released her as if he had the final say and Emerson chuckled.
“Hey, I didn’t agree to that.”
“You will. It’s Sunday. The store closes at five. Correct?” Stone asked as they headed out of the park.
“How did you know that?”
Emerson took her other hand. He brought it to his lips and kissed the knuckles. “A little blissful birdie told us,” he stated.
“Tina?” she asked then sighed in annoyance.
“It seems your friend has taken a liking to us. You should listen to her and spend as much time with us as possible,” Stone told her.
“Really? You think so, huh?”
“We know so,” Emerson added.
“A friend of ours has a boat. How about we pick you up around four o’clock. We have dinner out on the Hudson?” Stone suggested.
“The store doesn’t close until five.”
“Tina said she can close shop. She’s like a manager, too, just like you.”
Antoinette was about to say something and then she closed her mouth. She appeared as if she were debating about accepting the invite.
“Okay. I haven’t been on a boat in years.”
“Well, we’ll be cautious. Both of us love boating. We know a lot about boats,” Emerson told her as they waited on the corner to hail her a cab.
This time Emerson grabbed Antoinette and pulled her into an embrace. He ran his hands along her waist to her backside. Then he whispered into her ear as he felt her soft, small hands caress his lower back.
“Or maybe, to be safe, we’ll keep you inside the cabin. In the bedroom. That would be safest.”
Before she could respond, he kissed her, and Emerson knew that this woman in his arms was exceptional.
Many things in life were a dime a dozen. But finding the perfect woman was like finding a needle in a haystack. He and Stone had just found their perfect woman. He was going to do everything he could to keep her. Tomorrow, they would have to tell her the truth about who they really were. They had to.
* * * *
Toni climbed the stairs to her apartment. It was late, but she was in a fantastic mood. She felt so happy, and nervous and excited. Two men were attracted to her. Two sexy, hot men whom she hit it off with so well tonight. God, their kisses were amazing. She was smiling wide, and wondering how the hell she had the self-control to not go home with them. Making love to two men would be quite the amazing experience. A total first for her. She thought about the fact that Stone and Emerson liked to share women. She pondered over Stone’s words about getting a woman anytime they wanted one, and not dating. Should she have been turned off by that, or maybe even a bit scared? She certainly wasn’t.
As she pulled out her keys, she felt her cheeks warm at the thought. Stone totally knew that his words, his descriptions of touching her, sucking, licking, and tasting one another were driving her wild. The man was knowledgeable in the seduction department. That was certain. She was going to have some fabulous dreams tonight.
As she unlocked her door and entered the dark apartment, she sighed as she leaned against it. Her eyes were closed and she thought of them. Stone and Emerson.