“I’m right there with you!” Reid groaned as his abs flexed under my fingers. He squeezed my throat and held me tight as he came with a long, strained grunt.
Heath’s strokes became erratic as he slammed fully into my ass, flooding me with his release. It was all too much, and I chased them into oblivion as I came one last time.
We all fell down on top of one another in a heap. I was boneless as they arranged me between them. I was facing Heath as Reid kissed my shoulder and rubbed my side. Heath dragged my leg up and over his hip, bringing us closer together. We lay there as the sun finally came up, just touching each other.
They took their time as they rubbed my body all over and told me how well I did. They told me how much they appreciate me and how much they don’t want to be without me. It was right there on the tip of my tongue to tell them how I truly felt about them, but I kept my mouth shut. Was it too soon for proclamations of love? I closed my eyes and just relaxed back into them. Completely spent and satisfied, I dozed off between them.
Chapter Twenty-Two
After the next few days, it felt like everything had settled between the three of us. I thought our relationship was fine before, but now somehow it felt more solid. They hadn’t spoken the words when they made love to me, but they had shown me with their bodies how much they loved me every day. I knew that the amount of time they had put into taking care of me should have been enough to make me realize they were committed wholeheartedly. But it wasn’t until we were all connected that I truly felt it.
After my life-altering sexual experience, Damon called to make sure I was doing okay. I was still pretty shaken up, but Heath and Reid had helped settle me with their affections. Damon told me that he had spoken to his captain, and it was decided that they would keep a cruiser outside my office building while I was at work. When I was home, the boys would take it from there. There still hadn’t been any sightings of Tom.
I’d started to feel like this was just going to be my new normal from now on. The thought was unsettling, to say the least. I called Jill and let her know what had happened. I was shocked when she didn’t lose her shit. She was surprisingly calm as she talked to me, and her voice held sympathy in place of her normal anger at the situation.
My apartment had been released back to me on Monday after the police got everything they needed. I’d called Sam to explain what was happening, and she had told me to take as much time as I needed to sort things out. I truly was lucky to have such an understanding boss.
My landlord, Rick, had called me and expressed his deepest sympathies for what had happened. I thought it was his way of trying to avoid a lawsuit for not ensuring the complex was completely locked down to those who didn’t live here.
Reid had not been happy when I accepted his apology. He had taken the phone out of my hand and promptly given Rick a very vulgar tongue-lashing. By the end of the call, he’d made it known that he could lease my apartment out again, as I would not be returning. Reid even told him that when their lease was up they would not be signing a new one as well.
When he looked back at me there was no remorse in his eyes. Reid and I had gone toe to toe after that. I may let him dominate me completely in the bedroom, but I would be damned if I let him rule my life outside of that.
“Why would you do that?” I’d screamed. “I still need a place to live after all this is over!” I could feel the familiar burn of unshed tears as they brimmed my eyes.
“If you think for one minute that I’d let you stay in a place where you’re not safe, then you have a lot to learn, bunny,” Reid had replied dryly.
His absolute calmness with me had driven me up the wall. I needed to fight at that moment.
I laughed but there was no humor in the sound. “Okay, Reid, would you like to enlighten me then? Just what the hell am I supposed to do? Where am I going to live? You can’t just make that decision without speaking to me first.”
“If the choice of your safety is involved, then no, I don’t need to discuss it with you. You obviously don’t see yourself as valuable enough to fight for. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have let Rick’s indiscretion go so easily. I willnotallow you to be mistreated by anyone!” He growled my way.
The argument had only escalated to the point where Reid had finally had enough. He’d hauled me over his shoulder and marched my ass to the bedroom where I was promptly tied up and received a literal and erotic tongue lashing. He informed me that we would all be looking for a new place together as he slid deep inside of me.
My chest still ached at his words that swelled with his unspoken emotions.
“I can’t go back to living without you, bunny,” he’d whispered to me with his forehead against mine.
I may have acted like I wanted my own place, but I would be lying to myself if I thought I could be away from them. They had snuck their way into my life, digging their claws in deep, and I loved it.
We spent the day cleaning up what remained of my belongings after that. Heath had shown up shortly after we started and helped haul my ruined furniture to the dumpster.
It was a very emotional day for me. This apartment was my first step to independence, and I hated that Tom had ruined that for me. By the time we were done cleaning up, I only had a few boxes of belongings that hadn’t been ruined. We moved my things into what was now the boys’ spare bedroom.
I tried to go back to work the next day, much to Heath and Reid’s displeasure. To my surprise, it wasn’t Reid and me who butted heads like usual. Instead, it was Heath and me who had gotten into it.
“I think you need another day to process what’s happened,” Heath had calmly said.
“And just what am I supposed to do? Sit and dwell on how my life has been flipped upside down?” I argued. I couldn’t just do nothing.
“I didn’t say that!” he yelled as he ran his hand through his hair in a frustrated motion before pinching the bridge of his nose. It was almost like he was trying to stop himself from losing his temper with me. “But it would be nice for not only you but for all of us to be able to just take a day and fucking breath for once.” He’d almost seemed to be pleading with me. “All I can do when you’re away from me is fret and worry that something’s going to happen to you,” he admitted in a hushed tone.
If I hadn’t needed to cling to my anger at that moment, I would have heard what he was trying to say to me.
“And then what? If you haven’t noticed, they still haven’t caught Tom. I could give you another day to just cope with this shitshow, but we’re just going to have to deal with it again the day after that. None of this is going to go away until they catch him, and in the meantime, I need to work! Ineedto have my independence back!” I’d all but screamed.
“I’m trying to make sure you have what you need but it’s impossible to do when you aren’t safe to be without us,” he’d gritted behind clenched teeth.