Rough and Ready [Men for Hire 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read online

  Please. Someone find us.

  She closed her eyes, went deep within herself, and gathered another burst of strength. They’d made it through the storm and they’d make it through getting buried under debris. She’d make damn sure of it.

  “That’s it, Johnny. Keep yelling. Your mommy’s coming.”

  At least she hoped so. If something had happened to his mommy, she’d never forgive herself for telling him a lie.

  “Hey! Anyone! We’re in the barn!”

  She’d just opened her mouth to shout again when she heard Jeff’s voice.

  “Alex! Keep calling. We’re here. Keep letting us know where you are.”

  Relief, as sweet as sugar, filled her. Jeff was here. She knew Kane wouldn’t be far away.

  “I’m here! With Johnny! Please hurry!” She could hear them moving around her. The noise of them clearing things away was music to her ears.

  She caressed Johnny’s cheek again. “See, baby? They’re coming. We have to keep shouting.”

  Together, she and the little boy called at the top of their lungs. A minute later, sunlight cut a path through the darkness, blinding her.

  “They’re here. Kane, help me.”

  She closed her eyes against the light and put a soft smile on her face. “We’re going to be okay, Johnny. Just hang on to your puppy.”

  The warmth of the sun against her back didn’t feel half as good as Jeff and Kane gently lifting her up.

  Kane scanned her body, checking for injuries, then gave her to Jeff. He turned back to the crying Johnny and pulled the boy and his puppy out of the hole their bodies had formed in the pile of rubble.

  Cradled in Jeff’s arms, Alex leaned her head against his chest. “I thought you’d never come.”

  “We’ll always come for you, baby. You can count on it.”

  “Johnny! Oh, my precious baby!”

  Weariness overtook Alex, and she didn’t even try to lift her head to see who had shouted. She was only vaguely aware of a blonde woman and a man rushing past them toward Johnny.

  “Is Cindy all right?”

  “Yeah. She’s fine. Now hush, Alex, and let us take care of you.”

  She couldn’t think of anything better. Closing her eyes, she let the feel of Jeff’s arms around her comfort her as she drifted off.

  * * * *

  “They’re here.” Daisy stood at the door to Alex’s bedroom. “Are you ready to see them?”

  Daisy’s gaze drifted to the suitcase that sat nearby. “I don’t guess you’ve changed your mind about leaving, have you?”

  Alex put her back to the window. “No. I’m still going. Besides, I need to get a new car as soon as possible and return the rental.”

  In such a short time, she’d grown to love Daisy and the small town. But her heart couldn’t take living around Jeff and Kane, knowing that they didn’t love her enough to share her.

  Daisy crossed her arms. “Don’t you get it? We need you here. It’s more than that. We want you here. You’re one of us now. You’ve even gone through the worst kind of initiation. How can you leave now?”

  “If you’re talking about the tornado, that’s one hell of an initiation. Couldn’t we have just gotten drunk and run naked down the middle of town like they do in regular initiations?”

  The tornado that had come through Destiny had been more devastating than the previous one that had brought her to town. Laying down a path of destruction a mile wide, the storm had claimed livestock as well as five of the town’s residents. Three of them belonged to a neighboring family of the Mason’s who hadn’t had a cellar for shelter.

  “Hey, I’m always up for a hot toddy.”

  After getting checked out by the local doctor, Alex had refused to return to Tulsa and had worked tirelessly for the past week, helping to coordinate relief efforts. Although she’d longed to see Kane and Jeff, she’d put them off, saying that she was either too tired or too busy to meet with them. The truth was that she couldn’t experience the pain of leaving them again.

  Still, before she left, she had to thank them. She couldn’t put it off any longer. “Could you ask them to come up now?”

  “Sure.” Daisy paused, started to say something else, and instead pulled her in for a quick hug. “Damn, girl, I’m going to miss you. Who am I going to drink hot toddies with?”

  Alex wiped away a tear, determined not to cry. “I’ll come back and visit.” She smiled. “If only for the toddy.”

  Daisy pointed a finger at her and narrowed her eyes. With her voice cracking, she admonished her. “You’d damn well better.”

  “I promise.” Yet even as Alex made the sign of a cross over her chest, she wondered if she would keep her promise. Coming back to Destiny would be harder than she thought she could stand.

  “Okay, then. I’ll send them up.” Then Daisy pivoted and walked down the hallway.

  Alex rubbed her sweaty hands on her jeans. She’d never been this nervous before. Not even while buried with Johnny. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.

  Just let me get through this.

  “Alex?”

  She opened her eyes to find Kane and Jeff, looking as sexy as ever in tight T-shirts, faded jeans, and boots, their huge bodies blocking the doorway. Their hats were in their hands, reminding her of how men had acted in a bygone era when manners were more prevalent.

  To her surprise, Kane stepped aside to let Jeff enter first. She smiled, her heart thudding in her chest. But when they started toward her, hunger showing in their eyes, she stopped them.

  “No. Don’t come any closer. This is going to be hard enough.”

  They did as she asked, but their obvious disappointment stabbed at her. If only they could share her, everything would be all right. Better than all right. But they’d had an ongoing rivalry for far too long to want to tame it. Even for her.

  “You’re looking well.”

  Jeff laughed. “Kane’s right about that, but he’s wrong, too. You look amazing. As beautiful as ever.”

  Kane shot Jeff a look, but kept quiet. She figured he showed good restraint not to say something back at Jeff. He glanced at the suitcase. “So you’re really leaving?”

  “No, Alex, don’t.”

  She bit her lower lip to keep from crying. “I have to. But I needed to thank you before I left.” She clasped her hands, trying to keep them from shaking. “That’s why I asked you to come here. I wanted to thank you for saving me. For saving Johnny and me.”

  Kane’s dark eyes flashed at her, as always sending a flash of desire straight to her pussy. How would she live without that? No man could ever measure up to either Kane or Jeff, much less the two of them together.

  “You don’t have to thank us, Alex.” Jeff skimmed his fingers along the rim of his hat. “We’d do anything for you.”

  “If we’d lost you in that twister…” Kane’s throat moved up and down as he struggled through the emotion of his words.

  She fought back her own feelings along with the tears. Leaving them was the hardest thing she’d ever do. “Still, I do thank you. Not only for that day, but for everything else.”

  “If you want to thank us, you’d stay.”

  She closed her eyes for a moment, unable to stand the look of need on Jeff’s face. “I can’t. It’s just too hard being around both of you.”

  They were in front of her when she opened her eyes again. The heat from their bodies, the urgent desire that flashed through her, made her wobble on her feet. She stepped back, out of their attempt to hold her.

  “Alex, we have to tell you something.” Kane tossed his hat to the side.

  Jeff did the same as they moved even closer, cornering her against the wall. Each of them took one arm and held her there.

  “Please, don’t make this any harder than it is,” she pleaded. “You made your decision and I’ve made mine.”

  “Alex, I love you. We love you,” added Jeff. “But would you please shut up? We’ve got something important to tell you.�
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  She dropped her gaze to her arms. “If you turn me loose, I will.”

  They let go of her and she immediately regretted it. But it was for the best.

  “You kind of caught us off guard when you came out to the ranch.”

  “Kane’s right. Not that it’s any excuse.” Jeff’s quick smile was back, warming her soul as well as her pussy. “As soon as you drove away, we knew what a couple of idiots we are.”

  “I don’t understand.” A flicker of hope erupted inside her, and she fought to keep it at bay. Every time she’d trusted a man and given into hope, they’d let her down. She didn’t know if she could stand it if the men she truly loved did the same thing.

  “We want you, Alex.” Kane glanced at Jeff, who confirmed it with a nod. “Both of us do.”

  “I know that, but I can’t choose between you. Please, just let me go back to Tulsa and—”

  Jeff pressed his fingers against her lips. “Be quiet and listen. Go on, Kane. You’re doing great.”

  Did he just compliment Kane? She darted her gaze between them.

  “Both of us love you. And we know you love us, too. Am I right?”

  Although Jeff had removed his hand, she still kept silent. Instead, she nodded.

  “Will you get to the punch line, man?”

  Kane glared at Jeff. “I thought I was doing great.”

  There it is. The old rivalry coming back out.

  “Yeah, well, you’d do better if you’d quit stalling and spit it out.”

  “Fine. Alex, it’s this way,” started Kane.

  But Jeff was too impatient to wait. “We want to share you, Alex. Just like you wanted.”

  “You do?” She sucked in a slow breath and had to ask again. “Are you sure?”

  Kane let out a sigh. “Yeah. We are. We realized it the moment you left. Hell, I guess he’s not such a bad guy. I could do worse for a partner.”

  “You could?” She was too dumbfounded to think straight. Was it really happening? Were they going to be together? The three of them?

  “Yeah, and I figure Kane’s not so bad after all.” That didn’t keep Jeff from giving Kane the familiar shit-eating grin. “We do work well together.”

  “And I do like watching him have you, too,” added Kane.

  She had to make sure. Maybe she’d hit her head during the tornado and was dreaming. “Is this for real? And you’re talking about for more than right now? Or will you two get into a fight and change your minds?”

  “It won’t happen, baby.” Jeff cupped her chin. “Trust us on this.”

  She did. They’d taken away her fears more than once, but now they were taking them away for good. “I do. I really do trust you. Both of you.”

  “That’s our girl.” Jeff leaned in and gave her a sweet kiss.

  She wanted more of what she’d had before. Being in charge all week with helping others was great, but with the men, she wanted to give up that control. “Your bad girl, right?”

  His fingertips against her nipples made her dizzy with desire. “Yeah, that’s right. You’re our bad girl.”

  “Our dirty bad girl,” added Kane. He cupped her breast and squeezed. “How about we seal this agreement with a threesome? Maybe you should choose a safe word in case we get too rough. You know, just to be safe.”

  She grinned. “Yes, Master. I know I won’t need it, but I’d like to anyway.”

  “Master, huh?” Kane nodded, considering the word. “Where’d that come from?”

  She shrugged. “An erotic romance novel I’m reading. I thought I’d give it try. Is that okay?”

  “Yeah. I like it. So what’s the safe word?” The corner of Jeff’s mouth twitched upward.

  “Twister.”

  She loved that they laughed at her choice.

  Jeff’s gaze followed Kane’s to check out the bed. “Twister it is. Now it’s time you realize how it’s going to be having the both of us, baby.” Jeff reached around and spanked her on the butt. “On your knees, woman.”

  “Yes, Master Jeff.”

  “Damn. I really like the sound of that.” Kane gave her one of his rare smiles.

  “Master Kane, there’s one thing I promised to do the last time. And I keep my promises.”

  Judging from their expressions, they had no idea what she was doing when she went to her knees.

  “Whoa, darlin’. I already like this promise.” Kane slipped his fingers through her hair.

  She grabbed the heel and toe of his boot then looked up at him. He kept his body steady by putting both hands on her head as she tugged first one then the other boot off. Next went his socks. She swept her tongue over the arch of his foot, then leaned forward to press her breasts against his legs.

  He groaned. “Damn, who knew taking off boots could be so fucking hot.”

  “It’d be hotter if she was naked.” Jeff’s shirt fell to the floor beside her.

  Scooting over, she gazed up at them and started unbuttoning her blouse until it fell open to expose the swell of her breasts. “Your wish is my command, Masters.”

  “You got that right, baby.” Jeff held on to Kane’s shoulder as she removed one boot then the other. “Boots are off. Let’s see some more skin.”

  She tossed her hair and licked her lips. The bulges in their jeans formed small mountains. Mountains she would soon climb. She unbuttoned her blouse the rest of the way, then let the material fall to her elbows.

  “Damn, but that’s a pretty sight.” Kane leaned over and skimmed his palm across her breasts.

  With their every touch, she got more excited. “Do you want to see more, Masters?”

  “Hell, yeah.”

  Jeff worked the button of his jeans free, but she was the one to unzip them and tug them to his ankles. His chest looked even wider and more muscular from where she sat. His cock pointed at her, already oozing with pre-cum. She ached to slide it into her mouth, but resisted, delaying the moment of intense gratification. She wanted to tempt them more first.

  While Kane got his shirt off, she let her blouse slide to the floor then reached behind her and unfastened her bra. Pushing her breasts together, she gave them one last look then shrugged the straps down and tossed the bra away. Her full, heavy breasts dropped, but she wasn’t ashamed of them. The men obviously loved her body, rolling curves, big breasts, and all.

  “Damn, but you’re fucking hot.”

  “Thank you, Master Kane.” She licked her lips, then flicked her tongue lightly over the tip of Jeff’s cock. She tugged on Kane’s jeans, urging him to let them down.

  Kane undid his jeans and shoved them to his feet. She mewled at the sight of the two delectable men standing in front of her. They were her masters, but they were the ones who would make her dreams come true. Her dreams and all her fantasies.

  She cupped each of their balls and gave them a coquettish smile. “I can’t wait to taste you, Masters.”

  “Then for hell’s sake, do it,” muttered Jeff. His face was an intense mask of yearning.

  Kane took his shaft in his hand, grazing his fingers over hers. “Suck on me, slave.”

  Slave? And yet if they were her masters, then it made sense that she was their slave. She liked the idea a lot. It made their game even sexier. “Yes, Master Kane.”

  She curled her tongue around his cock, sliding it from the tip to the curl-surrounded base as she dragged it inside her mouth. He tasted musky, sweaty, and delicious beyond belief. His cock throbbed under the twists and turns of her tongue, pulsating more the farther she drew him in.

  She still held Jeff’s balls and moved her fingers, letting his sacs dance. Her breasts grazed Kane’s strong legs, getting her nipples even harder than they already were.

  Kane moaned and planted his feet farther apart. “That’s it, slave. Suck then release. Yeah, use your teeth a little.”

  Jeff knelt to her side and put his arm below her breasts, lifting them to his mouth. He drew first one then the other inside his mouth and tortured them with his te
eth. It was hard to concentrate on Kane’s cock with Jeff’s mouth on her, but she wasn’t about to turn him away.

  When Jeff let her breasts go, she almost complained. But she stopped when he undid her jeans and pushed them down. The material slid over her buttocks to puddle on the backs of her legs.

  She was on her knees, half dressed and under the command of two men. She’d never felt happier or sexier than she did at that moment.

  A spank had her jumping and Jeff chuckling. Kane gripped her hair, keeping her mouth on his cock. He murmured sweet words, encouraging her to suck harder.

  “From now on, baby, you need to listen to us. No more going off half-cocked.” Jeff spanked her again, this time a little harder. “We don’t want to chase you again. Especially not through another storm.”

  Her butt stung from the spankings, but she wanted more. She leaned to the side, flicking her tongue around Kane’s swollen cock, and glanced at Jeff. Darting her gaze down, she told him with a glance what she wanted him to do. He was the master, and she was his slave who wanted him to treat her roughly.

  “I think she’s ready for the rough.” Kane’s whisper was filled with his struggle to hold back his climax.

  “She’s that, all right.” Jeff dipped his hand between her legs and grazed her clit.

  That slight touch sent her need flying. She dragged on Kane’s cock, hard and long, wanting to pull his seed from him and drink it.

  Jeff found her rosette and massaged it as he leaned closer to whisper in her ear. “We want you, slave, and you’re going to pay for making us wait so long to have you again. Close your eyes.”

  She did as he told her.

  He draped something over her eyes then tied the material at the back of her head. Another spank landed on her butt cheek, startling her.

  Kane pulled his cock away from her, and before she knew what she was doing, she started to complain. “No. Give it back to me.”

  In the next minute, one of them snatched her by her hair and dragged her over to the bed. Pain traveled into her and she reached for him. Not to make him turn her loose, but to put her hands over his.

  “You don’t tell us what to do, baby.”

  The slap on her buttocks was even harder than the others. Pain, exciting and quick, spread outward. She started to smile when someone—Jeff?—tugged her hands behind her. She felt the bed dip and lower as Kane got on top, took hold of her under her armpits, then yanked her upper body over the edge of the bed. Her breasts flattened against the comforter.