Divine Grace (30 page)

“What?”

She grinned crookedly up at them. “If you stood
right here
,” she said as she beckoned them close to her sides, “you could see down the front of my shirt!” she said in a shocked but teasing tone.

“Here, let me come closer and see.” Ethan drew her against him and looked down her shirt with a naughty grin. “Yep, Adam, I can see right down Gracie’s top. You chose well!” He fist bumped Adam as he came closer and took a gander also.

“I like this top, and I love those smiles.” She giggled as she exited the closet and returned to the bathroom to finish getting ready. She applied a little makeup, fixed her hair up in a clip, and put the pink topaz jewelry on.

She stood back and admired the effect. The top was a lot brighter colored than she normally wore, but she loved the way it felt on her. The men sure seemed to like it.

She slipped on her shoes and went out to the kitchen to reheat the breakfast Jack had made her. Ethan had already done it and was setting her a place at the table, along with theirs. While she was in the bathroom, they’d also finished getting ready for work. Adam was dressed in his standard denim shirt and jeans with work boots. Ethan was in his cowboy boots, jeans, and another of his twill work shirts, sapphire this time. It made the blue of his eyes an even more intense shade as he took in her appearance with appreciation.

“Do you have to work this evening?” Grace asked him, hoping he didn’t because tonight was important.

“I have ranch business today, and then I’ll be going in to The Pony for a while this afternoon. I’ve cut back some on the late night hours so we can have more time together. Ben and I have talked about hiring another bartender to pick up some of the slack. I’ll still need to spend some evenings
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there to make sure things are run smoothly. You can come with me on some of those evenings if you’d like.”

“Only if I won’t be in the way.”

“Not at all. To have you up there would make it more fun for me. I’d seat you next to Bill, and he could keep you company if things got busy.”

They finished their breakfast, and Adam went on to his first appointment after giving her an enthusiastic kiss good-bye. Adam was looking forward to tonight if the bulge in the front of his jeans was any indicator. She hoped he wasn’t really going to be like that all day. She’d feel awful if he did. When he left, he was smiling.

Ethan helped her into his work truck and drove her into town. They drove through the first low water crossing, which already had water in it this early in the day.

“Good thing you didn’t take your Honda, Gracie. I’d have been worried about you driving through these.”

“If it keeps raining like this all day, I probably would have been stranded in town.”

“I’d rather err on the side of caution where your safety is concerned, honey.” He reached out and caressed her cheek. She tilted her head into his touch.

“I love you,” she whispered. Her heart ached with a longing to stay near him, to not be parted from him even if it was only for the work day.

“I love you, too. I can’t wait for tonight. I’ll be hard all day just thinking about you in my arms.”

She felt warm and safe and turned on all at the same time. “Will you call me when you hear from them, Ethan? I don’t think I’m going to be able to concentrate on anything but fantasies, myself.” He nodded and took her hand in his warm one. “Thank you for waiting for me and for going to all this trouble for me.”

“It’s worth it to start with a clean slate.”

They quietly rode into town. He pulled up in Harper’s parking lot and helped her climb out of his truck. The warm breeze blew a few wisps of her hair into her face. As he brushed them from her cheeks, he gazed into her eyes.

He wrapped her in his strong embrace, his lips pressing against hers tenderly. She heard a low rumble in his chest as he kissed her with

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increasing passion. Tension vibrated in the muscles of his back and she could hear it in his breathing. His kiss made her knees feel like they were about to melt, and she was glad he held her so snugly. Otherwise she might have become a puddle on the hot asphalt. Just like with the other two men, his gentle, passionate kiss made her panties wet, and the growing bulge at his groin made her wish he was picking her up instead of dropping her off.

He chuckled deeply when she moaned softly, and he finally released her lips, punctuating his kiss with a little flick of his tongue against her bottom lip. He sighed softly and shook his head as if to clear it, and smiled at her.

“Remember, Jack will bring you lunch. I’ll call you when I hear from the doctor’s office, and I’ll see you this evening.” When he said it, the sound of his sexy, velvety voice made her pussy tremble in excitement.

“Okay.” His kiss had robbed her of intelligent speech. He hugged her one more time and walked her to the door and opened it for her. He waved at Martha and Rose inside as they tried to look busy, but grinned widely.

“Hi, Martha! Hi, Rose! Have a great day, honey.” Ethan gave her a quick kiss and was gone.

“Oh my goodness, girl! Was that kiss as hot and sweet as it looked?”

Martha fanned herself. “I may need to go home at lunch and see my husband! Wowee!”

“Grace, you’re glowing. You look like we could knock you over with a feather! Was it that good?” Rose smirked.

“Uh-huh.” Grace sighed and nodded to them.

“The way he
looks
at you, oh, honey!” Rose rhapsodized, “He is
so
in love with you. Those blue eyes!”

“Those biceps!” Martha made squeezing motions with her hands, like she was squeezing his thickly muscled arms.

“That hair!” Rose replied rapturously.

“Look at her pink topaz! Did they give that to you?” Martha admired the necklace and earrings and held Grace’s hand up to look at the ring.

“Jack surprised me with them last night, among other things. I’m still in shock I think.”

“Those men know how to spoil a woman.” Rose admired the ring as well.

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“I’m going to be utterly useless today if we don’t focus. My legs still feel like rubber.” Grace chuckled and sighed as she poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down with the stack of work orders for the day.

Monogramming had to be done on more work shirts for local businesses. There were hats that needed company logos embroidered on them, fresh baseball jerseys in need of screen printing, and a large box of children’s hoodies needing their school name embroidered on them.

Grace did her best to throw herself into today’s orders and make them her best work ever. She purposely did not look at the clock unless she absolutely had to. She was at the front counter when Jack walked in with lunch. His eyes twinkled with mischief as he put the sacks down and hugged her.

“I understand I’m in big trouble.” He was unable to hide his grin as she came around the counter and gave him a hug.

“Big trouble, mister. Huge.” She snickered as he tried to look guilty and failed miserably.

“I promise to never leave the house again without kissing you first, asleep or awake.” He slid his big, warm hands up and down her ribs, starting a warm vibration in her clit with his touch.

“Well, all right. I’m glad we got that worked out. I missed you this morning.” She glanced around and stole a kiss from him.

“Oh! Hello, Jack,” Martha said as she came into the front room. “How are you today?”

“I’m better now,” Jack drawled as he picked up the lunch bags. “I picked up lunch for everyone.”

“I see that! We want to buy you lunch sometime to thank you for treating us so often,” Martha replied.

“It’s my excuse to get to see my girl.” He kissed Grace’s cheek and followed her into the break room. “I brought y’all sandwiches from Rudy’s today.”

They ate their lunches quickly, and then Martha and Rose left the break room to give Jack and Grace some time alone. While Grace finished her lunch and Jack told her about his morning, his phone rang. He answered without looking at the caller ID.

“Jack Warner. Hey, Ethan! You did? What did they say? Really? Good.

I know, right? Yeah, she’s right here. You wanna talk to her? Sure.” He held

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out the phone to her. Each word from Jack’s side of the phone conversation made her heart pound faster.

“Hello?”

“Honey, you are
so
getting laid tonight,” Ethan said. She felt the warm flush in her cheeks spread all the way down her throat.

“Am I?” She giggled, smiling at Jack, who looked like a man with a new purpose in life. “How is your day so far?”

“Better than it was five minutes ago. How about you?”

“Ditto.”

“Is Jack feeding you lunch?”

“With his own hands?” she teased. “No, I ate what he brought me.”

“Do you like the idea of us feeding you with our hands?” Ethan asked softly.

“Yes, very much. It’s kind of sexy.”

“You’re making me hard.”

“Am I? I wish I was there. I could help you with that.” She heard him growl. She asked in a sultry voice, “Do you like the idea of me helping you with that?”

“I’m imagining you on your knees in front of me, the way you were last night, your lips around my cock.” He snickered at her stunned gasp.

“Please tell me you are alone right now.”

“Of course I am. I only talk dirty for
you
, honey. I’m in my truck.”

“I’m looking forward to tonight. A lot.”

“Are you wet from thinking about it?” His sexy, deep voice did
that
all by itself.

“Yes, I have been all day.”

“I can’t wait to slide into your hot little body, hear you moan my name.”

She gulped at his suggestive words and felt a fresh gush of moisture between her thighs. “Gracie? You there?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Are you ready for me right now?” he asked softly.

She felt her pussy clench involuntarily at the thought of it. “You know I am, Ethan. Just the sound of your voice, the things you say. It’s going to be a
long
afternoon.” Jack held out his hand for his phone. “Jack wants to talk to you. I love you, Ethan.”

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“Hey, thanks for getting her all hot and bothered and leaving her with me. Were you talking dirty? Because she is fifty shades of pink right now.

Well, enjoy your afternoon. Thanks for the information. Later.” He looked at her hungrily after he pocketed his phone. “Well, that was a hell of an interesting conversation to hear only one side of.”

She whimpered and laid her head in her hands. “This afternoon is going to last
forever
.” Her last word was punctuated by a nearby boom and crash of thunder, followed a few seconds later by another. Startled, she jumped a little both times. He placed his warm, comforting hand on her back.

“Thunderstorms must be moving into the area now. We’re under a severe thunderstorm warning until seven o’clock. Unlike our friend Ethan, I’m not going to sit here and torture us both with fantasies about tonight.

I’ve already done that for the last several days. I’ll check back with you in a few hours when you know what time you’ll be done.”

She rose from her chair, and he wrapped his arms around her. She laid her head against his chest and could hear his heart pounding. He might not say anything to her, but she heard it in his heartbeat and felt it in the hardened cock pressed against her belly. She nestled into him for a few seconds and enjoyed the feel of his strong arms around her and his fresh, clean scent.

“Y’all are so sweet,” Martha said as she came into the room to refill her water glass. “I hope you’re not working outside in this weather today, Jack.

It’s looks nasty outside.”

“No, ma’am. I have a couple more stops to make, but they’re all indoors, thank goodness.”

“That’s good. Grace, we’re probably going to be done early this afternoon because it’s been so quiet. Jack, if you want to pick her up around four, I think she’ll be done.”

“But what about customers?” Grace hated to leave early when Martha and Rose had to stay because they had set hours of operation.

“Nah! Like I said, it’s really quiet. We’ll be done early, and all I’m going to do is putter and clean. We can handle the customers, too. You two can enjoy your evening,” Martha said with a wink.

“All right,” Grace conceded. “If you really don’t mind.”

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“I wouldn’t suggest it if I minded. Just be careful if you get out in a storm. I’m still a little leery after Tuesday night. We’ll listen to the weather radio this afternoon.”

Grace walked him to the door and whispered, “Jack, I’ll look forward to a little alone time with you if I get to leave early.”

“What’s up, darlin’? You okay?” he asked, grazing her cheekbone with his knuckle.

“I’m fine, Jack. I just woke up this morning and realized something.”

“What’s that, darlin’?”

She leaned in to him and softly said, “
Everyone
came last night but you, and I want to make that up to you, honey.”

“It’s sweet of you, darlin’, but I
did
come last night, if you’ll recall, thanks to that
sexy
little move of yours. If you want to fool around a little when I get you home, I’m up for that, but don’t feel like you have to keep it all even to make us happy. Now I’m as hard as a baseball bat.”