Love Under Two Wildcatters (26 page)

Ginny proved her sensitivity to
Benny’s
self-esteem by neither kissing nor hugging him. She offered him a high five, which the little boy gleefully jumped into.

“Now, why don’t you run on into the kitchen. I’ll be there in a bit.”

Before Benny could move, Adam said, “Hey, Benny, can I see that A?”

“Sure thing, Adam. Look, it’s the first one I ever got in spelling!”

As soon as Benny approached him, Adam put a hand on his back and looked over the paper. “That is very impressive. You must have worked very hard to get that A.”

Benny’s smile grew huge. So many of them had taken an interest in the little guy since the day he’d been left at Lusty Appetites. No doubt about it, Benny wallowed in so much adult attention and love.

“Nah,” he stopped, looked at his mother, then said, “no, sir. Mrs. Parker is a really good teacher, on account of she makes learning fun, and my mom helped me study.”

“Well, good for you. I’m proud of you, Benny.”

Ginny picked up her tray and delivered the drinks to everyone at the table. Then she looked at Adam. “Would you like something to drink, Sheriff?”

“Adam,” he corrected her gently. “I’ll take a tea when you get a moment.”

“I’ll get it right away. Benny, you come on now, leave the sheriff be.” Ginny nearly ran to get Adam’s drink.

Everyone at the table saw the disappointment not only on Benny’s face, but Adam’s, too. Lusty’s Sheriff sighed heavily. Benny obediently trudged off to the kitchen. Adam looked up at Matt. “I’ve noticed she doesn’t call you
Deputy
,” he said.

Susan nearly choked on her laughter, as did Kelsey. Adam wasn’t the only male who seemed annoyed with them for that.

“What?” Adam asked.

Susan looked at Kelsey, who only shrugged. Perhaps another time, she wouldn’t have said anything. But today, she’d not only taken on a crazed gunman armed with nothing more than a shovel, but the two men she loved had proposed to her—after a fashion. She could be generous to a clueless cousin.

She leaned over and said, “Adam, she doesn’t call Matt deputy because she’s not sweet on
him
.”

She sat back just in time. Ginny came over with Adam’s drink. Her hand seemed to tremble just slightly when she set it down in front of him. Susan noticed her cheeks had turned pink. Then she took off as if the devil himself chased her, disappearing behind the swinging doors to the kitchen.

“You’ve got it wrong. I make her nervous, is all. Damn it, it’s been months since we fetched her from the truck stop and then charged that bastard Deke Walters. When is she going to stop shaking whenever she’s near me?”

Susan looked at Kelsey and shrugged. She’d tried. Maybe things would be better if she just butted out and let things work out—or not—as they would.

Colt obviously decided to change the subject. “Were you able to find anything out about why Barnes came after us?” He leaned forward and put his hand on Susan’s back. Because he’d asked what she’d wanted to, she looked to her cousin Adam and waited for his answer.

“Apparently, the downturn in the economy and his divorce pretty much wiped him out. He was overextended every-damn-where, and then a couple of weeks ago he received final notice of foreclosure on his generations-old family home. Funny,” Adam shook his head, “though it’s really not. All the way to Waco, he kept telling me what an important man his daddy was and how I was going to be sorry once his daddy got through with me.”

“His father passed away shortly after our association ended,” Ryder said.

“Yeah, so I found out. I think it more than likely that Mr. Barnes is headed for a lengthy stay in a mental institution.”

“I don’t care, as long as he stays away from what’s ours,” Colt said, an obvious reference to Susan.

Sandwiched between her men, with enough other testosterone makers around the table to give any woman a head rush, Susan didn’t mind that declaration one bit. She felt the exact same way. As long as Barnes stayed away from what was hers—her men, her family, and her town—she’d be a happy woman.

* * * *

“Now, about that spanking.”

They’d all just come upstairs after examining the damage Barnes had inflicted on her poor house. Susan turned around at Colt’s words. He and Ryder stood side by side, stripped of their shirts, each wearing a determined look.

Oh, she was in for it, all right. She clenched her pussy, trying to contain her juices, and had to work hard at not smiling in anticipation. “Yes? What about that spanking?”

Ryder hooked his thumbs in the front of his jeans. “The way our kind of family is going to work is really simple.” He paused for a moment to look at Colt. When he turned back to face her, she could see in his eyes the feelings he had for his best friend—his brother. “Colt’s been looking after me, in his way, since that day so many years ago when he wailed on a couple of teenage punks who were beating the tar out of me. I can see no reason to change that now. As far as I’m concerned, he’s the head of our family.”

Ryder’s declaration didn’t surprise her. She’d known almost from the first that Ryder looked to Colt for leadership. She turned her attention to Colt. Someday, when the three of them were spending a lazy afternoon doing nothing, she’d tell them how special she believed they were, and had been, right from that time they’d traded untenable situations for the cold streets of El Paso when they’d been, really, only little boys.

“The days when you can act without thinking are over,” Colt said. He took one step toward her. “My heart literally stopped when I saw you come around the corner of the house with that shovel raised, ready for battle. And while we salute your courage and we cherish
you
, sweetheart, we cannot let such reckless behavior go unpunished.”

“You certainly got the thumbs-up for this punishment from every male member of my family,” Susan observed dryly.

“Not
every
one,” Ryder said, grinning. “I understand there are uncles and cousins we haven’t even met yet.”

Susan fought her smile. “Is this where I confess that any spanking you give me, no matter how hard, is just going to turn me on and get me horny as hell?”

“Oh, baby, we know that. If either of us thought for one moment you were frightened or hated it, we wouldn’t do it.” He smirked, looked at Ryder, then back at her. “In fact, I see our future, and what I see is you stepping out of line from time to time
just
so we will spank you.”

Susan couldn’t help it. She grinned. “As long as we all understand each other.”

“I love you, Susan Benedict, and I’m going to gladly spend the rest of my life showing you.” Colt’s vow clenched her heart and brought tears to her eyes.

“I love you, Susan Benedict, with everything that’s in me,” Ryder said, “and I’m going to spend every day of the rest of my life giving thanks for you.”

“Oh, God, I love you both so much.” The emotion swirling through her nearly brought her to her knees. Never had she dreamed she could love so much.

Colt reached up and wiped the tear from her cheek. “Take your clothes off, woman. First, we’re going to punish you, and then, we’re going to show you your proper place.”

The fine sheen of arrogance that coated Colt’s words sent thrilling pleasure zinging through her. They loved her, they respected her, but in the bedroom, they demanded her obedience, just as here, in the bedroom, she needed to give it to them. Her fingers trembled as they worked to free her from her clothing. When she stood naked, Colt said, “Now, finish undressing us.”

She began with Colt, acknowledging Ryder’s assertion that he was the head of their family. She popped the snap on his jeans then pulled the zipper down, a task made more challenging by the fact his cock was hard, pressing tightly against the metal fastener.

She slid her hands into the waistband of his briefs, caressing him as she worked them to his hips, then pushed the clothing down. Slipping to her knees, she continued to work the clothing off, freeing one leg and then the other. She gave in to temptation and used her tongue to take a passing taste of his magnificent, erect cock.

“Vixen,” he said.

Susan grinned then sighed. She turned her attention to Ryder and gave him the exact same attention she had Colt.

Colt stepped back then walked around to the side of the bed. “Come here. Lay yourself across my lap.”

The tremor in his voice and the strength of his erection told her he was as aroused as she. Ryder offered her a hand, and she took it, rising to her feet. It took only a moment to do as she was told. The heat of his thighs under her hips and her belly seared her.

“We’re each going to give you five good swats,” Colt said. “Open your legs, Susan.”

The moment she spread her legs, Colt’s left hand splayed on her lower back while his right went between her legs, caressing back and forth across her slit.

She felt her juices seep out of her body and onto his fingers. His grunt of satisfaction struck a feral cord inside her. Without thought, she spread her legs even wider.

His first two smacks came without warning, hard and fast, and made her gasp. The sharp sting heated her ass. Like an electric current that heat pulsed out and down and in until it seemed to tickle her clit from inside her body.

“
Oh, God
.” She couldn’t prevent her hips from rolling.

Colt’s right hand, now warmer, returned to her pussy, this time opening her labia and gathering more of her moisture. “Mm, yes. You do like that. Your juices are nearly running out of you.”

“Please, give me more.”

“Don’t worry, sweetheart. We will.”

He suited actions to words, giving her three strong slaps that made her suck in her breath and blink away the sting of tears.

“Feel this.”

Susan knew he spoke to Ryder and groaned when she felt a second hand caress her cunt.

“Nice and wet for us.” He hunkered down and placed a kiss on her cheek. “I want Colt to finger-fuck you while I spank you. Let’s see if you can come that way.”

Ryder stroked her clit while Colt inserted two fingers into her. He spread them slightly and began to move them in and out of her. The combination of the two caresses shot her arousal to the very edge of climax.

And then Ryder began to slap her ass with a measured, strong rhythm.

“Oh!” Rapture flooded her, a tidal wave of ecstasy so strong she could only feel, only shiver and quiver, as pulse after passionate pulse battered her.

“Jesus, woman.” Ryder’s voice shook, and she knew just pleasuring her had brought him to the very edge as well.

It was the best orgasm she’d ever had, yet her elemental hunger for these men remained unabated. “Please, I need you both inside me. I need your cocks in me, please.” She would have thought she’d been teased, held on the edge just shy of bliss by the way her body trembled for them.

“Yes, Susan, we’re both going to fuck you now,” Colt said.

Ryder lifted her off Colt’s lap and kissed her. Hot, wet, and over way too soon, he used his mouth to let her know he would devour her if he could. Then he handed her over to Colt.

Her men wasted no time. They were all three past the point where finesse could be used. Raw, biting need nipped at them all, demanding hot, hard satisfaction.

Ryder moved quickly, grabbing two condoms out of the table by the bed. He laid one on the table and ripped open the other one, sliding it onto his rigid cock in one quick motion. He lay down on his back. “Give me your cunt, Susie. Take my cock inside you.”

“Oh, yes.”

Colt released her onto the bed, and Ryder took hold of her, bringing her over him so that she straddled his lap. Her right hand reached for his cock and centered it at her opening. Then she sank onto him, her eyes closing as the thrill and the pleasure of being filled nearly overwhelmed her.

“God, look how beautiful you are with me inside you,” Ryder whispered.

His words melted her. “I love having you inside me. I feel so full.”

“You’re about to feel fuller,” Colt said.

He got on the bed behind her, and the heat from his body covered her. She pushed her ass just a bit higher and nearly told him to hurry, but those words would have been redundant. He brushed lubricant over her anus then brought his latex-covered cock tight against her opening and began to push.