Authors: Elle Saint James
She reached into the pocket of the short skirt she wore and pulled out a small stack of bar napkins. The intent on her face was single-minded. She intended to dry him off with the thin pile of paper. Reaching out with the wad, she pushed the mass to the side of his neck. It did sop up some of the freezing water.
She then pushed her lushly perfect body into his, and he stopped paying attention to the napkins. Pressed so close together that her perfumed scent wafted into his face, Dell took the opportunity to inhale her unique fragrance. Her breasts smashed into his chest, and Dell thought he might stop breathing. He lightly fastened his hands to her ribcage under the guise of keeping her steady.
Yeah, that’s why I’m holding on to her so intimately—to keep her from falling.
She wrapped one arm over his shoulder and drew the now-soggy paper napkins around to the back of his neck. It was likely the most seductive act ever performed on his person. Or maybe it just seemed that way because he was enthralled by this woman.
Her face brushed close to his as she looked over his shoulder and patted his upper back. The scent of her skin called to him on some primal level he’d never experienced. She smelled like clean linen and utterly desirable woman wrapped into a bombshell body with skimpy attire and perfect hair.
He wanted her. He slid both hands to her tiny waist to keep her in place against him. Instead of his familiarity alarming her, his touch seemed to encourage her. She laughed a little and tightened her grasp around his shoulder. She dotted the saturated napkins down the back of his shirt. Dell pressed his face against the side of her neck and resisted the sincere urge to lick her delectable flesh. He caught Zachary’s amused expression out of the corner of one eye. His friend stood up from his chair and moved closer. Two more steps and they’d have the most perfect girl sandwiched between them.
Visions of the three them in varying sexual positions danced through his head with vibrant possibilities of the night to come. He’d made his selection for the evening and perhaps for longer than just tonight.
“Tessa!” Bill, the venue’s night manager and overseer of tonight’s private party, called out from behind the bar right before he ducked under the counter and approached them. “What do you think you’re doing? You aren’t even supposed to be here.”
Her name is Tessa
.
She turned away promptly, and her spine stiffened as the manager advanced. Dell realized he hadn’t let go of her waist. And he didn’t want to, not yet. Perhaps she could be persuaded to stay and have a drink with them.
Then they could all have sex and then more sex
.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Harper. She’s sort of new.”
“Not a problem. I likely needed cooling off, anyway.” Dell wanted her to look at him again.
She pulled another stack of bar napkins out of her apron pocket and handed the wad to him. Most importantly, she swiveled back to stare at him again.
“If it’s any consolation, I only spilled water on you.” Those sultry eyes stared up into his face, and he was at a loss for words with the exception of the few blaring in his head.
I want you. Please join us. Let me persuade you. How do you feel about ménage relationships?
“I’m sure I’ll dry out in no time.”
My cock will stay up for a week, but it’ll be worth it.
She smiled. “Thanks for not being a bastard about this little incident. I truly appreciate it.”
Dell leaned closer. “Tell you what. I’ll personally kick the ass of anyone who dares to be a bastard in your presence.”
“You’re very sweet—”
Whatever she’d been about to say was cut off when Bill grabbed her other arm and yanked her out of Dell’s grasp. “Tessa needs to leave this instant. She wasn’t invited to tonight’s event, and she needs to get going.”
“But I don’t want to leave.” She gave Dell a seductive look over one shoulder as she was led a few steps away. She stopped in her tracks as Bill tried to yank her arm off.
“Your father will have my balls cut off and nailed to the front door if he finds out you were even here in the first place, Tessa. Please have the decency to care a little for my family jewels, if not for your own skin.”
Tessa rolled her beautiful eyes. “Oh, Bill, for heaven’s sake, you’re such a drama queen. I’m twenty-six years old. Well above the age of consent. And I’d like to stay.” She turned her head and gave Dell the most decadently seductive look from the top of his head to the center of his chest.
Given her expression, Dell decided she liked what she saw. Her gaze then drifted over to Zachary. He stood just out of contact with Tessa’s arm.
Zachary smiled, took two steps forward, closing the distance, and reached out a hand to her. “Join us, why don’t you?”
Dell knew he usually preferred blondes, but on occasion he went for sultry-eyed brunettes. He shot Dell a knowing look. The one that said,
Let’s pick her up, take her home, and make her ours.
Dell heartily agreed.
“Mr. Harper, I’m truly sorry, but I can’t let her stay with the two of you. Her father owns this establishment. I don’t think she understands the…” Bill paused a moment, obviously searching for a tame word. “Setting.”
Shit
. Dell had desperately hoped she was one of the provided women. He should have known
that
was too good to be true.
“I don’t understand the setting?” Tessa huffed. “Please. I understand perfectly. The annual rancher’s convention is in town. There are hundreds of red-blooded American cowboys on the loose, and while they’re away from home they like to look at naked women. It’s not a brain buster, Bill.”
Obviously, she’d missed the floor show. Dell wasn’t sure if that was good or bad. On the one hand, she really didn’t understand what this club was all about, and on the other, it would be so exciting to teach her what they loved. Would she be shocked? Would she run from them in horrified surprise? He hoped not.
“You should listen to him,” Dell heard Zachary say. “We have special requirements for the women we associate with.”
Dell wanted to tell him to shut up and not scare her away, but it was best she knew upfront about their sexual preferences. He hoped she had an open mind and a willingness to try new sexual adventures.
“Special requirements? Like what? Do I have to be drunk off my ass and have an IQ below eighty to be allowed in the club?” She laughed and the lyrical sound of her amusement made him even more attracted to her.
“No. You have to willingly desire to have sex with both of us at the same time.”
Her laughter died slowly and puzzlement dawned instead. Dell held his breath and watched her closely as Zachary’s explanation registered. Her amusement slipped down to a smile, but she didn’t frown and her expression wasn’t one of disgust. Her intent, piercing gaze said that she was excited. Her eyes said it all.
“Sex? With both of you? At the same time?” Her whispered questions in that oh-so-innocent voice made Dell’s balls tighten with need. He wanted to show her many, many wonderful things.
Zachary and Dell nodded.
Bill made the sign of the cross over the area above his heart and looked like he was about to collapse to the ground. “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Don’t tell her that!” Bill became shrill. “Christ on a cross, she’s leaving right now.” He grabbed Tessa by the shoulders and hauled her, stumbling backwards, toward the exit by the end of the bar counter.
Dell walked two steps forward before Zachary grabbed his shoulder with one hand. “Let her go for now.”
Watching her leave the bar was the hardest thing Dell had ever done in his life. At least he had a clue as to her identity. How many daughters did the owner have? And how difficult would it be to find out where she lived and her phone number? The T-shirt she wore had a logo from one of those trendy up-scale coffeehouses popping up on every corner lately back home. This area of
Hopefully, it wouldn’t be too difficult to track her down. Dell wouldn’t rest this trip until he spoke to her again at least one more time.
What if she was the one? What if she was the perfect woman to complete them? Dell intended to find out for certain.
“So I guess this means we’re sleeping alone tonight?” Zachary pretended to be upset, but Dell knew better.
He turned to his best friend with a smile and answered with a question. “If we’re able to track her down and have her join us, it’ll be amazing, don’t you think?”
“Probably, but my balls will ache in the meantime. I wish it could be tonight.”
“You and me both. But I have a feeling she’ll be well worth the wait.”
“She
is
gorgeous, and I know that look on your face. We won’t get relief from our lust until you find out if she’s available and interested.”
“Yeah, that would be just about right.” He nodded. Anyone else would be a poor second choice.
“But if she isn’t interested, we walk away.
You
walk away, right? No pining for a woman who isn’t remotely interested in our lifestyle.”
“Of course. But I’m hoping she’ll warm to us. Did you see the expression on her face when we told her we both wanted her at the same time?”
Zachary smiled. “Yes. She was definitely intrigued.”
“Damn straight.” Dell looked over his shoulder at the door where she’d exited. The look of pure desire had crossed her face the second they’d mentioned sharing her. When she repeated the words back, she got even more excited. They needed to hurry and catch up.
Dell couldn’t wait to show her what they had in mind. For the first time since entering the state of
They hurried toward the exit she’d left through a few minutes ago, hoping she would be lingering in the parking lot. Dell reached into his pocket for his keys and realized there was a folded note in his pocket, one he hadn’t put there.
Chapter Two
Tessa Calloway stomped away from her father’s nightclub steaming angry and cursing under her breath all the way to her car. She hated to be thwarted when going after something she truly wanted. Those two cowboys had been her ultimate desire.
The man she’d spilled water on and his attractive friend had been the ones she’d entered the bar to find in the first place. Her curiosity had been piqued the moment she’d seen them enter. Her neglected libido forced her out of her Mustang and into the bar.
The flagship of all her father’s private nightclubs had been rented out to this secretive group. Tessa had always been intrigued by what went on in private parties at men’s clubs. She figured naked women probably roamed the space outnumbering the men five to one. When she’d learned that a group called DRMC was meeting and the evening was shrouded in mystery, Tessa made arrangements to stake the place out and see what went on.
Springtime in the Rockies often meant messy, unpredictable weather, but this spring had been very temperate and cooperative, and tonight was no exception. The bright stars in the sky worked as the perfect canopy for what she planned to do.
Binoculars in hand like a well-prepared stalker, Tessa had watched the back door of the club discretely from across the street until she’d seen about twenty men enter in the space of an hour. When the two attractive cowboys had gone inside, Tessa had stiffened her resolve and decided to go see what the fuss was all about.
She’d stowed her gear and entered by way of the back door behind the bar after the curtain on stage was already down. She wasn’t sure what show had gone on right before she pretended to serve drinks. Once her eyesight had adjusted to the level of darkness in the establishment, she’d grabbed a tray with two glasses of ice water and ensured she got some attention.
The club’s security man might have seen her enter, but something else apparently caught his attention because he passed by as if in a hurry without looking in her direction and headed toward the office in the main section of the bar.
There were mostly men in the space, but given her father’s attitude regarding gay men, she assumed they weren’t here as couples. Perhaps naked women had been bending themselves into interesting shapes or parading on the stage just before she arrived.
Before she made it two steps, Tessa noticed several women enter the bar area from the other side of the extended stage all dressed in slinky evening wear. Stilettos must have been required footwear because every one of the beautiful women strolled out in a pair. And each woman was promptly approached by two men.
After what the gorgeous cowboy had told her regarding wanting to share her with his friend, she’d understood completely. All the women were here to be shared by two men. This erotic idea turned her on to such a degree, she knew she couldn’t stay away.
Oh, she left in her car as Bill watched, but soon circled around to the alley across the street from the club. If she saw the two fascinating men exit in the next few minutes, she planned to follow them.
Perhaps she’d make them an offer they couldn’t refuse. She sincerely hoped the blond one had found her note. She’d been pretty proud of herself for slipping it into his pocket unnoticed.