“Fine,” she called from the living room; she was currently trying to arrange the box of DVDs Sting had brought for them. At least they would have some sort of entertainment. However, after looking at the titles, the guys would probably like them more. Pretty much every car, military, and action movie was in the box. There weren’t chick flicks, damn it, how was she supposed to make it through without at least having one chick flick to watch.
She felt someone standing behind her and she turned. Tank was staring at her with hunger in his eyes and she froze. Her ass was in the air while she leaned on her forearms to put the DVDs on the shelf. It wouldn’t be so bad but she had on short shorts Sonny had gotten her. She slept in them the last few nights, but today she had done laundry and they were the first to be washed. She hadn’t had anything else to wear since she wanted everything done, so she had but on the short shorts with a long t-shirt, but the shirt didn’t help when your ass was in the air and you were bent over.
“Uh,” she stammered and looked anywhere but Tank’s eyes, only her gaze dropped lower and landed on the large bulge in his jeans. Fucking shit, how embarrassing.
“Sweet thing, you need to go and change, like now,” Tank said gruffly and her eyes widened.
“Why?” she whispered like a dumbass.
“‘Cause if you don’t, dinner will be late because we will be fucking that sweet ass.”
“We?” Kit whispered again and her eyes shot to where Sonny was standing in the entrance to the kitchen, his eyes glued on her ass too. Shit shit shit, she thought and sat up quickly pulling her shirt down to cover the shorts.
“Yeah we, and this will be a discussion for later but go get changed please,” Tank said and she nodded slowly, jumped up, and ran for the bedroom.
When she was finally alone Kit let out a deep breath, oh my God, was all she could think. They wanted her, both of them, and she had no idea what the fuck she was doing. They had told her about their family and friends, and she had meant what she said, she didn’t care one way or another, but her in a ménage? Well that was going to take some thinking.
Of course it was a dream, a fantasy, what woman in their right mind wouldn’t think about that with the two gorgeous men who were in the other room. But lasting? How does that even work? She read about it, hell, she had even dreamt about it, but day in and day out, it would take some thought.
Rushing to get her pants changed, Kit didn’t pay any attention to the fact that she didn’t have a bra on either until she went back into the living room where the men were standing still. When she smiled at them she noticed their eyes were staring down at her chest, she was now wearing a tank top.
“Shit,” she swore and turned around and went back to her room. The chuckles she heard from the men made her blush even redder, what the hell was wrong with her?
She pulled a hoodie from the closet and pulled it on, she was really going to have to go shopping again, and she needed to have a few more choices so this didn’t happen again.
Taking a deep breath, she opened the door again and walked back out into the living room. Tank and Sonny were now in the kitchen setting the table, she moved back to the box she had been emptying and picked it up. Without saying a word, she finished her job then took the box into the kitchen to throw it away. Both men were leaning against the counter looking at her with hooded eyes holding a beer.
She had no idea how to handle this, she sucked at this stuff, so she went the safe route.
“Finished unpacking the movies,” she said lamely, ignoring the smirks on their faces.
“Babe,” Sonny said and pointed to the wine glass on the table. “Drink, dinner will be ready in a few.”
She nodded and sat down at the table, it was only then she noticed there was a package on her chair. Kit looked at the men questioningly but they were grinning at her and not saying a word.
“What is this?” she asked and the guys just shrugged.
“Gotta open it,” Tank said.
Kit looked at the men and nodded. She pulled the tab on the brown box and opened it. When she saw what was inside she gasped. It was a Kindle, and not just any Kindle, it was the cool new version with all the bells and whistles. The one she had left behind at home was the first generation version they had come out with, it worked just fine so she didn’t think upgrading was really something she needed to do. But seeing the shiny new Kindle, she was ecstatic.
“Oh my God!” she screeched loudly and felt the tears gathering in her eyes. “Who, what, why?” she stuttered and held it reverently in her hand.
“Babe,” Sonny grinned. “All you talk about is reading and how much you miss your books. Hated to see you so bummed about it. Heck, last night you told us how you were used to reading before bed when you took the magazine from the bathroom to read.”
Tank nodded and smiled. “We even have a hotspot so you can set it up. Harper, my boss, has one; she said it was the ‘bomb’. She helped us order it, we got a cord so we can hook it up to the TV and watch movies on it.”
Kit smiled and looked down at the tablet and felt the tears begin to flow; no one had ever bought her a gift like this, well except for her mom. No men though, hell, she hadn’t even gotten flowers from a man, but these two had listened to her and bought her something she was missing.
“But…” she cried and both men froze in their tracks. When she looked at them through her tears, they looked panicked. “You bought me a Kindle.”
“Shit, was it wrong? We can totally send it back, we just wanted to make you happy,” Tank growled and reached for the box.
“Mine,” she cried and held it to her chest.
Sonny frowned and looked at his brother and whispered, “Does that mean she hates it or she likes it?”
“I don’t know,” he whispered back and she giggled and rolled her eyes.
“I love it!” she yelled and jumped around the kitchen holding her new toy.
“Then why you crying, babe?” Sonny asked and she stopped and turned to him.
“‘Cause it was so sweet you thought about that,” she said and walked over to Tank and looked up at him. “Thank you,” she said and stood on her tippy toes and kissed him gently on the lips. Then she went to Sonny and did the same thing. Both of the men remained still—like they were afraid to scare her, but she didn’t notice it, instead she was thinking how wonderful they were. She didn’t get they didn’t move because both of them were currently trying to control the raging hard-on they were getting just from the briefest brush of her lips.
“Dinner,” Sonny said gruffly and Kit smiled at them and nodded.
“Shit, what is she going to do when we tell her we are taking her shopping?” Tank muttered and she froze.
“Shopping?” she said.
“Yeah, babe, you need to get some more clothes and stuff. The stores in town are pretty good, but I am not going back into one of those girl’s stores and try to figure out what to buy, it was frightening,” Sonny complained with a smiled.
“You are taking me shopping for clothes?” she repeated like a dork.
“Yeah,” Tank said, frowning again. “Is that okay, I mean you can’t go alone, and we don’t want to go, we will have backup in town in the morning. A few of the guys will be here so we thought it would be best to do it quick when we know no one has tracked us.”
Kit felt the tears gather in her eyes again and she looked at them. “Thank you.”
“Babe,” Sonny grinned. “We should be thanking you, seeing you smile is worth it.”
“Come on, let’s get dinner on the table and then we can talk okay,” Tank said and she looked at him. She was feeling like something had changed in between the times where she went to change her clothes and she came back into the kitchen, the men seemed more, well more.
She placed her box on the counter and stared at it with a longing expression as she walked to the table. She wanted to sign into her account and see what she had missed over the last month. She always bought her favorite author
s on pre-order, and she knew some of them had releases coming soon. Kit usually made herself popcorn or brownies on Tuesdays and cuddled in for the night to read her new books.
“Uh,” Tank said to her, snapping a finger in front of her face to get her attention. Kit snapped out of it and looked at the men who were grinning at her. They were sitting where they had been for the last two days, right next to her, sandwiching her in between them with both touching her thighs with theirs. She had gotten used to the closeness, although she didn’t see why they were doing it, other than making sure that if some crazed man with a gun jumped in the room they would be close. She looked down at her plate and realized they had filled it with food, waiting for her to eat. She blushed.
“Sorry, I really missed my books,” she explained.
“I am getting that.” Tank laughed. “Is this what it is going to be like?”
“What?” she said with a sigh and picked up her fork to eat.
“Sonny and I competing with the books for your attention?” He laughed.
She stopped and stared at the men in shock. What? her brain screeched.
Sonny laughed, reached around her, and patted his brother on the shoulder. “I would say that is a yes, bro. We are going to have to come up with some pretty good things to keep her entertained and away from the Kindle.”
“I think we can think of a few!” Tank laughed and wiggled his eyebrows.
Wait…what? she thought, Sonny and Tank were so not the type of guys to flirt with her, and yet here they were flirting with her. She had no idea what to do with that, it was just blowing her mind in the first place that they were so nice. Deep breaths, she thought then set her fork back down before she dropped it.
“I bet we can too,” Sonny grinned, tilted his head, and looked at her. “Babe, you have a question in that pretty little head of yours?”
“Uh yeah,” she said slowly then looked at both men who were obviously waiting for her to ask her question. “What is going on?” she asked.
“With the case?” Tank said. “Well, the guys are going in tonight undercover, the bosses have ordered us to more or less keep you in hiding. Sonny is retiring from the force and going to work for TRI-X now, as a team leader. We have gotten three other cabins around us to use for the others when they arrive, and for more room in case there is someone else we need to protect. The sheriff in town is well aware of what is going on, and since we have all the cabins on the road now, we are locking the road with a gate so no one can get up here in a car. The sheriff is putting the entrance on his route to monitor. The town is not real big all year round, and they know us, they will protect us if need be. Our dads had a reputation when we were growing up about helping people in need, so they think of us as one of their own, have since we were little. No one in this town will let it leak we are here. Best place to be outside of Healing. The guys are bringing a system to put around all of the property so we can monitor if someone tries to come in.”
Kit nodded and listened but that wasn’t what she was talking about and they knew it if she read the little twinkle in their eyes as they talked to her, explaining how things were getting taken care of for her to be safe.
Were they toying with her? She had felt the tension since she met them, and honestly she thought it was one sided. They had talked with her about stuff, but basically had treated her like a friend, the kisses on the forehead and stuff, and now they were flirting with her? Did they think that because they were stuck together they could somehow pass the time with her?
“Stop,” she said. “You know what I meant.”
“No, babe, don’t think we do,” Sonny said with a smile. “Why don’t you be a little more clear.”
“How is this for clear?” she snapped, losing her patience with them. “You kidnap me, bring me up here, basically tell me I am a prisoner here for my own good. I accept that because, well, I don’t want to be killed. However, I am sitting here for the last few days being amazed at how nice you are helping a stranger out, getting her clothes, and basically protecting her with your life. I mean you are big, and scary, but you have been nothing but sweet to me. Now you are flirting with me, and buying me gifts and stuff. I mean what is going on? I hate to tell you this but I am not going to be a diversion for your boredom. I am not like that.”
Sonny leaned back and let out a laugh. “Babe, know that from the moment we first met you and you announced you had never had sex before, we knew that.”
“WHAT?” she screamed. “When did I say that?”
Tank laughed. “In the truck when you were freaking out about people shooting at you. You said you had joined some dating service but had not even had a date, and you were gonna die before you had sex.”
“I did not,” she whispered, feeling mortified.
“Yes, you did,” Sonny said and his eyes turned from amused to sexy. “Fucking hottest thing I have ever heard. And, babe, we are fixing to remedy that and make sure we are the only men you will ever consider having sex with.”
“What?” Kit said.
“Babe, we’re setting out to make you ours.” Sonny grinned and took a bite of his food. Her gaze swung back to Tank who nodded and grinned.
“You can’t just announce it like that,” she argued. “We haven’t even been in the dating stage, you can’t make me yours like a possession.”
“We don’t date,” Tank said firmly and took a bite of his food like he had answered all of her questions.
“You don’t date?” she said and took a deep breath. “So you are virgins too.”
“Hell no,” Sonny laughed and shook his head and smiled.
“But you don’t date?” she argued.
“Yeah, we don’t date, if we have an itch, we scratch it. That’s all and the chicks know the score. Last time I was on a date was high school, don’t have time for that shit now. I know what I want and when I want it. Tank and I have been thinking about settling down for a long time. We knew we wanted a woman between us, just like our dads had. They told us when we were younger and went to them and asked them how they found a woman willing to share. They told us they didn’t, they found mom, and knew from the moment they saw her she was the one, from there on out, they set out to make her theirs. That’s all there was to it, no questions asked. They saw her and knew. Said it would be the same for us if we really wanted a committed relationship, because the chemistry has to be there for all three of the people. There is no room for doubts or questions. It is what it is. Tank and I talked about it a long time ago, we have found a few women who we thought could possibly be it, but it never clicked with us, there was always something holding us back. We don’t know what it is and don’t care; the point is we were waiting. We got you in the car, and you have your cute freak out, hearing that cemented what we already knew from when we first saw you on the stage. Like lightning hit us, we both knew, and we didn’t have to speak about it, it was just there. Got you up here, made sure you were settled and safe, and now we are telling you, we are making you ours,” Sonny said and looked at her plate and frowned. “Eat!”
“You want me to eat after that speech!” she yelled finally, when she could get her breath.
“Yeah,” he nodded and looked at his brother. “There something I am missing?”
“Nope,” Tank grinned, “I think that covered it.”
“Good,” Sonny nodded. “Now eat!”
“You can’t tell me to eat,” she argued stupidly.
Sonny rolled his eyes, looked at his brother, and said, “Am I missing something? Laid it out for her, told her the way it was. What else is there?”
Tank shrugged. “Maybe she wants wooing.”
“Wooing?” Sonny snorted. “Not into wooing, brother, neither are you. Pretty sure our dads never covered wooing when we were growing up.”
“Nope, they didn’t, doesn’t mean that some chicks don’t like it.” Tank shrugged. “Harper and the others were talking about how their men did shit for them that made them all sweet and cute.” r />
“Really? Like what?” Sonny asked and took another bite of his pasta.
Kit was sitting back with her mouth open, they were really just talking about this in front of her. She had never been in a situation like this, hell, she had only been on a few dates and the guys hadn’t acted like this, but of course they were assholes or wimps, maybe they didn’t count. These two acted like the men out of her books, it was surreal. No one was like that; she had never seen a relationship that went like this. All of her girlfriends would talk about going on dates and getting flowers, arguing over movies and stuff like that. This was completely out of her realm, how was she supposed to deal with it?
“Well, Joel and Drake bought Harper a gun. It had a pink handle, she freaked out, she loved that shit,” Tank said.
“A gun? Babe, you want a gun?” Sonny asked.
“A gun?” she whispered.
“Yeah, you want a gun, you know like Harper, with a pink handle and shit,” Sonny said.
“Oh yeah, then they got her a bunch of clothes that she like, you know workout clothes and stuff, they all were black and had pink letters on them that said Rambina, or Tinker Bitch, shit like that cause she was a badass. I don’t think Kit would like those. It is an example. But Harper’s favorite color is pink just so you know. All the shirts for the company are black with pink letters,” Tank said when Kit didn’t answer.
“Thanks for that warning, but I kinda already figured that out. Anyway, I don’t think Kit is that type of girl. Maybe we should get a few more suggestions, but it doesn’t matter ‘cause I don’t do wooing,” Sonny said.
“If she wants wooing though?” Tank frowned.
“Nope,” Sonny said and looked at Kit and said, “Babe, listen here, I’m telling you this right now, you want something, you tell us. We fuck up someway, you tell us. There is a problem with anything, you tell us. We will fix it, all of it. But there is no way I am going to change my ways and say we are going to date and shit like that. Not my style, nope. I am just telling you, we are making you ours, how that comes about is up to you. We can go slow, like say a week or so, you know so you are comfortable with us, but then we go all out. Or you accept the inevitable and we get to it right now, because one way or another you are gonna be ours. That sound fair to you?” he said to Tank who was nodding.