Blake leaned into her and said, “I like your real persona. Can we help pick out a few things?”
She looked at him and thought for a moment. “Sure, but I have a limited budget.”
“Oh no, darlin, these are all on us. We intend for you to know we are gonna take care of you , ” Shane said.
“Wait a minute, I have money. And I need to find a job, I can’t sit around useless, I was going to talk to Rex anyway about helping out with the company like Jazz and Lily do.”
“Jazz and Lily are going through old papers trying to find out more information about possible siblings, and also Lily’s parents have some hidden information. They are also helping organize the offices. You ‘re a computer geek, like us. I think maybe we have a place for an extra hacker.” Blake teased and she relaxed.
Phoebe hated that she had gone through most of the money her adoptive parents gave her, but it had been necessary. It was expensive to create a new life. But she refused to sponge off anyone. She wanted to work for her money, and it sounded like the guys were going to let her do what she loved.
As they grew closer to their destination, she felt herself begin to tense up. She was nervous that Junior knew exactly where she was. Blake put his arm around her like he knew what she was thinking. She felt safe while they were with her.
The building that Noah and Dallas owned was not far from Central Park. It had an underground garage they could pull into and was secured by guards. When they entered the parking area, Phoebe wanted to giggle. There were no cars parked in the garage except for three BMW’s by the elevator. They all exited the trucks and looked around.
“Shit, it’s like a fortress , ” Bear said and looked around. The area was clear and no one could see inside the parking area . It was lit by bright florescent lights. Where they drove in from was now closed with an iron gate. That was the only entrance and exit.
There was one doorway to the right of the elevator. Trent walked over and tried to open it but it was locked. “I guess we use the elevator.”
Rex stepped forward and pushed the button to call the box when the door swung open.
“Sorry I’m late; I got stopped on the way down. I ‘m the head of security, Joshua. Noah and the others are meeting on the gathering floor but thought you probably wanted to freshen up a little, so they will meet you there in a few hours.”
He explained the building had eight floors. When they entered the elevator , the buttons were marked with names. The top floor said Noah, next was Steve, then Andre. They all assumed that meant it was their apartment. The next three buttons made them all grin. Under Andre it said Rex, then Shane, and finally Trent. Wow, they had their own place while they were here.
The last two floors were marked Gathering Hall and Security on the bottom floor.
“So, just go to your corresponding floor and get settled in then you can make your way downstairs for dinner at six o’clock. If you need anything , there are instructions in your apartments about how to get in touch with us , ” Joshua said and then excused himself.
Jazz grinned and looked at Lily who was looking uncomfortable. “Lil’, if you want to stay with us , it ‘s fine.”
Lily looked at Bear and Trent and then said, “I ‘m sure there ‘s more than one bedroom. I ‘ll be fine.”
Her men nodded and grinned. She was at least beginning to trust them. “But, if they act up, I ‘ll call you , ” Lily finished off and then laughed when Bear and Trent frowned.
Phoebe looked at Shane and Blake who were waiting for her to decide if she was going to go with them. They all knew if she asked , Rex would insist on her staying with them. But Phoebe smiled and held out her hands and said, “I could really use a little down time.”
They all agreed and got into the elevator. Lily and her men got off first, but not before they all heard her ordering them to keep their distance from her.
Then Blake and Shane led her off into the hallway and called out a goodbye to their friends. There was only one door on the floor and they went and opened it.
“Holy shit,” Shane muttered as he looked around at the incredibly lush apartment that was before them. It was a large space, separated by half walls. The living room and the kitchen were decorated in black and white chic decor. They could see a small hallway, which they assumed led to the bedrooms.
Everything they could possibly need had been provided. A huge screen television, several laptops and a desk top sat in the corner on a desk. Comfortable chairs and couches in the center of the room, and a large eating area.
“I love this place,” Phoebe said with a whisper.
The men smiled at her and then each other, their little woman needed to be spoiled. “Why don’t you go and see if there ‘s a nice , big tub to soak in for a few minutes while we get things set up. The ride had to make your muscles hurt a little , ” Blake said and kissed her on top of the head.
She sighed and nodded. “It did.”
She wandered down the hallway, taking in the entire apartment as she went. Shane and Blake waited until she was out of the room before moving to the desk and turning on the computer.
“We need to see if Noah and Dallas would sell us this place. She loves it and it’s secure. We could use it for when she wanted to come into the city , ” Blake said and walked into the kitchen. “Hey, the fridge is stocked.”
Shane laughed at his friend. “Yeah and that ‘s the most important thing.”
“They have our favorite beer,” Blake called and Shane grinned.
“Well, maybe it is important.”
Blake came back in and had a piece of paper in his hand and a stunned expression on his face. Shane instantly become worried and he said , “What?”
Blake shook his head and handed him the letter and papers that were with it. The letter was f r o m Dallas, Noah, and Bailey. It explained that they put the apartment in their names as a gift for helping them out. Each of the floors w as deeded over to the people who they noted on the elevator.
The other papers were the actual deed and all they had to do was sign it. Shane looked at Blake and grinned. “Phoebe!”
They heard her walking back down the hallway, and she poked her head around the comer and said, “What? I had the bath running, you totally need to come in and see the bedrooms and bathrooms. They are crazy huge.”
“Honey, come in here for a second,” Blake said and held out his hand to her. She walked slowly to them , looking to see if she should be worried or not. Every time one of them said they needed to talk, it was to tell her bad news.
“Okay?” she said hesitantly, before grabbing Blake’s hand and looking at the papers Shane was holding out to her. She picked up the first one and read it out loud.
Shane, Blake, and Phoebe, Congratulations on your partnership, we are happy that you have found someone to spend your lives with. As you know , Noah, Dallas , and I appreciate everything that you have done for us. I know that it was me who started this whole mess when I refused to let Senior Digrossi shut me up. The help that you h ave given us all has been a god send. I can only hope this small token will help you in the future. Consider this place yours, it ‘s safe and security is top notch. We are offering this place as a secondary location for your offices. We believe in everything you are doing.
Bailey, Dallas, and Noah
P.S. Your business partners are receiving the same notes, and it will be a great place for us all to mee t. Can’t wait to meet you all.
Phoebe looked at the men with a stunned expression on her face. “Are these people for real?”
Blake laughed and said, “Sweetheart, Andre is your brother, and his wife is best friends with Noah, Dallas, and Bailey. They consider each other family, so if we do the whole family tree, we are all , like , related. We take care of our own.”
“All we have to do is sign. Now I realize this is a big step for all of us. I mean, Blake and I own the property up north, but we were planning on having you put on the deed. Now with this place, we can all
sign right off the bat. I mean , that is , if you ‘re sure about it , ” Shane said and looked at her expectantly.
Oh my, she had literally only known them for less than a week and they wanted to own property together? She wasn’t even sure what color of underwear she was going to put on for later, how did they think she was going to make this big of a decision?
She bit her lip and then looked down at the floor. Phoebe knew she felt something for the men, lust, desire, but love? She wasn ‘t sure about that yet. She really liked them, and felt like in the last few days they had gotten to know one anothe r. But please, owning property?
“Hey, we have time. We can just put this on the back burner for now and then decide later. It ‘s not like they ‘re going to take it back or anything. The paperwork is here. We just wanted you to know , ” Blake said quickly.
Phoebe looked up at them and smiled. “I just want to be sure , ” s he whispered.
Both of the men nodded and then hugged her. “How about we help you relax a little before dinner.”
She felt her eyes widen, this is what she was waiting for. They had kissed her and touched her as often as they could over the last few days. But she had been waiting for them to take it further. Her body burned up with the idea of them actually making love to her. She nodded and allowed them to pull her back to the bedroom. She had gone ahead and put her things in the master bedroom, hoping that they would take the hint and realize she was ready to move this along to the next step. She was sore, but her hormones were working overtime.
They entered the bathroom and she waited while they started the water again in the huge tub. The bathroom was bigger than her old apartment practically. It had a hug e counter with three sinks, a smaller , private room with a toilet, and an enormous shower in one corner that could fit all of them, and a whirlpool tub that was build for three.
Shane sniffed the bath salts that sat next to the tub and poured some in before turning to her and grinning. Blake pulled her so she was standing in between them and they began to undress her. She could have protested, she knew that, but she didn ‘t want to.
They pulled her shirt over her head, and then each ran a hand down her arms. Phoebe sucked in a deep breath as she felt her skin tingle at their touch. Blake bent and kissed her shoulder as he eased her bra off her shoulder. While Blake carefully pulled at her pants until they were sliding off her hips. Thank goodness she had already removed her shoes and socks; she hated to think she would be clumsy at a time like this. Her body felt like it was on fire with anticipation.
Soon she stood before them naked, and while she wanted to cover herself , she refused her reaction. Blake and Shane let their eyes run over her and she felt vulnerable.
“So beautiful,” Shane whispered and then kissed her gently.
“And all ours,” Blake said and lifted her up and then gently put her in the tub. She fought the urge to scream that she was too heavy. Phoebe remembered that she had made that comment before while she was recovering, and both of the men argued with her and threatened to spank her if she said that again. It had been so long since anyone paid that much attention to her that she wasn ‘t used to it.
Her broken arm was placed off the side of the tub so she wouldn ‘t get it wet. “We will take care of you , sweetheart, just leave your hand there.”
Blake folded a towel and put it behind her head so she could lean back. Each of them kneeling next to the tub, they grabbed a wash cloth and began to run them over her skin softly with the scented soap. She sighed and closed her eyes. It was an amazing feeling to be pampered like this.
Blake stood up and pushed a button on the wall and soothing music flooded around them in the room. She opened one eye and smiled at them. She could see the passion in their eyes and knew they were holding back. Her bruises had faded and changed colors over the last few days, but she was feeling much better. Some of the stitches had even begun to dissolve, because she didn ‘t feel the pull of her skin like she had the first day.
“You rest for a minute while we get you a towel. Blake can help you wash your hair.”
She nodded and waited while Blake got the hand held shower hose and helped her position herself so he could wash her hair. He was so gentle, making sure she was comfortable and the water wasn ‘t too hot. She felt completely relaxed as he massaged the shampoo in her hair. All of the scents matched ; she grinned thinking they were gonna smell like lilacs tonight when they went to dinner.
When Blake was done, Shane wrapped a towel around her hair and then helped her stand up.
Both of them sucked in a deep breath as the water flowed over her body. “Shit, honey, you are so sexy , “ Blake said and Shane muttered i n agreement.
Chapter 7
Junior slammed his hand down on the desk and yelled at his brother, “I am sick and tired of all the excuses. We had her in our hands and we could have gotten rid of her, but no, you had to have your fun little torture games. Did you ever stop to think she could identify you now? We are going to have to be more careful, and we have to find her. Is there any word on the street about her? Have any of her friends seen her since she left?”
Sam shrugged and leaned back in his chair like he didn’t care to talk about the politics of the situation. It had always been like this. Junior knew his brother was a little off. He like d to torture small animals when they were younger, and Junior always cleaned up after him. Even when he stole that stupid little yapping dog from next door and slit its throat.
In the past, he allowed his brother to have his strange quirks , and as long as it didn ‘t interfere with him , he was fine. But now his brother was causing problems. If it wouldn ‘t look so suspicious , he would kill him too and then take over the entire business.
Rocco wanted to shake his head as he listened to the brothers argue. He knew that it was going to come to a head soon, but he didn ‘t want to be in the same room when it did. So he had to diffuse the situation.
“Sir, we have a line on the girl. An old lady from her apartment buil ding said that there had been tw o men sneaking around in the days before she disappeared. And the call she received was bogus. There was no gas leak. Our computer guys are trying to trace the number. The funeral is tomorrow afternoon; you need to prepare what you are going to say. All of the major agencies will be watching.”
Junior swung his gaze from his brother to his employee. Rocco almost took a step back when he saw the angry eyes that pierced him. But Junior covered it quickly and Rocco saw him relax.
“Of course, you’re right. There’s nothing that we can do about it right now, we have to move on and prepare. We are having the wake at the house after the funeral. I need to make sure that the food is ordered and ready. Also, the booze was delivered but hasn ‘t been unpacked , ” Junior said and sat back down in the large chair he bought only a few weeks ago when he began to plan this whole thing.
Rocco nodded and said, “Have you heard from the other families? The Muchinos, and the Bandernos? They should be paying you respects tomorrow. We need to arrange a meeting so you can declare yourself the new head of the family. The older guys are gonna expect it.”
“Of course, I was already planning on doing that,” Junior said smugly , obviously lying.
Rocco wished he could pull out his gun and end this all once and for all. The mob wasn ‘t like it used to be in the old days. Nowa days, a mob boss took it to the extreme; he wanted the good ole days when you could send a message by breaking someone’s leg or fingers. Torture and hurting females was a line he hated crossing. But Junior was crazy. He yelled at his brother like Sam was the psycho one, but Junior was just as bad. Sam was just honest about what he thought was fun. Junior hid his true craziness behind the neat and tidy facade he liked to show other s .
Chapter 8
How she ended up in the bedroom, panting and hot, was a mystery. Phoebe looked up and watched as Shane and Blake stood at the foot of the bed they had just placed her on, begin ning to undress. She scooted and moved
until she was propped up against the headboard with pillows behind her back so she could enjoy the show. Both men smiled at her when she waved her hand at the m to continue.
“Oh, so she wants a show, does she?” Blake said unbuttoning his shirt slowly and gyrating his hips to the beat of the music still playing in the background.
Shane put his head down and groaned, “Shit, you know I hate to dance.”
“Yeah, but look at the way her pretty breasts are peaking with anticipation. She likes watching , man. So get the groove on.” Blake laughed and pulled his shirt off one shoulder and then the other and threw his shirt at her.
Phoebe blushed but began to grin, and Shane ran his hands over his chest and moved them to the front of his p ants, hooking them in the waist band of his jeans and moving his hips slowly. Phoebe’s eyes were glued to the bulge in his pants, and she licked her lips when he sl owly pulled the t-shirt he wore up slowly and reveal ed his nicely defined stomach and chest muscles.
When he flung his shirt at her and she grabbed it, her eyes drifted back and forth between the two men, taking in all of their muscles. Blake unsnapped his button first and then just lowered the zipper slowly before stopping completely and giving Shane a chance to get her attention.
Shane unsnapped his button and then mimicked Blake as they got into a rhythm. One of them would sway his hip and dance slowly while the oth er one would tease her by pulling down his pants slowly. She was beginning to sweat from the heat they set off.
When they finally rid themselves of their pants, she grinned and waited. Shane wore box er shorts while Blake wore tighty whities. The men looked at each other and shrugged , then grabbed the waist band of the underwear and pulled them down without teasing and stood before her magnificently naked. They were both huge, while Shane was a little longer and thinner, they we both bigger than the normal guy. Her pussy quivered with anticipation.
They stalked her to the side of the bed and she giggled when they both crawled o nto the large bed and settled next to her . She couldn’t decide which way to look, they were both so gorgeous.