Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
“Well, obviously! Even though I know it’s Nico grabbing me, I still freeze. I can’t go off the grounds without freaking out. Can’t even have you touch me because we don’t know if I’ll panic.”
Liam watched her thoughtfully. “You can’t expect everything to instantly change.”
“I’m not. I just . . . all right, maybe I wish it would instantly change. I know it’s not going to. Molly said I have to have patience, it’s just hard. I want . . . I want to be perfect for you.”
With a sigh, Liam grabbed her hand and led her to the weight bench. He sat then lifted her onto his knee. Nico came and sat next to him.
“That’s what you don’t get, you are perfect for us,” Liam told her.
“But what about when you get sick of staying here? You need to get back to New York eventually, right? I . . . I’m scared to go there.” She looked down at her hands. “It’s not even about my fear of leaving the safety of his house. It’s about New York itself.”
“Because that’s where you were hurt,” Liam said quietly.
“Yes.”
“Would it help if I sold everything and we moved here?” Liam asked.
She raised her head. “You’re not serious?”
“Of course, I am.”
“You know Liam doesn’t say something unless he means it,” Nico pointed out.
“But I . . . you can’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“Your home is in New York.”
‘My home is with the two of you,” Liam told her.
“Same,” Nico added.
“But your families—”
“You know I don’t care about my family,” Liam said.
“And I can go back to visit mine,” Nico added. “It’s no different than asking you to move away from yours.”
She guessed so. Still . . .
“Can I think about it?”
“Of course. But just know that if that’s an added stressor, I will take it away,” Liam told her firmly. “I won’t have that causing you anxiety when I can easily fix it.”
Not such an easy fix as he was making it out to be, but she did feel a sense of lightness.
“We’re taking a break from self-defense lessons and from everything else that’s pushing your limits.”
“I don’t need a break,” she protested.
“You do. And we have the whole day together.”
“Whatever will we do with the rest of the day,” Nico mused, wriggling his eyebrows up and down.
She couldn’t help but giggle.
“Is there another reason for your frustration, baby?” Liam asked her. “It’s not like you to get so upset as you did just now.”
“I’m sorry about that,” she said, wincing as she recalled her behavior.
“I’m not sure sorry is enough. You did stomp your foot at me.”
Shoot. She did. She didn’t think she’d stomped her foot since she was a child.
“And she refused to come to you when you told her to,” Nico added.
“Hey, you’re not supposed to give him ammunition!” she protested.
“Why not?”
“I don’t know, you’re just not supposed to.”
“But maybe I want to see you get your butt spanked.”
She sucked in a breath.
“Do you think that’s what you need, Lottie?” Liam asked. “Do you need me to spank you?”
“I . . . I . . .”
“Or do you need something else? Maybe you need to get rid of some of this frustration in another way?”
Was he suggesting . . .
“The vibrator and anal plugs I ordered arrived this morning,” Nico said. “And some lube. We could start by playing with them.”
“What? You got sexy toys sent here?” she said.
“Yeah, where else would I get them sent to,” Nico replied. “Won’t do us any good if I got them sent somewhere else.”
“What if my brothers saw them?”
“I’d just tell them they were for me.”
Her eyes nearly bugged out of her head. Nico broke into laughter. “Don’t worry, they were all wrapped up. Even if they’d seen them they would have had no idea what they were.”
He was killing her.
“Now, baby, this is what’s going to happen. You’re going to go take a shower. Drink some water. Then you’ll put on a skirt or dress but no underwear and meet us in your sitting room.”
Her heart started racing. “Are we . . . are we . . .”
“We’re just going to play,” he reassured her. “Nothing happens that you don’t want to.”
“But I’ll bring the vibrator, just in case you want to try it out.”
She groaned.
“Your brothers are out for the day. No interruptions. But you always have your safeword and if you’re not comfortable with anything, then you’re to say it. Understand?”
“Yes, Liam.”
“Good girl. You have half an hour.”
She shot up with a squeal and raced out of the gym, ignoring their laughter.
Half an hour!
Exactly thirty minutes later, Lottie walked into her sitting room. The sight that greeted her made her freeze. Her mouth went dry. Her body heated until she was sweating.
Dear. Lord.
“Shut the door, baby,” Liam told her as he drove a finger in and out of Nico’s ass. “We don’t want someone walking by and seeing something they shouldn’t.”