The flirting continued, and now it was laced with innuendo. I couldn’t stop myself. Couldn’t keep from going to see them, even when I was bringing them nothing. And each night, Julian. Taking me to the edge. Kissing me until my panties were soaked through, and then leaving me just seconds before I was ready to tear off my clothes and throw myself at him.
Each night seemed warmer than the last. I was sleeping without sheets or blankets. Writhing hotly in my soft bed, plunging my fingers between my legs and screaming along with every explosive climax.
It was Saturday when I made my decision. I threw on my shortest and sexiest sundress, the one that bounced high around mid-thigh. This time I’d encourage Julian to go all the way. I’d drag his hand between my legs if I had to, and show him I wasn’t wearing anything beneath…
Knock knock.
The sound came around the same time it always did. It was very late when I answered it. Almost dark…
“Why hello, handsom—”
My voice died in my throat. Julian was standing there like always, leaning with one big beautiful arm against the ancient door frame.
Only this time he wasn’t alone.
“Oh. Hi.”
Noah and Chase stood just behind him, both sweating through their second or third shirts of the day. All three men were streaked with dirt and grime from a hard day’s work. The two in the back however, stood with their arms crossed.
“So the Wonder Twins here…” Julian began, jerking a thumb over his shoulder, “noticed me leaving this place after you and I had dinner the other night.”
His eyes flared as he emphasized the word ‘dinner’. It conveyed a message I went instantly along with.
“You mean the bunch of stale leftovers we shared?” I laughed, trying my hardest not to sound nervous. “While we talked about the inspection dates?”
“Yeah. That.”
I kept my eyes on Julian, trying to look friendly and amiable. In the background though, I saw Noah and Chase shift uncomfortably.
“What about it?” I asked innocently.
“Well, they might be feeling a little slighted,” said Julian.
“Or a lot slighted,” added Chase from behind him. He rubbed thoughtfully at his stubbled chin. “Especially if, you know, he’s getting supper and we’re not.”
I looked from Chase, to Noah, then back to Julian. Though my heart was racing, I somehow managed to summon up my most confident smile.
“So… this is a jealousy thing, is that it?”
Julian grunted a sardonic laugh. He turned to look at the other two, who seemed only mildly embarrassed.
“It’s more of a ‘we want in’ thing,” said Noah. “I mean, if Thor here gets to eat, why wouldn’t—”
“And that’s it?” I interjected, still holding my own. “That’s all this is? You guys want dinner also?”
Noah and Chase glanced at each other and nodded slowly. Both were smiling now. Julian’s look, I noticed, was also humorous.
“Alright then,” I declared, setting my hands on my hips. “Come back tomorrow night, and I’ll cook for all three of you.”
Seven
MADISON
I was in way over my head. Not because of the cooking thing — I could do that part in my sleep — but because I’d agreed to make dinner for three very breathtaking alpha warriors. Men who had conquered the brute force and finer intricacies of rebuilding my seven-hundred year old castle, while flaunting their shirtless bodies before my muscle-obsessed, sex-deprived body.
It had been ridiculously hard getting to sleep last night. Going upstairs and pulling my sundress over my head, when I would’ve much rather that act be performed by someone else. Julian had been forced to go straight home without our nightly makeout session. And the way Noah and Chase had eyed me, sweeping my body from head to toe, I knew they had their own designs on what was under — or not under — my tiny little dress.
They didn’t work this day because I’d outright refused. I warned that any one of them caught doing a single ounce of labor would void his invitation for dinner. I already felt guilty over the sheer amount of work they’d been putting in lately. It was possible they just wanted to get done, but even more likely they were competing with each other. Either way, all three of them needed a day off very badly.