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  “That’s it,” Dade said. “You’re amazing, Becca. So good. So tight. I’ve got you.”

  His voice was low and soothing as I pulled back off of Cordell’s cock again, stroking it with my hand as I closed my eyes and let my body adjust to the new sensations radiating out from my core.

  “Oh, God,” I gasped as Dade pulled out and pushed right back in again. “That feels…”

  “How does it feel, beautiful?” Dade prompted.

  “Tell him what you want him to do,” Cordell added. “Let him know how you want him to fuck you, babe.”

  “Deeper,” I said, gasping again when Dade immediately complied. “Oh, God… yes… so good.”

  “There you go.” Cordell stroked my head as he thrust his hips against my fist. “I’m so close just from seeing you like this, just from hearing your sexy voice, babe.”

  “Nobody comes until Becca comes,” Dade said, picking up the pace as one of his fingers slipped down to play with my clit again. A wave of pleasure rolled through me as every single nerve ending in my body came alive.

  “More… more… more…” someone chanted. It might have been me. “Please, God… yes.”

  I didn’t even know what I was saying anymore. My whole world had narrowed to the cock in my hand and the one inside me—and the growing waves of pleasure that kept threatening to overtake me.

  “That’s it,” Dade repeated, his voice breaking through the tidal wave. “Just let go, beautiful. Let me make you come. Just trust me.”

  Yes.

  I trusted him.

  I could let go.

  “Okay,” I panted. “Oh, God… oh, I’m… I’m…”

  I cried out as my orgasm rushed through me, starting in my core and then radiating outward until I could even feel it in the tips of my toes and the top of my head. I was numb and tingly and floating… and I was only dimly aware of Cordell and Dade cursing and thrusting as their cocks swelled with their own climaxes.

  Hot ropes spilled out over my fist and onto my breast as Cordell shuddered next to me. Dade gripped my hips and thrust hard one more time before finally going still and then leaning in to capture my mouth in a sweet, slow kiss.

  I closed my eyes and felt them both crawl into bed on either side of me. We were all breathing heavily and sticky from our lovemaking—and it was the best feeling I’d ever had.

  I’d been right to trust them. To trust my heart.

  I’d given them my virginity, and I had no regrets.

  Chapter 15

  Becca

  “Come on, Becca.” Janessa stood at my bedroom door with her arms crossed. “You don’t need to take a nap right now, and you’re already dressed. Come with us.”

  That was easy for her to say, since she apparently hadn’t just experienced the best sex ever with two hot Marines. Granted, it was the only sex I’d ever experienced, but I couldn’t imagine it getting much better. I might have a stroke if it did.

  “What do you want?” I asked, rubbing at my eyes and feeling way too groggy for mid-afternoon. She was right—I wouldn’t have normally needed a nap in the middle of the day. Today had been a special occasion, though, and I definitely wasn’t sorry about it.

  “Girls’ trip,” she said, motioning for me to follow. “Come on. Daisy Lynn and I have packed a picnic lunch, and we’re going to drive the old pickup out into the pasture. It’ll be fun!”

  I gave her a mock glare. It honestly didn’t sound as fun as the nap I’d been enjoying until a few moments ago, but I could tell that she wasn’t going to leave me alone until I was actually up and out of bed.

  And I was still dressed, even if I felt a little disheveled and still maybe a little floaty from that intense orgasm that had rocked my body a couple of hours before.

  By the time I was up and had followed Janessa downstairs, Daisy Lynn had already gathered a blanket and a picnic basket and was waiting by the front door.

  “Took you two long enough,” she said, smiling. “I thought I might have to go spread this blanket out on the front lawn and have a picnic by myself.”

  “Hey, I still would have joined you,” Janessa said, nudging me. “It’s this one that would have kept sleeping for the rest of the day.”

  We all walked out of the house together and toward the farm truck that had been meant to replace the one Daisy Lynn had wrecked.

  “Who’s going to drive?” I asked, hoping I didn’t get nominated.

  “Not me,” Daisy Lynn said, laughing. “Trucks and I do not get along.”

  Janessa dangled the keys and walked around to the driver’s side. “I’ll drive. You guys don’t know where we’re going anyway.”

  “I thought we were just going out into the pasture,” I said, looking around. “I’m really not dressed to go into town…”

  “No, we’re staying here on the ranch—but there’s a little hill out in the western pasture that’s going to be the perfect spot.” She started the truck and revved the engine. “It’s been too long since we’ve been able to hang out with just the three of us. No guys, no drama, no distractions.”

  “Amen to that,” Daisy Lynn said. “I love my guys, but I love my girls, too.”

  “That’s right.” Janessa nodded as we took off into the pasture. “This girls’ day is way overdue.”

  It was thankfully a less bumpy route than the one Dade had chosen when we had gone to the creek, and it didn’t take too long to get to the hill Janessa had been talking about.

  She was right. It was perfect, with a gorgeous view of the surrounding fields and the mountains in the distance. It felt like we were miles away from anything rather than just on another part of her own property.

  “I can see why you like it out here.” I gazed at the towering mountains. “It’s breathtaking.”

  She spread out the blanket on the ground and sat down, motioning for us to join her. “Now aren’t you glad you skipped your nap to come with us?”

  “Ask me again after I’ve had something to eat,” I said, teasing her. “But no, of course I’m glad to be hanging out with the two of you again. It feels like it’s been ages.”

  Daisy Lynn opened the picnic basket and passed around paper plates and sandwiches. “So… why were you napping in the middle of the afternoon, anyway? I can’t think of a time when you ever slept during the day in the dorms—and we go to bed a lot earlier now than we ever did back then.”

  That was certainly the truth. No point in trying to deny it. But how was I supposed to answer? I was tired because I’d just finished having mind-blowing sex with two of the hottest guys I’d ever met?

  It was the truth, of course, and I knew Daisy Lynn and Janessa would be the last people to judge me, but… was I ready to share it?

  “Oh, my God.” Janessa’s eyes went wide. “You’re blushing.”

  “I am not.” I felt my cheeks warming. “We’re sitting in the sun. It’s hot.”

  “It’s not that hot,” Daisy Lynn observed, arching a brow. “And I know that look. What are you hiding, Becca?”

  “It has something to do with that nap,” Janessa said. Not helpful. “Hm… oh. Oh, wow…”

  “Shut up,” I said, shaking my head. “Don’t even go there.”

  “What?” Daisy Lynn looked from me to Janessa and back again. “What am I missing.”

  I could tell from the way Janessa was staring at me—like I’d just sprouted a second head from my shoulders—that she had figured it out. And at least we were out here in the middle of nowhere as opposed to sitting around the dinner table with all the guys there to overhear.

  But still.

  “You had sex,” Janessa said. It wasn’t a question. “I can see it. You’re even glowing. That’s the color in your cheeks.”

  “Sex and embarrassment?” I joked. “I didn’t know there was a color for that.”

  “There is.” Daisy Lynn nodded. “And you’re wearing it, girl.”

  Well, whatever. There was really no point in denying it now, was there? They both alre
ady knew. And even if I did lie, I’d eventually want to tell them. They were my closest friends, after all. If girlfriends couldn’t celebrate moments like this in each other’s lives, what was the point of a girls’ day?

  “Fine,” I sighed. “I did it.”

  “With who?” Janessa asked, eyes still wide as saucers.

  “Who do you think?” I shot back. “Dade and Cordell, of course. I haven’t even looked twice at another guy since I’ve been here.”

  “Both of them?” Daisy Lynn asked, looking just as surprised as Janessa was.

  “Welcome to the club!” Janessa leaned over to give me a half-hug. “I knew you’d give in eventually.”

  “But you were so… not into the idea.” Daisy Lynn’s brow furrowed. “What changed your mind?”

  It was a good question. A fair question. One that I’d asked myself more than once. I still didn’t have a very good answer, though.

  Or… any answer, really.

  “I’m not sure,” I said, being completely honest. “It wasn’t something I was interested in trying. But then… the more I thought about it and the more I saw how your guys treat the two of you—plus how sweet Cordell and Dade have been—it just… I don’t know. It just felt right.”

  “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” Janessa nodded. “Sounds like you might be falling for these guys.”

  I just shrugged. Was I falling for them?

  Maybe.

  Was I ready to admit that part out loud?

  No.

  Definitely not. Not today, anyway.

  “What about you guys?” I asked, hoping to change the subject before my expressions could give away any of my other feelings. “How are your relationships going?”

  “Mine is great.” Janessa smiled. “Cade and Boone have been pretty upset about the fire and everything else that’s been going on, but I can’t lie… it’s been really nice having them here full-time.”

  “Speaking of full-time,” Daisy Lynn cleared her throat, “Prescott and Cole have asked me to stay here in Bliss. With them.”

  Now it was my turn to be shocked. “And you’re considering it?”

  Janessa didn’t even interrupt. She and I both waited for Daisy Lynn to continue.

  “I’m not considering it anymore,” she said. “I’m going to do it. I’ve known for a few days, but things have been so hectic that I haven’t had a chance to tell the two of you until now.” She looked from me to Janessa. “So… what do you think?”

  Janessa was the first to speak. “I think… well, first of all, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. But since you asked, I think that you should follow your heart. If your heart tells you this is the right thing to do—that this is love—then you should go for it.”

  They hugged, and I smiled on the outside as I tried to wrap my head around the thought of Daisy Lynn staying here permanently. Here in tiny, quiet Bliss.

  “Are you sure you’re making the right decision?” I asked. They both looked a little startled at my question. “I mean, I’m not trying to talk you out of it or saying you shouldn’t do it or anything like that, but… have you really thought it through?”

  “Of course.” Daisy Lynn didn’t hesitate and honestly sounded a little defensive. “It’s the only thing I’ve thought about for a while.”

  “And you don’t think you’re rushing it at all?” I asked, just because I felt like someone should be asking these difficult questions. It might not be any of my business, and they might not be questions that Daisy Lynn necessarily wanted to hear, but… like Janessa pointed out, Daisy Lynn was the one who had asked for our opinions in the first place.

  “I don’t think I’m rushing it.” She shook her head. “If anything, I wish I could speed time up until moving day gets here. I love them. I want to be with them, and they want to be with me. They’re my guys. That’s all there is to it.”

  I nodded. What else could I say? She’d made her mind up, and I didn’t fully understand it, but it wasn’t necessarily for me to understand. She was in love, and it was obvious that Prescott and Cole loved her, too.

  Who was I to say it was wrong?

  “I’m happy for you,” I said, meaning it. “As long as you’re happy, that’s the only thing that matters.”

  I leaned in and we all three hugged. These were my girls. We were all three very different, but we all supported each other.

  Even when it was a decision that we might not fully agree with or understand.

  Our girls’ day had been part-picnic, part-therapy session. And even though I’d been reluctant to talk about losing my virginity or the full extent of my feelings for Dade and Cordell, I still felt grateful that I had friends like Janessa and Daisy Lynn in my life.

  By the time we made it back to the house for dinner, I felt like so much weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I’d slept with Dade and Cordell, I’d talked and laughed and unloaded some of my stress with my girlfriends, and I’d even had a little bit of a nap earlier in the day.

  It really didn’t get any better than that.

  “I love seeing you smile like this,” Cordell murmured as we took our seats at the dinner table.

  Dade nodded from his seat on the other side of me. “You’re always beautiful, but that smile… it does something to me.”

  I felt my cheeks flush a little at the attention, but I didn’t stop smiling. How could I stop when I had them here with me?

  There were other conversations going back and forth across the table, but I was lost in my own perfect world with Dade and Cordell. And I definitely wasn’t ready for this amazing day to end.

  “We should do something tonight,” I said to them.

  “Oh yeah?” Dade waggled his eyebrows suggestively. “Something like the thing we did earlier today?”

  I laughed as my cheeks flushed even hotter. “No… I mean… maybe? But I was thinking more along the lines of dancing.”

  “Dancing?” Cordell asked. “Like, at the tavern again?”

  I nodded. “That’s sort of what I had in mind. We don’t have to, though, if you guys—”

  “We’re in,” Dade interrupted. “If you want to dance, we’re going to dance our asses off.”

  Cordell just smiled and nodded when I turned to see what his verdict was. “If my bad dancing didn’t put you off the first time, then I’m down for another night on the town.”

  A night on the town in Bliss? A few weeks ago, I would have said that sounded like the most depressing proposal I’d ever heard. But now? With these guys?

  It sounded like a good time waiting to happen. It sounded… perfect.

  Chapter 16

  Becca

  Now that I knew what to expect at the tavern—and now that Dade, Cordell, and I were all on the same page as far as how we felt about each other—it was a lot easier to enjoy my time on the dance floor.

  The place wasn’t as busy as it had been the last time, but that was fine with me. Just more room for me to be out there having fun with my guys. And this time, we didn’t take turns. They didn’t trade off dances with me. We were all out there together, using the few slow songs that played as an opportunity to refill drinks and catch a breather on the barstools.

  Abe was behind the bar and had been watching us with a half-amused, half-annoyed expression for most of the night. No doubt he remembered how we’d more or less trapped him in his own office on our last visit until he’d given us the information we had come for.

  This time was different, though.

  We were more laid back, and I felt like Abe was, too.

  And even though I hadn’t gone there with the intention of doing more investigative work, I honestly couldn’t help myself. Plus, there were just a few more things I was personally curious about.

  “What can you tell me about those guys?” I asked once Abe was within earshot and wasn’t too busy helping the handful of other customers at the other end of the bar.

  “What do you want to know?” he shot back. “I was
n’t exactly friends with any of them, but we got along well enough, I suppose. I was never part of that little group, though.”

  “I’m more interested in who they were as individuals,” I said. “As people. Would you have guessed at the time that they’d do something so horrible? Were they good kids? That sort of thing…”

  He looked thoughtful for a moment as he leaned back against the beer cooler. “You never really know what a person is capable of doing until it happens, do you?” He shrugged off his own question. “Like I said, I didn’t know them too well. But I can tell you that Willem was definitely the ringleader. Zachary Statler was a couple of years younger. I never really knew how Merle Wright fit into the picture, but looking back I suppose they kept him around because of who his father was.” He cocked a brow. “It certainly worked to their benefit in the end.”

  “I guess it did.” I nodded, pushing back off the bar stool as another good song came on. “I should get back out there and dance. Thank you, Abe.”

  He waved me off, and I smiled as I joined my guys back out on the dance floor. The information Abe had given me wasn’t anything particularly new—there were no big revelations there, at least—but it did help paint a picture for me.

  As much as I’d tried, I hadn’t been able to think of those boys as anything other than cruel and evil, but life was never that cut and dried, was it? Each one of those boys was someone’s son. Someone’s brother, uncle, cousin, father. And up until that incident, they had probably all lived pretty normal lives in sleepy little Bliss.

  Just like Karrie had.

  They had changed her life forever in the most horrible way—not only with what must have been a horrific initial assault, but then she’d carried one of their children for nine months.

  I couldn’t even begin to understand or comprehend what she must have gone through or the emotions she must have felt every single day of her pregnancy. And then even after the baby had been born… had she looked at her newborn and seen some of the father’s features?