Love Me (WITSEC #3)(9)



“Maybe the four of you have corrupted me?” I shot over my shoulder as I grabbed the creamer from the fridge and used the counter to the right to stir some into my mug.

A body molded itself to my backside and lips grazed my ear as a hand slid over my lower stomach. “Oh, baby girl, if that’s true...” Keelan said in a low voice that gave me goosebumps. “You’ve just made me very determined to find new ways to make you blush.”

His seductive tone set my blood on fire and just like that, heat traveled up the back of my neck to my cheeks.

He huffed a laugh. “Maybe we haven’t corrupted you as much as you thought.” His words promised he had every intention of continuing my corruption and his confidence assured me that I’d enjoy every minute of it.

I made myself take a sip of my coffee instead of letting out the whimper I blocked in the back of my throat. He chuckled, giving me the impression I hadn’t been successful in hiding the effect he had on me.

“Breakfast is almost ready,” Knox announced, reminding me that I needed to wake the twins.

Keelan kissed the top of my head before stepping away to return to his seat at the island.

I took one more sip of coffee and proudly walked out of the kitchen on steady legs.

I went to Creed’s room first. He grumbled when I first tried to wake him, but once he realized it was me doing the waking, he tried to grab me. As much as I wanted to fall into bed with him, I knew breakfast was almost ready and Knox would come looking if I took too long. Creed cursed his eldest brother as I backed out of his room.

Colt was already awake when I poked my head into his room. He was sitting on the edge of his bed, scrolling through his phone in nothing but his boxers, which left most of his tan and hard body on display. I took in the sight, and I couldn’t seem to stop staring even when his head turned in my direction. He stood, his face lit up. My gaze dropped down his smooth and defined chest. As if to a beacon, my eyes were pulled to the V of his hips.

Colt had taken a step toward me, then stilled. When I was finally able to look away from his body, I found him smirking. He flicked his fingers in a come here gesture.

I shook my head as I kept my feet planted in the doorway. “If I come in this room, we’ll miss out on breakfast.”

“I’ll buy you breakfast on the way to school.” His voice was deep and pure seduction. It awakened the butterflies in my stomach and it took a lot of effort to stop them from flying south. I was sure he would buy me breakfast later, after he sated a different hunger showing in his eyes.

Colt took another step forward at the same time I felt a presence behind me. Arms wrapped around my middle before lips started kissing their way up my neck. “I’d rather eat something else for breakfast,” Creed said, and bit lightly on the spot just below my ear that he knew would make my toes curl.

Oh-my-lanta. This is so unfair. On their own, I’d found that I barely had the strength to resist them, but together, I was a goner.

“Shiloh isn’t on the menu,” a stern voice said from behind us.

Hearing Knox was enough to smack some sense into me and I wiggled out of Creed’s embrace.

Colt and Creed smirked at their brother, unashamed.

“Shi is always on the menu,” Creed said.

“Consensually, of course,” Colt added.

Knox folded his arms across his chest, frowning at his little brothers.

“I should have taken a longer shower,” I mumbled to myself and moved past Creed, then Knox, heading back toward the kitchen.

As I walked away, I heard Knox say, “You horny shits better be taking things at her pace. Just because you started having sex doesn’t mean she’s ready for everything.”

“You should be having this conversation with Keelan. We’ve always understood the pace we’ve needed to take with her,” Colt argued, and that made me stop just before exiting the hall. It was rude to eavesdrop, but I didn’t care. They were talking about me and I wanted to hear it.

I felt Keelan come up next to me as Creed’s voice carried down the hall, “Yeah. Keelan is the dirty bastard who’s been playing teacher in the bedroom, which honestly, I don’t know if I want to punch him or thank him, because fuuuuck.”

Keelan chuckled, gaining their attention. “By that reaction, I’d say all the thanks belongs to Shi.”

The three of them glanced at me, even Colt, who was standing in his doorway, now dressed in basketball shorts.

Could your whole body blush? Because every inch of my skin felt hot.

Creed grinned at me. “Oh, I’ve thanked her.”

Holy moly, he was giving me naughty flashbacks of his head between my legs, and from the cocksure smirk he held, he knew what I was thinking, too.

“I was going to thank her again this morning,” he continued. “Until my older brother decided to cockblock—”

Knox smacked the back of Creed’s head, then gave Keelan a look of disapproval.

“Don’t give me that look,” Keelan said, his tone turning serious. “Not that it’s any of your business, but I don’t do anything with Shi she isn’t ready for.” Keelan glanced at me for just a breath of a second, and in that brief moment, I saw uncertainty. I didn’t like that. He may have been intense and seemed to have difficulty restraining his naughty side when we had sex, but I loved it. I didn’t like it when any of them held back from me. I understood why. I wasn’t as experienced as them and my past had damaged me in a way that I couldn’t fix overnight, no matter how much I wished I could. But was it wrong that I wanted them to throw caution to the wind—to an extent, of course—and be with me completely? I gave in to them completely in those intimate moments.

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