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My body rocked against the tile as a wave of heat began spreading inside me, radiating from my core. The air was thick with steam, and I was already feeling a little lightheaded from the quick, shallow breaths I’d been taking even before my hand moved lower, down past my stomach until my fingers found my most sensitive spot.
I gasped as I teased myself, letting a single finger part my slick folds and dip inside before bringing it back out again. God, I wished it was Cade’s finger instead. Or Boone’s tongue.
My hips bucked again and a finger slid back inside me. I had to turn my head and grind my teeth to keep from crying out, but I didn’t stop. I felt my muscles tighten around my finger, gripping it as I slid it in and out, deeper and faster as I lost myself in the fantasy.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
A muffled moan escaped my lips as my whole body started to tremble. I could feel my orgasm rushing through me like a tidal wave, lifting me and carrying me until it felt as though I might have floated away if I hadn’t still been bracing myself against the cool tiles behind me.
It took a few moments for me to open my eyes and even longer before I could trust my trembling legs to support my weight while I finished showering. God, it was hard to believe that crazy, intense climax had been the result of a fantasy. How would my body have reacted if Cade and Boone had really been in here with me?
I definitely would have passed out. No question about it.
And it definitely would have been worth it.
I took a little extra time getting ready after I got out of the shower and back to my room. No matter how many deep breaths I took or how many times I told my brain to think of something—anything—else, my traitorous mind and body seemed to have other ideas. I didn’t know how I was going to face Cade and Boone after this without accidentally fantasizing about them, and I honestly felt a little embarrassed by the way my body was reacting—especially since it had been such a dark, frightening morning on the ranch.
But again, my body wouldn’t listen to reason. It wanted what it wanted.
And what it wanted most was to be alone with the two men who were probably waiting for me downstairs right this minute.
I walked down the stairs slowly and deliberately, reminding myself that I couldn’t just throw myself at Cade and Boone once I was finally in the same room with them again. I stopped to listen for a moment at the foot of the stairs, surprised I couldn’t already hear the low rumble of Boone’s voice or Cade’s easy laughter from where I was standing. Then again, there hadn’t been much to laugh about so far today. They were probably huddled in the kitchen with my uncle talking about everything that had happened and what we were all going to do about it.
Except when I walked down the hallway and stepped into the kitchen, I saw that my uncle was sitting at the table by himself, just silently staring out the kitchen window toward the stables.
“Did they go back out there without you?” I asked, craning my neck to see what my uncle was so focused on outside.
“They went home,” he answered without looking away from the window.
It felt as if the floor had dropped out from under me and my stomach was in my throat. I knew they weren’t planning on staying all day, of course, but… I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye. Didn’t they care? Wasn’t it at least common courtesy to say goodbye?
“They’ll be back,” he said, finally looking over and giving me a tired look. Not even disapproving this time, just… tired. “They had to go check on things at their ranch and gather some clothes. We all thought it might be a good idea if they came back and stayed for little while—at least until we can make sure what happened last night was just a random, senseless thing.”
I opened my mouth to speak but closed it again before any words had come out. My brain was still shifting gears from being upset that they’d left to being excited that they were coming back. And I had more questions than Uncle Justin had patience to answer, judging from the look he was still giving me.
For starters, I wondered whose idea it had been for them to come back at all. Uncle Justin hadn’t even been thrilled that they’d come over for dinner last night. I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that he’d invite them to stay even longer. For days at a time.
But I wasn’t going to bring that up right now, in case he might have second thoughts before they had a chance to get back here.
“Do you think it was random?” I asked, choosing what was probably the most important question I had, even if it wasn’t the most exciting one.
For a moment he simply stared, then shook his head. “No. But I haven’t come up with an explanation for it, either. So, for now, I’m hoping I’m wrong.”
“I hope you are, too,” I said, quietly.
We both knew that he probably wasn’t wrong, though. It felt like we’d been targeted for some reason. It felt like someone was sending us a message. And I felt like it was probably going to happen again.
I shivered at the thought, then moved to sit down next to my uncle at the kitchen table.
“You know they’re too old for you, Janessa,” he said, sighing.
I blinked, startled by the sudden chance of topic. And God, this really was the last thing I wanted to talk to my uncle about.
“I don’t know what you—” I started to say but cut myself off when he shook his head.
“I’ve seen the way you look at them, sweetie. And the way they look at you. I might be old, but I’m not blind.” He paused, and I could feel myself starting to blush. Had I really been that transparent? Well… yeah, I probably had. It wasn’t like I’d gone to any great lengths to hide my feelings for them. Still, I hadn’t expected Uncle Justin to bring it up first. Or at all. “I know that you probably won’t care what I have to say about them,” he said. “But I feel like it needs to be said anyway. It’s my responsibility as your uncle to try and steer you clear of trouble when I see it coming.”
