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When he finally released her, she smiled up at him. “That was nice.”
“Nice is not the word I want you to use. I want the hear something more like that melted my panties away,” he said, gazing into her sapphire eyes.
“Well, they are a little damp, but I can’t think about that right now,” she said, stepping out of his arms.
Oh no, already he could see her distancing herself from them. And that was not what he wanted.
He pulled plates out of the cabinet and handed them each one.
While Cal was filling his plate, Nathan took Lillian in his arms.
His friend pulled her in tightly and kissed her deeply. Why was she the one that seemed perfect for the two of them? Why couldn’t she be someone who wasn’t trying to take the ranch from him?
When they finally released one another, Cal sat at the table.
“Darling, I missed you today. What did you do?” Nathan asked.
“We’ll talk later about what I did,” she said, and Cal immediately knew she’d gone to see her grandfather after Nathan had told her not to go alone.
He was so ready to paddle someone’s ass, and she’d gone against their wishes. Later, he would lay her over his lap and make her bottom pink. And then he would fuck her into tomorrow and hope and pray that somehow they could work this problem out between the three of them. He’d hope and pray they would all be together sooner or later, forever.
The thought stunned him. Was he falling for her? The woman who wanted to take away what he dearly loved?
Nathan opened a bottle of red wine and poured them each a glass. His friend liked to drink wine with dinner, but Cal wasn’t big into drinking. There were too many bad memories of what his parents did when they were bombed out of their minds.
He waved him away from his glass when it came his turn.
It was as if they were all dreading the upcoming conversation. They ate their spaghetti in silence.
“Very good,” Lillian said, glancing at them each nervously.
What was she nervous about? There were still so many questions, and Cal felt like his world was slowly being ripped apart.
His grandfather was his mentor. The man he respected and looked up to. What if he’d done some dastardly deed to get the property? What would Cal do?
When they finished dinner, they sat at the table, finishing their glasses of wine while Cal drank his water.
“Let’s all agree not to get angry,” Nathan said. “Everyone gets a turn to tell what they learned today, and then I want us all to go to the bedroom and have the best sex of our life.”
Lillian’s forehead drew together in a frown. “But what if we don’t feel like having sex? What if inside, we’re angry and don’t believe the other person.”
“Tonight is about us,” Nathan said. “Tomorrow, we’ll start to deal with the facts. But I don’t want this to separate us.”
With a sigh, she gazed at them. “Who’s going first?”
Nathan got up, tore a piece of paper in thirds, and wrote the numbers down. Carefully, he folded the papers, put them in a clean bowl, and took them to them.
“Ladies get to choose first,” he said, tossing the pieces of folded notes into the bowl.
Lillian reached in and grabbed one. “One.”
Cal reached into the bowl. “Three.”
“That means I’m number two,” Nathan said. “Your turn, Lillian. And we won’t interrupt you until you’re finished.”
For the next five minutes, she told them what her grandfather had said. Watching Cal’s face, she could tell he didn’t want to believe her.
“I have a photo of the signed document. It’s not legal. Especially if my grandfather was under the influence. I’m wondering if he was drugged because he said he only had one beer. Tomorrow I will speak to the owner of the bar and see what she’ll tell me. I’m also concerned about Cal’s grandmother. How did she die, Cal?”
