Page 34 of Just my Puck (Love & Laughter #1)
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M y heart is overflowing with gratitude as I watch Lucy take it all in.
She pauses and smiles tightly, then begins to tremble when she understands what this means.
Her eyes flicker with a peaceful acceptance that I could have never imagined.
I know deep down that she understands this isn’t a joke, that it’s real.
“Will you stay?” I murmur, hoping for the best but knowing she won’t.
When she shakes her head, Carter rubs his hands up and down her arms to dry her from the hot tub. “I’ll drive you home,” he whispers.
“No, I’ll get a cab.”
“No, I will drive you.”
“It’s not necessary.”
“Yes,” I interrupt. “It is. We need you safe and secure. Please allow us to take care of you.”
Lucy’s eyes search mine as if trying to decipher my true intentions. I hold her gaze, praying that she’ll say yes.
“Okay,” she finally whispers, the corners of her lips turning up in a small smile.
Carter nods in approval.
Lucy’s skin is like silk under my touch, but my thoughts are far from sexual. All I want is to keep her safe, away from any harm that may come her way.
Once I’ve tightened the towel around her shivering body, she moves away from us. “I’ll go and get dressed.”
“Wait,” Jason calls out.
She turns back to look at him, and he moves in, gathering her close and kissing her deeply. “I’m ready when you are, princess.” He pulls his cock out and takes her hand, placing it on the stiff shaft. “See what you do to me?”
Watching this with a growing desire, hoping she will change her mind and stay so we can ravage her, I move in closer.
Lucy’s eyes drop to the cock in her hand. “The rumors were true,” she murmurs, a small smile playing on her lips.
Snickering along with Jason, he says, “You doubted it, princess? Let me show you what I can do with it.”
“Not yet.” She shakes her head.
“I will be ready and waiting for you, Lucy.”
She nods her gratitude and lets him go, disappearing back into the house to get dressed.
“I’ll drive her,” I say to Carter.
He shakes his head. “No, give me this time with her, please.”
My heart skips a beat. I want to spend some time with her, as it has been too long. I’m in love with her, and there is no going back from there. She has wrapped her soul around mine, and there is no doubt she belongs with me. But I also know I can’t hog her attention.
“Okay,” I say after a pause. “Be careful with her. She isn’t ready to accept all of us making moves on her yet.”
“She kissed me,” he says. “That was all her.”
“Fair enough, but don’t push her, please. We are getting her to see how this could be, and I don’t want to scare her away. I need her.”
He nods his understanding, knowing he is far away from that point yet. He barely knows her, which is why I have to give him time to rectify that.
“Fuck,” Jason groans, throwing his head back as he puts his dick away. “I want her so badly.”
“Go and jerk off then. You are not screwing this up by going to someone else, do you understand?” I growl, knowing him all too well.
His hurt expression reassures me. “I wouldn’t do that, asshole. Wow, nice.” He grumbles as he marches off, probably to masturbate while thinking about Lucy’s mouth around his cock. Fuck knows that’s what I’ll be doing as soon as Carter takes her home.
Lucy returns and pauses as Jason grabs her and kisses her deeply before whispering something that makes her giggle and look at her feet.
When she comes to me, I feel like a god. Wrapping her arms around me, she tilts her head back. “I want to stay, but I think it’s best I leave. I have a lot to think about.”
“I know, and you do have to process this. But know that we all want you together. This isn’t a separate dating situation. It’s all of us together.”
“I know, and that’s why I need a minute. It’s confusing.”
Nodding, I kiss her lips one last time before taking her to the driveway, where I watch as Carter guides her to his truck. He opens the door and helps her to get in while saying something that makes her smile.
“Do you think she’s going to say yes?” Jason asks from behind me.
“I do. She’s already thinking about us together.”
He sighs, relieved. “Fuck, I’m horny.”
“Well, don’t look at me. I don’t swing that way.”
He snorts with amusement and gives me a raking gaze. “Yeah, you aren’t my type either, jerk.”
He wanders back into the house, and I follow shortly after once Carter’s truck is out of sight.
I miss Lucy already. I was hoping to have sex with her tonight, but now I’m also horny as fuck.
As my mind goes to all the possibilities I could have had with Lucy, I try to distract myself with some TV, but nothing helps. I’m too wound up with desire for her.
My eyes search the room as I try to find something else to take my mind off what is lacking, but there is nothing. This situation pisses me off more than anything else. Having her near and then having to let her go so that she can think was a bad idea.
I want to possess her, body and soul. If she doesn’t want all of us, then it will rip me apart. This all moved too quickly.
My heart physically aches each time she’s not close by, and I know it will never get better until we have each other in every capacity possible—consummated and constant—is what I need from her.
I demand it, and I will do everything in my power to get it from her now because I know I can’t live without her.