said on a choked sob. “Why does it matter?”
“You were mine. You could have been ours.”
“I walked away. And you took lovers.”
He circled his hips, dragging his cock around and around inside her. “Not many—and only when I couldn’t stand it a day longer. I rubbed my fist raw before I sought any of ’em out.”
Shifting her legs to ride higher on his waist, she tilted her pussy, trying to entice him to stop the teasing swirls. “I don’t believe you. Any ole whore would have done.”
His scowl deepened. “Stop it. Don’t say that again.”
“It’s true. You made me this way. Made it so I’m ruined for anyone else.”
“Because I do it for you?”
“Yes. Because you know exactly how to arouse me. Because you piss me off and walk away, and then I have to follow. I don’t like bein’ weak where you’re concerned, but I am.”
Ezra pulled out then slowly slid inward again, so slow a scream was building in her throat.
“What about my brothers?” he asked, his tone deepening. “What do they do for you?”
She shook her head. Not wanting to go there. “I never would have thought about it,” she said past the lump building at the back of her throat. “Never would have looked twice. But you made me look—skinny-dippin’ at the river. You put the idea in my head. Lettin’ them hear us when we made love. Lettin’ them come into the bedroom when we were done, sweaty and spent and still as naked as the day we were born.”
“It made you hot.”
Chrissi snorted. “Hell, yeah. Made me think that maybe you intended somethin’ to happen.”
“I didn’t intend anything to happen, Chrissi. I wanted you to have fun. To love being with me. I wanted you to feel free with me.”
“But I got scared because I thought you were just playin’ with me. What man lets other men, even his own brothers, see his woman like that? So when you sent Josh or Cade to bring me to you, I didn’t think twice about responding to their flirting. It’s natural, you said. A man being aroused around a pretty woman.” She took a shaky breath. She’d already revealed so much. Why not tell him everything? “Well, I was aroused too, and surrounded by Kinzies. I knew exactly what every one of you looked like naked, and when they got hard in their jeans, I knew what that looked like too. So when they flirted …I gave it right back.”
Ezra’s jaw eased. The cold blue of his gaze melted. “They thought it was just a game. A little competition to get under my skin, but Josh fell in love with you. Then Cade. They beat the crap out of me when you and I had a fight, because they didn’t think I deserved you. They said any man would be glad to have you.”
“Well, I didn’t have them…not until you dared me into takin’ all three of you.”
How come I’m not enough? Ezra had gritted out all those years ago.
How’s a girl supposed to choose, when one brother’s prettier than the next? Inside, she’d begged silently, Tell me you love me .
Chrissi fell back against the cushions, relieved to have everything off her chest, but just as confused as ever about where she stood with this enigmatic man.
“So much time’s passed,” Ezra said, still braced above her, still sunk deep inside her body. “But I still think about us. Still miss havin’ you around.”
She gave up trying to still the tremor of her lips and chin. “I don’t know what you expect from this weekend,” she said, her voice thick from unshed tears.
He leaned down, forcing her knees higher, tilting her pelvis and delving deeper. With his mouth hovering over hers, he said, “I expect more of what you gave us that night. More of what it should have been.”
She licked her lips. “Why? Is this your ultimate fantasy? The three of you sharin’ a woman?”
“We’ve had that. You really think you were the only one?”
“Bastard.”
“We were just practicin’, sweetheart—makin’ sure it was as good as we remembered. Makin’ sure we