“That’s so nice of you. Are you sure I wouldn’t be intruding on a family dinner?” Lacey thought to ask.

  “Of course not. It’s not too often I get our three sons together for dinner. It’s very casual. A BBQ by the water off our dock. Bring a sweater in case it gets chilly, even though we’ll have a fire going.”

  “Thank you so much for the invite. I’ll see you on Saturday.”

  She looked at Stone as he walked his parents out of the store. Was this getting too serious too fast? She had spent the past week trying to convince herself to go slow, but here she was spending every evening with one or two of them, last night all three again, and she couldn’t even remember what it was like to be alone at night anymore.

  She walked over to one of the boxes and began to unwrap the contents. Another few days and she would be ready for her grand opening. Suzette was taking a few days off from work to help with the store at the counter in case they got busy. Louie would be there, too, since he took over promoting the grand opening and knew what to do. Junior even took the day off to help out, despite him saying he knew nothing about antiques and designing but wanted to be here to support her. They were amazing men, true gentlemen that put her first and were always compassionate and caring. Could they really be so wonderful?

  * * * *

  Stone had called Junior and Louie and told them that Lacey was exhausted. She had overdone it today at work, trying to get all the boxes unpacked and things organized around the store. Junior and Louie met them at her place and now Junior was running a hot bath for her to soak in before dinner. Louie and Stone were cooking up some chicken-and-rice concoction as Lacey walked into the bathroom.

  “You guys are spoiling me. I’m not used to this,” she said, standing there in one of her cute floral skirts and blouses, now barefoot after removing her heels the moment she got into her apartment.

  He tested the water.

  “We enjoy spoiling you, as you describe it. It’s because we worry about you. You’re overdoing it in the store,” he scolded, with one of his eyebrows raised.

  She crossed her arms in front of her chest. “It’s my store and I don’t have any employees yet, so who else is supposed to do all the work?” she replied with a bit of attitude. He grabbed a fistful of the material of her blouse and pulled her closer. He ran his other hand over her ass and squeezed.

  “Someone is very cranky. I know you’re the only one to get it done. That’s why we’re here. We want to do what we can to help you through this process. It’s going to be tough for a while and we want to be supportive. Is that okay, boss?” he teased.

  She cracked a smile and hugged him, laying her cheek against his chest.

  “I’m sorry. I am cranky and tired and stressed out. I just want everything to be perfect.”

  He pulled back slightly and began to undo the buttons on her blouse.

  “It will be perfect because you’re in charge of it. This is your dream, your vision, and it will be amazing.”

  She smiled as he pushed the blouse away from her body, and she reached for the zipper in the back of her skirt. Her breasts pushed out against the camisole she wore beneath the blouse and he licked his lips. He leaned forward and licked her skin and nibbled on her neck.

  “After dinner, we’re going to give you a full-body massage and make wild, passionate love to you. How does that sound for relaxation?” he asked and pulled away.

  She moaned softly as her skirt fell to the floor and he stepped back to lift her camisole up and over her head.

  “Exhausting,” she said as he unclipped her bra.

  He pinched her nipple for her wise-ass remark and she laughed.

  There she stood in only her beige thong panties and his cock hardened.

  “Exhausting, huh?” he asked, then lowered his mouth to her breast, suckling the mound and pulling on her nipple. The feel of her fingers raking through his hair as she pressed him closer to her breast made him want to join her in the tub.

  “Hey, she’s supposed to be relaxing and soaking in the tub,” Louie reprimanded from the doorway, then smiled as he walked into the room.

  He cupped her cheek and she laid her face against Louie’s palm.

  “You overdid it today. Let’s get you in that tub, sexy.” Louie leaned closer and kissed her lips as Junior pressed her panties down her thighs and helped her step out of them. He stroked a finger along her cunt and she gasped and pressed his hand away.

  “Junior,” she scolded him and Louie chuckled.

  “We missed you, baby. Don’t get angry about it,” Louie said, then gave her ass a tap while Junior took her hand, then lifted her up into his arms before placing her gently into the bathtub.

  She moaned softly as she eased her way in.

  “Soak for a while. We’ll be back to help you, then get ready for dinner,” Louie said and walked out of the bathroom.

  Junior looked at her. Her long blonde hair was up in some fancy style from work still, the bubbles covered her breasts, but as she adjusted her body, he caught a glimpse of the darker areolae and his mouth watered.

  “Later, baby,” he said and walked out of the room.

  * * * *

  “She’s soaking now,” Junior said as he entered the kitchen.

  Louie was on the phone and Stone was cooking the chicken pieces in the frying pan.

  “Yes, so next Saturday is the grand opening and I need an update on the RSVPs. Really? Fantastic. Okay, so we’re all set. Let me know about that other thing tomorrow.”

  He disconnected the call and smiled at his brothers.

  “Lacey is going to be stunned. Every invite we sent out got a ‘yes’ response. Plus, Bryer from the local paper is going to be there, and a few other reporters from the city tribune. I’m going to go to work with her tomorrow and help her stage the storefront. How are you coming along on those designer handmade mirrors?” he asked Stone.

  “I’ll have to stay in the workshop all day tomorrow to finish them and then again next week, so it would be great if one of you could be with her or stop in to the shop,” Stone told them. It seemed none of them wanted to leave her side.

  “We have Mom and Dad’s BBQ this Saturday. I hope Lacey will feel up to it. Did you know they stopped by the store today?” Stone asked Louie.

  “I may have given them the address and, of course, the invite to the grand opening. Ray and Logan put flyers on their counter by the register in Lake Treasures.”

  “I’m glad that they met her and that we’re going to have dinner together Saturday. How was Lacey’s response to them showing up at the store?” Junior asked.

  “She seemed fine with it. I think it will reassuring for her to see our parents together and how functional and right a ménage relationship can be,” Louie said.

  “This is great. I’ve never felt so comfortable and at ease before. I look forward to coming home to her every night and being with her,” Junior admitted. Stone chuckled.

  “I haven’t even taken on any other construction jobs because I don’t want to be away from her. I love the store and helping her out.”

  “You get to spend the most time with her. I’m kind of jealous,” Louie teased.

  “It’s good for her to spend the time with each of us. But together, really, is what makes this relationship so perfect,” Junior added.

  “I can’t wait to take her together. I know we’ve gotten closer to doing that, but she tightens up during certain things. She almost starts to shake,” Junior pointed out.

  “I know what you mean, but some women don’t like to suck cock. If she doesn’t, then so be it,” Louie said to them.

  “It’s more than that. It sends my gut into knots. I want to ask her about it, but I don’t want to upset her. I keep thinking maybe that dick Jeb hurt her in bed more than she let on,” Junior said.

  “Fuck. You could be right. We’ll handle it gently. This is a relationship built on trust and we need to encourage her to trust us fully like we are with her. It will work out. She’s perfect for us and we’re patient enough to give her the time she needs, whatever the reason making her hold back in certain aspects of lovemaking,” Stone told them, and they agreed.

  “Chicken is almost ready. The rice finished. Louie, how is that salad going, and the green beans?” Stone asked.

  “Just about set.”

  Junior slapped his hands together and rubbed them. “I’ll go get our girl.”

  * * * *

  “Oh God, Junior, your hands feel so good. A little more to the right. Please.” She practically moaned the words as she lay naked on her bed on her belly.

  Junior straddled her lower half and was massaging her shoulders, then moving lower down her back to her thighs and calves again.

  “How is that?” he asked, and she smiled, eyes closed, until she felt the lips press against her temple. She opened her eyes and saw Louie. He pressed a strand of hair away from her cheek and smiled.

  “I think she’s going to pass out.”

  Smack.

  “Stone!” She pushed herself up, shocked that he gave her ass a smack. She looked at him, standing there, kneeling on the bed with his cock in his hand, stroking the thick, long muscle, looking very serious.

  “We’ve waited hours to make love to you. No passing out until you’ve come at least a dozen times,” he told her.

  “At least,” Junior added, lifting her up by her hips, helping to adjust her on all fours in the position they wanted her in.

  She licked her lips.

  “A dozen times, huh?” she asked, egging them on.

  Junior caressed her ass, squeezing the cheeks, then spreading them wider. Her pussy swelled and leaked with desire. They knew just how to touch her, speak to her, and arouse her body.

  Junior leaned over her back and nipped her ear.

  “Tonight, we’re going to make love to you together.”

  Her heart raced. She practically felt herself begin to panic. She didn’t know why. She wanted this. She cared for them so deeply and she wanted to please them, to make them even closer. She should have questioned Suzette a little about this. Even though Suzette had two lovers and Lacey had three, she still could have gotten some insight on it all, but Lacey had Stone, Junior, and Louie. That meant three holes filled. That meant sucking one of their cocks, and she didn’t know if she could do that. Her experience with the times she did that weren’t pleasant, but instead, forced. It was used as a means of control by Tye. She tightened up.

  “Easy, baby. We’re going to take our time, and if you’re not ready, we’ll wait, even though we know you’re going to love it,” Stone told her.

  She licked her lips, and he pulled his bottom lip between his teeth as he continued to stroke his cock in front of her. Behind her, Junior pressed fingers to her cunt and began to thrust them in and out of her pussy while he used his other hand to massage her ass cheek.

  Louie joined them on the other side, caressing her breast, pulling on her nipple, arousing her.

  “I want to feel your mouth on me, Lacey. Can you try?” he asked, and her heart wept. Why was she letting the past get in the way of the present and perhaps her future with these three men? She felt her eyes well up with tears as she opened her mouth and Junior increased his strokes.

  She swallowed, her throat suddenly dry, her body shaking.

  “I want to. I…”

  Stone placed his hands against her cheeks and held her gaze.

  “I would never force you to do anything you didn’t want to do. We can wait.”

  His words did something to her.

  “No. Wait. I’ll try. I had a bad experience and it wasn’t right. I mean, it shouldn’t matter now. I know you’re different. I want to, for you. For Louie and Junior, too.”

  His eyes got dark and she could have sworn she saw anger, but it disappeared. Of course, hinting that she had a bad experience let them know she had done this before and it was unpleasant. They would be jealous and angry and that wasn’t her intention.

  “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything.”

  They all stopped what they were doing. Stone held her gaze.

  “No. Don’t ever feel that you can’t talk to us and tell us anything that’s bothering you. I get it,” Stone said.

  She looked over at Junior.

  “I need you inside of me. I feel safe when the three of you are as close as you can be to me. I need that. Especially right now.” Her voice cracked on the last syllable and all three of them touched her, caressing her skin, then began to continue their ministrations. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Another risk she was about to take, but one she really wanted to enjoy.

  She looked at Stone. “Come closer,” she whispered.

  He scooted closer.

  “Nice and easy. We’ve got all night, sweetness,” Louie said as he caressed her hair.

  Junior rolled on a condom.

  “Let me under you first, so we’re all close together.”

  Junior lifted her by her waist, all while her eyes locked onto Stone’s while he stroked his cock with one hand and caressed her cheek with the other. He looked so good. This felt right, not wrong or dangerous. Except maybe winding up with a broken heart.

  She took a deep breath and felt the tip of Louie’s cock push up into her cunt.

  “Oh.” She moaned softly.

  “That’s it, baby. Just like that. Relax and let us love you,” Junior told her as he kissed her spine, and then lower to her ass cheeks. She felt his fingers caress between the crack of her ass, then she felt him reach for something.

  “We’re going to get this ass ready for my cock. You trust us, don’t you?” Junior asked. She nodded her head, but held Stone’s gaze.

  “We’re meant for one another.”

  “Yes, Stone.” She gasped as the cool liquid hit her anus.

  “Sorry, baby, I couldn’t warm it up first.”

  Louie thrust his hips upward and Lacey fell slightly forward and closer to Stone's cock. She inhaled his scent, musky mixed with soap. She pressed her tongue out and licked the tip.

  “Jesus,” Stone swore, and when she looked up at him, his eyes were closed and his face clenched tight. She wanted to make him smile, make him come, make him happy. She willed herself to believe this was right and she cared for him and his brothers with all her heart. Nothing would go wrong. Everything would be perfect, because they were honest and good men.

  She licked the tip again just as Louie thrust in and out of her pussy and Junior pressed a finger into her ass. It felt strange, and it burned, but she breathed through her nostrils as she opened wider to take more of Stone’s cock into her mouth.

  She felt him caress her hair and she tightened. He immediately pulled back. She looked up at him, his cock in her mouth as she bobbed up and down slowly, trying to ease her discomfort at the memories of the past.

  “Just like that. Take your time. Your mouth feels incredible, Lacey. I’m so proud of you.” He touched her hair again and this time she pulled strength from his touch, his guidance.

  “I want this ass, Lacey. Let us all be inside of you together and make you completely ours,” Junior said, and she nodded her head as she moved a little faster over Stone’s cock while Louie slowed his pace beneath her.

  The moment he pulled his fingers from her ass, her pussy spasmed. She shook from her first climax and then she felt Junior’s cock against her anus.

  “Nice and easy, just relax and let me in.”

  She moaned against Stone’s cock with every inch Junior pushed into her ass. Louie lay still, cupping her breasts, manipulating her nipples, and she couldn’t focus on one sensation. Then, suddenly, it clicked. They were all moaning, turning one another on and connecting on such a deep level.

  “So fucking tight. Holy God, baby, I won’t last,” Junior said.

  “Me either,” Stone replied.

  “Move. God, move before I lose it,” Louie said next, and then they all began to thrust and claim her body. She felt as if she were on fire. She sucked harder on Stone’s cock. He gripped her hair and head tighter as he slowly thrust his hips. Under her, Louie thrust upward as Junior grunted and moaned, the sound of his balls slapping against her ass making her come.

  “I’m there. Let go if you need to.” Stone gave her the choice to swallow or not and she gripped his thigh and gulped as he came, the warm jet-stream shot down her throat, and she suckled and licked him clean. Beneath her, Louie pinched her nipples and thrust upward, roaring as he came.

  Junior followed two strokes later, then fell lightly against her back, licking and kissing her shoulder.

  “Amazing. Absolutely amazing,” Junior told her.

  She smiled and Stone leaned down and kissed her as the others pulled from her body slowly.

  She did it. She made love to them together. Everything was going to be perfect. It had to be.

  Chapter 9

  Suzette had just gotten to the office when she recognized a woman sitting with one of the social workers. It was Tye’s date from a few weeks ago that she and Lacey had seen at the art event. Ned called out her name and she turned to look at him standing by his office door. He waved her over and glanced at the other office, where the blonde was with Casey, one of the other social workers.

  “Hi, Ned, what’s going on?”

  He gave a nod toward Casey’s office and where the blonde woman was.

  “Casey may need your help with this one. Young woman came in a couple of hours ago. Her boyfriend knocked her around. He’s into some intense stuff. She won’t get into details, but he used a knife on her last night. She came here looking for help, but doesn’t want the police involved or to press charges.”

  “There’s not much we can do for her, then. Did she leave him?”

  “She said she couldn’t. It sounds like your typical abusive boyfriend scenario, where if she leaves him he’ll hunt her down and hurt her or worse. You may need to provide some additional support here.”

  She swallowed hard. “I don’t think I can.”

  Ned raised one of his eyebrows up at her.