CHAPTER 31
Joanie
I covered my face as another starlet was hacked on the giant screen. “You guys are horrible! This is terrifying!”
Chase pulled me onto his lap and held me closer with his chin resting on my shoulder. “I didn’t realize you were such a scaredy cat.”
I tried to elbow him but he knew it was coming and blocked me. Looking over at Bear, I saw that he was watching me instead of the movie. “Not your cup of tea?”
He glanced around at the other vehicles around us. The lights were all out and it might’ve been romantic if not for the murder on screen. “I don’t care about the movie. I’m just watching you.”
I looked down as a smile stretched my mouth. Reaching over, I took his hand and held it in my lap. “Just so I feel safer, of course.”
He turned his palm over so he was cupping my inner thigh. At the soft gasp I let out, I felt them all stiffen and shift their full attention to me. Bear leaned forward and brushed his lips over my ear as he spoke. “Need something to take your mind off the movie, Princess?”
I looked around desperately to see if anyone could see us. Smith draped a blanket over our laps before I could say anything either way. I met his gaze as Bear’s hand inched higher. I blamed Billie for encouraging me to take chances. “Yes.”
Chase wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck. “Watch the movie, sweetheart. There’s a couple of guys in the car next to us that can’t take their eyes off you. Don’t let them know that you’re spreading your legs for us.”
I tried to look over but Chase gripped my chin and turned it back to the movie. I breathed harder when Bear brushed his fingers over the seam of my pants. On screen, the horror had stopped so the main characters could have sex. Their moans filtered through the speakers and filled the night air.
Bear unbuttoned my jeans and pulled the zipper down. “Lift your ass, Princess.”
I shook in anticipation but did as he said. When I lifted my hips, Bear pulled my pants down and off, leaving me in just my damp panties to hide my lower half. I tried clamping my legs together, worried that someone would be able to see through the blanket.
Chase clucked his tongue. “No, no. Open those thighs, sweetheart. No one can see you.”
With some encouragement from Bear’s hand, I spread my legs and bit my lip. Bear pulled my panties to the side and then shifted back into his spot. When I looked over and found him sipping at his drink, I felt my eyes nearly cross in frustration. “What are you doing?”
His smile was wicked. “What do you mean?”
I realized he was teasing me and crossed my arms over my chest. “Fine.”
Chase nipped my neck and laughed. “Frustrated?”
I shook my head. “Nope. I’m great.”
Smith stroked his hand up and down my bare thigh. “Good. Now, let’s watch the movie.”
I waited for one of them to move again but when the movie credits began rolling, I was still sitting in damp panties feeling so sexually frustrated I almost would rather have strangled the guys than let them touch me again. I hadn’t paid attention to the second half of the movie at all because I was practically shaking with need. The guys didn’t seem bothered at all, though.
I tried to pull my pants back on but Bear pulled them away from me and smiled as he folded them and tucked them under his arm. “Bear.”
He blinked up at me. “Yes, Princess?”
“Give me my pants.”
“No. I don’t think I will. I think I’m going to like watching you run much better without the pants.” He nodded over at Smith. “If you beat Chase to your front door when we get closer to home, we’ll come inside and check for monsters before leaving. And we’ll give your pants back, of course. If Smith catches you before then, though, we come inside and you won’t need your pants.”
My blood heated. I wanted to be angry. Joanie before sex with them would’ve clawed their eyes out. Joanie after sex with them got excited at the idea of a chase. I had no belief they wouldn’t be staying the night at my house, but if I won the race, I’d be in control of them. At least for a little while. The chance of that sent a thrill through me. It was a night of taking chances. “Okay.”
Smith and Bear gathered up our trash while Chase lifted me with the blanket wrapped around me and put me in the back seat. He leaned in to buckle me in and searched my face. “You’re eager for this.”
I held his gaze and nodded. “And?”
He grinned. “I’m not judging you, sweetheart. Maybe I’ll play some day. Tonight could be the start of something and we want to give it every chance to be exactly what you want and need.”
I gripped the back of his neck and pulled him closer. “If your plan was to get me desperate to be touched, then it’s working. Teasing me wasn’t nice, though.”
“We’ll make it up to you later. Just as soon as Smith catches you.” He pulled away and squeezed my thigh. “Bear was right about you running with no pants. It’s going to be fun to watch.”
I wrapped the blanket around me tighter and pushed him away. “Let’s go.”
On the ride back to Lilyfield, Smith teased me even more. He watched me as he slowly rolled up his sleeves and got ready to hunt me down. His smirk was deviant and cocky enough that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to smack it or climb on top and ride it. I could feel my blood heating the closer we got to town and when we finally parked a little up the road from our houses, I didn’t hesitate.
I was out of my seatbelt and off at a sprint before Bear could even put the truck in park. I’d worn shoes I could run in and I didn’t play around. I ran like my life was on the line, like the killer in the movie we’d watched was chasing after me. Only, I wasn’t running from anything. I was running to something. I was running to the chance at making the guys do everything I wanted for the night. I was running to the chance of teasing them for hours the way they’d teased me.
“I’m coming for you, Joanie!” Smith’s voice was full of cockiness. The sound of his feet pounding down the road after me was loud and I knew he wasn’t going to go easy on me.
I ran harder, pushing my legs to be something more than they were. My heart raced from the adrenaline of being chased and my blood pumped hard and hot through my veins. I felt wild and alive. I felt the world and everything in it narrow to just me and Smith chasing me. Everything else fell away.
I could see our houses ahead and I could feel Smith closing in on me. I could feel his feet hitting the earth beneath his feet and I could hear his breathing. It was ragged and animalistic in a way that made my nipples harden.
I stepped into the yard and then screamed when his arms locked around my waist. Even though I knew it was Smith chasing me, the slight fear made my arousal spike. We went down in the thick grass with Smith rolling himself under me to take the force of it but as soon as I was safe, he was on top of me. I didn’t give up. I shoved at his arms and tried to crawl out from under him. I managed to loosen his grip but when I tried to slip away, he ducked his head and bit my nipple through my shirt. I screamed at the shock and pleasure from it.
Smith wrapped his arm under my shoulders and gripped my hair. It made it impossible for me to wiggle away because of the way it pulled at my neck when I tried. He shoved his other hand between us and cupped my core tight. “I caught you, Joanie. Now what am I going to do with you?”
I lifted my hips into his hand and bared my teeth at him. “Whatever you want.”
Neither of us heard Bear and Chase park the truck and walk over, but I heard Bear’s voice when he spoke right next to us. “Looks like you lost, Princess.”
My laugh was wild. “Hardly.”
Smith dropped his head and bit my shoulder. “Can you walk inside or do we need to fuck you right here in the grass? I know you like it, so don’t think I won’t.”
I clawed at his back and gasped when he slapped my sex. “I can walk! I can walk inside.”
Of course, as soon as Smith let me up, I couldn’t help running again. They didn’t chase, though, because they knew where I was running. I stopped with my hand on my front door and smiled at them over my shoulder. “Well? Are you coming?”