Chapter 33
CANDRIN
Get worked up
“Are you sure you don’t want a snack?” Molly asked as she took a tray out of the oven. The aroma was unmistakable; they were her famous chocolate chip cookies.
“Maybe one… or two.”
She put at least six in a container and handed them to me. They were my favorite. “I never baked them for him,” she let on.
Turned out Charles AKA Bobby had pestered Molly and Saul about what I liked to eat, my hobbies, where I spent most of my time in the house. Not only had he taken everything from me but he wanted to be me. Ewww, that was weird.
Despite Saul and Molly being human, they didn’t question my lifestyle of living with three men.
Yes, they didn’t know we were mated and they for sure had no idea my mates had bears inside them.
Maybe if my mates had been like Bobby… oh shudder at the thought…
Saul and Molly would have had a problem with me sharing a bed with three men.
Not that we did that every night and the pair didn’t live in my house.
But they weren’t fools and refused to hide my affection for my mates.
We shared kisses and cuddles, we pinched one another on the butt and shared loving glances.
That was who we were and I wasn’t shutting that down all because it might shock Molly and Saul.
But Tanner, Huston and Oberon charmed them, treated them like an aunt and uncle and insisted they have weekends off.
That was a wake up call for me because when Father was alive and we were both living in the house, the pair had Saturday afternoons and Sundays off. Though they were paid well and had a separate home on the grounds, I’d never considered they should be given more free time.
I got in my car, the one I’d leased out but I’d broken the lease and compensated the guy over and above what I needed to, so he was happy.
Today wasn’t a day off. I’d taken leave since Bobby was arrested and we moved into my childhood home.
Working with the lawyer, there was so much paperwork to go through, I couldn’t perform adequately at the office and wasn’t able to concentrate on all that needed to be done at home.
But today I wasn’t reading the fine print on documents relating to shares and bonds, I was visiting first Oberon and then Huston at their workplaces.
They’d been begging me to come and I’d finally agreed.
I just wished I could do the same for Tanner, but he was a pilot and no one could get into the building at the airport where the flight crew congregated unless they had security clearance.
Oberon worked at a plant nursery and I was eager to see him put his hands deep in the dirt.
Maybe we could sneak a kiss behind a potted palm.
I could watch as he lopped off a dead branch.
Whatever it was, it was certain to get me hot and bothered so maybe we could have sex in a shed.
I was looking forward to getting dirty with my mate.
When I arrived, I hovered near the entrance, scanning for Oberon outside, amid the rows of palms, succulents and evergreens.
I didn’t see him, so I wandered inside. Orchids of every description adorned the large space along with hanging baskets, while rows of ferns, sprawling vines and other plants I couldn’t name sat in pots.
Oberon was at the end of a row chatting to a customer. He didn’t turn in my direction and his eyes didn’t flicker, suggesting he’d seen me, but there was a hint of a grin on his lips and he shifted his feet, something he often did when he scented me.
I busied myself inspecting the orchids and wondered if I should buy some.
But Oberon had been checking out the greenhouse at home and noting how Bobby had neglected Father’s prized orchids.
Maybe I’d let him choose orchids that preferred the greenhouse as there were many different types.
Some liked a lot of light while others preferred part shade.
This issue of money was a prickly one now I had lots of it.
True I didn’t have as much as when Father was alive as Bobby had squandered some on a race horse, booking a seat on a spacecraft traveling to Mars in the long-distant future—what a shame he hadn’t gone and Earth would have been rid of him—and a Ferris wheel.
A Ferris wheel? Luckily city bylaws prevented it being placed in the grounds of the house.
But I still had millions, plus my home and a holiday home at the beach. That reminded me I hadn’t told my mates about that yet.
I wouldn’t expect Oberon to pay for the plants and if I had him choose some, I hoped there wouldn’t be an argument. Money was an awkward topic now. We’d have to sit down and work out a plan because my mates would not be content to have me pay for everything.
“Hi, gorgeous.” He greeted me with a kiss and introduced me to some of his colleagues.
“Let me show you around.” He pointed out and named plants, telling me which would be suitable in which room of our home.
I noted him saying “our home” and was pleased we’d gotten over that hurdle and that my mates saw my childhood home as theirs.
We wandered outside and he told me what he’d like to do with our extensive gardens.
I nodded my head and agreed. I’d have said yes to anything as I was so excited at him making plans to beautify the huge space.
Father had preferred an orderly garden with clipped hedges and borders but Oberon preferred something more riotous.
He kissed me behind a huge shrub, telling me he had to get back to work. I pinched his butt and giggled before he left to help a woman inspecting a bougainvillea.
Next it was onto the library where Huston worked. Before going in, I brushed dirt off my shoes that I’d picked up at Oberon’s place of work and used a wipe to clean my hands. No librarian wanted someone walking in trailing dirt behind them or leaving smudges on their books.
Unlike Oberon, I couldn’t sneak in without Huston seeing me. He was waiting inside the huge glass doors as they opened.
“Aren’t you supposed to be working?” I asked as he pecked me on the cheek.
“I am but my boss is a shifter and I told her my mate was coming in, so I’ve got fifteen minutes to show you around.”
“Great. We have time for a blow job or if we’re quick you can stick your dick in me.”
“Candrin!” His wide eyes and the way he pulled me between the stacks of books while glancing over his shoulder told me I’d shocked him. “Not here.”
“Sorry, sorry. It was a joke.”
Huston recovered and smirked before placing his mouth on my ear. “You’re very naughty. Maybe when I get home, I need to spank you.”
My dick reacted at the idea of me being punished. “It’s not quitting time, is it?” I almost rubbed myself against him but a woman wandered toward us searching for a book.
“No.” He lowered his voice so I had to lean closer and strain to hear what he was saying. “But maybe I should double the punishment.”
I got on tiptoes and my body quivered with excitement. “Yes, please.”
“I think this is the book you were looking for, sir,” he said while grabbing a random book off the shelf. The woman was giving us strange looks and the last thing I wanted was for my mate to be reprimanded by his boss.
“Oh, thank you. That’s the one. You’ve been sooo helpful.” I walked away pretending to be engrossed in the book until the woman moved away.
“You’re going to get me in trouble,” he whispered as he came up behind me.
“I thought I was the one in trouble.”
“Well you are and we’ll deal with that tonight,” he told me.
I shivered thinking he might have a pair of handcuffs and a blind fold. “I have to go.”
“Why?” His expression and tone suggested he was disappointed and I felt a little guilty.
“Because I have to get ready for tonight. I wonder if there’s a paddle in the house or bondage tape?”
“Candrin!”
“Oh, you’d prefer a butt plug and cock ring?”
“I was thinking of some light spanking, not BDSM?” Huston leaned against a stack of books. “Or is this another joke?” He narrowed his eyes.
“Hmmm.” I tapped my lips. “Ponder, ponder. I guess you’ll have to wait until you get home to find out.” I blew him a kiss. “Gotta go. See you this evening. Maybe Tanner and Oberon can join in.”
I strode out of the library into the bright afternoon sun as I tapped on my phone, What does a cock ring do exactly?