Regan
A fter she unpacked her meager belongings, decided that a hot bath was just the thing she needed to get herself together. Between Ash holding her hand throughout dinner and Jamison touching her, not to mention that scorching kiss, she wasn’t sure what to think. She found herself attracted to them both and that would screw up her chances of keeping her job. The last thing she wanted to do was come between two best friends because she couldn’t choose between them. needed to soak in a tub and give herself a stern lecture about personal boundaries with her new bosses. Getting involved with either one of them could prove disastrous for her. If this job fell through, she had nowhere else to go so she had to make it work.
filled the tub and stripped out of her shorts and tank top to slip into the hot water. She groaned at how good it felt once her aching body relaxed in the steaming suds. wasn’t used to luxuries like this she had not had a bubble bath since she and her mom lived in their little run-down apartment. Their trailer only had a small shower, and she wasn’t allowed very long in the bathroom. Mike would set a timer when she got into the shower and would bang on the door and yelled something about how he wasn’t made of money until she got out. Getting away from that asshole was the best decision she ever made, even if she had spent countless nights sleeping in her pickup, her freedom was worth it.
She sank into the water and felt more relaxed than she ever allowed herself to. was constantly on guard around Mike, even when her mom was alive. After her mother’s death, Mike turned his full attention onto usually ending up with him smacking her around for being too mouthy or too independent. knew that if she stayed she would end up in the hospital, or worse. She shivered at the thought and decided to turn on some music to clear her mind. Lingering too long on her past wasn’t a good idea. She was making a new start for herself, and she needed to put the old behind her. She popped in her earbuds, not wanting to bother the guys. was pretty sure that heavy metal death bands weren’t their idea of music. She had them both pegged more as country music fans.
When her bath water started to turn cold, she washed her hair and stood to get out of the tub, walking straight into a wall of man. “Ash!” she shouted his name, and his gaze roamed her naked body. She tried to cover herself, wrapping her arms around her body but that didn’t help. His eyes finally met hers and he was breathing heavily. “Why are you here, Ash?” she asked.
“I came to check on you,” he rasped. He took a step towards her, and she looked around her small bathroom for someplace to hide but found none. Ash handed her a bath towel, and she snatched it from his hand and wrapped it around her body. The way that he looked at her told her that the towel didn’t make a difference. It was as if she was still standing completely naked in front of him, his heated gaze had her squirming. She didn’t want to be turned on by the whole scene, but she was. Here she had just given herself a pep talk about not dating either of her bosses and now, she was standing in her bathroom with one of them while wearing close to nothing.
Ash cleared his throat and smiled, melting her defenses a little more. “I would say that I’m sorry that I barged in like this but I’m not. I am sorry if my being here upsets you, .” She found herself shaking her head but unable to find the words to tell him that what she was feeling was far from upset. Turned on and needy—yes. Upset—no.
“I called your name a few times, but you didn’t answer. I was worried that we scared you off and you left.” His last words were almost a whisper. Was he worried that she would take off and not tell them?
“She reached out, putting her hand on his arm, and flexed her fingers. Ashton, I’d never just take off without telling you guys. Heck, you’d hear my ancient pickup or incredibly loud bike, I can’t sneak anywhere.” Ash frowned—not the response she hoped for. “Hey, that was just a joke, Ash. I’ll give you that it was a bad one but still a joke.”
Ash pulled her into his body and crushed his mouth over hers. The surprise of having his big, hard form pressed up against her petite frame, caused to drop her towel. She stood completely bare in his arms and she felt safe—what she expected home would feel like.
“Fuck baby, you feel so good.” He pulled her tighter and ground his erection into her belly. “Tell me you want this. Tell me not to stop, baby.” searched his face trying to find a reason to tell him no, but she found none. She nodded and Ash wasted no time picking her up and carrying her into her room, laying her across the bed.
He stood over her naked body, chest heaving as he looked her up and down. “You are so fucking beautiful, baby.” She sat up and scooted to the end of the bed to straddle his body as she slid her hands into the sweat shorts that he slipped on after his shower and stroked his heavy cock. Ash threw his head back and moaned, drawing her attention up to his handsome face. He thrust into her hands, and she wanted more, she needed to taste him. Leaning down, she licked the head of his throbbing cock and swirled her tongue around his shaft. He nudged deeper into her mouth until she could feel him in the back of her throat.
“Yes, baby,” he hissed. “That feels so good,” he groaned. He pulled back from her and she let him pop free from her mouth, making a disappointed little noise that had her sounding as needy as she felt from his loss. “I know baby, I don’t want to stop either, but we can’t do this, it’s not right.”
pulled the blanket off her bed and wrapped it around her naked body after Ash pulled his shorts back on. She felt as though she had done something wrong, and she wanted to hide but there was nowhere for her to retreat to. He was one of her bosses and he was right, they shouldn’t be doing this. Still, it hurt that he pushed her away so easily.
“I’m sorry, Ash. You’re right, we shouldn’t do this. I told myself that I couldn’t act on my feelings for either of you but then you were so sweet and gentle. I guess I just got carried away. I can get my things together and be out of your hair in about thirty minutes.” She stood and pulled on her shorts and found a clean T-shirt.
“Wait- you have feelings for both of us?” stopped shoving her stuff into her backpack and turned to face him. Had she said that? Her brain felt like a jumbled mess, and she didn’t know what she just said. All she could think about was grabbing her shit and bailing. just wanted to put this whole fucking day behind her.
“What?” she whispered.
“You said that you told yourself that you couldn’t act on your feelings for either of us. Does that mean that you want Jamison too?” She knew that her face must have turned bright red, her cheeks burned with embarrassment. Who cared, she was leaving anyway.
“Yes, that is what I meant Ash, and I know what that makes me sound like. She shoved her last clean T-shirt into her bag and zipped it up. I can assure you though, I’m no slut. That would imply that I’ve actually had sex with at least one man, but I have not.” She pushed past Ash on her way to her bathroom to grab her things and found Jamison standing in her doorway, fresh from the shower. He watched her as she disappeared into her bathroom and slammed the door closed. She needed to regroup, grab her shit, and get the fuck out. There would be no recovering from her last omissions. Not only had she told Ash that she wanted them both, but she was pretty sure that they both heard her confess to being a virgin. Humiliated didn’t even come close to describing how she felt.