MATTIE
Later that day, Alex and Jesse allowed her to put on a dress and the three of them walked down the street of Bridgewater. A small ranch community where everyone knew each other. As they walked, they were stopped and she was introduced. They arrived at a home where community meals were prepared and served.
“Alex and Jesse,” a woman said as she met them at the door, “you’re back.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Alex said. “I’d like to introduce you to our wife, Mattie. Mattie this is Emma.”
“I’m married to Whitmore and Ian, who are somewhere around here. They may be outside. Mattie, come in and let me introduce you to the other women.”
Emma took her by the arm and led her away from her men. She glanced back unsure of how it would feel to be without them. They had only been married a day, but what a day and night it had been. The memory made her blush.
“You could not have chosen two better men. They are hardworking and have helped here in the community. I’m so happy for you and for them.”
Shocked, Mattie stared at her. She didn’t seem to act like having two men was out of the ordinary. They walked into the kitchen and there were at least five other women preparing the meal.
“Ladies, I want to introduce you to Mattie. She’s Alex and Jesse’s new wife.”
“Welcome,” the ladies called. None of them seemed surprised that she was married to two men.
“What can I do to help?” Mattie asked, thinking the ladies seemed to be very busy. Children lay in cradles or sitting in special chairs beside their mothers as they fed them.
Emma handed her a potato masher and a bowl of potatoes. “Sit here and smash the potatoes while we talk.”
“Did you live in Butte?” Laurel asked. “How did you meet your men?”
“We lived outside Butte. My stepfather and mother and stepbrother. My name was Bryne, but my stepfather was Edward Seyler.”
The women glanced between one another. “Doesn’t he run the mercantile in Butte?”
“One of them,” she said.
“We stopped shopping at his store two years ago,” said Emma. “His prices were way too high. Rumors around town say he’s about to lose the business.”
How many times had she heard he price gouged people and yet money was always short? What did Edward do with the money? Years ago, she had given up trying to understand her stepfather.
“I’ve heard that before,” Mattie said. “I know money was always tight at home. My mother was very ill and insisted that I leave with Alex and Jesse.”
“Were you in danger?” Ann asked.
Mattie licked her lips, not really wanting to tell them how her stepbrother tried to force himself on her.
Rachel laid a hand on her arm. “We have no secrets in Bridgewater. We look out for one another. We protect each other and if there’s trouble, we all help one another.”
A sigh escaped from Mattie. She didn’t know these women, but she liked them and wanted to belong. “Alex and Jesse came along when my stepbrother was trying to force me to have sex with him.”
The women’s eyes widened and they nodded. “They’re honorable men. They would never accept another man doing that to a woman.”
“Especially Alex,” Emma said. “Not after what happened to his sister.”
Mattie’s ears perked up. Why in the last twenty-four hours had she not asked about their families. Gotten to know them better?
Because all they’d been doing was fucking.
“Do you think he will come after you?” Ann asked.
There was so much she needed to tell her men. She hadn’t even told them she was an heiress. There was a very good chance that Edward and Frank would come after her. Especially, since they needed her money. That was why Edward wanted Frank to marry her. Then he could get his greedy hands on her inheritance.
“I don’t know,” Mattie said. “But I fear that it’s possible.”
Ann patted her hand. “The men are outside talking. I’m sure your men are telling them if there is any danger. Like Rachel said, we are all in this together.”
Could it be that she had brought danger to this small community? She chewed her bottom lip as terror filled her. What if because of her, she had put these families in danger? What if because of her, they were harmed?
“I shouldn’t be here,” she said, rising panic growing inside her like a storm rushing toward her. “My men, I’ve endangered them. I couldn’t live if something happened to one of them.”
She rose from the chair and just then Jesse walked in the kitchen. “What’s wrong.”
Her hands were shaking, her breathing rapid as the thought of Jesse or Alex being killed because of her. Not to mention the community.
“I’ve put you and these lovely women and children in peril. They’re going to come after me and I couldn’t live with myself if someone got hurt.”
Jesse took her in his arms. He rubbed his hand down her back, saying soothing words of comfort to her. “No one will be injured.”
“You don’t know that. We haven’t talked about why they would come after me.”
The panic continued to rise and she didn’t know how to help him understand what kind of danger she had put everyone in. Frantic, she gazed at him. Edward and Frank wanted her inheritance and they would do anything, including killing her men, to get that money.
“Calm down, Mattie,” his voice was low and soothing. “If you don’t, I’ll turn you over my knee right now and spank you.”
A red flush brightened her cheeks and she knew he would.
“But…”
“We’ve already talked to the men about the possibility of Frank and your stepfather causing trouble. Extra lookouts are going to be on patrol. We’re handling this.”
“But…”
Gazing into his green eyes, she felt a sense of calmness overtaking her.
“One more word and I’m going to punish you.”
He continued to rub his hand down her back in a soothing manner. “Trust me.”
And she did trust him, but she couldn’t live with him or anyone else getting hurt. The thought of losing Alex and Jesse had her stomach knotting. They were her men. They were her life.
“Are you all right, now?”
She released a deep sigh. “Yes, but when we get home, we need to talk.”
“Later,” he said. “I’m going back outside, but I’ll check on you in a few minutes.”
She nodded.
Before he released her, he gave her a swat on the ass. Connecting with the plug that vibrated. A sense of pleasure went through her.
After he left, she noticed the women all smiling at her. “Welcome to Bridgewater.”
At first, she felt humiliated. These women knew that her husbands spanked her. Though they didn’t know how much she enjoyed it.
“You are not the only woman here whose men like to spank her,” Ann said. “We all have received a spanking at one time or another. And I’d say we all enjoyed the feel of our husbands hand coming down on our naked ass.”
The women nodded. This world was so different and yet, she liked it. Last night when Alex spanked her, all she could think about was his hand hitting her bottom and even now she could feel the pleasure building, just thinking about what they’d done. While she wore a dress to hide her nakedness, they had burned her undergarments.
She rubbed her bare legs together and wondered if these women were as naked as she was beneath their dresses. Were any of them wearing a plug up their ass? Was their pussy as bare as hers?
As Alex and Jesse’s wife, they controlled her, every part of her, just like these women were dominated by their husbands. But she could see herself here, happy and with a cradle next to her.
As long as Edward and Frank didn’t destroy their life. And that, she feared more than anything.
Emma smiled. “You’ll get used to the Bridgewater way and your two handsome men. It’s only been one day, and I remember feeling so confused and lost. But now, my men, our children, our way of life is everything. And I trust my men. You will too.”