Shay
I wait impatiently for Rosa to leave the room before I tear my brother a new one.
“You cannot be fucking serious, Tiernan?! The fuck are you thinking?”
My brother ignores me completely, walking over to the floor-to-ceiling window to stare at our city.
“Tiernan?! Did you hear what I just said? This is fucking insane. Even for you,” I shout, but all I get is my brother’s silence and his back facing towards me.
I turn to my sullen cousin, whose head is bowed, thinking about God knows what.
“Why didn’t you say anything, Col? You agree with me, right? This is some twisted-up shit. I mean, can you honestly sit there and tell me you’re okay with fucking Tiernan’s wife?”
His head snaps my way, rage like I’ve never seen before marring his features.
“Don’t talk about her that way. She deserves our respect.”
“Oh yeah, asshole? Then tell me, how are we showing her any fucking respect by tag-teaming her like some whore from The Pit?!”
When he begins to growl like some kind of feral animal, I know I’ve struck a nerve.
Fuck it. In for a penny, in for a pound and all that.
“What? You thought Tiernan wants us to wine and dine Rosa before we take turns fucking all her orifices?”
Colin stands up from his seat, ready to launch at me and make me swallow every last word I just uttered—even if he has to break my teeth to do it.
“You think you scare me, fucker?” I laugh, pulling out my favorite blade and toying with the handle over my knuckles. “I’d have your heart carved out of your chest before you even laid one finger on me.”
“Enough,” Tiernan calls out behind me, his tone sounding more annoyed with my shit than he is with the fucked-up deal he just struck with his wife.
“Fuck you, dheartháir . I’ll say when it’s enough. And right now, you couldn’t shut me up, even if you wanted to. This is one fucked-up scenario you put us in. Rosa, too.”
“Tell me, Shay. Did my wife look in any way bothered by the proposition I made her?”
“She didn’t jump for joy if that’s what you’re getting at.”
“But she didn’t say nol either. You heard her when she agreed to my terms. She even negotiated ones of her own. If you honestly have a problem with any of this, then I’m sure Colin can go at it alone.”
“If that was true, then why bring us both here today? Why not just pick one of us and spare the other ever knowing about this shit?”
“Maybe I wanted to increase her chances of getting pregnant.”
“The fuck you did,” I snort bitterly. “You wanted to shock her. Have her rethink your so-called solution of not wanting to father a child. You thought that by offering me and Colin up as substitute baby-makers, she would concede and not go through it. Your foolproof plan bit you in the ass, brother. And now you’re screwed. Or in this case, your wife is.”
“Are you in or out, Shay? That’s all I want to know.”
“Of course, I’m in. Someone needs to be there to make sure Rosa is okay. Or better yet, to pick up the pieces of the shell of a woman you are going to turn her into when this shit blows up in her face.”
I run my fingers through my hair, tugging at the strands, frustrated that I can’t find the right words to say to talk some sense into my headstrong brother.
“I’m not saying she didn’t fuck up when she threatened to expose you to the families. She did, okay? That shit isn’t kosher. But come on, brother. She’s just a frightened, lonely girl, not our actual enemy. She might act like she’s onboard with this shit now, but believe me, it’s her pride talking. She doesn’t want to be seen like a fucking piece of property or a doormat, and this is her way of standing up to you.”
“I don’t care what her reasons might have been. It’s done.”
I stare at my brother and wonder where the guy who used to wear the same old t-shirts and ripped up jeans for days on end, the one who always had a warm smile and a joke on the tip of his tongue, went off to.
Oh, that’s right.
He’s dead.
Died a painful death when my father handed him the keys to the kingdom five years ago.
Now all that is left is this cold, calculating, heartless corpse that parades in a fucking suit he wouldn’t have been caught dead in a decade ago.
No.
The brother I looked up to all my life started to fade away the day my other brother decided to take his own life.
“I always admired you for being fair, Tiernan. The way you lead the men and demand their loyalty is admirable. But I never knew you could be this fucking cruel.” I get up from my seat and start walking out the door, fucking done with this meeting.
“Be at The Avalon tomorrow at noon. I’ll tell Rosa this starts tomorrow,” my brother orders, using his business-as-usual tone with me.
“Fuck you, Tiernan. I hope one day she will forgive you because I never will.”
I storm out of the boardroom and head towards the elevators, Colin right at my heel, just as he always is. When the doors close, I face my taciturn cousin and shove him right in his chest.
“Thanks for the support in there, dipshit. This is wrong, and you know it. You could have at least backed me up in there.”
“The Boss had his mind made up long before we entered the room.”
“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Can you quit being a robot for one goddamn second and think about the repercussions of this shit?” I yell in his face. “She’s a scared girl. She doesn’t have anyone here to hold her hand. And now my brother wants to send her off to be fed to the lions.”
“We’re not animals,” he counters.
“You sure?! Then what do you call fucking the same woman while her husband watches? Pretty fucking savage to me.”
“We’ve shared women before.”
“Whores! We’ve shared easy pussy before, not a woman like Rosa.”
Jesus. The world is utterly fucked if I’m the voice of reason.
When did life get so fucked-up?
Oh, I know.
When fucking made men decided the only way they would ever put their guns down would be if they offered up their daughters as sacrifices instead.
Fuck.
“We can’t do this,” I mumble in defeat.
“We can, and we will. It was an order.”
“Fuck my brother’s orders.”
Colin growls.
“And stop with that shit, too. Stop growling at everything I say.”
“When you stop being an ass, I will.”
“Funny, motherfucker.”
This time I’m the one who growls.
Great.
I’m losing my damn mind.
I run my fingers through my hair again just as the elevator doors ding open. I should step out and go about my day, trying to forget what tomorrow is going to bring me. But I don’t move an inch. And neither does Colin.
“Tell me why you’re onboard with this hare-brained scheme?”
“I’ve upset them.”
“Who?”
He scowls at me.
“Okay, how then?” I fling my arms into the air, realizing he means Tiernan and Rosa.
“Rosa is upset with me for stealing that wretched painting I gave your Da. And the boss… well because I gave him an ultimatum the other day.”
“What kind of ultimatum?” I ask, honestly interested in his response since Colin has never once defied Tiernan in anything.
“She was lonely. Sad back at the hotel,” he mumbles, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
“And?”
“And I told him to take her home. And if he didn’t… then I would.”
“No shit,” I blurt out, impressed.
“Shit,” he mumbles in frustration. “Now he thinks my loyalty has been compromised. I can’t have that.”
“Hasn’t it?” I wiggle my brows at him.
“No,” he deadpans, stepping out of the elevator. “And I’ll prove it by doing what he’s asked of us. And so will you.”
“Right. Because that’s exactly how someone sane would show their loyalty. Fuck his wife while he watches you do it.” I scoff, trailing behind him and kicking the air at my feet.
Colin hurries his steps and only slows down when we pass through the main entrance’s doors to our building.
“Fuck this. I’ll go to Athair and tell him what Tiernan intends to do. If word got out and the other families learned about this, then I’m sure the treaty would be in jeopardy. Athair won’t want that, and he’ll talk Tiernan off this ledge he got us all on.”
Colin suddenly stops at the center of the public square outside our office building and turns to face me.
“No, he won’t.”
“Like hell, he won’t. Athair vowed on his life that no harm would come to Hernandez’s daughter. Having a threesome with men that aren’t her husband falls into that category, don’t you think?”
“You forgot about Iris,” he says cold-faced, sending an icy chill down my bones. “At this very minute she is fighting off three Volkovs. Three. And none of the families give a damn.”
“That’s different,” I seethe at the reminder.
“No, it’s not. The only difference is that Rosa accepted Tiernan’s terms of sharing her bed with us. Iris had no say in the matter.”
My hand instinctively goes to my dagger, as if the Bratva scum is right here in front of me.
“The least we can do is make this as painless as possible. Stop being selfish, Shay. And be a fucking man for once. She deserves that much from us.”
And with those words, he leaves me to stew in the middle of the square, right as St. Brandon opens up the floodgates, and lets the rain fall down on my body, washing my temper away.
She deserves that much from us.
And by she, Colin means both women who have sacrificed more than we ever will in our entire lives.
The following day, neither Tiernan nor Colin were surprised that I showed up at The Avalon at noon on the dot.
My brother takes his seat on the settee in the corner of the room, the perfect spot that would ensure he wouldn’t miss a single moment of this twisted affair.
For the first time in my life, I’m grasping at straws as to what Tiernan’s endgame is. Does he want to show Rosa that she can’t blackmail him into submission? Is this his way of holding some kind of dominance over his pretty bride? If so, there were a million other ways he could do it that wouldn’t have involved me or Colin.
Or is this some perverse game he’s playing to humiliate his wife?
To cause her just an ounce of the torment her family had put us through without laying his hands on her?
Whatever his goal, I’m not sure I’m a hundred percent onboard with his chosen theatrics.
Colin remains leaning against the bedroom door, almost like he’s waiting for his boss to give him the go-ahead to leave. But as I stare at my brother, I don’t see an ounce of hesitation in his eyes.
No one is leaving here until the deed is done.
When the bathroom door creaks open, my heart stops in my chest, and all thoughts of making a quick escape vanish from my mind.
Damnú .
Rosa really is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
In a white spaghetti-string nightgown that falls almost to her bare feet, she walks into the room, chin held high. She looks as if she’s about to bravely face a firing squad and wants to meet her maker with him knowing she never once flinched when facing sure death.
“Well, wife? You have us here. May I remind you this is your show? You give out the orders.”
But just as my brother looks resolved in seeing this through, so does Rosa.
She walks over to the bed, not sparing her husband another look as she directs her attention to me and Colin.
“Can you come closer?” she asks, her voice a soft caress.
“You’ll have to be more precise than that. Which one do you want?” Tiernan states, sounding bored.
Fucker.
Even with all the nerves of steel she’s trying to demonstrate she has, it’s obvious she’s nervous.
Fuck.
I’m nervous.
Tiernan’s mockery of her won’t lessen her nerves, nor will it ease the heavy air that hangs thick in the room.
Without her having to say anything, I take a step in her direction, relief and gratitude instantly transforming her facial features.
This is fucking bullshit.
My brother should just swallow his fucking pride and put a baby in her already.
Hmm.
Maybe all he needs is a little push in the right direction.
I doubt he really wants Colin and I to fuck his wife in front of him. He’s never been one to share. He’s always looking down on Colin and me when gossip reaches his ears that we sandwiched another girl between us.
But all the women Col and I took to our bed were either paid whores or girls with insatiable appetites that enjoyed having both holes filled. Hey, I’ve never been one to slut shame. I’m all for a woman’s right to sexual empowerment. Especially when I get to be part of the action.
This is different, though.
This isn’t some naughty fantasy that Rosa wants fulfilled.
This isn’t just sex for fun’s sake.
She wants to start a family.
You don’t have to spend too much time with her to see that maternal streak in her. She’ll make a great mother—Hernandez or not. Tiernan fucking lucked out when he got her name in the raffle. The bloody idiot is just too stubborn and proud to see it.
If he doesn’t wise up soon, then he will never be happy in his marriage.
And as much as I would like nothing more than to sink my dick into this woman’s sweet pussy, she’s still his wife. Not mine.
I guess the fucker just needs some reminding.
How lucky for him he has a brother who isn’t shy about putting him in his place from time to time.
“What do you need me to do, petal?” I cajole, putting all my charm into my voice.
Her long lashes flutter up, her eyes filled with fear.
“Tell me what you need, and I’ll help you.”
“I’m… I’m not sure what to do,” she mutters softly, low enough that only I can hear the insecurity in her voice.
The girl has at least two years on me, and still, she is as untouched as a virgin.
“Colin,” I call out loud enough for him to hear me from across the room. “Come here.”
I don’t have to turn around to know my cousin will follow my order. His steps are silent over the plush cream carpet in the room, but when he surfaces behind this frightened rose, I breathe easy that he’s in this with me.
Rosa’s eyes are on her husband, as I gently pull on one silk string of her nightgown and push it down her shoulder. Colin mimics my action and pulls down the other string, making the nightgown drop fully to the floor and pool at our feet. I stare at her toes grasping at the carpet to tether her to the ground, as she stands naked between men that a week ago were just strangers. Her chest heaves up and down, drawing my attention to the swell of her breasts.
And what perfect breasts they are.
I’ve gotten so accustomed to fake tits that when I see real God-given ones, large enough to fit in the palm of my hand, my cock instantly goes hard.
Shit.
I want her.
I really fucking want her right now.
Shit!
“Fuck this,” I say when I’m close to losing my goddamn mind and following through on Tiernan’s plan after all.
I’m about to turn away to leave when Tiernan calls out my name, halting my step.
“Move another inch, Shay, and brother or not, I will chain you up in one of our cellars and leave you there for a full month without you seeing the light of day. Same goes for you, Colin.”
“If that’s what you want, then go for it. I couldn’t give a rat’s ass.”
I’m about to head out the door when Rosa grabs my wrist, stopping me in my tracks.
My forehead creases at the mere desperation on her face.
“Please, Shay. Stay.”
It’s the fucking please that gets me in the end.
And then it hits me.
Like an epiphany that was staring me right in the face all along, I begin to understand why she wants this so badly. Her life with us Kellys will never be a happy one. She will always be seen as the enemy. She will live the rest of her years here being hated for something she has no control over. Rosa wanting to get pregnant has nothing to do with being fearful of breaking a treaty or wanting to stand up to her husband.
She wants someone she can love.
Someone that will love her unconditionally.
A child will never see her as Hernandez scum, but as the mother who will keep it safe and loved.
This is not sex.
This is her already in love with a child that does not yet exist.
Because in the end, it’s the only way she will ever experience real love.
I bridge the gap between us and snake my hand through her long brown hair to palm her cheek.
“Okay, Rosa. For you, I’ll do this.”
The look of gratitude she gives me cracks my heart further down the middle.
Ever so slowly, I lower my head, my soft eyes always on her, as I kiss her bare shoulder. Colin follows suit and mimics my action on her shoulder’s twin, his hands falling to her hips to keep her steady and in place.
I know Colin well enough that Tiernan’s order is law to him. He won’t back down unless specifically told to do so. But if the conversation we had yesterday is any clue, then my cousin has his own agenda in regards to this Spanish rose.
Her breaths become shallower as my tongue trails its way to the crook of her neck, in tandem with Colin placing open-mouthed kisses to her shoulder blades and back.
She tastes like exotic wild fruit, making my mouth water for more. The need to taste her lips and see if they are just as sweet festers in my mind. Unfortunately, I doubt my brother would take too kindly to that intimate act.
On second thought…
Fuck him.
Rosa gasps when I hold the nape of her neck so that I can capture her lips in mine. Her eyes widen for a millisecond and then slide shut, relishing the tender kiss. I’m usually not this delicate with a woman, but if there is anyone that deserves some sweetness in her world, it is this gorgeous, fierce creature standing in front of me.
My teeth nip at the seam of her lips, silently requesting entrance. When she parts her lips to intake air or to offer her approval, I use it to my advantage and plunge my tongue into her mouth. Another small gasp leaves her and I eat it up, determined to hear her moan with just one kiss. The minute she does, I pull away so my fucking brother can hear it loud and clear from his seat.
Rosa blinks twice as if completely taken aback by how much she took pleasure in kissing me. I lick my lips and gently tug at her hair so that she has no choice but to crane her head to the side for my cousin to have his turn.
Colin doesn’t hesitate and captures her lips in his, his tongue forcefully breaking the seal, making sure to take her very breath away. I feel her nails clutch my shirt as Colin eats up all her pleas and makes her body sing and crave for more. When he eases up, his eyes are a molten hue of desire. I’ve seen their green shade burn like that plenty of times to know he wants the woman he has in his arms as much as I do.
I lean into her ear, goosebumps spreading all along her olive-toned skin.
“We are going to make you feel so good, petal. Don’t be scared. Trust us. We know what we’re doing.”
“I believe you.” She sighs, her rosy cheeks making her even more endearing in my eyes.
I throw her a cocky smile before entwining her fingers with mine and leading her closer to the bed. She throws a quick nervous glance over to her husband, but I nudge her chin with my hand to look only at me.
“Fuck him. Let him watch. You’re ours now.”
Rosa bites down on her plush lower lip and lets me lead her onto the bed until she is on her knees, naked as the day she was born right smack in the middle of the mattress. Colin walks to the other side of the bed, discarding his clothes, while I quickly do the same. Her eyes widen when she sees the effect she has on us both.
I stroke my bare cock, taking a knee on the bed and inching closer to her.
“I know you’re used to smaller dicks, but trust me, Colin and I will fit just fine.”
I chuckle when I hear my brother groan in irritation with the dig I made about his dick. I’m sure by now she knows I’m talking out of my ass, since all the Kelly men are well-endowed. I’m not stupid enough to think Tiernan has never taken his wife to bed for her not to know his dick is just as big as his ego. I also bet all the money I have in the bank that she came to him untouched, and her innocence was just too much of a temptation for him to refuse.
I don’t care if he did have her first.
We have her now.
And that’s all that matters.
“Lay on your back, petal,” I instruct softly, running the back of my hand against her cheek.
The way she instantly melts into my touch has me all sorts of fucked-up. This woman is so deprived of love that the smallest kindness makes her light up from the inside out. Not one to wait around, Colin runs his tongue up her neck and then jaw, while his hands on her hips urge her to lay back on the bed like I asked.
“What… what are you going to do now?” she stammers when two pairs of eyes stare down at her from either side of her naked body.
“Colin here is going to make sure you are nice and wet for us. While his mouth is fully occupied, I’ve got a few tricks I want to try out with mine.” I wink.
She offers us both a shy smile, but before she lets us enjoy her body, she places her palms on each of our cheeks.
Colin’s brows pull together as he stares down at her, while I grab her wrist to place a kiss to her open palm.
“Thank you,” she says to us both.
“Damnú ,” Colin grunts out, her sincere gratitude starting to do a number on his heart as well as his dick.
“Just lie back and enjoy, petal. And don’t be afraid to be loud. Let’s show that husband of yours what the fucker is missing.”
Without further provocation, Colin quickly settles himself in between her thighs, wraps her legs around his bulging shoulders, and goes right to it.
“Argh!” she shouts, arching her back so high up off the bed, I have to place my hand on her flat stomach to hold her down.
“Guess you got Colin more worked up than I thought,” I tease. “But now that he’s had a taste, it’s only fair that I get mine, too.”
I bow my head in between her breasts and pluck one nipple into my mouth, moaning the minute I do.
Fuck, but the woman is sweet.
The sweetest nectar I’ve ever come across.
I tease her nipple with my teeth and then use my tongue to trace over the sting they’ve left. I palm her other breast in my hand, needling its bud with my thumb and index finger, until her perked nipple is so hard it could cut a diamond in half. I take a peek under my lashes to see her face and witness that her lids are shut tight, her lips parted wide open in utter ecstasy. Sweat covers her temple, trickling down her face to her neck, and in between the cleft of her breasts. I lick it up with my tongue and then switch my attention to focus on her other phenomenal breast.
“Argh!” she shouts out again, only this time there is a hint of pain to her wail.
Afraid that I’ve hurt her somehow, I look up and see that she isn’t staring at me, but at Colin. My gaze follows hers over to my cousin to find the fucker eating her out with gusto but fucking her entrance with most of his fingers.
I slap him on the head to stop him at once and make him look up at me.
Of course the fucker has the nerve to growl.
“Get her wet enough to take only one of us at a time, Col. She’s not ready to take us both. Not yet, anyway.”
“She’s soaked. She can handle it.”
I roll my eyes.
That’s the thing about my dear ol’ cousin. When he sees something he likes, he has this incessant need to possess every nook and cranny there is of them. But no matter what the horny asshole says, I highly doubt Rosa can handle us both in one go today. Like her namesake, she needs a lot of nurturing and warmth before she can truly blossom.
“All in due time.” I scowl, putting on my ‘don’t fuck with me’ face so he gets the picture not to fight me on this.
Disgruntled, he pulls his digits away from her drenched pussy, solely to lavish her clit with his tongue’s attention. Her body instantly relaxes, and all too soon Colin has her thrashing on the bed, seconds away from cumming on his mouth. This time I don’t tell my fiendish cousin to let up and allow him to get our girl across the finish line first.
And when she cums, Saint Brigid herself could have never conceived of a better aphrodisiac to make a baby.
“Now,” Colin growls like a wild beast drunk with lust.
I don’t even have the will to tell him not yet, to want to prolong this. Not when she makes that O face that is begging to get fucked. Colin hurriedly lies on his side, grabbing Rosa’s hips to pull her ass to his crotch, while she faces me.
Her hooded gaze tells me she’s in too much of a daze to know what’s going on anymore.
I lean in and kiss her lips, knowing that I’m pissing Colin off with the delay.
“Petal, look at me.”
Her heavy lids look like they weigh a ton, but thankfully she’s lucid enough to follow my command.
“Do you really want this?”
Colin’s grip on her hips tightens as he throws me a disparaging glower over her shoulder. But I ignore him since I’m determined for her to give us her full consent before we do this.
“Petal?”
She licks her lips and stares at mine, offering me a small nod.
“Use your words, baby. I need you to say it.”
Again, I’m shocked at how gentle I’m being with her. I don’t want to cause her pain. Something tells me she’s had enough of it in her life, and I will not add on to the pile of misery she’s already suffered through.
“I want this, Shay,” she whispers to me, batting those long fucking eyelashes that were made to make men like me stupid.
She then tilts her head over her shoulder, a wild-eye Colin staring back at her.
“I want you, too, Colin. Please.”
That’s all he needs to plunge inside her.
“Oh my God!” she wails, her eyes rolling to the back of her head.
I grab her face to look my way again and kiss her gently and sweetly while Colin fucks her to within an inch of her life. I feel her heart pound against mine, the smell of her juices filling the air around us and making me punch-drunk with lust, desperate to have my turn.
“You’re so fucking perfect, petal,” I praise, as my own shaft painfully starts leaking precum all over her stomach. “Look how well you’re taking Colin’s cock in you. So damn perfect, baby.”
Her half-mast gaze stares up at me in utter adoration, and I swear in this very moment, she chips a piece of my heart and steals it away to latch it onto hers.
When I catch a glimpse of Colin’s face screwed up in pain, I know he’s seconds away from tossing his load. She hasn’t cum a second time yet, and with my cousin being balls deep inside her, ready to burst at any second, I know she’ll need a little extra stimulation to get her there. I sneak my hand in between us and give her clit a few strokes, and sure enough, she shatters into a million pieces. As her orgasms rips her in half, Colin cums inside her with two vigorous thrusts and then pulls out, leaving the door wide open for me to take my rightful turn.
“Jesus! Fuck!” I shout when I fill her to the hilt.
Nothing could have ever prepared me for how good Rosa’s pussy would feel on my dick.
It’s a miracle Colin lasted as long as he did because, in less than ten minutes flat, I’m cumming like a horny pre-teen who just learned how to jerk off. My cock is still fully inside her as she milks me dry, panting out my name like it’s God’s answer to all her prayers. My head falls to her shoulder, feeling like someone just whacked me across the chest with a baseball bat.
The fuck just happened?
Sex has never once had me questioning all my beliefs, not that I have many, but magical fucking pussies are definitely not on the list. I hear Colin’s heavy breathing in sync with mine, telling me that he knows exactly what I’m feeling right now.
We are so fucked.
Because I doubt that even after we get Rosa knocked up, neither one of us will want to stop fucking her.
Once you have a taste of heaven, it’s hard letting go of it.
And as if Tiernan has a direct line to my thoughts, I hear him scoff from his seat.
“That was quite the performance,” he says dryly. “I think that’s enough for today. You can show yourselves out while I have a word with my wife .”
I don’t miss how he adds just a bit of emphasis on the words—my wife.
I’ve never once wanted anything my brother had.
Not the seat on the throne of the Irish mob.
Not the loyalty and respect of his men.
Not even the constant praise he receives from our father.
There was never anything that would ever entice me into stepping into his shoes.
Until now.