“Say what?” Dax asks at the same time Holden breathes the word, “No.”

I feel my face redden again for the millionth time as I lower my gaze. I know he has figured out what I am trying and failing miserably to put into words.

“Are you a virgin, Little Dove?” Holden asks gently and I nod. “Fuck me.” That is all he says before leaving the room andheading toward the kitchen.

Ford, Dax, and I sit in silence as we listen to Holden move around in the kitchen. Long moments later, he emerges with three beers and a wine cooler.

“I think we could all use a drink,” he says.

“I’m sorry,” I mumble. “Is that a problem?”

I feel so embarrassed to have to talk about this with them. I know very few women my age are still walking around as virgins, but I just never found anyone I was willing to be that vulnerable with.

“No, Babe,” Ford says in my ear. “It’s not a problem. Just unexpected. But I am happy you told us.”

“How is this possible?” Dax asks as he scrubs a hand down his face. “How can it be that someone hasn’t swept you off your feet? You should have a Partner by now. Someone to take care of you and love you.”

“I’m glad she doesn’t,” Holden mutters, glaring at his friend.

I laugh freely and I feel Ford place a kiss on the side of my neck. “Have you met men my age?” I ask. “They act like high school boys. Besides, everyone is holding out for a fertile Partner.”

****

Ford

Blair squirms on my lap as we all sit in silence trying to catch up with everything that has been said in the last twenty minutes. I don’t mind the quiet, and I’m happy no other man has snagged her up yet, but I am going to do something sooner or later that may lead to problems.

Subtly, she shifts her hips, grinding her ass against my erection.

“Blair.” I nip her earlobe. “Behave.”

She sighs loudly before her body melts into mine. “Maybe I don’t want to.”

“What do you want, Babe?” I ask making sure Dax and Holden can hear our conversation.

For a moment I think she isn’t going to answer me, but then she turns her head to face me. “I want you to kiss me again.”

“Again?” Holden asks with a frown.

“You know I don’t have any self-control when it comes to her,” I reply with a grin before spinning her sideways on my lap and lowering my head to hers. I regret nothing and they can’t say anything that will make me.

Our lips fuse together, my left hand tangling in her hair and tilting her head exactly the way I want it. Blair moans loudly as she shifts her weight before turning to fully straddle me. I can feel the weight of my friends’ stares on us as I continue to ravish her mouth. After long moments she pulls away, breathing hard, and smiling brightly.

“Can I kiss Dax?” she asks nervously.

“Fuck, yes,” I breathe out. “You can kiss anyone you want as long as it’s one of us.”

Dax comes to stand behind my chair and Blair uses my shoulders to lift herself up until she can reach his lips. Her loud moan as she kisses him has my cock thickening even further in my jeans. Her nails dig into my shoulders, drawing a moan from me. Her breasts are pressed up against my face and I can’t help myself as I suckle one of her erect nipples into my mouth through the fabric.

Holden is standing behind Blair holding her hips as she runs her hands through my hair. Holden shifts the long blonde length of her hair away from her neck and starts to kiss and nip at the smooth column of exposed skin. I bite down on her nipple lightly and her back arches as she breaks the kiss with Dax tomoan loudly.

“Wait,” Blair says out of breath, and we all stop immediately. “I don’t know…” her voice drifts off.

“Do you trust us?” Dax asks. “You know none of us would ever hurt you, right?”

I hold my breath, waiting for her answer. We have been preparing for this moment for years, but she hasn’t been afforded the same luxury. This is happening fast, if you look at it from her point of view. Yesterday, she was a single woman with no idea of what we thought or felt, and now she has been thrust into this new version of reality where we want to keep her forever.

Blair stares at him trying to figure out what he is about to do. “Yes,” she says softly.