I snapped my gaze to Lennon and Dean and realized they were both staring at me. “Yeah?”

Dean let out a shaky laugh. “I’m glad to know I’m not the only one this affected by what just happened.”

“If she wasn’t their little sister, I’d say we needed to marry her.” I locked gazes with Dean and then Lennon. “She’s perfect. She’s not freaked out by me. My shit turns her on.”

“I saw. She loved everything from the very first spanking. Although, I thought she was going to rip your head off if you didn’t let her come.” Lennon grinned. “She reallyisperfect.”

“There will be someone else as into all of us who also happens to like being spanked. And she won’t be our friends’ sister.” Dean rubbed his face and looked away. “This was probably a very, very bad idea. If we’re feeling like this, how is she feeling?”

We just sat there in silence because I didn’t like the idea of finding someone else. It was rare to find a woman who wanted me as much as she wanted Lennon and Dean. Vera was special. She wanted what I, andonlyI, could give it to her.

She materialized in her bedroom doorway in just my t-shirt. Her hair was wildly going all over the place but she didn’t seem to notice, or care, as she slowly closed the distance between us.

“Hellcat? What’s up?” Lennon tried to pull her focus but she was lasered in on me. I think we were both terrified she was going to snap and slap me after claiming she didn’t want what I’d just given her.

My heart was halfway to sinking to my feet when she crawled into my lap and wrapped her arms around my neck. She held me like that, with her hair covering my face, and just completely relaxed into me.

“I just wanted to let you know that I liked what we did. A lot.” She yawned against my neck and somehow cuddled even closer. “I woke up to pee and now I’m going to go back to bed. Tomorrow I’m going to write a character based on you.”

I expected her to get up to go back to bed but she didn’t budge. “Hellcat?”

She let out a puff of breath against my neck as she sighed. “Give me a minute. I’m just now realizing it’s been a long time since I’ve been held. I’ll go in just a minute. Okay?”

I brushed her hair out of my face and met the wide eyes of my best friends. I didn’t know what to say. I wanted her to stay in my lap but I also knew we were in weird territory.

“It’s still night, Reed. I’m not breaking any rules.” She yawned again and nuzzled into my neck. “Can you put that thing away, though? This is lesson two point five. I’ll work on that thing in lesson three.”

I squeezed my eyes shut and fought the urge to respond to her comment on my dick in a suggestive way. “It’s there for now, Hellcat.”

She shifted and reached between us to grab my dick and press it down. When I grunted in pain, she gasped and let go, just to shift around until my still going strong erection fit between her thighs. Satisfied, she took her spot on my chest again and went back to nuzzling my neck. “Sorry.”

The understanding that my cock was pressing between her thighs, where I was sure she was still naked, was too much for my brain to process. I couldn’t think about that and being serious about not letting things go too far with her at the same time.

Lennon smirked at me and sighed. “I guess you feel pretty good about yourself right now, huh?”

I slowly brought my arms up and wrapped them around her. The way she instantly let out a happy sigh and held me tighter hit me in the stomach hard. In all the sex I’d had with Dean and Lennon over the years, a woman had never crawled into my lap after a session. They’d always let Dean or Lennon hold them, usually Lennon because of his less grumpy demeanor. I’d just spanked and punished Vera, though, and she was in my lap, letting me know she liked it.

Dean met my gaze and shook his head. I knew he could read my mind, see I was thinking past playing games with Vera. “Carry her to bed, Reed.”

Vera groaned. “No. I’m just going to stay here.”

Lennon shrugged. “The lady has spoken.”

Dean ran his hands through his hair and blew out a long sigh. I could tell he was stressed about the idea of us getting attached to Vera and taking things too far, but I was in control. At least, that’s what I was telling myself. I didn’t want to look into it much.

“Well. This is different.” Lennon stood up and grabbed a blanket from the back of the couch. He draped it over Vera and patted me on the shoulder. “Told you so.”

I frowned. “About?”

He just smiled. “I’ll let you figure it out on your own.”

Vera’s breathing started evening out and her arms loosened around my neck. She was asleep that easily. I didn’t want to wake her up so I decided to stay where I was for a while longer.

“This can only end poorly, Reed.” Dean’s quiet words hit me hard and long after he’d gone to bed and we’d tucked Vera in her own bed, I was awake with those words bouncing around in my head.

CHAPTER 27

Vera