Page 47 of Second Chances with my Billionaire Bosses

“Thanks so much for transporting the cattle for us. I’m Maxie Hellstone. I’ll help set up the run and then we can get these girls to their new pasture.”

A lanky younger guy stepped forward, taking his hat off as he did, and stretched out his hand to shake mine.

“Ma’am. I’m Lestor—”

A strong arm wrapped around my middle and lifted me off the ground. I yelped and looked over my shoulder to see Arlo glaring at the poor guy before turning that hard gaze on me. Fury tore through me and instead of clamping it down until my teeth hurt, I let it out.

“You put me down right now, Arlo. I have a job to do and you’re not getting in my way.” I tried to elbow him but he locked his other arm around me, too, trapping my arms as he marched me towards the house. “Dammit, Arlo!”

He pressed his mouth to my ear and growled.

“You want to get that little shit killed? Let me tell you, baby, if he’d managed to actually touch even the tip of one of your fingers, I would’ve ripped his fucking arm off. You can’t come out there without a shirt on over this. No fucking way.”

I grunted and tried to kick him but he flipped me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing and jogged up the stairs, the motion leaving me breathless as his shoulder bounced into my stomach. That didn’t mean I lost any of my fight, though. As soon as Arlo carried me into my room and tossed me on the bed, I was up on my knees glaring at him.

“You can’t tell me how to dress. There’s nothing wrong with this. I’m completely covered but you’re acting like I stripped down to my bra and panties to parade around in front of those men.” A shiver of pleasure worked its way down my spine at the look on his face.

“I can appreciate you getting more comfortable but I’ll be damned if some fuckers from Dallas are going to get to look at you. This is for us only, baby.” He gripped the door so tight that I thought I could hear the wood cracking. “Put a shirt on before you come back outside unless you want those men to lose their eyes.”

“You’ll be lucky if I don’t strip down to a freaking bikini before coming back out.” Did I own a bikini? Nope. Did he know that? I doubted it. Especially judging by the way his face turned red with anger. “You three don’t seem to want me anymore, so maybe I’m on the hunt for a few men who will give me what I want without demanding the world for it.”

Too far. I knew it the moment the words left my mouth but it was like I’d removed the filter between my brain and mouth. I was shocked by my own words but I did my best to play it off. Arlo didn’t seem to care if I’d scandalized myself or not. He didn’t seem to care about anything in that moment besides getting his hands on me.

He slammed the door shut and locked it before yanking his shirt over his head and coming at me. I panicked and tried to crawl to the other side of the bed but he was too fast. He grabbed my ankles and yanked me to him.

“You think you have it all figured out, don’t you?”

CHAPTER 35

Arlo

I knew she was pushing for a fight and I couldn’t help rising to the bait. She didn’t think we wanted her? I’d show her just how wrong she was. I’d fuck some sense into her and then maybe I’d be able to think clearly again without seeing red like a fucking bull over the idea of another man seeing her in a fucking tank top. I knew I was being ridiculous but just the thought of Maxie looking elsewhere for pleasure because we wouldn’t accept her insane surrogate plan made me crazy.

I straddled her body and yanked her arms over her head with one hand, pinning them there so I could grasp her face with my free hand. I saw her start to shout at me and pushed two of my thick fingers into her mouth. Rubbing them over her tongue, I growled as I watched her pupils blow out with desire.

“You need some attention? Is that what this was? Are you feeling neglected while we’ve given you time to think and recover from how hard we took you? Well, sweetheart, you got my attention and I never want to leave you feeling neglected.” I pushed my fingers deeper and felt the sharp sting of her teeth sinking into them. It just made me burn even hotter. Yanking my fingers free, I bent down and kissed her hard. It wasn’t a sweet kiss in any way. I took her mouth roughly and didn’t give her time to catch up.

I needed both of my hands for what I wanted next so I sat up and looked around for something to use to get her hands out of my way. I noticed just how little she had in the room and made a note far in the recesses of my mind to remedy that. Seeing nothing, I yanked at my belt instead.

Maxie’s eyes widened. “What are you doing with that?”

Ripping it free from my pants, I pulled the leather end through the buckle and slipped the loop over her arms before pulling it tight. She struggled but she was no match for me. I leaned overher and roughly tied the belt to her headboard. If she yanked hard enough, it’d come free, but the sight made me realize I wanted to buy a set of real restraints to use on her.

Maxie tugged at her hands and glared at me.

“Let me go, Arlo!”

I pulled out my pocket knife and watched her face as I lowered it to her tank top. I didn’t want to scare her, no matter how far gone I was. Instead of fear, though, I saw a wildfire staring back at me. Cutting her top and bra off, I closed the knife and threw it away from us.

I closed my mouth over the top curve of her tit and sucked until I knew she’d be marked. She shifted her hips under me but she wasn’t trying to get away. She was doing her best to rub herself against me. Her nipples were hard little dark pink buds waiting for me to taste but instead I pinched them, rolling them between my fingers until Maxie cried out. I was still angry, still boiling over the idea of another man seeing her.

“Please, Arlo.”

I gripped the top of her jeans and ripped them open, sending the button flying.

“Please, what? What do you want, little one? You want me to stop and untie you so you can go down there and find a man who will never be able to fuck you like I do and who will never feel for you an ounce of what I feel for you? Is that what you want?”

She lifted her hips for me when I jerked her jeans down her legs.

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