Page 63 of Knot Her Cowboys
“Happy to cuddle instead.” He scooped me off my feet, cradling me to his chest. “Thoughts on a nice bath? Maybe a massage?”
“Is a massage just foreplay in this situation?”
“Girl, your shoulders are like fucking granite. Pretty sure that’s where your headache is growing from and I don’t like you being in pain.”
“Then I’ll take the attention.”
Cash offered it so freely. Maybe it was because I was a novelty and we were still in the early days, but Cash had always been sweet. I had no idea how long it would continue. It wasn’t that I was unused to attention from alphas. Bryan had been good at taking care of me, if a little inconsistent while trying to manageBruce’s mood. Bruce had phases of showering me with gifts and affection, usually after he’d pissed me off and was trying to win me back over.
Cash dropped me suddenly, making me squeak before he caught me again.
“What the fuck?”
“Felt you thinking too hard. Had to spook it out of you.” He set me on my feet and flipped on the tap for the tub. “Cuddle bath or lonely, Cashless bath?”
“I’d be down for a cuddle bath.” I stripped, leaving my clothes in a pile around me, and admiring every inch Cash exposed as he removed his own clothes.
He wrapped me up in his arms after we sank into the warm water. “Opposition to me digging out these nasty muscle knots in your shoulders?”
“Not if you give meyourknot after, assuming you’re successful at tackling the headache.”
“I’ll do my best.” He laughed. “And not because I want to get laid. Just because I want you to feel better.”
He worked his magic, fingers forcing the tension out of my shoulders. “Oh my god.”
“You’re way too stressed out.”
“I embody stress.”
“Quit it.”
“I’d love to.” I shivered, Cash’s lips brushing over my throat.
“Should I get my omega to bed?”
The door downstairs closed, alerting us to the arrival of the others.
“Want me to drag Cooper in with us to cuddle away all the weirdness between you two?” Cash asked.
“Only if you think it would actually work.”
“He can’t stubborn his way through snuggling. He’ll fall asleep first.”
“You know what? Sure. Can’t be any weirder than it already is, right?”
“Exactly. Now, scamper that gorgeous ass into bed, and I’ll wrestle him into submission for you.”
I dried off quickly and tossed myself into Cash’s room before there were audible footsteps on the stairs. I could’ve used the guest room, but it didn’t have nearly enough of Cash’s scent woven into the sheets. A quick rustle in his drawers provided a T-shirt soft enough for me to sleep in, though I was already missing the potential for skin-to-skin. Cash might be able to wrangle Cooper, but being naked might push things too far.
Cooper squawked his way down the hall, cussing out Cash before he was pushed into the bedroom. He froze when he saw me.
“You don’t have to if you don’t want to,” I said quickly.
He hesitated for a couple of seconds before giving in with a sigh and stripping off his outermost layers. “You two are going to give me an aneurysm.”
“Better lie down then, just in case.” Cash hopped in on one side of me, leaning over to pat the empty space behind me for Cooper to join.
“Using my weakness against me,” Cooper grumbled as he climbed in next to me.
