Page 10 of Love Me
Colt, Creed, and Keelan wisely stayed quiet.
“Regardless, they still need to take things at your pace,” Knox said.
“My pace isn’t glacial, Knox,” I said, my patience wavering a bit.
Knox frowned, but his voice was calm. “I didn’t say it was.”
I exhaled slowly, regaining control. “I know you all mean well.”
“I’m sensing abutcoming,” Creed mumbled.
I shook my head. “No buts. It’s just, everything…what we’ve done so far…” My cheeks became hot again as I stammered over what to say. “Don’t change the pace. Not that there really is a pace anymore. I’m already having sex with you, for crying out loud. Well, most of you, and I’ve told two out of three what I’m not comfortable trying yet.”
Keelan’s brows furrowed. “I’m ninety-nine percent sure I’m not one of the two.”
“It hasn’t come up yet. That’s why I haven’t told you,” I explained.
I could see that Keelan was about to ask what it was, but Creed spoke before him. “I find that surprising. Then again, you’d need another one of us there to do it.”
“I’m not ready for the one-on-one experience either,” I grumbled, beyond embarrassed.
Knox, who seemed to realize what we were talking about, let out a curse.
“Ah,” Keelan said. “I think I’ve caught on.” He smirked at the twins. “Sounds to me like you two assholes need to take a couple of steps down from the top of that moral hill you’re standing on. It hasn’t even crossed my mind to take that step with Shi.”
Creed gave him a disbelieving look. “I highly doubt you haven’t thought about doing it with her.”
Colt groaned, rubbing his hands down his face.
One side of Keelan’s mouth lifted. “Still didn’t even consider bringing it up. Shi is in no way ready for that.”
“We didn’t bring it up,” Creed blurted, making me wince. What I wouldn’t have given for the ground to open up and swallow me in that moment.
“Creed,” Colt said low, tone full of warning.
“You really expect me to believe that Shi was the one to bring up anal?” Keelan asked.
“Cheese and rice! I did! I brought it up! I brought up anal and double penetration. My butt is off-limits. All right?”
They had all gone quiet. So quiet you could hear a pin drop. Until Colt, who had his eyes closed and his hand draped over his nose and mouth, snorted. Keelan turned away from me, his shoulders shaking. Creed was the first to let a laugh escape. That was what broke their control and had all four of them exploding with laughter that bounced off the hall walls. Even Knox, who was a little hunched over, had a hand on the wall as if to keep him from losing his balance. It was a beautiful sound despite it being at my expense.
Trying not to laugh with them, I said, “It’s not that funny.”
That seemed to set them off more. I waited until they calmed down with my arms folded over my chest.
Colt cleared his throat. “I’m sorry, babe. We weren’t laughing at you.”
“I’ve heard that before,” I grumbled. “At least I’m not naked this time.”
Keelan’s head whipped toward Colt and Creed. “You laughed at Shiloh when she was naked?”
Creed frowned at Keelan. “Not because she was naked.”
“She just happened to be that way when the topic came up,” Colt explained.
I could see Keelan wanted more information, but it was time to drop this mortifying conversation. “Now that is settled, can we go eat before the food gets cold?”
“Yes,” Knox said, seeming just as eager to move on from what we were talking about. “Let’s go eat.”
