Page 19 of Claimed By Two Alphas

I wanted to ask if they owned this house, but that would have been a little too nosy.

Now Delvin looked to be making a salad, tossing it in a large glass bowl. He chopped up cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, adding crumbled white cheese, though I wasn’t sure what kind.

Joshua grabbed a pan from the oven, and the room filled with the smell of cornbread.

Soon the table was set with fried chicken, cornbread, and crab salad. My stomach rumbled, and I nearly died and went to heaven after taking a bite of the chicken. “I didn’t know you could cook.”

Joshua winked. “You think we own Bailey’s and can’t cook?”

I shrugged. “Hector cooks.”

He chuckled. “I’ve jumped in and helped. And before Hector was hired, I ran the kitchen.”

Since I’d only been working there for three months, I hadn’t known that. Seriously, though, I could get used to this. The cornbread was amazing, and I couldn't get enough of the crab salad. By the time my plate was taken away, I was sleepy, ready to fall into a food coma.

Even my wrists had stopped hurting, but that could be because I was so full and ready to take a long nap.

“It was amazing, Joshua.” I yawned. “I think I overindulged.” I patted my stomach. “Can I take a nap on your couch?”

“Babe, you can take a nap anywhere you want,” Joshua said.

I was out as soon as my head hit the cushions. I wasn’t sure how long I slept, but the room was dark when I woke up. I started to panic, thinking I was back in John’s shack, especially when I felt a weight behind me and an arm slung over my side. When I tried to sit up, the arm tightened around me.

“Where you going?” a deep voice mumbled.

Delvin.

How had he ended up behind me on the couch? I slid my feet down, ready to wiggle my way free, but my feet touched something soft and furry. I glanced down and saw a wolf laying right next to the couch.

Joshua.

They were making damn sure I wasn’t taken again. I was wrapped up in warm muscles and a good smell, like cologne, deep, masculine, with a hint of spice. That was the best smell in the world to me. I turned over, facing Delvin. His eyes were still closed, though I couldn’t tell if he was still asleep.

Delvin’s hand slid over me, resting on my hip. Either from lack of sex or simply turned on by all this goodness wrapped around me, I buried my face in his neck and inhaled. I could get high off his smell alone. Then I snaked my tongue out and licked his bearded jaw before nipping it.

Delvin’s hand tightened on my hip.

Yep. He was awake, but him not watching me spurred me on. Made me braver. My own hands didn’t want to lie idle. They wandered over Delvin’s side, over his arm, and down his chest, all the while mapping out his lean cut. Was it crazy to think my hand tingled from touching him rather than from my injuries? My wrists didn’t hurt, so I was going with the former.

“Keep that up and you’ll get yourself into trouble,” Delvin said against my forehead.

I was still fully dressed, minus my shoes and socks. I could never sleep in socks and was thankful I’d taken them off before I’d gone to sleep. Delvin’s feet were bare as well, and a thrill shot through me to rub my feet over his. Any kind of skin contact. Now I wanted Delvin stripped naked, more than our toes or arms bare. I wanted every inch of him exposed to me.

It was easy to ask for what I wanted when the room was dark and no eyes were on me. “Maybe I want to get into trouble. Maybe I want your clothes off, and mine.”

“Maybe you’ll get what you want.” Delvin’s hand slid down the back of my pants and cupped my ass. “Though it’s kind of hard to undress when I have 120 pounds pressed against me.”

My arms pinwheeled and I let out a squeak when I was rolled from the couch and landed on the floor. Not a hard landing. It was a soft one, and now I was lying under Joshua, who was completely naked, his arm under my head like a pillow.

“I’m already undressed.” He lowered his head, and oh my god, I’d wanted to be kissed by him since the night we’d made each other come with our hands and mouths. His lips were exploring, as were his hands, and I melted into him as a part of my brain registered the fact that Delvin had gotten up from the couch and clothes were falling toward me like rain.

Delvin’s clothes.

He was getting naked right there in the living room.

My heart tripled in beat as Joshua’s hands slipped down my back and cupped my ass. Even through my clothes, I felt his hard steel press into me. Joshua wanted me, was turned on by the idea, and I had a feeling I was about to get the ride of my life.

I kissed him hungrily, so pent up with need that I thought I would explode right there on the floor. I couldn’t stop squirming, trying to get impossibly closer, like I was trying to climb right inside the guy.

---