I stepped aside and waved him in as I tried to get myself together. “It wasn’t… wasn’t that.” I sniffled and took a deep breath. “I didn’t mean to make you worry, though.”
He pulled me to him and I buried my face in his shirt, finally able to get my tears under control as he gently rubbed my back.
We stood there like that for at least a couple of minutes before I spoke again.
“Where are Cody and Ty?” I asked.
“They went out looking for you when we got back. I tried to call them when I saw you pull up, but couldn’t get an answer from either of their phones.”
“No service,” I said, feeling like a fool and a jerk for making them all worry like that. “I’m sorry, Jaeger.”
“That’s okay. You’re okay. That’s all we care about.” There was no trace of cockiness in his voice when he spoke, thank goodness. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have been able to take it today without breaking down again.
He must have realized that, too, because he seemed content to just hold me there for as long as I needed him to.
“Do you want to talk about why you’re crying?” he asked. “Is it something one of us did? You’re sure it wasn’t me?”
Those questions made me smile. “You’ve never made me cry,” I said. “None of you have. I can’t even imagine that happening.”
“What was it, then?” he asked. “Who was it? Was it the goat you went to take care of? Did something happen?”
I knew he meant well, but I was exhausted, and his questions were only making me remember why I’d been hiding out in my room and crying in the first place when I should have still been at work.
“Do we have to talk about it?” I asked.
“No.” He shook his head and paused to kiss me. “We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”
“Can we do that again?” I tilted my head back as I looked up at him. “Please? I think that what I need most right now is… you.”
“I’m right here,” he said. “And I’m not going anywhere.”
I pressed my hands against his chest, smoothing his shirt across the toned muscles. “That’s good,” I answered him. “Because when you’re done kissing me, I want you to make love to me.”
If he was as surprised as Cody had been, Jaeger hid it much better. He simply nodded as I took his hand and led him back to my bed.
There was no way I could have explained the urgency inside me, so it was good that he didn’t ask any questions. He simply kissed me, just like he’d said he would.
And then, slowly, carefully, he undressed me.
Once I was standing naked in front of him, he took a step back, looking slowly from my head to my toes and back again.
“You are the most beautiful woman,” he murmured. “Cody and Ty are damn lucky I don’t mind sharing.”
“Get naked with me,” I urged, reaching out for his belt buckle. “I need this, Jaeger. Please, I need it so badly.”
He didn’t waste another minute getting out of his clothes, surprising me with how quickly he had me back in his arms, our naked bodies pressed against each other.
With Cody, there had been sweetness and fumbling and foreplay. It had been fun and carefree. It had felt like a game.
This wasn’t that.
This was urgent and needy and primal. This was my nails scratching down his back as he entered me, his hard cock sliding in to the base with one powerful thrust that took my breath away.
“Faster,” I gasped. “Harder. I want you to make me come.”
“Jesus… fuck,” he ground out, punctuating each word with a thrust. “Your pussy is… so… fucking tight.”
He lifted me off the ground and laid me back on the bed as I wrapped my legs around his waist and begged him to fuck me harder.