Double Chance Claim [Badlands 3] (Siren Publishing Menage Amour) (10 page)

Wyatt raised his eyebrows. “Higher authority like the sheriff?” He didn’t imagine the sheriff cared what he did privately.

 
“Customers.” Joe released a nervous laugh. “The women in town have threatened to boycott my store, so I came to make peace by mentioning the obvious. Honestly, I’m not here to make an enemy. I just don’t want to lose any business.”

“I see.” Wyatt exhaled a long breath. “What do you think it would take to get them off my ass and yet do a good deed by offering a lady a place to sleep in the comfort of a bed versus a spine cracking wooden pew?”

Joe snorted once and shrugged. “Knowing the town’s female population as I do, I’d say you’ll have to marry her.”

Wyatt straightened to his full height. Joe’s hands came up in front of his body as if in defense. “That’s not what
I
personally think, you understand?”

“Got it. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I’ll think about what you’ve said, no promises.”

“Thanks, Wyatt.” Joe turned and hurried away.

Marry Maggie. Even the town thought it was the perfect idea and he and Wade had already discussed that very topic late last night. The only remaining question was, would she want to marry them? Or did she want to return home to Philadelphia?

Once they had finished all the back-breaking work extracting gold from the mine, they planned to sell all of it, the land, and the bar anyway. Perhaps they’d travel back to Maggie’s hometown and liven up the high society circles with all their newfound wealth.

Most importantly, Maggie would be theirs permanently.

If she agreed.

Chapter Eight

Wade fell asleep again with Maggie clutched in his arms shortly after Wyatt left the room. He woke a few minutes later. At first, he couldn’t remember where he was, but soon the memories of the three of them from the night before intruded with sensual clarity.

Maggie shifted in bed and snuggled next to him. She kissed his jaw, and his cock promptly woke up.

“Do we
really
have to stay up here all day?” Maggie whispered.

The sun had risen well passed the horizon, and stronger rays of light from the eastern sky already blazed through the curtains and into the room. He cleared his throat. “I have to stay hidden until I can slip away without anyone seeing me. You can leave whenever you want. But I’d wait until there aren’t any customers downstairs, and you may want to ensure no one sees you coming out of the bar at all.”

“Why?”

“Townspeople will likely gossip about you spending the night here versus at the hotel if they see you roaming around up here or directly outside.”

“Oh well, that won’t matter. They already gossip about me, and they all knew I spent the night here last week.” Her expression softened as if his words didn’t sink in. “Thanks for letting me stay here again.”

“Believe me when I tell you it was my pleasure. I’m sorry the townsfolk are so interested in your private life.”

She laughed, and the sound of her mirth enthralled him. “It doesn’t matter what they think.” Wade wanted to make love to her again. Just the two of them.

He leaned forward and caught part of her laugh against his lips when he kissed the corner of her mouth. She stunned him by climbing on top of him, legs straddling either side of his naked hips. Her pussy slid along his stiffening cock, drawing a sharp hiss of pleasure from his lips.

Curling her long hair behind one ear, she smiled down at his delighted shock. “Feels like you want me.” She pushed her center harder against his dick, which grew even wider in appreciation.

“Oh, I do.”

“What’s stopping us?”

“Not me, honey. You have my full attention and cooperation.” He lifted his hips up quickly, joining in the action as she ground down with the subtle undeniable motion of her hips. The sensation so hot between his cock and her pussy lips, it was a wonder they hadn’t set fire to the sheets already.

“That first night we slept together, why didn’t you try anything?”

“I was drunk, and besides, I’m not that kind of man.” He slid his hands to her hips to aid in the movement between their slippery flesh. His cock rose to an impressive size, ready to fuck blindly. Wade tempered his lust, and waited to see what Maggie might do to lead this seduction.

A sultry grin shaped her mouth. “I like the kind of man you are very much.” She lifted her hips. His dick rose and slid into her body an inch before he realized what shifting her body so suddenly had done.

Wade’s eyes closed and rolled back in his head at the utter and intense pleasure of the unexpected enveloping connection.

“Jesus, you sure know some great moves.” Wade adjusted to the new position quickly, and his cock sank farther in the silken, hot depths of her tight pussy.

“So do you.” She leaned down to kiss his chin, and her nipples grazed his chest. Before he could kiss her in return, her back arched, baring her full beautiful breasts for his appreciation.

Wade wanted to hug her hard, kiss her breathless, and fuck her senseless all at the same time. His hands slid from her hips to cup her lovely breasts. She lowered her torso as he lifted his head to capture one pert nipple in his mouth. She tasted like hot sinful delights wrapped in a delicate package. He released the tip to watch her move up and down on him.

Wyatt met Maggie first, and Wade knew his brother had certainly fallen hard for her in just a short time. Wade had to admit a certain desperate longing when she was around, and never more so with just the two of them alone now. She inspired him to a softer way of thinking. After only knowing her a week, Wade wondered how he’d ever live without her.

His cock throbbed in ecstatic glee as she moved her hips up and down in the most sensuously erotic glide he’d ever experienced. He leaned forward and licked one taut nipple, eliciting a moan from her sweet lips. Wade sucked the tip between his teeth and took a nibble. She gasped, and the motion of her hips sped up until she rode his cock harder and faster.

Wade slipped his hand between them and stroked her clit with his thumb. Her slick cream coated his fingers as she pressed up and down on his cock in a more frenzied rhythm. He wanted to insert a finger in her backside, but didn’t want to leave her clitoris unattended until she found satisfaction. Meanwhile, it was all he could do not to explode in release.

He circled her clit once more and lightly bit down on her nipple at the same time. Maggie sucked in a deep breath, arched her back, and a little shriek erupted from her. Soon after, the tell-tale sign of her climax squeezed his cock as she continued the frantic motion of her hips.

Wet with her creamy juices, Wade slid his hand around to her backside and inserted a soaked finger into the ring of her tight little back hole. At the same time, he shot his cock deeply into her pussy. Her gasp of pleasure at his surprise rear invasion pushed him over the edge and into amazing orgasmic satisfaction. The buzz of his release started at the base of his spine and spiraled forward, blasting out the end of his cock with exuberant speed.

His knees bent as pleasure twisted his body and stiffened his muscles with gratification. With Maggie cradled in the bend of his hips, Wade thought he might come again from the mere sensation of her skin against his. He kissed her soft breast.

“God in heaven, I’ve never felt anything so good in all my life.” Wade stilled after a few moments, slid his arms up for an embrace, and grasped her tightly against his relaxed body.

She released a long sigh against his neck in a warm breath of air. “Me either.”

 
Wade squeezed her closer. “Would you be alarmed if I told you I was getting very attached to you?”

Maggie lifted her head and grinned. “No. I might be of a similar mind.”

“Good. I hope you’re still here when I get back next week.” Wade leaned up and captured her mouth in a sensual kiss. The taste of her made his cock stiffen immediately as if the randy beast hadn’t had more than enough today. Lord above, Wade hadn’t enjoyed sex so many times in years. And his previous engagements had never felt so utterly satisfying. He broke the kiss and rubbed his whiskered chin against her face.

The music of her sudden laughter made Wade’s heart speed up a notch.

She placed her hand on his jaw. “I imagine I’ll still be here. The truth is, I don’t have anywhere else to go.”

Wade put all the sincerity he could muster into his next statement. “Stay with us. I have no doubt Wyatt wants you to.”
I certainly want you to stay.

Her lips pursed into a circle. She let a long sigh push through her lips. “I don’t want to be a burden.”

Wade laughed. He tucked an errant strand of her hair behind one lovely ear. “You wouldn’t ever be a burden, honey. How about if you marry one of us and we can keep making each other happy for a long time? Or is it too soon since you lost your first husband?”

“You want to marry me?”

The shock on her face looked genuine. Marrying two men was probably not what she’d dreamed of as a young girl, but Wade hoped she would consider it. “Both of us do.”

Her gaze strayed to the ceiling as if she contemplated the unusual idea.

“You should obviously marry Wyatt on paper since he saw you first, and because that’s the only name the townsfolk know. But any wedding would come with the condition that I’m just as much a husband as Wyatt is in the final arrangement.”

She tilted her head and narrowed her eyes. “Two husbands? I’m not sure how I feel about that. Marriage isn’t what I expected you to offer or what I planned for my immediate future.”

“Think about it. I’m not trying to pressure you, honey. I just want you to know you have a place with us.”

Her expression turned somber for a moment, but he pulled her head into his chest. “Just rest for now, Maggie. We can talk about this later.”

At least he hoped she would want to talk about a future. His heart pinched in pain at the thought of losing her.

Wade hugged her tighter and kissed her forehead, wanting to imprint her onto his soul. He’d make sure and tell Wyatt to use his keen powers of persuasion to win her over to their ultimate desires.

* * * *

Maggie hugged Wade tightly as he dozed off. Eyes closed, she inhaled his unique male scent, trying to memorize it for later. She couldn’t possibly stay here and accept handouts from these two fine men. Could she?

The intimacies were certainly delightful, but she wasn’t ready to settle down permanently in Campbell’s Valley, was she? The offer of marriage from Wade was sweet, but did she know these two well enough to spend the rest of her life with them?

Sadie would love it if she convinced Wyatt to make the seven rooms upstairs into a brothel for a percentage of the prostitution sales going to the saloon. Sadie had been relentless for the entire week, before Maggie returned to the saloon, trying to coax her into a partnership.

Maggie understood why the brothers didn’t want to have a business partner, due to the secret of there being two of them. She didn’t fully understand the reason for this secret, but still didn’t want any part of the negotiation with Sadie.

Besides, women shouldn’t be sold for sex, and she didn’t care what Sadie said about the “poor starving girls” who used to be in her employ. Their plight after Sadie’s partner ran off with all their money was sad, but not compelling enough for her to join into the madness.

Maggie had plenty of her own problems.

Sadie thought that’s why she spent the night again, but it wasn’t. Maggie refused to partner with the madam. She’d sooner starve. And it would probably come to that eventually.

The final blow had been the telegram from her parents which arrived early yesterday morning.