Laid Bear by Eve Vaughn (e books for reading .TXT) 📕

with Bernice, she may find a way to help me get up there. Is there a bus station in town?”

The men exchanged looks as if silently communicating something they didn’t want her to know.

“What?” She demanded.

Gavin gave his cousins another look before answering. “If you want to leave, then we won’t keep you here against your will—”

“Like hell—” Logan began, but Gavin held up his hand, cutting the blond off.

“Like I said, we can’t keep you here if you don’t want to stay. However, we’d really like it if you’d consider staying.

Even you admit there’s something there. You also inadvertently admitted being in between jobs. You respond beautifully to us, and I think I speak for me and my cousins when I say no woman has ever made us feel the way you do.

And before you make the argument of us barely knowing each other, give us the chance. We come to this little getaway once a year for a month. We have three more weeks and we’d like you to spend them with us.”

Zora crossed her arms. “To fuck the three of you, you mean?”

Heath answered with a chuckle. “Sweetheart, it’s inevitable that’s going to happen, but we mean stay with us. Nothing will happen that you don’t want.”

She sent a questioning look to Logan who stood silently brooding. “Does that go for you too?”

He hesitated for a moment before grunting, “Yes.”

“I don’t know… I don’t want to let Bernice down.” Zora grasped for an excuse. After the number Dale had done on her, she’d spent years avoiding any deep emotional commitment. She’d dated some while she lived in Covington, but every time a guy started to get serious, she ended things.

Now she wondered if it was out of fear of what had happened to her or if deep down she’d always known she was waiting for something more—like Gavin, Heath and Logan.

The very thought of it sent a shiver up her spine. One of the last things her Nana had said to her before she’d passed was to live every day as if it was her last and never be afraid to take chances. She took a deep breath and then decided to at least talk to Bernice before contemplating her next course of action.

“Okay,” she finally answered. “Once I get in contact with my cousin, I’ll give you an answer.”

Gavin smiled at her, showing off strong white teeth.

“Great, we can go anytime you’d like.”

She liked the way his eyes twinkled and the corners of them crinkled. Her heart did an involuntary flip-flop. What was in this family’s DNA that gave these handsome men the ability to melt her with just a glance?

She looked away nervously. “We could go now… if you don’t mind.”

He held out his hand to her. She placed hers in his palm and it was immediately engulfed by strong but gentle fingers.

“Let’s go.”

“Take care of her,” Logan growled.

“Calm down, Logan,” Gavin gently scolded.

“Hurry back.” Heath walked over and dropped a light kiss on her check.

Regardless of what Bernice said to her, it would be very difficult to walk away from these three.

Gavin led her out back where the cars were parked. Each car was large like the men who owned them. He opened the passenger side door of a black Range Rover. The first several minutes she rode in silence, still processing everything the men had told her.

“You’re overthinking things right now.” Gavin finally broke the silence.

“Wouldn’t you if you were thrust in this situation? You can morph into a bear, how is that not supposed to freak me out? And on top of that, I’m supposed to be your mate along with two other guys that I’ve only just met. The craziest thing of all is I’m actually considering staying the three weeks.”

He took his eyes off the road momentarily to give her another of his heart-stopping smiles. “Oh yeah?”

“Don’t get too excited. For all I know, there could be some kind of missing person’s bulletin out on me.” Even as she spoke the words, she very much doubted that was true.

Bernice and she weren’t close enough for the other woman to think something was amiss if she didn’t show. And as far as her