Sins of the Past (15 page)

She knew she had told Jacob she was sure about what she was getting herself into the night before. Lorna had a feeling she would have said yes to anything as long as it meant the two of them would get naked with her. It wasn’t that she was having regrets about sleeping with Cole and Jacob. Lorna just needed to work things out in her own head. She felt like she had an angel on one shoulder telling her to go for it because she deserved to be happy at least once in her life. She could have that with the two men. On the other shoulder, she had a little red devil telling her to go for it as well. The only problem was, it was telling her to go for it for completely different reasons. The devil was telling her she needed to finally accept the reality that she was a slut exactly like her mother. It was safe to say her head was screwed up at the moment.

Lorna washed her hands and dressed before easing the door open. Both men were still asleep. She was torn between waking them up and telling them why she was leaving, but even she couldn’t explain what she was feeling. She needed to work things out in her own head before talking to them, but she didn’t want them to think she regretted what happened and was running from them. She decided she would call them later once she thought over everything and tell them why she left. Hopefully they would forgive her.

With one last look at the two men, she headed home. It was a little after seven in the morning, but the summer heat was already unbearable. Lorna could feel sweat starting to bead on her forehead as she made her way across the street to her house. She wondered if a hot bath was a smart idea in this heat, but her protesting muscles quickly put an end to that thought. Lorna was sore in places she didn’t even know she could get sore in. She ignored the idiot honking his horn and yelling obscenities at her as he drove down the street and went inside. She sighed as the cool air wrapped around her and headed straight to the bathroom.

Her first priority was the tub. She turned the water on and despite the heat outside, set the temperature to as hot as she could stand it. Once the water was deep enough and Lorna added plenty of bubbles, she took off her clothes and stepped into the water. She hissed as she lowered herself and the hot water met her lower half. She wasn’t used to all the action and attention she received the night before and she was definitely paying the price for it. Once she sank fully into the water, Lorna sighed and leaned back. She closed her eyes and willed her body to just relax. She wanted to enjoy her bath for just a few minutes before she had to think about anything. Her life had always been crazy, but it seemed the moment one gorgeous ex-Navy SEAL moved across the street and brought along his equally stunning best friend, her life had gone from crazy to insane.

Lorna smiled at the thought. She knew she wouldn’t change a thing about meeting Jacob and sleeping with him and Cole if she had the chance. She was in love with Jacob and she knew she was falling for Cole. She knew her hang ups were in her own head. She needed to come to terms with the person her mother was and the person she wanted to be. Lorna didn’t want the life her mother had. She wanted to stay as far away from the life of being known as the town slut and home wrecker as possible. She didn’t think her mother had ever loved anyone in her whole life including herself. Lorna didn’t even think the woman knew what love was. Lorna did, though. She couldn’t have loved her Uncle John more if the man had been her biological father and she was quickly falling in love with her men. She had enough room in her heart for the both of them.

Determined to get over her own hang-ups, Lorna sank deeper into the tub and closed her eyes. She cursed herself for having the need to overanalyze things. She could have been warmly snuggled between two strong, gorgeous men. Instead, she was home alone in her own tub worried whether wanting two men made her like her mother. Deep down in her heart, she knew she was nothing like the woman and would never be. She just needed to get her head on the same page. “Who cares what the town thinks? As long as you’re happy and not hurting anyone then nothing else matters.”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

Lorna jumped in the tub and screamed, splashing water all over the floor. “What the hell, Cole? You scared the shit out of me.” She splashed him when the idiot just laughed.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to sneak up on you. Moving silently is a part of training that I don’t even realize I’m doing anymore.” Cole looked down at his wet clothes and lifted his T-shirt over his head. “I just wanted to come over and check on you and make sure you were okay.”

She quickly forgot her thundering heart as she watched Cole toss his shirt over his shoulder and move his hands down to the button on his jeans. “What are you doing?”

“I’m getting naked so I can get in the bath with you. I might as well finish what you started since I’m already soaking wet.”

Cole didn’t say another word and Lorna seemed to have lost her ability to speak or think with each inch of flesh the man revealed. Who was she to complain if a sexy man wanted to join her in her bath? Lorna wasn’t that crazy. She slid forward to give him room when he climbed in behind her and settled. Cole pulled her between his legs and she happily leaned back against his hard, warm chest. She loved her baths, but she had to admit, she could get used to them being shared with someone.

“Why did you leave us this morning?”

Lorna sighed. She had hoped she would have had more time to get her thoughts together before she had to explain, but it seemed her time had run out.
Maybe shared baths aren’t that great.
“I don’t regret anything we did last night.” That much she was positive of. She knew she said the right thing when she felt Cole relax behind her. “I just needed some time to think. I needed to convince myself that I am nothing like her even though I’m in love with two men at the same time.”

At that moment, Lorna knew what she said was true. She kept telling herself she was in love with Jacob and was on the way to falling in love with Cole, but in her heart, she knew she was already in love with Cole as well. The man who had come to check on her and make sure she was okay even though she had snuck out of his bed, the man with silent feet, had found a way to sneak into her heart without her knowing. She knew no matter what anyone said, she was not giving up either of her men. If that made her a slut, or whore, or whatever anyone else wanted to call her, she would wear all of those titles proudly because in her heart she knew she was madly in love with her men. “I love you Cole. I’m in love with you and Jacob and I have no plans of going anywhere. You two are stuck with the crazy, loudmouthed woman from across the street.”

“Thank God.” Cole sighed. “I love you, too, Lorna. When I woke up this morning with my arm wrapped around Jacob instead of you, my heart nearly stopped.”

Lorna laughed. She could picture the two of them cuddled up in bed. “Are you sure it was because I wasn’t there and not because you were wrapped up with Jacob?”

“Jacob may be my best friend and I would do anything for the guy, but I would much rather wake up wrapped around you any day.”

Lorna closed her eyes and leaned her head to the side to give Cole room when he punctuated his statement with tiny kisses along her neck and shoulder. She savored the feeling as her body heated up with each touch of his lips and tongue against her skin. She pressed her back into his muscular chest and draped her legs over his spreading her thighs. Between Cole’s assault on her neck and the hot water lapping against her swollen clit, Lorna couldn’t hold back the gasp that slipped past her lips or the shift of her hips.

“Is this a private party or can I join?”

Lorna opened her eyes and stared into Jacob’s emerald eyes as he hovered by the door, leaning against his cane. Before she could answer, Cole did it for her.

“Why don’t we take this to the bedroom where we can have plenty of room to spread out?”

Before she could open her mouth to protest that she wasn’t done with her bath, that had been rudely been interrupted, Lorna was passed off to Jacob who lifted her like she weighed nothing. “Put me down before you hurt yourself. I can walk just fine.” She squirmed to get down, but Jacob’s arms only wrapped tighter around her as he limped toward her bedroom.

“I know you can walk, but I can carry you just as well, and I like having you in my arms so hush and let me do this.”

Someone telling her to essentially shut up was something that normally made Lorna fly off the deep end. Before she met Jacob and Cole, her mouth would have probably gotten her into a lot of trouble at a statement like that. It probably still would if anyone else besides the two men who had worked their way into her heart had told her to hush. Instead, for the first time in her life, Lorna kept her mouth shut. There was nothing she could say. This impossibly large man was going to do whatever he wanted and she knew there was nothing she could do about it. Her body was preparing itself at the thought of the three of them in bed together again. If they made her feel a fraction of what she felt the night before, then Lorna would happily staple her lips together if that’s what it took.

She smiled at the thought as Jacob gently lowered her to the bed. “I hope that wicked grin on your face doesn’t mean you’re imagining chopping my balls off for telling you to be quiet.”

Lorna sighed and smiled wider. “You know me so well.”

* * * *

Jacob threw his head back and laughed at Lorna’s statement. He knew the feisty woman wasn’t going to let him telling her to hush stand. It was one of the reasons he did it. He loved her fiery nature and for some reason the fact that she had a temper and wasn’t afraid to speak her mind, absolutely turned Jacob on. He looked over at Cole and grinned, wondering how they had gotten so lucky to find someone like Lorna to share their life with. He hoped it was a reward for all the hard work and sacrifices they had made for their country over the years. Now that they were both “retired,” it was time to have some fun. Looking down at Lorna spread out on her bed with her skin flushed, Jacob knew exactly how he wanted to have his fun. Lorna was his new favorite toy, only this toy, he didn’t mind sharing with his best friend currently crawling in bed beside her.

Taking a cue from Cole, Jacob stepped back and removed his clothes. He never took his eyes off the sight of Lorna as Cole leaned down and took one of her nipples into his mouth. Lorna gasped and the sound went straight to Jacob’s cock making his already hard erection weep. He ignored the sharp pain in his knee as he climbed on the bed on Lorna’s other side and took her remaining neglected nipple into his mouth. He had to stop himself from humping the bed when he felt one of her small hands fist his hair and press him further into her chest.

As Jacob worked her nipple with his tongue and nibbled it with his teeth, he slowly trailed his hand down her stomach, pausing to massage the tight muscles in her stomach before moving further down. He could feel the moist heat coming from her pussy before he even got there. It seemed he and Cole had the same idea because their hands met at Lorna’s cunt at the same time. Used to teamwork and silent communication, Jacob didn’t even have to look up from the nipple that he was suckling to know exactly what his best friend was thinking. He felt Cole’s hand part Lorna’s plump lips exposing the tight bud of her clit for Jacob’s fingers to explore. He wasted no time circling the bud with the tip of his finger, marveling at the sound of Lorna crying out.

He loved that she was no quiet mouse in the bedroom. It was a turn on for him to hear the woman he was pleasuring. It let him know if he was doing things right. Lorna was very vocal and the sounds she made had a way of going straight to his cock. Jacob used his free hand to grip the base of his cock and squeeze it tightly. If he didn’t take action, Lorna’s cries alone were going to make him come.

When Jacob moved his finger down and circled her tight hole, he felt Lorna flinch and froze. Letting go of her nipple, Jacob looked up at her face. Cole must have felt also because he was looking at her with concern. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“I’m just a little sore,” Lorna said as the dazed look on her face cleared.

Normally, Jacob would have been gloating for helping put that look on her face, but not at the moment. The only thing he was worried about was whether they hurt her or not.

“How bad are you hurting?” Cole asked before he could. They both set up, waiting for her answer.

“I’m just a little sore. I’m not used to so much sex in so little time. I’ll be okay though. You guys can continue what you were doing. I was enjoying it.”

Jacob had a feeling she was enjoying herself, but there was no way he was continuing. Just the thought of hurting her had his cock going limp in nanoseconds. He didn’t even have to look at Cole to know he felt the same way. “Is that why you were in the bath tub?”

Lorna nodded and Jacob felt low. She was trying to soothe her soreness and they just came in and took over. “Go check and see if the water in the tub is still warm,” he told Cole. “If not, warm it up.” He held his hand up to stop Lorna’s protest when she opened her mouth as he watched Cole leave the room. She looked like she was ready to bite his hand off, but thankfully she kept quiet. Instead, she crossed her arms over her chest and frowned at him. Jacob wanted to give her anything she wanted to wipe the look off her face, but this time he wasn’t budging. There was no way he was going to cause her pain. He would rather cut off his shooting hand than hurt her.

When Cole came back into the room, Jacob stood from the bed and lifted Lorna again. She didn’t make a sound or try to protest and he had the feeling he and Cole had a lot of groveling to do in their future. His little neighbor was a loudmouth not hesitating to voice her feelings. He could handle that, but a quiet, seething Lorna was a scary sight. If he didn’t know the woman was in love with them, Jacob would have probably been cowering from the tiny woman who looked like she was two seconds from exploding. Instead, Jacob lowered her into the water and nodded at Cole, satisfied when she sighed and leaned back into the water.