The Bad Boys' Reluctant Woman

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Copyright© 2012 Sam Crescent

 
ISBN:
978-1-77130-226-5

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DEDICATION

The Law Castle Bad Boys
series was inspired by the lovely, Stacey
Espino
. She
is an amazing writer and one of many authors who
has
inspired me to write over the years. Stacey, thank you for creating the
wonderful stories you write and for writing the blog post that inspired these
books. 

THE BAD BOYS’ RELUCTANT WOMAN

The Law Castle Bad Boys, 2

Sam Crescent

Copyright
© 2012

Chapter One

Zoe Howard watched the three men on
the dance floor pumping and grinding against all the women who surrounded them.
She hated this part of her job. For the last six months she’d been dealing with
three men trying to get into her panties, and now they pretended like she
didn’t even exist.

The job as a barmaid she’d gotten at
The Dugout was the best thing to happen to her in a long time. Yes, she had a
lot of history, but the three men on the dance floor at one time wanted to get
past that history to see the woman beneath the surface. She couldn’t deal with
what they wanted from her.

“Can I have three beers, please?” a
customer asked.

She looked up to see Drew Patton staring
down at her. For most of her life people stared down at her. Not for any other
reason than the fact she was small. At five-foot two and a little bit—she
always added on the little bit to make herself feel better—she was the smallest
person around Law Castle. She knew because she spent most of her days wandering
the town. Law Castle was a good little town to be in. They had plenty of
tourists, and business was never slow at the bar. People loved to drink, and
she loved to serve. All together it was a win-win situation.

“Coming right up,” she said. Zoe
ignored all the stares from her other colleagues. They’d tried to get her to
open up over the last few months, but she wasn’t having any of it. Ever since
she’d been in the foster care system as a child she’d refused to make any
unnecessary connections. Her parents had died in a hit and run. The cops caught
the guy responsible, and he was in jail. No amount of justice would ever bring
them back. She’d been ten at the time and sleeping over at a friend’s house.
Her parents had been out on a much needed date to fix their crumbling marriage.

She shook her head. Her mind wasn’t
in work mode. This was the part she hated the most, where the three men on the
dance floor made her forget about herself. It was not fair, and she didn’t like
it. Zoe handed the three beers to Drew and then ignored him to stare at the
floor.

“You know they wouldn’t be up there
if you gave them a chance,” Drew said.

“Did I ask for your opinion?” She
folded her arms under her large breasts. Another thing she hated about herself
was her figure. She was too fat, and no matter how many diets or work out
regimes she put herself through, the weight never left her.

What is up with you tonight? You’re way too depressed and need to
lighten up.

“Be a bitch all you want, but I know
they would rather have you between them than those other women on the dance
floor,” Drew said.

“And you know all about sharing.”
She nodded her head toward Noah and Cheryl. The three were an exclusive couple.
Zoe had soon learned that three or more people to a couple were the norm around
here. She’d been shocked the first time she’d gone round back to empty out the
trash to see a woman getting it on with two guys.

She’d been shocked and damn horny.
Two or more guys to satisfy a craving.
Her pussy melted at
the thought. Another quick glance at the three men and her body was on fire
with need. Jake, Brent, and Connor were three men who she knew deep in her
heart would set her body on fire and who would, in time, break her heart if she
let them.

“Thank you for the advice. I don’t
intend to stay long.” She walked away from Drew purposefully ending the
conversation. She stood with Vicki near the spirits at the back of the bar. The
other woman was biting her nails and looking out at the floor scared. Vicki was
younger than Zoe. Around twenty-two, she believed.

“Slow night,” Vicki said.

“Yep.”

When customers came to the bar they
served drinks to them all. Zoe felt exhausted from all the long nights she was
having. When she went home after her shift, the three men trying to claim her
attention would find some way to leave her horny and desperate for sex. Every
night without fail she’d take her vibrator out of her drawer and try to pretend
her fake pink cock could replace three strong men.

“What’s wrong, Vicki?” she asked as
they stood waiting to serve once again.

“Nothing.
I’m fine. A little tired but fine.”

“Well, if you need to talk, you know
where I am.”

Vicki snorted at the offer.
“Thanks.” The other woman tapped her on the shoulder and walked to help a
customer. Zoe felt like she’d been punched. She’d just offered to help someone
even though she spent a great deal of time ignoring everyone.

The snort had hurt big time. There
was a point when she’d started working when Vicki would talk and talk and talk.
There had been nothing stopping the other woman. The girl lived to talk.

“I’m going out for a break,” Zoe
said.

Vicki shook her hand in
acknowledgement. Out in the cold night air, Zoe took several deep breaths.

Why hadn’t she recognised the change
in Vicki? The other woman talked about everything from the colour of her nails
to her recent boyfriend. When had Vicki stopped talking to her? Zoe shook her
head trying to clear her disgruntled thoughts. It wasn’t Vicki’s fault she’d
refused to get to know people.

Tears filled her eyes as the pain
eased into her heart and soul. She had no one. Everyone who tried to be near
her, she pushed away. Shaking her head, she tried to wipe the tears from her
eyes. Resting her head against the wall behind her, she closed her eyes until
the pain within her heart began to ease.

She sensed someone else near.
Opening her eyes, she stared into the warmest green eyes she’d ever seen.

“I thought I’d find you here,” Jake
said.

He was the closest. Connor and Brent
leaned up on either side of the wall. Zoe felt no fear, only a deep sense of
belonging. They were the only men to ever care if she was alive or dead. A
pulse of heat went straight to her clit. Their thick bodies called to her in a
way no other person had. The pleasure that could be gained from those three men
would be worth the heartache they’d surely cause.

She folded her arms under her chest.
No matter how much pleasure could be gained with them, she refused to make such
a connection.

Her walls went up, and the war was
back on.

****

Jake Wills had seen the change
within her. For a split second her defences had come down, and he’d seen the
softening in her eyes. Zoe was scared to let anyone in. He understood her, but
he wished he knew why. What had happened in her life for her to not trust
anyone? No matter how many times he asked himself these questions, they would
never be the true answers that Zoe, herself, could give him.

“Why are you here?” she asked. The
attitude was back in place. Her bitch mode was locked on. She’d try to crush a
few balls and a lot of egos with her attitude. It was a damn good thing he’d
spent the last thirty years keeping his ego firmly in place.

He placed a hand on either side of
her head. She was a tiny little thing. Her gaze strayed to the muscles in his
arms. Jake had learned early on how much she liked his muscles. Her gaze always
strayed to them when he put them on display. If she liked the thought of seeing
his strength, he was more than happy to show her where else he was well
muscled. His cock thickened at the thought of being naked with her. He wanted
her so badly. Nearly every night he woke up in a cold sweat with the need to
release himself in her body.

“We saw you leave and figured we’d
come and say hi to our woman,” he said. Connor and Brent were smiling at him.
He felt their laughter but kept his gaze on the startled woman in front of him.
They’d all agreed she was the right woman for them. Since they were all in high
school together, all three of them had realised they found the same woman
attractive. It was one piece of string that tightened their bond together as
best friends. . They were thicker than any blood-related bond. Tighter than
brothers, or at least he liked to think so. He would do anything for the two
men at his side and vice versa. They owned a small house just on the corner of
Law Castle. It overlooked the town square, and ‘round the back, the view of the
mountains in winter was worth every penny they had spent. All three of them
worked at Noah and Drew’s mechanic shop. When they weren’t working, they had
their own hobbies, which brought in the extra money to pay for the house.