“Is she up yet?” Jax asked when Devon entered the kitchen.
“Yes, she’s up. I gave her some breakfast and took her a change of clothes.”
“And was she okay?”
“Define ‘okay’” Devon siad with a touch of humopr as he fell into the chair by the island, next to Jax.
“Did she freak out when she realized you were here?”
“Define ‘freak out’”
Jax chuckled.
“Did you not tell her we live together?”
“She wasn’t really in a state to have that conversation and I was honestly more worried about getting her home than anything else.”
“Yes, well, luckily she didn’t seem too put off about finding me here.”
“And you didn’t come off too strong?”
Devon sent his brother a scathing look that conveyed just how stupid he thought Jax was for even asking that.
Jax held up his hands in surrender.
“I have to ask, old man. You know you can get a little … intense sometimes.”
“Yes but for her … I’ll hold myself in check for her.”
The ‘for now’ was left unspoken.
Watching his twin, Jax knew that he was going to have to move fast. His brother was holding on by the thinnest of threads. If that happen before she was ready, they would lose Jesse. She was still skittish. Still a little too wary of them. And he didn't want that to happen. Everything inside him said that Jesse was the right one for them, they just had to get her to see it too.
Get her out of her shell, so to speak.
And what a shell it was.
She had absolutely blossomed the night before when she forgot to hold on to her fears. The peak he had gotten of that secret side of her had him thinking about how utterly delicious it would be to slowly strip her of all her prickly layers, like unwrapping a Christmas present, to discover the treasure underneath.
He hoped she liked the dress Devon had gotten for her because he was dying to see her in it.
He just knew she was going to be hot as Hell.
Fuck, he couldn't wait to get his hands on her! Couldn't wait to show her all the dirty, depraved things he’d been thinking about doing to her since the moment he’d seen her.
"How did she feel, Jax?" Devon asked softly, unexpectedly, and Jax frowned in confusion but the look in his brother’s eyes quickly made it clear what he was talking about.
"Like sunlight in your arms." Jax answered thinking back to the previous night, how Jesse had felt against him. The small, helpless whimpers of pleasure brushing against his ears. "And so very responsive I almost didn’t hold myself back in time."
Devon made a small sound at the back of his throat as he pictured his brother's words.
"I want her, Jax." Devon said, his blue eyes shining with barely suppressed lust.
"And we'll have her, old man. I just need you to give it a few more days."
"Give what a few more days?" Jesse asked as she walked into the kitchen carrying an empty breakfast tray, having overheard the last part of what Jax had said.
Two sets of bright blue eyes swung her way.
"Fuck me!" She heard Jax say and she struggled not to squirm underneath their heated gazes. She watched, feeling horribly apprehensive, as they took her in from head to toe.
The dress flowed over her body like it was made just for her. The bright patterns on the white dress brought out the golden color of her skin. Her arms and chest were mostly bare and her hair was pulled away from her face.
It had taken almost everything she had to actually walk out of the bathroom.
The silence in the kitchen stretched on until Jesse almost turned around and ran back into the bedroom but pride had her straightening her spine and moving towards the island where they sat instead. Placing the tray between them she took a deep breath, ignoring the way Devon’s eyes seemed to heat up even more as he watched the movement of her breasts.
"Thank you for breakfast and the pain pill, Mr Monroe" She said, trying for normal, as she turned towards her previous boss. “And this dress. It’s beautiful.”
“I’m glad I could help. Would you like to take a seat?”
“That’s quite alright. I think I’d like to head over to Sasha to grab my house keys, if you wouldn’t mind taking me to go get them?”
“Already?”
“Do you have something to do today that you want to rush off?”
“No, not at all. I just thought -”
“Wonderful! Then you can spend the day with me and old man, can’t you?” There was a sparkle in his eyes that had Jesse's heart beating over time especially when he combined it with that little half-smile of his.
“You and - both of you?”
“Both of us.” Jax confirmed.
“That’s not a problem, is it?”
“I just - I mean. I’m not sure …” Jesse trailed off as she watched Jax get up from his chair and walked around to stand in front of her. Slowly he started crowding her, forcing her to back up against the table and bend her back to keep as much distance between them.
"What are you doing?" She managed to squeak out when he moved between her legs and leaned over her, resting his elbow next to her head on the table while he placed his other on her hip. Watching as he drew lazy circles on her soft skin with his thumb before dragging his eyes up to hers.
Her brown eyes were wide as she fought the desire reflected in them.
"Join us. Take the day off and have some fun. I doubt your boss would mind, eh Dev?" He said glancing up at his brother who was watching them with undisguised hunger.
"No, he definitely wouldn't mind ... In fact, I'm sure he would insist on it." Devon said, his voice thick with desire.
Fuck! His Jesse was fucking hot!!
It had taken all he had not to jump up, strip her and fuck her senseless right where she stood when she had walked into the kitchen. Every inch of her glorious legs there for him to see and her breasts ... Oh God, her breasts! He couldn't wait to have them filling his hands. And now she was lying on the counter in front of him, like some sort of offering.
"See, c'mon baby, say yes." Jax whispered inches away from her mouth.
"I - I" Jesse stuttered, trying hard to fight past the feelings he caused in her. Him and his brother. She admitted silently.
Something about the way Devon watched them had her heart racing even faster than before. Arousal sizzled through her veins and she could feel herself creaming so bad that she knew that if she didn't get Jax to move soon, she was going to make a mess of his pants.
Her body didn't agree with her mind though.
She could feel her traitorous body rubbing against Jax’s leg, sending shards of pleasure through her body. A moan of pure pleasure escaped her when he dipped his head and sucked her earlobe into his mouth. The sound of his breath in her ear had her back arching off the table.
She felt a light touch on her face and she struggled to open her eyes. Not even realizing that she had closed them.
Devon's face was inches from her own. His blue eyes, taking up most of her vision, intently watching her mouth. Without thinking, Jesse licked her lips. Jax sucked hard at her lobe again and pressed her even closer to his leg. Her eyes snapped closed once more and she moaned. Suddenly Devon's lips were on hers and he was kissing her with so much passion that she felt herself drowning. She grabbed their heads, holding them closer as she tried to keep herself from completely losing herself in them.
With one last nibble on her lips and lobe, they straightened and waited as she lazily opened her eyes, which were liquid heat with pure pleasure, before Jax spoke.
"So what do you say, baby?"
"Yes." Jesse whispered with a sigh without even thinking twice.