people here do too.”
Vicky tried to stop her. As Peyton made her way back to the band podium, she realized she was right on her heels. “Peyton, think about this. Don’t do it. If you plan to stay here and live here, don’t do it. It’s one thing to let people think what they want but quite another to say something you’ll later regret.”
“I won’t regret this.”
She stepped to the podium and spoke to the town. Yes, the town. By the time she finished here, everyone at the party would know she was a Cartwell woman and her men were off-limits to all other women. It was the kind of gossip people didn’t wait to spread when they bumped into a stranger on the street. They picked up their cell phones and started dialing everyone on their speed-dial features.
“I want to thank everyone for coming tonight. This party has been very exciting. As you can imagine, I’m exhausted. All of the seniors here are exhausted. We’ve had a wonderful and busy week. Graduation has been so exciting, but with a new engagement pending and three very handsome men waiting…” She pointed to the upper deck. “Well, I think you all can put the rest of it together. If not, let me spell out for you.”
Braden shook his head. Evan smirked and Kane moved away from the balcony, no doubt on his way to stop what he knew she planned to do. He wouldn’t make it. She wanted to say her peace and then call it a night and go love on her cowboys.
She held up her ring. “There are three diamonds here because I am marrying, at least in my heart, all three Cartwells. I wasn’t going to bring attention to the love we share because when Kane proposed, it became clear to me, they might want to protect me from the whispers. For those of you, like Freda, who are concerned about my fling at Clink, I want to assure you. The gossip you heard about me and Evan is one hundred percent accurate.
“If you think words are cheap, you should see how I dress around these three. I like to act the part, if you know what I mean. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an after-party to attend.” She tilted her chin in the direction of the balcony. “And for those of you who are apparently interested, let me explain. It’s a private sex party, and I’m the guest of honor.”
Chapter 31
“What were you thinking?” Braden said as he followed her ass into the media room. “Do you want everyone to know what you’re doing here, is that it?”
She turned the question right around. “What am I doing here?”
“Huh? What is it that I’m doing here because now I don’t know anymore! I told the world how I felt about the men I love, and you’re questioning it. I don’t tell it, and you think I’m ashamed. Kane proposes, and I see the hurt in your eyes and a flicker of it in Evan’s. He kissed Freda tonight, for crying out loud.”
“This is about Freda?” Evan questioned when he joined them.
“Hell no, it’s not about Freda. That kiss was for me. You did it to show me you didn’t have ties.”
Evan started to speak but Braden held up his hand. “If you think he kissed her to make some kind of point, you’re dead wrong, Peyton. He was taking up for you and-”
“His past lifestyle came in and just kicked his ass,” Kane said as he passed. “Freda is nothing more than a gossip, and she gossips about those she wants to hurt. She gives her version of the truth, and Evan set her straight.”
“You should’ve seen the look on her face when Evan told her about seeing her at Clink.” Braden rubbed the back of his neck. “The poor girl looked like she might choke on a few ass beads or something.”
“Nice,” Peyton said, rolling her eyes.
“Don’t think she’ll talk too much about you in the near future,” Evan said.
“You shouldn’t have slapped a judge’s daughter, Peyton.”
“Why? She stared down her nose at me like I was trash and-”
“Have we made you feel like trash in any way?” Braden asked. “In any way?” He clutched her shoulders.
“No, you haven’t. I only feel loved when I’m with you. All of you.” She looked around the room.
“You’re sure?” Evan moved in behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“I’m pretty sure,” she moaned as she rubbed her bottom against the hard thickness poking her in the back. “Of course, we could test it and be absolutely certain. We can all strip off and run around the house playing a few sex games. You know, just to see if I have regrets or something in the morning.”
Kane growled and rubbed his hand across the front of his slacks. “Darlin’, if you think you’re going to wake up in the morning, you need to check out the time over there.” He tilted his chin toward the Grandfather clock in the corner. “It’s nearly three, and our little party is on ice upstairs. You’ll consider yourself lucky if we finish with you before high noon.”
“Is that right?”
Evan chuckled. “Considering Kane here was given special treatment before the party, I may have to spank you a few times to remind you playing favorites isn’t polite.”
“I don’t play favorites.” Hell yes, she did. Kane made sure of it.
“See that you don’t.” Evan snickered and scooped her in his arms. “I’ll see you two in Peyton’s room. First, I’m going to go fuck her silly in a closet somewhere.” She buried her head in his shirt as he carried her up the stairs. “Yeah, I hear you can do some wicked things with those legs while hanging onto a rod.”
Peyton bit her lip. “Which rod are we talking about here? The one I swing from or the one you plan to bury deep inside of me while making me scream for more?”
“Just for that, I’m going to spank you with Kane’s riding crop.” He kissed her cheek and nuzzled her ear. “And you’re going to beg me to fuck you by the time I’m finished with you.”
“I’m begging now. Right now.” She wrapped her arm around his neck and nibbled on his ear. “Take me right here on the landing. Up against the wall. Let me feel you, Evan. Rub that cock right into my pussy like only you can.”
“Oh, yeah, like only I can, huh?” He snickered. “Wait until Kane and Braden hear about this.”
“Take me up on it?”
“You like a show, don’t you, baby?” He put her down, unhooked his belt, and her fingers went to work. She unbuttoned his jeans and pulled his cock from his pants while he helped her out of her shorts and thong.
“I love to put on a show when I have a leading man or two to help me steal center stage.”
“Oh we’ll catch an audience in about two minutes. They’re locking up and heading this way. You can count on it.”
“Then show me a good time and make it count.” She pressed her arms against the wall and captured her lip under her teeth. “Give me what I want, Evan.”
“You always get what you want, Peyton.” He leaned over, slanted his lips over hers and rubbed his tongue against hers as soon as their lips parted in a hungry lover’s kiss.
“Always.”
She fisted his cock and drove him forward. “God, you feel good.” She rolled her neck over to the side and waited for his lips to trail down her neck. Instead, he held her chin and kissed the act of sex right into her mouth. Sucking on her tongue, he released it as he drove into her again and again.
“That’s good, Peyton. Take my cock, honey. Let me feel you, Peyton.” His thighs bunched, he bent down and picked her up. He held her to him as he drove into her with her back against the wall.
“Evan! Faster! Let me come. Oh God, I need to come for you.”
He slowed down his grind but his mouth continued to captivate her senses. He stripped her of any thoughts beyond sex. All she wanted and needed was his kiss and his cock stroking inside of her. “Good hell, woman. You can kiss.” He held back from her, and his breathing increased.
“Now, baby. You can come with me now.” He patted his cock against her inner walls with a tap to the left and then to the right before he moved straight into her with a force meant to provoke an orgasm. And his cum sprayed into her pussy in one steady bolt of heat.
“That’s good, baby. Oh so good.” He fucked her nice and slow then until her breathing subsided and gently let her slide away from him right into Braden’s waiting arms.
“You’re so naughty, you can’t even wait until you get upstairs,” he said.
