Accepting Eva [Slick Rock 8] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Becca van Read Free Book Online Page A

could have broken your neck and would have lain there on the floor, injured or dying, and we wouldn’t have been able to help you.”
    Eva had to admit that he had a point, but she and her mom were so used to doing everything in the house, since there had never been a man around, that she hadn’t thought to ask for help. “Then next time I’ll ask for help.” She wanted to stand up to him but felt shy. She lowered her eyes and continued, “And next time you won’t swear at me when you lose your temper.”
    Quin cupped her cheek to raise her eyes to his. “I’m sorry I yelled at you, but you scared me when I saw you up there. That chair has wheels on it and it could have rolled out from under you.”
    Eva stared at him, his words rolling around in her head, until she had to ask. “You wouldn’t really spank me, would you?”
    Was she imagining the passionate look that came back into his eyes?
    “You’d better believe it, honey.” He dropped his hand and gave her a wink. “Let me take care of that blown bulb.”
     
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    Eva didn’t get much done for the rest of the day. She spent way too much time staring through the office door into the garage for glimpses of the Badon brothers. Long after Quin had gone back to work, her body yearned to find out what it would be like to have his hands on her ass. If the phone hadn’t rung occasionally, she probably would have sat in a sexual haze for hours.
    By the end of the day, though, her smoldering arousal had cooled and reason began to prevail. I’m way too attached to them. Each man, in his own way, had captured her heart. Each day she fell a little more in love with them. What the hell am I going to do when they don’t need me anymore? Even if they’d gotten used to having her around the office, that didn’t mean that she was a part of their lives. Could she stand by and watch them fall in love with someone else while she remained their office manager and a perpetual spinster?
    Eva shoved her depressing thoughts aside and shut the PC down. She looked around, making sure everything was away and the answering machine was on, then picked up her purse and headed out.
    “Are you done, sugar?” Gray came toward her drying his clean hands on a towel.
    “Yeah, I am going to stop at the supermarket to pick up something for dinner. Do you have any preferences?”
    “No. Whatever you cook tastes good, Eva.” He winked at her. “I’m going to have to watch my waistline with you around.”
    Eva eyed his stomach and chest and gave a snort. “Yeah, right. If you were any more buff and handsome, you’d have to beat women off with a stick. You probably do already.”
    Her cheeks heated when she realized what she’d said and she lowered her eyes to her feet. God, Eva, think before you open your mouth.
    Pierson’s feet came into view. Before she realized he was even in the room, he was so close she could feel his body heat. “Do you think I’m handsome, darlin’?”
    Is he for real? Why would he ask me that? He and his brothers were so muscular and ruggedly handsome she got wet just by being near them.
    She looked up at him and saw heat but also vulnerability in his eyes. It seemed he wasn’t as confident as he made out. Drawing in a deep breath, she decided to be honest.
    “Yes, you’re handsome. All of you are.”
    He searched her eyes and then, without any warning, leaned down and placed his lips on hers. Pierson wasn’t aggressive. He just brushed his soft lips back and forth over hers as if testing for a reaction.
    Her body sure gave him one. Eva tried to conceal the shudder working its way up her spine as cream leaked from her pussy. Awareness washed over her in heated waves. Gasping in a breath on a sob, she held still, not knowing how to react or what to do.
    A low, groaning rumble sounded from deep in his chest, and he wrapped his arm around her waist, drawing her against his hard, warm body. He walked her backward a couple of steps, and her