[Invitation to Eden 21.0] Falling or Flying (12 page)

“But I’m lying again, right? I still think it’s me.
You
don’t count,” she informed the island. “You don’t think my abilities are odd, you don’t have a car and as far as I know you aren’t going anywhere.”

And that was one of Eden’s biggest attractions—if one of them left, it would be her, not the island. And she loved this place. Everything about it. Could she give it up to take Court’s advice? To take a chance and do whatever it took for someone she loved?

Could she let what she’d found in Eden’s jungle go—let these men go—when she knew she would never feel anything like this again?

The island knows what you need.
“So do I,” Joely whispered, standing up and walking toward the cabin. “At least I’m starting to.”

When she opened the door they were sitting on the couch, and Court was talking to Austin with an earnest expression on his face. “Don’t be an idiot. Give her some time to think.”

“I should go,” Austin said, though he remained firmly slumped on the cushions.

Joely shook her head, closing the door firmly to get their attention. “No. You shouldn’t.”

Austin started to stand up but she waved him back down, moving toward them until she was standing on the other side of the coffee table, where they could both see her.

Her heart tripped as she looked at them—they were so handsome. And they both look so damn worried. “First things first. As your tour guide, I should warn you that Vardalos might send you both packing and ban you from returning when he finds out about the invitation. He cares about me, and he’s fond of you or he wouldn’t have had you back so often, but he can be a bit of a control freak and in the end he makes the rules. And I have to tell him.”

Austin clenched his fists on his knees and looked away from her. “I understand.”

“Probably not.”

He turned back at her words and narrowed his eyes. Waiting. When she glanced at Court, the devil sent her a wink, though his expression was still reserved.

“Of course you have to tell him, Mary Ann. And when you do, I’ll be there to remind Theo about the time Austin managed to convince the campus police not to arrest him after that incident with those girls at the science lab. And about the time he—”

“She gets the point.” Austin spoke through gritted teeth. “Let her talk.”

She took a breath and dropped the blanket from her shoulders, revealing the clean t-shirt and pajama bottoms she’d put on after her shower. “That fire is hot, isn’t it?”

“You said that was the first thing,” Court encouraged when she hesitated.

“I did. And there is a second thing. In the interest of fairness, the second thing I need to tell you is that I lied too. By omission and with my behavior when you came to the island.” She took another shuddering breath for reinforcement and continued, “The big guy might fire me anyway once I tell him I could have prevented Austin’s machinations. If I’d admitted my attraction to him earlier, this wouldn’t be an issue, and we might have discovered we had something unique in common.”

Austin was leaning forward now, hope simmering in his gray eyes at her words. “What do we have in common, Joely?”

“Dreams. Unusually graphic, detailed dreams with very specific casting. I’ve been dreaming about you too. For a while now.”

Court whistled under his breath. “I’m surprised again, if anyone’s keeping track.”

“We’re not,” Austin and Joely said at the same time.

Court laughed. “And now it begins. Couple-speak.”

Austin moved to get up again but Joely held up her hand, not wanting to lose her nerve. “Wait. I wanted….”

“You can have whatever you want, baby,” Austin rasped. “Tell me.”

She was so aroused…and relieved…and nervous. She wanted to be kissed. She needed to be touched. She’d just told Austin he was her dream man. How soon could she mention her other fantasy?

Looking at Court desperately, hoping he could read what she needed in her eyes, she said, “Ginger, you always keep your promises right?”

His smile was pure sin. “Always, Mary Ann.”

She wrung her hands together at her waist, hoping she wasn’t going to spoil the moment. “Truth or Dare?”

Pick it. You know you want to. You always do. Stop looking at me like that and just say it.

“Dare.”

Finally.

She looked at Austin, worried he would be suspicious or disapproving. Worried he might think the worst. He always surprised her. He smiled up at her, his eyes shining with something that took her breath away.

“I dare you to keep your promises to me,” she said unevenly without taking her eyes off Austin, “and show me why women say you make a great team.”

Court stood up and pulled off his shirt and she bit her lip when she saw it fly over her head. He wasn’t shy. “Where?”

Startled, she looked up and was seared arousal in his blue eyes.

Oh God. “Here. On the floor. Now.” She looked between the two of them and offered a weak smile. “Did I mention it was my fantasy?”

Austin stood and helped Court move the coffee table out of the way, making room while she watched. He started to move past her and she grabbed his arm. “Austin?”

His cheeks were flushed, his eyes bright as he pulled her into his arms. “How long, Joely?”

The dreams. “From the moment I met you.”

He closed his eyes and shuddered. “I was going crazy. I’m not like this. I’ve never been like this. I used to be able to talk to women. I was moderately charming. After I saw you…once the dreams started…you turned everything upside down. I felt like an obsessed stalker. I held back—too much—at first because of the injury, and then because I didn’t want to scare you away. But I couldn’t let it go. I knew you were mine.”

“I didn’t know anything.”
But I do now.

He kissed her and she melted into him, loving him, trying to show him with her lips and tongue, her hands in his hair. He tilted his head, taking what he wanted, claiming her mouth the way she loved. Everything else fell away when she was in his arms. She never wanted him to stop.

“Not to interrupt…but I seem to recall someone daring me to fuck them senseless.”

Court tugged her out of Austin’s arms and spun her around. He was already naked. Already hard. “Lift your arms.”

When she obeyed he pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it on the couch. His hands reached up to cup her breasts and she shivered. “I told you I’d get my hands all over you,” he muttered, watching his fingers squeeze her nipples. “My mouth.”

Court dipped his head and opened his mouth over her breast, sucking her nipple hard against the roof of his mouth. His beard scraped her tender flesh and an electric shock traveled through her body, straight to her clit. “Oh God.”

Austin’s hands slid into the waistband of the pajama bottoms, skimming them down to her ankles and leaving her naked between them.
Between them
. Two men. Her men.

She could feel hands on her ass, caressing her back and her side. She gasped when Austin appeared beside her, moving Court’s hand out of the way and lowering his mouth to her other breast, sucking greedily.

Her hands came up to tangle in their hair and she held their heads close, loving the feel of both of their mouths on her. “Touch me,” she whispered, feeling wild again. No shame, only desire. “I need you to touch me.”

Two hands slid down her stomach and she spread her legs just enough for their fingers to slip between her thighs. They
were
a good team. Austin sucked harder and pinched her clit between his fingers in the way she loved. Court bit the edge of her nipple and thrust two fingers into her wet pussy, every move showing how impatient he was to take her. To get inside.

“Yes,” she moaned, her hips pumping helplessly. “Please.”

Court lifted his mouth. “I need to pay her back for this morning’s kiss.”

Austin growled against her nipple, sucking so hard she whimpered, and then he let her go and looked up at her with stormy eyes. “Lie down, baby.”

Court didn’t wait for her to obey, falling to his knees and reaching up to drag her down with him.

“I didn’t get to spend the night in the magic cave,” he reminded her roughly. “I didn’t play Truth or Dare. Austin has forever, but I have some catching up to do.”

He moved her around as if she were a doll, lifting her legs up high over her head until only her shoulders were touching the ground. “I’m too hungry for a sample of this sweet treat. I’m going to need the whole meal.”

Court buried his face between her thighs, his tongue filling her without preliminaries, his full beard scraping her skin and the lips of her sex.

“God! Oh God…”

He moaned and pushed deeper, spreading her legs wide.

“Austin…” She needed him to hold onto. Needed him with her in her fantasy.

“I’m here, baby.” He leaned over her, kissing her lips. “You’re addictive, Joely. Now that he knows, it’s all he’ll be able to think about. Trust me, I speak from personal experience. All I want to do is push him out of the way and take my turn.”

So deep. Court was ravaging her pussy, fucking it with his tongue as if he’d die if he didn’t. It was untamed, almost violent, and it was making her so wet. Austin tugged hard on her nipple and she cried out, overwhelmed.

“Give it to him,” Austin whispered. “Let go and give him what he needs. Then we’ll take you together. I can’t wait to get you between us. To give you everything.”

She was so close. “Yes! Oh God, Court, don’t stop.”

Her climax hit her and she shouted Court’s name over and over while he took more, his fingers digging hard into her thighs, holding her twisting body firmly in place as the waves washed over her.

“Told you, baby,” Austin muttered when Court showed no signs of stopping. “He can’t get enough.”

Blue eyes opened and trapped her with their heat. Court lifted his mouth. “I’ll be coming back for more of this. And you’ll give it to me.”

When she nodded, unable to refuse, he lowered her legs and she got to her knees, shaking because she knew what was coming next.

“
I’ll
be taking those reins now.” Austin’s words were low but commanding.

Court looked surprised. “You will?” He licked his glistening lips and groaned, apparently savoring her taste. God, that was hot. “I made a promise.”

“Next time,” Austin replied, his hands caressing her body, soothing her. “I brought what we need.”

“Are you speaking in tag-team sex code?” she asked breathlessly, still recovering from her orgasm.

Court reached for the box of condoms that had appeared beside them during his feast and pulled one out, tearing it open impatiently. “The Professor thinks I’m too wild to do the riding, so you’ll have to ride me instead, Mary Ann. This time.”

Oh. Austin was going to… “Oh.”

He held her chin between his fingers and kissed her hungrily. “I’m also more possessive than I thought. I want to be the first to know every inch of you. Will you let me?”

She nodded, her eyes wide as she bit her lip. Anything. Everything.

Austin’s smile was feral. Sexy. “I want you screaming my name. I love the way you say my name.”

Court’s laugh was ragged. “Bossy bastard.”

She turned to see the handsome redhead laying on his back on the floor, his cock hard in his fist, waiting for her. “Time to go for a ride.”

“Court, keep your hands to yourself for the moment.” Austin lifted her until she was straddling Court’s hips. “Take him inside, baby, but don’t move until I say.”

She put her hands on his chest and moaned when the head of his cock slipped inside her, lowering herself slowly, teasingly, the way Austin had that first time.

It drove Court as crazy as it had driven her. “Fuck, Joely. Don’t tease me. Jesus, your pussy is tight. So good.” His hands, balled into fists, rose and then fell back to his sides. He watched her through heavy-lidded eyes. “You’re enjoying this. Teasing me with that tight, wet pussy. Wait until you’re filled with cock front and back. Wait until you are begging and screaming for us to let you come.”

She trembled, her body responding to the masculine threat. Smiling, she let herself sink another inch. “I’m enjoying myself, Ginger. Your cock is so big. I want to take my time.”

He banged his head back against the floor and groaned. “You catch on way too quick. You’re going to kill me.”

She didn’t last long. They both hissed out a breath of satisfaction when he was completely inside her. It felt so good Joely couldn’t resist rolling her hips against him.

His whispered “
Fuck!
” made her feel like the sexiest woman ever born.

And then Austin was behind her. “Baby, I will take you straight to that dungeon and find something to spank you with if you don’t do what I say.”

When
he
said it, she kind of liked the idea. She rocked her hips against Court again. “Promise?”

“A lifetime of trouble, is our Mary Ann. I can see it already.”

“So can I,” Austin said, tapping her ass sharply with the tips of his fingers and making her squeak. “I can’t wait.”

He placed a hand between her shoulder blades and pressed until she was bent over a smiling Court.

“Hey sexy,” Court purred. “Ready?”

“I don’t know.” She was excited, breathless, her adrenaline racing as she felt Austin rubbing lube between the cheeks of her ass.

“You are,” Court assured her, raising his knuckles to brush her nipples. “You’re in Eden…and you’re ours. You’re ready.”

She looked over her shoulder at Austin. He looked like a warrior about to claim his prize. Like the man she loved. He gripped her hip with one hand and his erection with the other. “Breathe, baby.”

Turning back to Court, she opened her mouth on a silent scream as the thick head of Austin’s cock pushed through the resisting muscles.

Oh God. Oh God. Oh my fucking God.

How could she breathe? How could she think? She was too full. Too much. It was too much.

Court got her attention by squeezing her nipple so hard she gasped. Air. Air was good. “That’s right, Joely. You can take us. Fuck, you’re tightening around me like a fucking fist. Jesus.”