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Kat snorted again. “We’ll see, cowboy.”

He gripped her hips and spun her around. He wrapped his hand
around the back of her neck and pulled her head toward him. He held her stare.
“You can count on it, Kat,” he whispered.

Chapter Five

Friday, after a long grueling day of work with Denise
training cutting horses, Kat raised the brim of her hat off her forehead and
dragged her sleeve along her face to wipe the grit and grime off her skin. What
she needed was a nice hot shower. She bent over at the waist to stretch her
back. With a groan her hands immediately went to her aching muscles.

She couldn’t believe she’d fallen off her horse today.
Putting a cutter through its paces was a lot harder than it looked. When Slick
had cut hard to the right to chase a calf, Kat had flown left and landed on a
heap on the ground. Thank god Justin and the guys hadn’t been anywhere around
when she’d fallen or there would be no way they’d take her with them next week.

Kat dropped the curry comb into the bucket, untied her horse
from the post and set him loose in the field. She hoisted her saddle from its
spot beside Denise’s on the fence. With the saddle on her shoulder she turned
to Denise. “I’ll put the tack away if you want to grab first shower.”

“No, leave it, I can put it away.” Denise waved her hand.

“Don’t be silly, you’ve done it all week. I’m pretty sure
you’ve more than earned first shower after putting up with me.”

Denise watched her and wrinkled her nose. “You sure?”

“Absolutely.”

“That would be amazing.” Denise sighed. “You did good today.
I think you’re really getting the hang of things. It’s been a huge help having
you around. I’m not sure I want you to go work with the guys for the next
couple weeks.”

“You never know, they might get sick of me the first day and
send me packing.”

Denise snorted. “Yeah right, judging by the way they all
look at you I’m surprised they let you work with me this long.”

“What do you mean they all look at me?”

“Oh come on, Kat, you know exactly what I mean, all three of
them are like frickin’ walking hard-ons the second you get near them.”

“No they’re not.” She grinned as she remembered the way
Justin had pressed up against her in the kitchen the night before, and despite
his sister and friends being in the room, he’d proceeded to whisper all the
dirty details about what he planned to do to her when he got her alone. “Well,
maybe your brother.”

Denise rolled her eyes. “Yeah and his two cronies want to
join in or watch at the very least.”

“No they don’t.” Heat rose across her cheeks. Was Denise
right? Was that what those looks had been about the first morning?

“Oh. My. God. You cannot be that blind.”

“Really?” Kat asked. A surge of pleasure zipped through her,
making her nipples bead tightly. She could almost picture Kasey and Duncan
watching her with Justin. Just the thought made her wet. There was something
amazingly powerful about knowing three sexy cowboys all wanted her.

“Come on, Kat, you’ve been here long enough to have heard
all about those three and their exploits.”

“Of course I have, but that was different. Justin is happy
with things the way they are between us.” As close as she’d become with Denise
over the past week it was still weird to talk about her sex life with the other
woman. She was Justin’s sister for god sakes. It’s not as if she could explain
to Denise about the way Justin made her feel. No sister wanted to hear that.
God, could this get more awkward?

Denise stared down at her feet as she rubbed the back of her
neck. “Look, Kat, I really like you and I’d hate to see you get hurt, so
umm…crap, I’m just going to say it. My brother doesn’t do serious, I know you
guys are having fun but…well, I just don’t want you to think it’s more than it
is because chances are with my brother it isn’t.”

Kat looked around the corral for some way to escape the
conversation. “Don’t worry, I know the deal with Justin.” Even as she said the
words a knot formed in Kat’s gut. She was such an idiot. Denise was right, if
she wasn’t careful she wasn’t just going to get hurt, she’d get annihilated by
Justin. Despite her best intentions, she was completely falling for him and
that was not good. She needed to get her head on straight. This was casual and
she needed to remember that.

Denise looked over and flashed a placating smile that said
she knew Kat was full of shit. “I’m going to take you up on your offer and grab
the first shower,” Denise told her then turned on her boot and walked toward
the house.

Deep in thought, Kat slowly wandered into the barn with the
saddle. She dumped it on its spot and headed out to grab the rest of the tack.
Hauling up the second saddle, she slung it over her shoulder and made her way
back to the barn. Kat set the saddle down on top of the stand and fiddled
around until it sat properly. She squealed when strong hands gripped her hips
tightly.

“Shh, Kat, it’s me,” Justin’s husky voice whispered as he
pulled her tighter against him.

She spun around. Lust hit her the moment she looked at him.
Quickly followed the litany of Denise’s words swirling around in her brain,
forcing her to remember this was temporary. “What are you doing back in so
early?”

“Shovel broke, I came in to grab another one.” He paused and
licked his full lower lip, his eyes darkened as he looked down at her. “But now
I’m kind of thinking I deserve a quick break.”

Kat smirked. Denise might not think she could handle it but
she could. Men like Justin didn’t come along all that often and she planned to
enjoy everything he had to offer. She’d deal with the consequences later. “Oh
is that right?”

“Mmm hmm, I’ve worked really hard today.” He caged her in
against the saddle she’d just set down.

He bent down and ran his tongue up the column of her neck.
Kat’s eyes closed and she dropped her head back. She should be embarrassed
about letting him kiss her when she was sweaty from working all day but when he
moved his hips against her and his hard cock pressed into her belly she moaned.
Fuck being sweaty.
She wanted to get downright dirty with Justin.

“What did you have in mind for a reward there, cowboy?”

He nipped the soft skin at the base of her ear. “Ever since
you arrived here I’ve been picturing you like this. Naked. Me fucking you hard
against all the tack, or bending you over the saddle rack.”

She shivered. Despite the heat of the day her nipples
pebbled against her shirt. “Oh yeah?”

Justin gripped the sides of her snap-closure shirt with both
hands. Looking her in the eyes, he pulled, ripping her shirt open all the way
down to the bottom. ”Damn, Kat, I want to fuck you right now.”

Holy cow. She’d never had a man literally rip her clothes
off. And Jesus, she liked it. “Then do it,” she challenged.

He glanced at the saddle behind her. His nostrils flared and
a slow, sexy smile curled up the corners of his lips. “Take off your pants,” he
ordered.

When he got that dominating tone in his voice there was no
way she could resist. With other guys that kind of tone turned her off, but
with Justin it made everything in her melt. Kat toed off her boots. She flicked
open the button on her jeans and shimmied the fabric down her legs.

The moment she stepped out of her pants Justin gripped her
hips, picked her up and set her on the edge of the saddle sideways. Naked from
the waist down, she shifted her weight on the seat. The movement made her shirt
hang wide open.

Justin’s vibrant-blue eyes blazed with arousal as he stared
at her, not moving, just looking his fill. Holding out her palm to him, she
said, “Come here.”

“Hold that thought,” he said and jogged off to the little
office off the tack room. He returned a few seconds later with the first-aid
kit in hand.

Kat raised her eyebrows. What the hell was he doing?

He flipped open the metal lid and triumphantly held up a
condom.

“You keep condoms in the first-aid kit?” she laughed.

“It’s an emergency kit. It makes sense to be prepared for
any emergency.” He flashed her a mischievous grin that made her heart pound.
Yeah,
way to keep your emotions in check
,
Kat.
Every time she was with
Justin she fell a little deeper into him.

Stalking toward her, he licked his lips. “Now where were we?
Oh yeah, I was telling you all about my fantasy of fucking you here in the
barn.”

The hunger in Justin’s eyes made her tremble, moisture
pooled in her core. No man had ever made her feel as desirable as Justin did.

Kat held on to the horn with one hand and the back of the
saddle with the other and arched her back so her shirt slipped off her
shoulders.

“You are so fucking sexy, Kat,” Justin growled.

He positioned himself between her legs. The contrast of the
warm, soft leather at her ass and the rough fabric of his jeans against her
sensitive flesh made her hiss in a breath. He swiveled his hips and she pressed
into him, desperate for the contact on her clit. Just the way he looked at her
was enough to set her on edge, the slightest touch sent tingles through her
body.

Justin licked a path up the column of her neck. “Do you know
how many times I’ve pictured fucking you in here? Pictured fucking you every
fucking place on the ranch?” he growled. “Damn it, Kat, I can’t stop thinking
about you.”

The hint of anger in his voice made her lean back to look at
him. “Is that a bad thing?” she asked.

“Yeah,” he gritted out the words between clenched teeth as
if it pissed him off to admit how much he wanted her.

“Why’s that bad?” she asked. Hope blossomed in her gut.
Maybe she wasn’t the only one feeling this struggle to keep things casual.

He looked at her, his chest rose rapidly as he breathed, his
eyes stormed with anger and arousal. “Come on, Kat. What’s light about me
wanting you every fucking minute of the day?”

She shifted her hips and pressed her body against him. “But
I want you just as badly,” she whispered and nipped his bottom lip.

He groaned then his muscular arms banded around her back and
pulled her tight against him as his lips crashed down on hers in a kiss she
felt all the way to the tips of her toes. The low rumble that rolled from
Justin’s chest made her pussy clench. God, she loved that sound, so hungry and
aroused as if he was fighting for control.

“Fuck me, Justin.”

He reached between them and ran his finger down the seam of
her pussy. “Jesus,” he groaned.

“Just take me hard and fast,” she demanded. She needed to
feel him inside her, buried deep.

Stepping back, he lowered his jeans then sheathed himself
with the condom. She reached out and pulled him back toward her.

Justin placed his cock at the entrance to her pussy and
thrust deep. They both groaned loudly. He paused for a moment, then eased back
and thrust forward again. Kat wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms
around his neck. The saddle against her ass supported her, angling her hips in
such a way that each stroke allowed Justin to hit her G-spot just right.

Kat inhaled deeply, trying to catch her breath. The scent of
sex mixed in with the earthy aroma of worn leather. Awareness that they could
be caught at any moment added to her arousal.

Justin reached between them and flicked her clit with his
finger. Her pussy clenched as the orgasm started to build, her breathing
hitched and she moaned. His teeth bit into the soft spot at the base of her
neck as he pounded into her. Kat’s head dropped back and she closed her eyes as
an orgasm ripped through her.

Justin continued to bite her neck as he thrust, dragging out
her orgasm as one became another.

“Kat, you’re killing me,” he groaned as her orgasm pulled
him along with her.

He thrust one final time. Her inner muscles continued to
clench while her body slowly came down from its high. Boneless, she slumped
against him. What was it about Justin that pushed her to do things that she’d
never considered doing with anyone else? And each time she did he brought her
to new heights. He took her to places she didn’t know her body could go.

After several seconds Justin cleared his throat and stood.
“I should umm, get back to work.”

Her mind replayed over the things they’d both admitted in
the heat of passion. She’d promised herself she wouldn’t get in too deep with
him and she was. Trying to keep things light, she smiled. “So did that live up
to the fantasy?”

Justin cleared his throat again. “And then some,” he
mumbled.

Meeting his stare, she was sure the emotion warring in his
eyes matched her own. So much for keeping things simple.

Chapter Six

After being on the ranch for the past three weeks Kat had
used muscles she didn’t even know she had. Leaning her arms on the rails of the
porch, she took a sip of her coffee and stared across the expanse of the open
range. The sun broke its way over the eastern mountain range, showing off the
kind of sunrises she’d only ever heard about back home. She sighed. A girl
could get used to this.

The screen door slammed shut, breaking her quiet
contemplation. She didn’t need to turn to know it was Justin. Every fiber in
her body came into awareness the second he was anywhere near her. He set his
coffee on the rail beside her.

“Bet you don’t see that in New York,” he murmured, following
her stare to the mountain range.

“There’s a lot of things about being here that I don’t get
in New York,” Kat said as her eyes lingered on the corded muscles in Justin’s forearms.
She loved the way those arms felt wrapped around her, the way they’d rippled
beneath her fingers when she touched him.

Justin rested his hand against hers. “Well if you’re game, I
was thinking this weekend you could experience a few other things you don’t get
back in New York.”

“Like?”

“I was thinking it might be fun to spend the weekend at the
line shack, there’s a great fishing hole where we could hang out and do some
swimming and fishing.”

“Fishing?” she asked and raised her eyebrows at him.

“Among other things.”

“What kind of other things?” she purred as she pictured all
kinds of naughty possibilities.

Justin pushed off the railing and moved in behind her. His
hard muscular chest pressed up against her back. He dipped his head and his
breath brushed against her ear. “I was thinking the guys could come with us.”

“The guys?” she squeaked.

“Yeah.” He sucked her earlobe into his mouth. Kat shivered
and tilted her head, not wanting him to stop.

“Kase and Dunc are all over the idea.”

Nerves battled with anticipation. “Really? They both want
to?”

Justin snorted. “You’re sexy as hell. Of course they both
want to.”

Kat glanced over her shoulder at Justin. “Sexy as hell,
huh?”

He gripped her hips and pressed his hard cock against her
back. “Feel how hard you get me and I’ve barely even touched you.”

She pressed back and shifted her hips, loving the way he
sucked in a breath as she rubbed against him.

He nipped her earlobe. “You like knowing you have that
effect on me. Now imagine how that will feel when you have three of us standing
there, aching for you.”

Justin’s fingers slid beneath the waistband of her jeans and
slowly eased into her panties. Justin groaned. “Damn, you’re wet just thinking
about it.”

He swirled his finger around her clit and she widened her
stance to give him better access.

“Now just imagine how amazing it will feel to be completely
filled with aroused male. Duncan in your mouth, Kasey in that hot pussy of
yours and me fucking your ass. Would you like that? Being with all three of us
at the same time?” He ran his tongue along her neck and nipped the soft spot
beneath her ear.

How would it feel to have them all touching her? She longed
to see them naked, the contrast between Kasey’s bulging muscles and Duncan’s
whipcord-lean body. Would their cocks match their size? One big and thick, the
other long and lean? “Yes,” she hissed.

“So you want to?” he asked as he plunged his finger inside
her pussy.

“Oh god yes,” she groaned.

“All right, I’ll talk to them.”

Her head snapped up. “What?”

He kissed her lips and nodded. “I’ll talk to them about it
and get it organized.”

“Holy fuck, no. You can’t do that.” She pulled out of his
arms

“Why? You just said you wanted to.” His brow wrinkled in
confusion as he stared at her as if he didn’t have a clue why she might not be
gung-ho.

“Well, Jesus, Justin, there’s a big difference between
talking dirty about it with you and doing it for real.”

“Why? What’s the big deal?”

“I don’t know. I just—” She took a deep breath. They’d
agreed to keep things light between them. Even to her own ears, saying she was
scared it would ruin what they had sounded heavy. But damn it, despite her best
efforts she was crazy about Justin. She’d meant to keep things purely about sex
but somewhere along the line things had changed. She was already dreading going
home in three weeks. The last thing she wanted to do was to ruin what little
time she had left with him.

Part of her wanted to jump at the chance to live out this
fantasy—three sexy cowboys all focused on her. Who wouldn’t want that? But what
if it ruined everything between her and Justin? As much as she fantasized about
the idea of being with all three of them, if things didn’t go well and got all
awkward, the remainder of her time on the ranch would completely suck.

“What?” Justin asked. “Clearly the idea turns you on so why
do you look unsure?”

He turned her around so she was facing him. “What? Talk to
me, Kat.”

She exhaled audibly. “I like things the way they are between
us and I don’t want to fuck that up.”

Justin’s forehead wrinkled as he looked down at her. “Why
would it fuck things up?”

“Oh come on, Justin, how could it not?”

He shrugged. “It’s sex. It doesn’t have to mean anything.
You have a fantasy, I want to help you live it, nothing wrong with that. You
helped me out with that stable fantasy I had, this is no different.”

“Yeah right,” she scoffed. “Except this time we’re inviting
your friends to come play.”

Justin grinned. “And it will be a lot of fun.” When she
scowled, he tucked her hair behind her ear and kissed her lightly on the lips.
“I know you have concerns and I get that, but trust me. I’ve done this before
and it’s not going to fuck anything up for me. Do you think it will for you?”

The fantasy sounded good but a part of her hated the idea
that he’d done this before. That he saw her as no different than his buckle
bunnies. “I don’t know. I don’t see why it would, but how can you not look at
me differently after I have sex with all three of you at once?”

Justin’s cock twitched against her stomach and she glanced
down. Justin laughed. “Don’t think it’s going to be a problem, obviously my
body is telling you it likes the idea.”

It twitched again and she laughed. “Okay, yeah, it turns you
on.”

Justin kissed her again. “Let me give this to you.”

She glanced up at him and met his stare. “You sure it won’t
screw things up?”

“It’s not going to screw anything up.” He cupped her jaw and
tilted her head so she was looking at him. “Why don’t we all head out tomorrow,
the guys will bring their sleeping bags, if you decide you don’t want to then
they can camp outside instead of in the cabin with us. It’s your show, whatever
you want goes.”

She nervously twirled her hair around her finger.
What if
I chicken out?
“And nobody is going to be mad if I decide not to go through
with it?”

“Nah, I’m sure the guys will be disappointed because they’re
already jealous as hell that I get to be with you, but no, they’ll understand.
We might not be big-city boys but we aren’t idiots. We get that this is a big
deal to you, but ultimately it’s your body so it’s your call.”

She wrapped her arms around his waist. “Thank you,” she
murmured. Her mind raced with the possibilities, should she or shouldn’t she?
How was she supposed to decide this?

Justin tilted her chin up. “But, Kat, the three of us can do
things to your body that you never even imagined were possible. With all those
extra mouths and hands we can hit every one of your erogenous zones at one
time. You’ll be so fucking wet and turned-on, you won’t be able to think of
anything but how good it feels.”

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—how could she pass
it up? She chewed on her lower lip, debating the pros and cons with herself.
Finally she nodded. “Okay.”

A huge grin spilt across Justin’s face. “Okay.” He kissed
her. “We’re going to give you a weekend you’ll never forget.”

She needed to create memories that would last her long after
she went back to New York. “I’m counting on it.”

* * * * *

With the wire in his saddlebags, Justin rode back out to
meet the guys. He pulled up alongside Kasey as he worked with one of their
newer ranch hands, Sam. He dropped off a spool of wire and continued on down
the line until he found Duncan working alone digging a new post. Justin hopped
off his horse and slid his gloves on his hands.

“About fucking time you got back,” Duncan grumbled. He
looked Justin over then said, “What’d you do, take a nap or something?”

Justin grinned.

“You fucker, you went back and had sex, didn’t you?” Duncan
scowled.

Justin couldn’t wipe the grin off his face. “Jealous?”

“Yeah.” Dunc shook his head. “The least you can do is dig,”
he said and handed Justin the shovel.

As they worked side by side fixing the fence Justin ran over
possible ways to bring up the subject of the campout. Justin glanced over at
his oldest friend. Man, how many times had they shared a woman? It had always
seemed so simple and straightforward, but approaching your buddies about
sharing the woman you were dating was somehow different. His dick was certainly
all fired up about the idea but he couldn’t seem to shut off his brain and its
constant commentary that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. That Kat was
different.

Justin cleared his throat. The words seemed to be stuck
inside.

Dunc glanced over at him. “You all right?”

“Umm…yeah sure…” He cleared his throat again. “Umm…look, the
thing is, ugh…well, Kat and I were talking and she’s umm…” He rubbed the back
of his neck. “Well we were thinking of going out to the line shack this weekend
and thought maybe you and Kase would want to come along.”

“Why do you want us to come with you?” Duncan replied
skeptically.

Justin fiddled with the brim of his hat and looked across
the open range. “There might be something else on the menu.”

Duncan watched him and smirked. “Oh yeah, like what?”

Justin shrugged. “If things go well then maybe you and Kase
could bunk inside with us.” He scratched his cheek. Jesus, why was this so hard
to say?
Man up, Shaw.
“Kat’s got a little fantasy that I thought maybe
you two could help me out with.”

Duncan turned completely and faced Justin head-on. “Oh
really?” Duncan continued to stare at him. “And what about you, Jus, you want
that too?”

Justin pushed his hat up on his forehead and rubbed his hand
across his face, then pulled the hat back down. “Yeah, what the hell? Why not?”

Duncan continued to stare at him. “You sure? Kat’s not like
your normal girls.”

“I know that,” Justin grumbled.

“No, dude, I don’t think you do. You’re different with her.
I’ve never seen you tangled up about a woman before.”

Justin spun the roll of wire in his hands and watched it
move. That was exactly why he needed to do this. Things with Kat were intense.
Ever since that day in the barn he’d been trying to keep things simple, but
spending every night in her bed, seeing her at meals, she was there burrowing a
little deeper. He needed to do this to keep things between them all about fun.
That’s what they’d agreed to. Besides, he really wanted to do this. Watching
how hot she got just thinking about being with the three of them completely
turned him on. He couldn’t wait to see her undone. He hadn’t been lying about
that. He’d never dated a woman long enough to really dig into her fantasies.
Hell, who was he kidding? He never dated a woman long enough to really talk to
her. But Kat was different.

Duncan watched him knowingly. “’Cause you seem a little
hesitant about the idea, buddy. I mean, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t
interested. Kat is hotter than hell but I certainly don’t want to do anything
to fuck things up between you two.”

“Nah, it’s cool.”
It has to be.

Finally Duncan nodded. “All right then, count me in.” Duncan
stood. “When do we leave?”

Justin laughed. “Not ’til tomorrow, you perv.”

Duncan waggled his eyebrows. “Then I guess I’d better get a
good night’s sleep.”

Justin just rolled his eyes at the other man.

That went well, now he just needed to run the idea by Kasey.
At the sound of horse hoofs he looked up. Speak of the devil. Kasey rode up and
stopped beside them.

“What’s up?” Duncan asked.

“You got any extra water? The dumbass new guy didn’t bring
enough,” Kasey muttered.

“Why didn’t Sam come get it himself?” Justin asked.

“Because if I had to stay and listen to him bitch about his
girlfriend for another minute he was going to end up being one of the fence
posts,” Kase complained. “Jesus, you’ve never seen a guy so wound up about a
woman before.”

Duncan snorted. Kasey’s eyes bobbed between the two men.
“What’d I miss?”

“Nothing.” Justin scowled.

“Oh come on, Jus, that’s not entirely true.” Duncan smirked.
“Don’t you have something you want to ask Kase?”

Justin glared at his best friend then looked up at Kasey
still seated on his horse. “It’s no big deal really. I was just talking to Dunc
about this weekend.” He cleared his throat. “About um…all of us going camping.”

“O—kay.” Kasey dragged out the word. His brow knit with
confusion.

“Our man here wants to do a little group thing with Kat,”
Duncan jumped in, poking at Justin in that needling way that only old friends
could.

Kasey’s eyes nearly bugged out at the news. “Seriously?”

Justin shrugged.

“No seriously, you really want us to join you? Are you sure,
man? It’s Kat.”

Justin groaned. Jesus, what was with these two? It really
wasn’t that big a deal. “Are you in or not?”