Saint James, Elle - Unbridled and Undone [The Double Men Rider's Club] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) (21 page)

Tessa had been turned on. She probably wouldn’t have agreed to it if they’d asked in advance, but the thrill of being caught fucking in the woods was much more arousing than she’d expected. The naughty idea of someone watching was definitely something she liked.

She looked over at the road as the truck shifted into gear, did a three point turn and departed the same way it had come.

“How long before we can get you up on a stage?” Zachary asked.

She laughed out loud. “It’ll take years.”

Dell slid his arms around her waist. “We can wait.”

* * * *

Clay drove back to town, put the truck in park once they arrived at the hotel, and did his best to control the volatile emotions writhing inside his soul since witnessing the delectable sex fest in the forest clearing. He loved watching threesomes fucking almost as much as participating. He didn’t get off duty chances to watch very often. Being hired by the leaders of the Double Rider Men’s Club had been advantageous in both employment and unexpected sexual bonuses.

Seeing Dell and Zachary with their new love, Tessa, almost made him reevaluate his lonely life. But then he quickly remembered that he was by himself for a reason and shut off any ideas of changing his life. That wasn’t going to happen, not tonight or any time soon. He wasn’t ready, anyway. The only thing that needed changing was this sore subject.

“How are the plans in
Colorado
coming?” he asked his passenger, Johnny Dyer, to divert the direction of his mind.

Johnny pulled his cowboy hat off and tossed it on the dashboard. “Not as fast as I’d like.”

That caught Clay’s attention away from his dismal train of thought. “Aren’t you ahead of schedule?”

“Yeah, but not far enough ahead for next year’s DRMC event to take place there.”

Clay folded his arms and rested them against the steering wheel. “Doesn’t matter. We expected to acquire a place for next year, anyway. No more renting. I’ve already scouted several buildings that will work for our needs. In fact, I’ve got one all picked out that I like best.”
 
Plus, it was a large step up from the informal show that had started the whole DRMC club. The club’s leaders had been very forthcoming about the start of this club.

“Were you at the Las Vegas show initially?” he asked Johnny.

Last year, when the conference was in
Las Vegas
, someone clever had hired a threesome to perform a live sex act between two men and one woman at a private club. The addition of willing women hadn’t been included in that initial performance, but now that the club had formed, it was planned as a regular feature going forward.

Johnny nodded. “Yeah, but only eight men had participated last year.”

Clay was impressed. “So membership has tripled in the past twelve months?”

“Yep. We’re a popular group.” Johnny grinned at first but then sobered. “Which puts more pressure on me to get not only a permanent place finished, but to make next year’s space perfect. Speaking of that, how much additional refurbishing work will your project selection need?”

“Some.”

Johnny sighed and murmured, “Like I don’t have enough to do with the DRMC’s Colorado playground project.”

“I’m not worried.” Clay grinned. “You’ll get it all done, Johnny. You always do.”

Johnny’s response was a grunt, but Clay knew he approved and would kill himself to make next year’s venue for the DRMC’s annual event perfect.

Clay looked forward to being in complete control of next year’s facilities. No more cameras accidentally coming on during the celebration or pretty owner’s daughters crashing the party when he wasn’t looking. Next year would be much more satisfactory from a security stand point.

In two years, once construction was completed on the permanent DRMC playground in Colorado, the group would have a very impressive headquarters tucked away, and best of all it could be used year-round.

The small cadre of club owners had asked him to manage and secure the
Colorado
property before the first land surveyor had finished the specs. He’d agreed to the generous offer immediately. In fact, Clay had scoped out a perfect location to put his security operations building before the ink and dried on the documents when land had been purchased.

Perhaps in a few years, after the DRMC headquarters was up and running, he’d opt to join in on the perks of membership. He was smart enough to know it would take years of time to chase his particular demons away.

Epilogue

Five months later

Tessa strolled through the front door of her grandmother’s home, newly replanted in
Wyoming
, and put the supplies she’d brought on the kitchen table. The old fireplace had been cleaned and refurbished so she could use it when she spent time in her home away from home. Dell and Zachary had insisted on a grand re-opening for her tidy little abode nestled in a beautiful spot on their vast property.

She didn’t expect they’d be frolicking out in the woods anytime soon with the weather so cold, but she never came out here without thinking about that thrilling night months ago in the clearing which served as her new back yard.

They had put the house on five acres of land, deeded the property in her name only, and ensured that she and her descendents would have this place basically forever. There was an access road along the north edge of her property line that joined with the roads connecting the rest of their land. Written into the contract, this gave her easement rights to get on and off of her property so that she wasn’t landlocked.

Dell and Zachary would be meeting her here later on for some quality time, but first she planned to make a nice, simple meal and have it ready for their arrival.

The weather had turned cold on the ranch, but no snow had fallen as of yet. After starting a fire in her fireplace, she readied the food for later on.

Her cell phone buzzed in her pocket as she sat before her cozy fireplace, sipping a cup of tea.

She answered without looking at the number. “Hello?”

A long-familiar voice came through unexpectedly. “Tessa, this is your father. Please don’t hang up on me.”

While her first reaction was to push the
end
button and dismiss him, she hesitated. Tessa hadn’t spoken to her father in months. Perhaps it was finally time to air their grievances and find some way to converse civilly.

“All right. I won’t hang up.”

“Thank you.”

“What can I do for you?”

“I just wanted to know how you were.”

“I’m wonderful. Dell and Zachary make me very happy.” This call wouldn’t last long if he made any disparaging remarks about her current lifestyle. Better to get that out in the open at the beginning of the conversation. She expected him to start yelling or at the very least lecturing, but he surprised her.

“I’m glad, Tessa. Truly, I only want you to be happy.”

“You could have fooled me.”

“I know I haven’t always been so easy to talk to. I didn’t listen to you when I should have about Arthur.”

“Is he still running your business?” Tessa didn’t care one way or the other, but since her father had extended an olive branch, she wanted to reciprocate.

“Hell no. I found out he was embezzling from me. I fired him last week. You were right about him all along.”

Tessa almost dropped the phone on her lap. Her father hadn’t told her she was right about anything for as long as she could remember. Her attitude softened a little bit more. “Thanks for that. I’m sorry he let you down.”

“Well, I’m sorry I didn’t realize what kind of man he was sooner.”

Silence engulfed the line for several moments. Sadly, the civil phone call between them today was nearly unprecedented. Usually if they spoke, it wasn’t for very long. Their conversations lasted until volatile words were spoken and Tessa hung up.

“Why did you really call?” Tessa asked. Mostly, she wanted to stop listening to dead air.

“I wanted to reconnect.” Her father’s gruff tone suggested sincerity.

“I’m glad. I hated the way we left things the last time I saw you.”

“Do those two cowboys really make you happy? If not, you can come back. You’ll get no pressure from me regarding any marriage proposals.”

“I married Dell and Zachary.”

“When did you do that?” Surprise and not the expected anger or revulsion came over the line in her father’s voice.

“Six months ago.”

“Well, if they make you happy, then I’m glad for you.”

“Both of them make me very happy.” Tessa didn’t want to discuss her personal life with her father to any detailed degree, but telling him that little bit had been easier than she’d figured it would be. “I know you don’t approve, but this is the life I’ve chosen, and it’s the right one for me.”

Here on the ranch, if anyone wondered about her relationship with Dell or Zachary, they kept their opinions to themselves. She adored the people on the ranch. They’d accepted her immediately even before their marriage. She hoped her father could come to accept her decision for a life with two men.

“Something you don’t know about me.” He paused, and the line was silent for so long Tessa checked the screen to see if they’d been disconnected, then wondered if he planned to continue. “I once considered a relationship like the one you have.”

What? Her father in a threesome relationship?

“I never knew that,” she replied quietly.

“It was well before I met your mother. Times were very different back then. Although being different isn’t fully accepted today, any alternate lifestyles were simply not discussed, let alone accepted by anyone. At least not where I lived.”

“I’m sorry.” Never in a million years would she have ever expected her father to admit something like this.

Her father cleared his throat. “I don’t have regrets. If not for your mother, I wouldn’t have you for my daughter.”

“I never realized I meant that much to you.” A fat tear rolled down Tessa’s cheek and splashed on her arm.

“I’m sorry I didn’t try harder to let you know my feelings. I guess I’m a little stubborn.”

Tessa reeled from her father’s admissions. All this time what she thought was his disapproval had instead hidden his resentment he’d been denied the lifestyle she now enjoyed. Even for as much as she knew he loved her mother and never considered remarrying after her death, Tessa would never have guessed he had any other predilections for alternative lifestyles.

“I’m also very sorry I was so difficult when Dell and the lawyer tried to buy the property. They must truly love you to offer so much money.”

“They do love me very much.”

“I’m glad for you, Tessa.”

“Actually, I’m sitting in the house right now. They gave me property to put it on, and it’s all in my name. A new foundation was built, and I have a modern basement beneath me instead of the dugout crawl space like before.”

“Good.” He paused again for another long stretch. She wondered what was coming next. “I wanted to let you know that I’m selling my business.”

“Really? I’m so surprised. I thought you loved it.”

“I wanted to leave it all to you and your husband to carry on my legacy, but it never occurred to me, until a few months ago, that you might have different dreams. I’m sorry I was so stubborn.”

“Would you like to come here for a visit sometime?” The query was out of her mouth before she had time to decide if it was a good idea or not.

“I don’t deserve your hospitality, but I sure appreciate it.”

“Maybe for Christmas, if the weather holds.”

“Maybe so. Thanks, Tessa.”

Tessa said her good-byes, and for the first time in a long time, looked forward to hearing from her father the next time he called.

The sound of an approaching truck sent a tingle of anticipation down her spine. Tonight was their weekly “date night.” If they didn’t make plans at a restaurant in town for dinner, they often came out to her house to spend quality time alone together, almost like a private retreat away from the world. Tessa couldn’t have planned her life better.

The doorbell rang. She shook her head in amusement. They always treated her house like they didn’t live here, too.

Tessa smiled and strolled to the front door to let her loving husbands inside. Often, she was completely undone by the unexpected happiness she’d stumbled into when she chased down two cowboys and fell in love.

THE END