“Kinky,” Nathan mused, crossing his arms with a smirk on his face.
Calix shoved up off the floor. “Don’t say anything else,please.” He rushed out of the room and locked himself in the bathroom without saying anything else.
Heat flushed through me, and I yanked my wrists again, but it did nothing. “Can someone untie me?”
“I don’t know, killer. Should we untie you or take advantage of the situation?” Nathan strolled over and leaned his shoulder against the wall next to the nightstand.
“I got you, darlin’.” Micah rolled his eyes and came over to untie me.
“Thanks.” I let out a breath of relief as I rubbed the raw marks on my wrists. “Is he okay?”
The door to the bathroom slammed open before his footsteps echoed his fast pace until he came back in. “I’m so sorry, honey. I forgot to untie you and left you on the bed. All because I couldn’t handle the fluids.”
“It’s okay, Calix, I promise.” Micah pulled his flannel off before placing it over my shoulders, and I put it on. “I should’ve told you that it’d be messy.”
“I should’veknownthat. I was just excited. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be,” I assured him as I got up and wrapped my arms around his waist gently. “I understand.”
“Thank you, Tori.” He cupped my face and pulled me back until his lips sealed over mine.
Micah and Nathan shared a look before smiling at us, and my heart fluttered with the fact that I’d finally been intimate with Calix. We’d bonded tonight in a way I hadn’t expected us to in a while, and I felt so much closer to him.
19
MICAH
Tori coming into our life wasn’t expected, but her and her family coming to the Oasis was a blessing for more than just us in this last month. The contributions of their farm animals and extra hands and supplies came in handy. Miraculously, even Daisy and Jay did their part, even if their presence annoyed us because of what they did to Tori, and Daisy’s attitude toward our woman pissed us off. But she’d stayed away for the most part.
Calix had come so far after being intimate with Tori. He’d even stopped wearing his mask around the treehouse with us, which was a huge step. He and Tori have had sex a couple of more times since the first time, and the last, he’d done it in missionary. Nathan couldn’t stop teasing him though, which Tori and I found all the more amusing.
Nathan’s dad and Sally went with Tori’s parents for another supply run at their ranch twice in a row and finished bringing everything of importance over for the winter. The only supplies we needed more of were medical supplies, just in case we needed them through the winter.
Winter dropped below freezing most of the season, and snow piled heavy to the point where we had to hunker down at the Oasis and not travel out, so we wanted to make sure we had all the supplies we could possibly have before the first snowfall.
Tori’s naked body shivered as she undressed in the wooden shed that served as our shower, and her nipples pebbled as goosebumps covered her skin. “So cold.” Her teeth chattered as Nathan started the water, and she yelped as the icy water hit our skin.
“Come here, honey.” Calix wrapped his arms around her as she turned into him for warmth.
It was only Calix’s second shower with all of us together, and it was a good thing. Tori liked it when we were all together. It was one of the sweetest things.
I glanced over near our towels that were on top of our clothes on the sink next to the door as a ripple of cold jolted through me. It was early morning, but we liked getting clean before everyone woke up.
Nathan grabbed the soap and lathered himself up before doing the same to Tori, and she leaned against Calix’s chest as both of their hands soaped her body. I squirted the shampoo in my hand before putting it in her hair and washing it until the suds were covering her head.
Something about just taking care of this woman made us feel complete, and I was grateful that it was them she wanted with us. I loved everything about the dynamic we had together.
The water finally heated up, and we moved her under the warm stream to rinse her off before a knock sounded on the door.
“In a minute!” I called back, but there was another more persistent series of knocks without a reply.
We finished rinsing off before we grabbed the towels, but the knocks were so persistent it shook the door.
“What could’ve happened?” Tori murmured, shaking from either fear or the cold.
I swung the door open with adrenaline pumping through me to reveal Daisy’s hand still up in the knocking position and Jay standing next to her with a sheepish look.
“What’s going on?” I asked gruffly, irritation flaring through me.
