Page 22 of Petals & Promises

“What are you worried about, Yun,” I teased. “You know she’s already seen all there is to see.”

“Yeah, but the guy delivering our food hasn’t,” he countered. “I’d prefer to keep a limit on who I expose myself to, and a stranger isn’t one of them.”

That was a point I couldn’t argue with, but it did raise another question. “So what are we supposed to do once we’re lost in the haze of the bond?”

“Already taken care of,” Yun shared, waving off my worry. “I found a whole menu section for bonding care, which includes leaving food outside the door in coolers for us to bring in. They are dropping the first one off tonight that will have enough snacks and drinks for at least two days. Then each morning, another will arrive, and they’ll take the empty one. I just mark down food we don’t want, and the rest is up to them.”

“Nice, that might be my favorite thing about this place,” Gareth said, grinning. “No need to make choices about things that don’t matter when we have something, or should I say someone, to focus our attention on.”

Bailey-Rose blushed, dipping under the water to hide, then swimming out to the floating platform a few feet away. Watching her climb out of the water, my mouth went dry at the sight of the water cascading off her milky white skin. In the back of my mind, I made a note to ensure I took extra care to slather her in suntan lotion. We couldn’t let our girl get sunburned, and it offered me the chance to feel her smooth skin under my hands. My dick pulsed at the idea, and I’m pretty sure I was leaking a little extra salt into the water, telling me I was reaching the end of my rope. The food better arrive soon, or our girl wasn’t going to be eating anything but my cum.

thirteen

Bailey-Rose

Five pairs of eyes were a heavy weight to bear as my Alphas watched me stretch out on the raft, tossing an arm over my eyes. Another growl from my stomach reminded me I truly was hungry. I knew if I ignored it and didn’t get the chance to eat before the tension building between us broke, there was a high chance I’d pass out again. The last time that happened, poor Vili was left in so much pain as he pulled out of me before his knot shrunk. I’d seen how awful that had been for him, and I wasn’t looking to repeat that experience.

Climbing up here had been the only option to control the urges coursing through me. One thing I hadn’t considered about them being naked and swimming was how clear the water was. There was nothing to keep how turned-on they were from sight. Even Yun-Sun had an obvious tent in his swim shorts, and I knew how good that cock felt.

The raft dipped and shifted as one of my guys climbed up to join me. Water droplets landed on my skin, telling me that whoever it was hovered over me. In the next second, a gust of wind hit just right, and I was lost in the scent of sweet milk chocolate and bright notes of orange, creating the perfect balance. Smiling, I kept silent, curious to see what my first love was going to do now that he’d joined me.

“I see you smirking like the Cheshire Cat, Rosie,” Lysse whispered in my ear. “Could it be that you know exactly what you’re doing to us? Has my sweet little Rosie turned into a sultry tease?”

Unable to keep from looking into his blue eyes that matched the water around us, I lowered my arm. “I don’t know what you mean. I’m just here relaxing and soaking up the sun.”

“So tease it is,” Lysse determined with a laugh. “Well, two can play that game.”

Reaching up, he tugged on the strings tying the top of my bikini until they released. My breath started to pick up as I felt my newly repaired heart thundering in my ears. Since I was lying on the back strings, Lysse decided to just tug what remained down around my waist. Taking a fist full of my wet hair, he pulled, tipping my head back to stare up at the cloudless blue sky. The first touch of his lips over my scar had me sucking in a sharp breath.

“Lysse…” I whispered.

All the guys had made it incredibly clear to me that in no way did they see this mark as ugly or something to be ashamed of. However, it was hard for me to look at it, knowing how long it took for the reddish-purple color of a healing scar to dissipate. With my fair skin, it stood out, drawing people’s attention and causing them to quickly look away, feeling guilty for looking. What I hated most about the scar wasn’t how it looked but the fact it sometimes felt like a brand. To the average person who saw it, I was marked as imperfect, and that infuriated me to the point of tears some days.

“Shh, Rosie,” Lysse whispered, a hand gliding down my side to settle on my hip. “Let me worship this body of yours as it deserves. It’s been through hell, fought many battles, and has brought you out the other side stronger than ever.”

Tears leaked out of my eyes at his words and the feel of his lips brushing my skin.

“This scar…” he said, pausing to press open-mouthed kisses down my sternum, “… is a badge of honor, a mark of strength, and proof the woman I love will be able to share a long life with me.”

I tried to reach up to touch him, but he caught my hands and pinned them to the raft. “No, there is only so much control I have. Right now, I want to taste every inch of you until the food gets here.”

Which was exactly what he did. When he reached the end of the scar, he worked his way back up until he reached my chin. He saw I’d been crying and licked the salty trail before kissing me so deeply it seemed we shared oxygen. Releasing my lips, he moved down, nuzzling the side of my neck and letting his teeth scrape along certain parts, pulling a moan from me.

The real tease, however, was feeling the tip of his cock as it brushed along my stomach. As he worked his way down, so did his dick, making me shiver as it grazed the top of my mound. What I craved was so close yet still too far away, but if I tilted my hips, the tip would catch at the top just above my clit, making me cry out.

“Tell me, Rosie, do you still enjoy being a tease?” Lysse asked as he cupped my pussy. “God, you’re fucking drenched down here, ready and waiting for your Alpha to fuck you until his knot swells and locks you to him like the good little Omega you are. Do you want me to fill you with my cum as I place my mark on your body?”

A whine erupted from me as my body all but short-circuited at the lack of orgasm with all this stimulation. “Please…” I gasped, thrashing from side to side, desperate for any kind of friction. “I want it all, Lysse. I want to be fucked hard. To feel like you’re going to split me in half as you hold me together. I need you to flood me with your cum, trapping it in me with your knot until I’m marked inside and out as yours forever.”

Something between a snarl and a growl rumbled out of Ulysses as his mouth latched onto my nipple. I arched, feeling his teeth bite down but stopped just before they would break the skin. Then the next second, he was gone, leaving me a needy, shivering mess.

“Kitten,” Vili cooed, brushing a hand over my hair. “Come back to me just for a moment.”

Lifting my body so I was sitting, he slid in behind and lifted something to my lips. The second I got the taste of peanut butter and banana, I started to guzzle down the cool, refreshing smoothie. The shock of cold hitting my stomach helped bring me back to reality. I saw Yun and Gareth escorting an irate Ulysses back into the bungalow.

“This is packed full of protein,” Vili murmured as I took over, grasping the glass bottle. “Slow down, kitten. I have another if you need,” he shared, pointing to the pink-colored glass bottle.

It tasted so good and was exactly what I needed. I’d been just as thirsty as much as hungry. Finishing off the bottle, I sighed, leaning back against Vili. “Thank you. If you hadn’t stopped him, this would have ended much like our time together.”