STORY EXCERPT

“Cindy, do you have a moment?” Kat asked.

Cindy met Kat’s gaze, nodded, and then smiled at Kat’s sister, Niki. “Hi, Niki, Kat. How are you?”

“We’re great,” Niki said.

“We heard on the grapevine that you have a specialized teaching degree,” Kat said. “Is that true, and if it is, what did you specialize in?”

“Teaching the deaf.”

“Does that mean you have an undergrad degree?” Niki frowned. “You don’t look old enough.”

Cindy tried to keep the scowl from her face and respond politely. She really liked Kat and Niki. Both the women had been to hell and back because of their mob boss father and his cronies, who thankfully were no longer alive and a threat.

“Whenever I wasn’t working here, I worked hard studying. I got my degree in under four years. Why are you asking?”

“We’d like to hire you,” Kat said.

Cindy blinked at her and, when she noticed she was gaping, quickly shut her mouth. “Are you serious?”

“As a heart attack,” Niki answered.

“You want me?” Cindy pointed at her chest.

“We do.” Kat smiled. “We have a few kids staying at Safe Haven with their moms. One of the girls is deaf, and we’d like you to come and teach the kids.”

Cindy frowned. “What about the school we have in town? Won’t the principal and the mayor be angry if you start educating the children?”

“No.” Niki leaned forward, took the pot of coffee from Cindy’s hand, and placed it on the table. “Why don’t you sit down for a minute? The lunch rush is over, and everyone in here has food and coffee.”

Cindy nodded and sighed when she sat. Her feet were killing her since she’d been on them for close to seven hours. She slid into the booth opposite the two sisters.

Kat cleared her throat. “The local school is full right now. Any children we have at Safe Haven need more attention from educators because of the things they’ve been and are still going through. We’ve already been in meetings with the school board, the principal, and the mayor this morning, and they’re all happy for us to bring in a teacher so the children staying at the shelter can still learn so they don’t get behind on their education. The mayor even suggested that maybe, eventually, we could build another school on the property. We think it’s a great idea, but we’re going to make sure the school is as far away from the shelter as possible since we don’t want any of the people staying there to feel uncomfortable.”

“Wow, I can’t believe…” Cindy glanced toward the kitchen serving window and smiled when she saw Delta gazing her way. Delta smiled back and then turned away. “I’d need to give notice,” she said, meeting both women’s eyes, one after the other. “I don’t want to leave Delta, Violet, and Enya in the lurch.”

“Loyal and compassionate,” Niki said. “You’ll be a great asset to the shelter, Cindy.”

“Thanks.” Cindy glanced away when she blushed. “When would you want me to start?”

“Again ASAP,” Kat said. “You talk things over with your bosses.” Kat dug into her purse and then handed over a business card. Niki did the same. “Our cell phone numbers are on the back. Give one of us a call to let us know when you’ll be available.”

Cindy nodded, took the business cards, and put them in her pocket. The smile on her face was so wide her cheeks were hurting. She couldn’t believe that things were starting to turn around for her. “You have no idea how thankful I am to you both for this opportunity. I thought I was going to have to move to be able to use my degree. Now I can stay right here in Slick Rock.” She shoved to her feet and grabbed the coffeepot. “I love this town and never want to leave.”

“We’re with you on that, Cindy. This is the type of town I want my kids growing up in. I know that if anything ever happens to me, everyone else will help to look after my children,” Kat said.

“Are you pregnant?” Cindy asked.

“Not yet, but I’m hoping I will be soon,” Kat answered.

Niki patted her belly and smiled. “I am.”

“Congratulations.” Cindy clasped Niki’s hand. “I’m so happy for you.”

“Thank you.”

Cindy turned when she saw some of the customers heading out after lunch. “I’d better get back to work or my bosses are going to fire me.”

“No chance of that, Cindy,” Niki said. “You’re a hard worker.”

Cindy waved in acknowledgement and got back to work.

Kat and Niki left not long after speaking to her. She was busy bussing tables and wiping them down, when the bell over the door tinkled. Turning, she headed toward it to greet the new customers and stopped dead when she saw the four big men standing near the counter. Her face heated with a blush, and she lowered her gaze to the floor. She’d never seen these men before, but if she had, there was no way she’d ever have forgotten them. They were all so handsome, tall, and muscular, they took her breath away.

When one of the men cleared his throat, she took a deep breath and tried to push her attraction to them aside. “Hi, I’m Cindy, your server. Welcome to the diner. You’re welcome to sit anywhere. I’ll get you all some coffee and be over to take your orders in a moment.” She spun and hurried behind the counter to the coffeepot. After taking several deep breaths trying to get herself under control, she picked it up and slowly walked toward where the four handsome men were sitting. She didn’t have to walk far since they’d taken a booth right across from the counter.

“Hi, Cindy, I’m Jake and these are my brothers, Shane, Grant, and Curtis.”

“Hi, Cindy.” Curtis winked.

“Hey,” Grant greeted.

ADULT EXCERPT

Cindy couldn’t believe she was sitting on a sofa surrounded by four hot, handsome men. Or that she was totally naked.

She jerked when Jake licked up through her folds and swiped the flat of his tongue over her clit. It felt so good, so sublime, she wanted more. Even though she was a little disconcerted that she was naked for the first time in front of the Kenny brothers she knew she’d eventually get over her embarrassment.

When she felt the cushion move next to her, the opposite side where Shane was sitting, she opened her eyes. Grant gave her a sexy wink, took over holding her casted arm, and watched her intently as he carefully moved her arm away from her chest.

Cindy was so high on pleasure right now, she wasn’t feeling any pain at all. All four of the men were being so gentle and careful not to touch where her healing wounds were or to jostle her arm.

“You are so fucking sexy, sweetie. I love how your breasts taste.”

She shivered as goose bumps raced over her skin, but she was in no way feeling chilled. In fact, she was so hot she felt as if she were burning up. Jake, Curt, Shane, and Grant had lit a blaze inside of her that just kept flaming higher and higher. She was sure she was about to self-combust.

Jake was licking, sucking, and lapping at her pussy. Each time his tongue caressed over her clit, tension invaded her muscles. Her lower abdomen felt as if it had melted, yet a taut pressure was growing hotter and higher inside of her.

Curt stroked a finger down her cheek, causing her to tilt her head back and meet his eyes. She barely had time to blink before his mouth was on hers. The kiss he laid on her was hot, wet, and wild.

Shane and Grant were alternately kneading and sucking at her breasts and nipples. The pleasurable sensations were so good they were driving her crazy.

Jake stroked his tongue up through her folds again, but this time instead of making the return journey to her weeping pussy hole, he lightly flickered his tongue back and forth over her aching clit.

“Oh!” she moaned when he rimmed her entrance with a finger before dipping into her soaked pussy.

Curt, still leaning over the back of the sofa, was nibbling and kissing up and down the side of her neck.

Cream spilled from her pussy when he delved his tongue into her ear. Cindy had no idea that her ear was an erogenous zone until then, but then she’d thought only her breasts and pussy would be sensitive to a man’s touch. How wrong she’d been. With all four men touching, kissing, and stroking her, her entire body felt as if it was one big aching mass of need.

Jake gained more depth with his finger, sparking all those responsive nerve endings to life.

Shane released the nipple he’d been sucking on with a pop. “Do you like having Jake’s finger in your sexy cunt, baby?”

“Oh.” She shook with arousal at his dirty, sexy words. “Yes.”

“You are so fucking hot and wet,” Jake rasped out. “So fucking tight.”

She moaned when he started pumping his finger in and out of her pussy. It felt so amazing, and she could already feel that blissful spiral she’d heard so much about winding tighter and tighter.

Intense liquid heat gathered in her lower belly, and the tension in her muscles made them tauten. Jake lashed the tip of his tongue over her clit, added another finger to her pussy, and began to thrust them into and out of her sex.

Grant and Shane drew her nipples into her mouth suckling firmly on the hard, throbbing nubs, and Curt kissed her with feverish hunger.

She sobbed with pleasure when Jake twisted his fingers inside of her and began to pump them harder, faster, deeper.

The blazing ball of hungry lust spread outward until the blaze inside was consuming her with hungry flames.

The pressure was so powerful she was sure she was about to explode.

Jake rubbed his fingers over an ultrasensitive spot on the top wall of her pussy just as he pulled her clit between his lips and sucked on it.

“Jake!” Cindy screamed as she climaxed for the first time.

She trembled and jerked as rapturous glory swept her up in a tidal wave of bliss so pure, so forcefully passionate, white lights flashed in front of her eyes. Juices dripped from her pussy with each convulsive clench of her inner muscles as she came and came some more.

By the time the last aftershock faded away, she was sheened in a light coating of perspiration, and her pussy and inner thighs were soaked with her juices.

She kept her eyes closed, savoring the residual tingles coursing through her body as she tried to regain her breath.

All four of the Kenny men were stroking lightly over her body as she came back down from her orgasmic high.

“Was that good, honey?” Jake asked, his voice deeper and hoarse.

Cindy couldn’t believe he’d asked that since she thought it was pretty obvious she’d enjoyed how they’d made her come since she’d screamed his name. “It wasn’t just good,” she said when she was sure she could talk without stuttering. “It was orgasmic.”