Velvet Steel (22 page)

“I didn’t forget them. You took them.” She snatched the clothes from his fingers.

“No, I took them.” Noah emerged from the woods to stand next to Shane. “He just wanted to be the one to hand them back to you.”

“I thought I told you to leave.”

“You did, but Shane and I have made a living out of not playing by the rules.”

“Yeah, I bet.” Kitty glared at both men and then jammed her sweatshirt down over her head. Damn it, why hadn’t she brought a towel? Her wet skin stuck to the thin cotton fabric and made it almost impossible to put on. She tugged and shoved to no avail. Finally she made a frustrated noise, tore it off, and threw it on the ground. So much for appearing like she was in control.

Kitty placed her hands on her hips, fully aware that she didn’t have a stitch of clothing on. “Why did you two come down here? Did you want to take one last swing at me before driving off into the sunset?”

“It’s not like that, love.” Noah stepped forward, but Kitty held up her hand.

“Don’t call me ‘love.’ In fact, don’t call me anything at all.” She scooped up her sweatshirt and pants and held them in front of her chest to hide her nakedness.

“I just…” Noah pressed his lips together.

Kitty tapped her foot. “Well?”

“What he’s trying to say”—Shane stepped forward—“is that we have something for you.”

“A parting gift,” Noah added.

Kitty ignored the ache in her chest and frowned. “What is it?”

Noah placed something in her hand. “Here.”

She stared down at the object, confusion rushing through her mind. “A disk?” She held it up between them. “You want to give me a computer disk?”

“Not just any disk, but
the
disk.”

“I don’t understand.”

Noah shrugged. “I wanted to give you a copy.”

“Are you guys
insane
? Why the hell would I want to relive this hellish weekend?”

Both men cringed, but she didn’t care.

“There are things on that disk that could get us in trouble,” Shane said.

Kitty frowned. “Yeah, like the ruination of socialite Kitty Velvet.”

“No.” Shane put his arm around Noah’s waist. “Like my relationship with Noah.”

“What?”

Noah put his arm around Shane. “Some people may applaud that the owners of S&N Steel are gay lovers, but many would not. Exposing this disk would open us up to boycotts and awkward explanations. We would have to do a lot of damage control.”

“Never mind the fact that my family doesn’t know I have an interest in both men
and
women,” Shane added.

Kitty couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “But I’d ruin my reputation along with yours.”

“But you aren’t the owner, your father is. Velvet Steel would survive the scandal, especially when most of the attention was focused on us,” Noah said.

“After what happened with Jameson Steel, we aren’t exactly liked by the media. They’re looking for an excuse to bring us down.” Shane glanced at Noah. “Finding out about our relationship might not mean much to some people, but it would mean a lot to our conservative stockholders. We’d lose funding and support.”

“It would cripple us,” Noah added.

Kitty stared down at the disk in her hands. “Why are you doing this?”

“You accused us of not caring,” Shane said. “We want to show you we care about what happens to Velvet Steel and to you.”

“This shows we do trust you. While we would survive the scandal, you could still make our lives quite miserable for a time,” Noah added.

“Whatever.” They might trust her, but they didn’t love her, not in the way she needed to be loved. She couldn’t forget that they’d tried to manipulate her. How could she believe anything they said? For all she knew, the disk was blank. Kitty moved to get by them.

Shane took her arm. “You’re not listening.”

Kitty stopped and faced them both. “I think I’m listening fine. You both used me to get your relationship back on track and secure your buyout bid. Now that you’re back together and you know I have very little control over the future of Velvet Steel, you felt guilty and gave me this disk as a consolation prize.” She waved the incriminating item in the air.

“No, that’s not it at all,” Noah said.

She crossed her arms over her chest. “Explain.”

Shane and Noah glanced at each other; then Noah started talking. “Okay, we admit it. When we searched you out, it was to convince you that S&N Steel should buy out your company. At the time, we thought you were just a stuck-up daughter of Clint Velvet.”

Kitty threw her arms in the air. “Is calling me a high-society brat supposed to warm my heart?”

“We didn’t have a lot to go on,” Shane said. “Only the television interviews and the handful of times you made public appearances with your father. You didn’t seem very approachable.”

Kitty thought back over the past year and reluctantly agreed he had a point.

Noah inched forward. “Our motives may have started out that way, but once we were with you in the limo…”

“We knew you were something more than what the news media made you out to be. You’re special, Kitty.”

Kitty crossed her arms. “And?”

“And we still wanted Velvet Steel, but we also wanted to get to know you better,” Shane said.

Noah’s expression softened. “The real you, not the person in front of the camera or in her father’s shadow.”

Kitty’s mind blanked in surprise. “You did?”

Shane nodded. “And the more time we spent with you, the more time we wanted to spend with you.”

“We saw the sensitive, caring woman the world doesn’t see.” Noah stepped forward.

“A woman with a sense of adventure and excitement.” Shane followed Noah, and both men advanced toward her, their gazes intent.

“We grew to love her.”

They surrounded her now, and Kitty inhaled their familiar scents and felt their familiar heat. Despite everything that had happened, she wanted to believe them, but could she?

“At some point it stopped being about buying Velvet Steel,” Shane said.

“Or saving our relationship,” Noah added.

“It became about helping you.”

Kitty frowned. “But you
did
strengthen your relationship.”

Shane shrugged. “It was just a bonus. We both know if we left you and went back to our old way of life, we’d drift apart again. Our mutual infatuation with you brings us together.”

“And our concern for your well-being keeps us together,” Noah added. He brushed a stray hair from her face. “We’ve shown you that we trust you by giving you the disk. Now let us show you how much we care about you.”

“But—”

Shane cupped her cheek, drawing her attention to him. “Please.” He closed the final inches between them and captured her lips. The light press sent tingles of sensation throughout Kitty’s body, and she weakened under its force.

Noah slipped his arms around her middle to steady her. Shane eased her back into Noah’s warmth. When he drew his lips away, Noah crooked his finger under her chin and turned her head to meet his gaze.

“Let us try to make it up to you.” Noah pressed his lips against hers. He felt soft and giving. Kitty groaned as she reached up and threaded her fingers through his hair. He tilted his head and deepened the kiss, invading her mouth and claiming it for his own.

Shane crouched down before her and flicked his tongue against her nipple. The action sent a spark of pleasure through her body and caused her to groan against Noah’s mouth.

Shane cupped both of her breasts, then squeezed gently as if feeling their weight in his fingers. “They’re the perfect size, you know.”

Noah tore his lips away. “Let me feel.”

Shane backed away, and Noah drew his hands up from her hips, over her soft abdomen, then around the underside of her breasts. Kitty groaned and arched her back, pressing her tight nipples into his waiting fingers. Tiny jolts of sensation shot through her like pinballs, then rolled down to the apex between her thighs.

“Let me try.” Before Kitty could think, Noah stepped to her side and covered her mouth. Shane took her sensitive nipple between his teeth. The bite was light, but it rippled through her body like a horn, blasting through all her doubt and insecurities. Pleasure followed, and Kitty drove her hand into Shane’s auburn locks. He used his tongue and lips to ease the ache, stroking the tension in her muscles until she felt tied up in knots. Slowly he moved to the other side and repeated the torture.

Noah’s hands kept busy as well. As Shane worshipped her breasts, Noah slipped his fingers around her hips and over her mound. She gasped against his mouth as he cupped her with his palm. Noah tore his lips away and kissed a line of fire along her jaw and neck. He curled his fingers into her inner thighs and gently eased them apart. Cool air brushed against her opening, making her shiver all over. Noah rubbed up and down her inner thighs, never quite reaching where she wished him to be.

“Tease,” she whispered.

She felt his smile against her skin. “Always.” He nipped the sensitive spot where her neck and shoulder met.

Kitty gasped, which pushed her breasts upward and toward his waiting mouth. She exhaled on a groan as a new myriad of sensations flooded her body. “You two really know how to work together.”

“We would only do this for you, Kitty.” Shane stopped his ministrations. When she did, their gazes met, and she saw the sincerity in his green depths. “Only for you.”

Shane seemed so devoted, so sincere that a tightness formed in her chest.

“We could never pleasure another woman like we have you.” Noah’s hands inched up to cover her mound once more. “We need you, Kitty. You complete us.” He ran his finger over her opening.

Kitty sighed and sank down onto his able fingers. “You stole a movie line.”

“It’s still true,” Shane said, as he placed his hands to her breasts. “You’re good for us. We could be good for you too if you let us try.”

She wanted to try. Oh, how she wanted to try. There was still something that held her back, however.

“I think she might need more convincing, Shane,” Noah murmured from behind. He must have sensed her withdrawal. How Noah.

Kitty turned her head to face him. “You don’t have to do that.”

“I think we do.” Noah turned her around and wrapped one arm around her ass and another around her back. “Lead the way.” He lifted her high into the air as if she were a feather.

Shane placed a chaste kiss on her forehead and led them back to the cabin and onto the porch. “We had hoped you would let us try to persuade you, so we took the liberty of making things more comfortable.” Shane drew back the blanket from the futon and motioned for Noah to place her down.

How much things had changed. At the beginning of this weekend, Kitty would have scoffed at having sex on a futon. It was common and dirty and uncomfortable. Now she couldn’t think of anything better. She was with the two men she loved in one of her favorite childhood retreats. There was nothing better.

Noah laid her down, then moved away. Within minutes, both men had removed their clothes and crawled under the blanket with her. Lips and hands were everywhere as the men explored her body. Kitty couldn’t tell which man was touching her where, but it didn’t matter. Both of them gave her their full attention and focused on her pleasure. Heat and desire rolled over her body, and pressure formed in her lower abdomen.

Shane palmed her breast, then gently caressed it with his fingers. Sparks of pain and desire flickered through her body from his touch. The pressure in her abdomen responded. With his free hand, Shane lifted her upper leg and draped it over his hip.

“Much better,” he murmured as he placed butterfly kisses on her nose and cheeks.

“Agreed.” Noah’s body heat warmed her back as he moved closer. He kissed first her neck, then her shoulder as his fingers slipped between the cheeks of her ass. He had brought out the lube, and his finger glided easily over the opening in her backside. Kitty shuddered as desire rose and spiraled through her body.

Noah refrained from entering her but instead ran small circles around the rim until she wiggled with need. She clenched her pelvic muscles, trying to catch his nimble fingers and drag him inside. Frustration grew, and an urgency swept through her mind. She needed both men inside of her, and she needed them
now
.

Noah eased his hand between her legs and grabbed Shane’s shaft. Kitty reached down between them and threaded her thin fingers between Noah’s. Together they stroked Shane, running their hands up and down his erection. Shane stopped and groaned as every muscle flexed beneath his white Irish skin. Kitty touched the tip of his cock, coating herself with the moisture she found there.

Noah let go, leaving her to play with Shane as she pleased. She continued to tease his tip and enjoyed the way his features shifted between pleasure and agony.

Then Noah returned with a condom. Together they unrolled it over Shane’s shaft and positioned his cock against her pussy. He felt hard and smooth, like velvet over steel.

Kitty sensed Noah move away. Where was he going? A blast of panic cut through her desire until she heard the unwrapping of a second condom. She let out the breath she didn’t know she’d been holding.

“Never fear, lass,” Shane said, sensing her thoughts. “Neither one of us will ever leave you again.” He kissed her lightly on her lips as Noah’s body heat returned.

“Are you ready, love?” Noah asked.

Kitty turned her head and gave him a long, slow kiss. The taste of him exploded across her senses and restored her need.

“I take that as a yes,” Noah said when he was finally able to break away. He placed a soft kiss on her shoulder, then positioned himself at her opening in her backside.

Both men pushed, and all three of them groaned. Kitty felt her body stretch from both in front and behind. They had only gone halfway, however, and she longed for the fullness she had experienced earlier. She moved between them, trying to get more of them inside.

Shane wiggled his fingers above her hip. “Hold my hand.”

She stopped moving and laced her fingers with his. Noah immediately covered the back side of her hand and entwined his fingers with both hers and Shane’s.