Shelby's Saviors [Slick Rock 7] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Free Page B

with her.
    Pulling into the drive, he parked the truck near the verandah so they could unload Shelby’s things. With a sigh he turned off the ignition and walked around to the other side of the vehicle. Cord’s hands on her tiny waist as he helped her down from the truck looked so right, and his cock twitched. She kept her eyes down and wouldn’t look at him, so he waited until his brother stepped back and then Brandt gently tilted her face up.
    “I’m sorry, Shelby. I don’t know what came over me. I’m not normally like that.”
    Shelby stood studying him intently, and he held her gaze. She must have seen his sincerity, because she gave him a tentative smile and a nod. Brandt exhaled, releasing her, and turned to the bed of the truck for her things. It didn’t take him and Cord long to unload, and when they had her things stored in her room, he showed her around the house. Once that was done, he and Cord left her to unpack and headed to the kitchen.
    “What the hell, Brandt. You nearly blew it before we’ve even started!” Cord exclaimed.
    “I know. I apologized.”
    “You’re going to have to back off, or you’ll scare her.”
    “You think I don’t know that? Fuck, Cord, I didn’t even know I was going to go all He-Man.” Brandt reached for the coffeepot and set about making fresh coffee.
    “What do you think happened to her back window?”
    “Other than being shot at, your guess is as good as mine.”
    “That girl is in a shitload of trouble.”
    “Yeah, but how are we going to protect her if she doesn’t open up to us?”

Chapter Three
     
    Shutting down her PC and making sure everything was tidy, Shelby double-checked the filing cabinets were locked as well as the filing room. In the past week, Shelby became accustomed to living and working with the two Alcott brothers. She found her job interesting and fulfilling, and she was relieved not to be on the road for the first time in what seemed like forever.
    But she was still haunted by her nightmares. She was just thankful that so far she hadn’t screamed and woken her two housemates in the middle of the night. Often she would awaken with her heart pounding in her chest, her body covered in sweat and shaking after reliving the incident.
    It was very rare that she was able to relax enough to go back to sleep. Thank God she had brought some of her beloved books with her. She spent the hours until she had to get up reading, but she was so tired she didn’t know how much more sleep deprivation she could stand.
    Just as she returned to her desk, Brandt and Cord stepped out of their office. Brandt and Cord spent a lot of time in there, sending out private investigators to follow up leads for their clients. They checked out everything from companies to spouses, confirming or denying their clients’ suspicions of infidelity or illegitimacy, corporate espionage or embezzlement, all from their desks.
    “Are you ready, Shelby?” asked Cord.
    “Yes, I’m done.”
    “Good, let’s go and get cleaned up so we aren’t late,” Brandt advised and took her elbow, leading her out.
    Tonight they had been invited to a barbecue over at Brandt and Cord’s cousins’ house, and even though Shelby was looking forward to meeting new people and a change of scenery, she was nervous. The Alcott brothers had told her of the polyamorous relationships in the town, and even though she had no problem with how others lived their lives, she was scared she would say or do something untoward.
    When they got back home, Shelby went straight to the kitchen. “Why don’t you two go and shower while I make coffee and finish up the potato salad?”
    “Okay. Just holler if you want help with something,” Cord replied, and then he and Brandt headed down the hall.
    Shelby put the finishing touches on the potato salad. Once that was done, she poured herself a coffee and sat at the table to sip it. She was only vaguely aware of Cord entering the kitchen again, since she was lost in