The Birthday Gift Read Free

it as she
felt Jake shudder with his own release.
    How she
adored making love with her husband.
    Amanda sighed
happily. I’m married to a generous, sensitive, sexy, handsome hunk who loves
me as much as I love him. How did I get to be so lucky?
    She glanced
out the kitchen window as she reached to open the cabinet door to get a glass.
She stopped with her hand in mid-air when she saw Jake and Patrick huddled
together beneath an oak tree in the backyard.
    Amanda
smiled. Jake was enjoying Patrick’s visit so much. Even though she and Jake had
been together several years, she’d never had the opportunity to meet Patrick.
Starting a horse ranch had consumed Jake for the last two years. Before that,
Patrick had been busy building his ski lodge. He’d been recuperating from
bronchitis when they got married, so he missed their wedding ceremony. The
cousins had stayed in contact by telephone and e-mail, but since they lived in
different states, this was the first time they’d seen each other in five years.
    She continued
to watch them. Her smile faded and she frowned slightly. They were up to
something besides catching up on each other’s lives. They’d been conspiring
with each other for the last two days. Amanda would catch them whispering,
which would stop immediately as soon as she got close enough to hear them.
Sneaking up on them hadn’t been possible, and she’d tried it several times.
Jake had incredible hearing, the bum.
    She wondered
if their plotting had something to do with her birthday. Maybe they planned to
surprise her with a special dinner. Not having to cook on her birthday would be
a very nice gift.
    Watching
them, she looked for any kind of clue that would tell her what they were
saying. Even if she couldn’t figure out what they were up to, she enjoyed
simply looking at them. Her husband was so handsome, and Patrick could pass for
his brother. They had the same build, the same hair color, the same eyes, the
same way of moving…
    She wondered
if they were the same in bed.
    Embarrassed
by her thoughts, Amanda looked away from the tempting vision out the window.
She had no right to fantasize in any way about Patrick. She’d known him for
only a few days, and Jake kept her completely satisfied sexually. If she could
personally pick out every trait a lover should have, Jake would be the end
result.
    Still…
    Thoughts of
having both of them at the same time had occupied her mind since Patrick’s
arrival. The only explanation Amanda had was the fact that Patrick looked so
much like Jake. He was an inch or two taller and a bit huskier, but the two
favored each other so much, it was almost scary.
    She felt
guilty fantasizing about a man other than her husband, yet she couldn’t help
letting those fantasies run rampant through her mind. She imagined having two
Jakes who would do whatever she wanted, however she wanted it. Two Jakes could
lick and suck her nipples at the same time. Or one could suck on her nipples
while the other one licked her clitoris. Or maybe one could slide his cock
inside her while the other one circled her anus with his tongue. She loved it
when Jake licked her there. It seemed almost…taboo, but felt so good.
    Jake’s
mustache felt wonderful on her skin. Patrick’s full beard would probably feel
even better…
    Desire
coursed through her body and Amanda closed her eyes as she shivered again. Get
your mind off of sex and back to business. You have to finish the Hudsons’
contract before they call.
    She took one
more glance outside, but Jake and Patrick were gone. She heard Jake’s pickup
start, then the door to the mud room open and close. A moment later, her
husband came in the back door.
    “Hi,” he said
with a smile.
    “Hi.”
    He walked
over to her, tilted up her chin, and dropped a soft kiss on her lips. “How did
it go with the Hudsons?”
    “I’m going to
start computer shopping tomorrow.”
    Jake looped
his arms around her waist. “That’s great.