Three Made in Heaven [Made in Heaven] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Elena Kincaid Page B

dinner at Maddie’s favorite Italian restaurant, the atmosphere had become very sexually charged. When their food arrived, Maddie got a kick out of teasing Charlie and Cole by provocatively licking marinara sauce off her fork or sucking on her pasta before taking it into her mouth and slowly, deliberately, licking her lips. Then she would casually slide her foot up and down each of their legs. Charlie nearly choked on his water when Maddie’s foot rubbed his already strained crotch. Cole was a little better prepared when Maddie teased his cock with her foot, but Maddie noticed how much he struggled not to make a sound.
    “Just wait till we get you home, you little vixen,” Charlie had said, with promise and longing in his voice.
    The only hitch in the evening was the few awkward stares they received from the diners as both Charlie and Cole laced their fingers with Maddie’s upon leaving the restaurant. Maddie managed to brush it off, figuring it was something she needed to get used to. Not that any of them planned on constantly displaying their affections in public.
    Charlie and Cole had made good on their threat when they arrived home. They drove Maddie wild with desire. They teased and tortured her until she was begging for them to make her come. Since they could deny her nothing, they obliged—repeatedly. She fell asleep happy and sated in their arms.

Chapter 12
     
    “Shit! Wake up, baby. Cole, help me wake her up!”
    Charlie was frantic. The sound of Maddie groaning in her sleep had woken him. He saw her face twisted in pain, her hands balled into fists by her sides. He gently tried to shake her awake but to no avail. He leaned over and nudged Cole again.
    “I can’t wake her up,” Charlie said, his voice breaking, when Cole finally opened his eyes and sat up.
    “Maddie, sweetheart, wake up please,” Cole said soothingly. “How long have you been trying to wake her up?” he asked Charlie.
    “A few minutes, maybe.”
    “Come on, love. You’re okay. Everything’s okay. Charlie and I are both right here.”
    Charlie and Cole continued with their reassuring words as they gently shook her shoulders. Finally, with a gasp, Maddie bolted upright.
    “Blood…blood…so much blood,” she cried. Her shoulders shook as she sobbed uncontrollably. Charlie and Cole held on to her tightly and crooned reassurances.
    After over a week of peaceful sleep, Charlie could not fathom what had brought on her nightmare, the most frightening one yet it seemed, especially after the amazing night they just had. In the week that he and Cole had spent with Maddie, nothing out of the ordinary had occurred and certainly nothing that brought them closer to figuring out who would want to hurt her.
    “We’re never going to let anything happen to you, baby,” Charlie said as he rubbed her back. “I promise you.”
    “Want to talk about it?” Cole asked her.
    Maddie shook her head. “Just hold me,” she whispered.
     
    * * * *
     
    “Maddie, please talk to me,” Cole pleaded. He was perched on top of the closed toilet lid as Maddie was putting on the finishing touches of her makeup. She had been avoiding talking about her nightmare all day even though she had been visibly upset about it. Cole had a pretty good idea what the nightmare was about having witnessed it firsthand. What concerned him more was the blood part. There hadn’t been any when he showed up in her nightmare, and it made him wonder if her dream progressed horrifyingly further.
    “You can’t keep things like this from us,” Cole said, continuing his plea. “I know you’re scared, sweetheart, so are Charlie and I…terrified actually, but if we are going to figure out who would want to hurt you, you have to let us in. Please, Maddie.”
    She let out a breath and turned around to face him. “This one was different,” she began saying. Her voice was barely above a whisper. Cole could see the tears already pooling in her eyes.
    “Different how?” he asked.