Four Sworn: Lone Star Lovers, Book 3 by Delilah Devlin

sliced to Bo, but she stubbornly bit her lip.
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    “Don’t think she’s learned her lesson, do you, boys?” Ezra drawled.
    Shanna saw them pull back, knew they meant to torment her further, and she took a deep breath.
    “Bastard. Fucking pervert!”
    “Pervert?” Ezra tsked. “Who wanted us all? You can change your mind, quit any time you want, sweetheart.”
    “I hate you,” she yelled, her voice cracking. Then she stopped fighting, stopped trying to hide the tears behind the anger and her smart mouth. She hung on the bindings, her chest shaking, tears leaking on either side of her face.
    Ezra crawled next to her, stretching out beside her. One hand cupped her face and she nuzzled it, craving something tender. “Who do you want, Shanna? You’re gonna have us all one way or another. But who do you want to cling to?”
    She gazed at him, wanted to say him, but it would be a lie. And he’d know it. She closed her eyes and sobbed. “Bo. I need Bo.”

    It had taken every bit of Bo’s self-control to keep silent and watch while the three brothers broke down his proud, stubborn woman. But from his perspective at least, the wait was worth it to hear the teary confession.
    She’d chosen him. Above three other attractive prospects. Three men most females in the tri-county area sighed over every time they crossed their paths. Bo knew he wasn’t exactly hound-dog ugly himself, but Shanna had already had him. Could have him anytime she wanted.
    Still, she’d stuck with him. Had to mean something.
    Ezra lifted a brow and rolled off the bed. “We’ll leave you two alone for a few minutes.”
    Bo stood and smoothed his hands down the sides of his jeans. He didn’t like admitting it, but he was nervous. They’d laid the groundwork. It was up to him to close the deal. He walked to the side of the bed and looked down at Shanna.
    Her face was still blotchy and red from crying, her chest shivering with hiccupping sobs.
    “Do you want to leave?” he asked quietly.
    A frown dug a line between her eyebrows; her brown gaze darted away. “Will you think I’m a complete coward if I say yes?”
    “I would never say that.”
    “Would you be disappointed in me if I said no?”
    His mouth twitched. “Disappointed? Sweetheart, you’ve been amazing so far.”
    “Really?” She sniffed and glanced back at him. Her red nose was wet. “How?”

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    Bo reached for a tissue from the box on the nightstand and gently wiped away her tears and the dampness on her nose. “You’re stubborn and strong. You took everything they threw at you.”
    “But I cried like a baby.”
    “You were overcome. But so passionate. Even when you were pissed.”
    She nodded. “It was intense.”
    He moved to sit beside her, but she shook her head. “I’m naked as the day I was born. It’s not fair.”
    “All right.” He unzipped his pants and winced as he peeled his jeans down his thighs. His cock was fully erect, aching.
    He heard Shanna’s quick intake of breath then looked over to find her lips parting, her tongue sliding along the bottom pink wedge.
    “Don’t look at me like that.”
    “Like what?”
    “Like you want me to come down your throat.”
    Her lips twitched. “That has its own look?”
    “Yeah. Think I would ever know when the time was right if you didn’t telegraph?”
    Her smile was a little shaky, but he wasn’t quibbling. This was just the lull before the storm. Maybe she didn’t know it, but he did. She needed to relax, recoup her strength.
    “Do all my desires have their own looks?”
    A smile tugged his mouth wide. He gave her a sheepish shrug. “Don’t know about all of them. But I’ve never heard you complain. Or tell me what to do when we’re naked.”
    “I never could read what you wanted. I’d be thinking, how do I get him to kiss me, and all of a sudden, you’re pushing me against the wall and have your hands up my