body as if he still held his dream girl.
It was all a dream. A damn good one, but a dream nonetheless.
“I’m up,” he hollered as he stretched the length of his six-foot-one frame and pushed downward on his hardness with both his hands.
Kaeden didn’t dare to leave his tent until his erection had eased. He knew they were hiking up to another campsite along the trail so he started to pack up, feeling really silly crawling around his tent with his dick sticking out between his legs like an arm. He sat back on his hindquarters with his hands on his thighs. “Today will go better. Think positive. Put out positive energy. Positive things will happen.”
Laughing a little as he remembered struggling to right his body before he fell off the bank into the river, Kaeden pulled his cell phone from the back pocket of his jeans. He wanted to call Felecia and check in, but he barely had a signal.
Kaeden pushed his BlackBerry back into his pocket before he left the tent with his backpack in tow. “Morning.”
Kade stretched his six-foot nine-inch frame with a smile. “Damn, little brother, clear your throat.”
Of all the brothers, Kaeden had the deepest voice of them all. His was the most like his father’s: deep, echoing, resonant. Kaeden chuckled. “Don’t hate.”
Kahron strode from between the trees dressed in nothing but jeans, hiking boots, and a black beater tee that showcased the tattoo on his biceps. “Good morning,” Kaeden told him as he removed the stakes before he quickly folded down his tent. He was a firm believer in reading instructions, so although he never in his life even touched a tent he was a complete whiz at handling this tent. Thank God.
“Anyone have a signal?” Kade asked, looking down at his cell phone. “I’m ready to talk to my wife.”
“Not me,” Kaeden told him.
The other three men reached for their devices.
“No need,” Jade told them as she stepped off the dirt-packed trail with a large plastic bag in her arm. “When we hike farther up the trail there’s a long break in the trees, and that’s the best area to get reception.”
Kaeden looked over at her and noticed the edges of her short hair were damp and slightly curling. Her smooth complexion was even fresher looking and completely free of makeup. He wondered briefly if she had walked back to the campground’s public showers a couple of miles back.
That made him think of her nude and sudsy. Getting hot.
And then that erotic vision made the blood coursing through his body want to race straight to the long and heavy length of his penis. Getting hard.
“Whoo!” Kaeden started jogging in place and air boxing to fight off the erection.
Everyone paused in what they were doing to eye him oddly, including Jade. “Just a little morning workout ritual of mine,” he lied.
His impending erection eased and Kaeden cast one last look at Jade as she began to help break down the camp. He had the distinct feeling that Jade thought he was a bumbling fool. That hadn’t been the goal of him coming camping.
In truth, he wanted Jade Prince—what he knew of her he liked—and although the woman made him feel like an awkward high school nerd trying to gather up the courage to talk to the pretty, popular cheerleader, he was going to use this trip to at least try to have his dream girl in his life.
He was taking a chance going for a woman like Jade, but life—the best life—was always about reaching for the stars.
Kaitlyn sighed in unadulterated pleasure as she wiggled back in the vibrating massage chair while a nail technician worked absolute magic during her deluxe pedicure. She firmly believed in a woman treating herself to the little pleasures in life. A mani-pedi. A luxurious splurge on shoes by her favorite designer. Weekend trips to sunny places with turquoise water. Chilling at her favorite bar for drinks with her best girlfriends.
“Now, ladies, isn’t this a better way to spend a Friday than moping around the ranch worrying about the men?” Kaitlyn asked.
At their silence, she leaned forward to eye her mother and her two sisters-in-law in their own pedicure chairs. “Right?” she prodded again.
“Right,” they answered, not at all sounding like they meant it.
Kaitlyn just leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. That’s why she was enjoying living life to the fullest and not even thinking about falling in love. There were too many men, too many dates, and too many fun times to be had to spend any time moping about missing a man!
Felecia sat cross-legged on her floor beside her chest. She sighed and tilted her head to the side as she updated her wedding portfolio. Since she’d closed the office early for the day, she spent her time watching Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? and gotten some new ideas for her own dream wedding.
Picking up her cell phone she tried to call Kaeden, but his cell was still out of range. She thought of Kaeden—her Kaeden—in some secluded forest with Jade Prince, and her hands curled into tight fists filled with tension. But she forced herself to relax. Kaeden and Jade were as compatible as oil and water.
Just two more nights and he’ll be back. Still, she wanted the trip over and Kaeden back in her grasp where she could snatch him up for good.
“Where are they camping, the dang on Bermuda Triangle?” she snapped before dropping the phone onto the carpeted floor.
She opened her folder and smiled at the advertisement of a bride and groom with her head and Kaeden’s taped on top of theirs.
She firmly believed that to achieve it she had to believe it!
Jade hitched the wide straps of her backpack higher on her rounded shoulders as she led the men single file along the trail. They had hiked and fished away the morning. It took longer than usual because the men wanted to stop and fish anywhere along the trail that struck their fancy. Everything about the hike exhilarated her. The fresh air, the scent of the earth beneath their feet mingled with the sweetness of the wildflowers blossoming among the trees. It always amazed her how the woods could be serenely quiet even as they were filled with the backdrop of nature.
“Jade, don’t you think that little grove is the perfect spot for making love?” Kaleb asked near her ear.
Jade rolled her eyes. Now, why this Negro have to interrupt my peace?
“We’re going to camp right up ahead on the left,” Jade hollered back to the men, completely ignoring Kaleb, who was giving her a serious migraine.
“We can set up camp quicker if you and I share a tent,” he offered.
Jade whirled on him but had to force herself to count to ten to keep from shoving him into the lake. Forcing a smile, she pushed all of her frustration into making a fist that pressed the tips of her short nails into the flesh of her palms. She just hoped he laid off or she was going to lay her fist square against his jaw. Seriously.
“Okay, fellas, we’ll camp here for the next two nights, and for anyone interested, there are some really beautiful and interesting wildflowers just a little bit deeper into the woods going toward the north,” Jade told them as they began to set
