Purrfect Paradise (Bayside Tigers #4) (3 page)

Bodhi let his hand drift down her curvy thighs. With an aching speed, Bodhi tore the soft white stocking at Lilly's crotch and shoved her cotton panties aside.

Bodhi savored the taste of her, heat letting his scratchy tongue lick down deep into Lilly's hot folds. Lilly moaned again tightening her thighs around Bodhi's head.

Oh, Sage.
She thought in her head
. I mean. Bodhi. Dear lord!

Sage's hot kiss on the beach only made her want Bodhi to take her pussy from every angle. In the back of her mind, she knew this was a game Sage was playing. He wanted her all hot and bothered with his sexy image on her brain.

God, Sage! What the hell have you done?!

Bodhi held on to Lilly tight, flipping her over and lifting up her dress. Bodhi inhaled a deep breath with an eagerness to feel her warm sheath around his hard length. Lilly looked back as Bodhi drew his cock from out of his gray briefs. With sweat dripping down Bodhi's body, he bent over her and zipped her dress all the way down. Now, all Lilly wore was her Smile and her ripped stockings.

He teased his cock against her moist clit before easing himself in Lilly's voluptuous heat.

Bodhi's predator instincts would make him eager to tear into her. But he resisted. He only spread Lilly's legs further and started grinding himself inside her. He then pulled back and roughly pounded deeply into Lillith’s cunt with reckless abandon. Lilly moaned as her hair cascaded over her face with each one of Bodhi's hard penetrating thrusts. Lilly grinded her hips against his cock, forcing Bodhi to groan uncontrollably.

Bodhi grabbed onto her tightly as his cock pulsed deeply in her pussy and Bodhi came inside her. Lilly's body flinched as her heat clenched around his cock. Bodhi brushed her hair out of her face, still with his hard cock inside her, and kissed her soft lips.

Lilly could taste the sweat on Bodhi's tongue when she slipped her tongue into his mouth.

As Bodhi held her in a post-lust embrace, Lilith couldn't help feeling like she cheated on him in some way. For nearly all of it, she imagined Sage propping her up on her knees and rhythmically thrusting deeper and deeper into her without stopping no matter how much she begged. She could see the animalistic lust in Sage's eyes when he kissed her.

No matter how hard Lilith wanted to forget the entire thing. Her need wouldn't let her. Bodhi fucked her hard and tender, but not hard enough to push Sage from her mind.

"R
ise and shine..." Bodhi whispered into Lilith's ear. Lilly blew some of her curly red hair out of her face. And Bodhi had brought her a tray of fresh fruit.

"How about we just sleep in today?" Bodhi told her swiping Lilly's wild mane from out of her eyes. Lilly looked around and noticed Sage had left his guitar in Bodhi's room.

She hesitated. "I don't think that's such a great idea. I mean..."

"Didn't you have fun last night?" Bodhi growled against Lilly's neck.

Lilith smiled. "Yes, it was incredible really, but I'm worried about Tallulah," she lied. "I'd like to go and find her."

Bodhi cocked his head to the side. "Tallulah? Don't worry about Tallulah. That girl just can't be fixed. Even the most desperate tigers of our clan have zero interest in mating with her."

Lilly stuck to her guns. "I need to do this Bodhi. Just because we don't like each other doesn't mean I don't care about her."

Bodhi rolled away. "If that's what you really want..."

Bodhi then rose up from the bed to his feet, totally naked, with his sizable length dangling for Lilly to see.

"I'll just go ahead and fire up the grills..." he rumbled, still feeling the need of wanting to dominate Lilly in his bed.

As Bodhi deserted Lilly in the room, she picked up the guitar case and set it behind the door.

"Bo, I'll be back in a couple of hours—tops," she shouted.

Lilly then pulled on her wrinkled dress and slipped her feet in her tennis shoes. Her ripped stockings still lay on the floor underneath the bed. She grabbed Sage's guitar and slipped out of the door.

*

S
age told her that when he practices his music, he likes to sit on Bright Hills beach in the early mornings. Lilly squinted her eyes and noticed Sage sitting there just staring at the sunrise. Quickly, she hiked up the shifting dunes, but before she approached Sage spoke up.

"It's rude to sneak up on people..."

"How did you—oh, right. The whole tiger thing... you probably smelled me a mile away..."

"What are you doing here, Lilly?" Sage asked spinning around in his folding chair.

"You left this at Wildcat..." and Lilly handed the guitar over to Sage.

Sage launched up out of his chair and his shadow loomed over Lilly's body. She swallowed hard. "Here. Take it."

"Is that the only reason you came here? To give me back my piece of junk guitar," he growled leaning in close.

"Stop it, Sage. We talked about this. I'm with Bodhi..."

Sage wrested the guitar from Lilly's grasp, taking in the sight of her. Her messy hair blew all about her face because of the early morning chill. Lilly didn't know why Sage always had to be so rough with her. Every conversation turned into some kind of fight. Lilly hated that she just couldn't have a normal chat without being attacked for every word that came out of her mouth.

Bodhi skulked behind her as she trekked through the sand and back to the car.

"Don't lie to me, Lilly. Are you gonna tell me that you drove nearly four miles to hand me a fucking guitar? I could have picked it up later tonight. Listen to me, when I'm talking to you!"

Lilly didn't turn around. Sage ruthlessly grabbed Lilly by her waist. She gasped and simpered in Sage's strong hands.
Maybe I liked being abused.
She thought. Maybe she felt something for Sage because he had a short temper just like the man she spent so much time running away from. Sage had a true animal buried deep inside him.

An animal that loved being dirty and disgusting and thought nothing of degrading her.

Why do I just let him talk to me any way he likes?

"
Christ
, Lilly. You don't think you drive me crazy...coming up here in that fucking short skirt—smelling like my brother? I can be rough, but I would never hurt you," Sage hollered, gripping Lilly's hips tighter.

"I know," Lilly said half-aloud.

"Then why the HELL do you keep HURTING me!" Sage shouted.

Lilly lifted her hand to her face crying intense tears. It was true. She came for more than just a friendly gesture. She wanted to see Sage and she couldn't wait till the evening when he'd show up to sing at Wildcat Diner. But she insisted on lying anyway, because admitting she liked Sage also meant admitting she didn't love Bodhi.

"Lemme go, Sage!" Lilith shouted snatching back her arm.

Sage only tackled her to the ground.

Lilith persisted in pummeling him as he worked his way up her hips. She panicked, needing to stop this. And at the same time, not wanting to. Lilly softly moaned when Sage spread her thighs. Her fingers raked lines in the sand as she grabbed a handful and hurled it in Sage's eyes. Sage pulled away and Lilly scrambled to her feet.

"Is this how you make love to Tallulah? Don't pretend you know anything about my life. Yes, I admit it. I'm attracted to you, Sage—
okay
. But there can be nothing between us if you keep acting like some wild animal. You're thirty-something years old, Sage. Getting drunk and getting in pissing matches—isn't cute anymore. If you’re really an 'alpha'... act like one."

Lilly then dusted off her dress and slammed the doors of her car and drove off.

L
ater that night the usual crowd came into the diner. The late night truckers passing through, the summer vacation tourists, and the down to earth locals. Lilly didn’t even expect for Sage to drop by. Maybe she came on a little too strong on the beach. It's hard for a man to hear, he's screwed up, especially an alpha. You've gone and done it now, Lilly. She worried.

Bodhi moved in right behind her.

"It's gonna be less chaos today..." He growled behind her ear, holding her close to his chest.

"How's that?" Lilly asked.

"Tallulah, out of the blue, showed up on time for her shift..." Bodhi pointed at Tallulah traipsing around with strawberry and banana milkshakes balanced on her tray. Lilly was shocked to see her there herself.

Bodhi shrugged and said. "I guess whatever you said to her was exactly the kick in the pants that sassy little hellraiser needed."

Lilith smiled confused. Early this morning, she never actually saw Tallulah. Instead, she saw Sage. So, she needed to get to the bottom of this
real
quick.

Lilly unraveled Bodhi's arm from around her hips.

"I'm just gonna go over there and say a few words," Lilly said.

Bodhi stepped back. "Sure thing."

He then kissed Lilith in her soft red hair and took flight towards the kitchen.

Lilly dug her fists in her full waist.

"You've got a lot of nerve showing up here after what you did..." Lilly scolded.

Tallulah fixed her gaze on Lilly and just snorted. She didn't care about the judgments of some human.

"You think I give a
damn
if some dumpy red head has a bone to pick with me? Hunny, get in line..." Tallulah purposefully flipped her blonde hair.

Lilly grabbed Tallulah's arm and led her by force near the hall with the bathroom stalls.

"I don't care, hate me all you like, Tallulah...but I need to know. Are you carrying any 'extra cargo' down there?" Lilly asked with raised brows.

Lilly stifled a laugh. "You must've been talkin' to Sage. And no, I'm not carrying any litter of cubs. I just wanted to make him feel like shit after how he's been so cold to me lately. He never complains when he's looking to hook-up... but now he says he wants something 'serious'...whatever the hell that means,” Tallulah huffed.

Does that mean me? Was Sage trying to get serious with me?

Now, Lilith
really
looked forward to Sage showing up at the diner to play his set. She thought all he cared about was just using Lilith as another notch on his "scratching post," but he wanted more.

The bells at the top of the entrance jingled when Sage swerved inside the diner. He seemed a much different figure than last night. His dark hair was slicked back and he wore ironed jeans and a nice linen shirt. As soon as he came drifting in, Sage and Lilly met eyes.

Lilith quickly glanced over to Bodhi to see if he would notice. Bodhi was much too busy handing out dishes for Tallulah to serve.

Sage sat in his usual corner, propping his guitar in his hands.

Sage adjusted the mic to his lips.

"I want to dedicate this song to a special lady tonight. And she knows exactly who she is..."

His golden eyes stared at Lilith again.

Tallulah swooned, thinking Sage meant her. Lilly rolled her eyes. She just listened to the melody of Sage's husky voice and got lost in the ecstasy of his words. Tallulah then glanced over to Lilith's dreamy eyes and back at Sage. She noticed that something was amiss. Something was up!

"Well, I'll be
damned
..." Tallulah hissed.

Lilly eyed her as Tallulah snatched up a milkshake and headed right towards Sage.

Oh...no...

Lilith panicked already seeing exactly what was about to happen.

SPLOOSH!

Within seconds, Tallulah splashed the milk shake all over Sage's face, and everyone watching gasped.

"You alphas are all the same. You get bored of one mate and you go finding another one to plow."

Bodhi ran out of the kitchen, clueless. He'd had enough of Tallulah's antics and wasn't going to stand it for one second longer.

"That's it Tallulah. YOU'RE FIRED!" Bodhi roared.

Tallulah tilted her head without an ounce of care in the world. "Fine. Let me go, but the jackass you really need to keep an eye on is your brother..."

Tallulah stormed out of the restaurant, letting the doors swing wildly behind her. Bodhi dashed towards Lilly with a genuinely confused expression on his face.

"This is crazy," Bodhi scratched the back of his head. "What she’s saying about Sage
is
crazy, right? You don't have any feelings for him?"

Lilly didn't want to tell a short tempered tiger that she liked his brother. But if she lied, she knew telling the truth would only get much worse. Lilith cleared her throat and found the confidence to speak.

"I...I...I'm in love with you—" Lilly whispered.

Bodhi sighed with great relief.

"And I'm in love with your brother." Lilly finished.

No one in the restaurant breathed a sound. Bodhi glowered at Sage with an outraged snarl.

"I
want you to think real hard before you start up a fight, Bo. I'm your brother," Sage warned throwing up his hands.

"
Damn
right you’re my brother, and you go around my back!"

Lilith moved in between them both. "You don't have tear each other apart over a girl, alright?"

Many of the guests got up from their tables and left without even paying. They knew a huge fight was going to start.

Bodhi only half-listened to Lilith as he rolled up his sleeves.

"I promise. I didn't do anything. Believe me I tried, but Lilly didn't want anything to do with me. She wants you. I'm telling the damn truth!" Sage insisted Instantly, Bodhi shifted and roared so loud Lilly heard ringing in her ears.

"I'm not gonna fight you, Bo." Sage muttered.

Lilly could see the sadness in sage's bright golden yellow eyes and felt terrible that she was the one person Sage just couldn't get over. Bodhi swatted his brother from his stool and knocked him on the ground.

"Do something, Sage!" Lilly screamed. "You two need to stop This!"

But Sage continued to let his brother, Bodhi, get his anger out. Bodhi socked Sage several times in the gut.

Lilly knew if she didn't get in between them. Sage would end up looking very much like how she did when her ex-husband used to beat her within an inch of her life. Lily couldn't take violence.