Free Tigers Like It Hot by Tianna Xander Page B

been so long, Jessi didn’t remember.
    Reaching up, Gareth cupped her cheek. “If you accept us as your mates, we will spend the rest of our lives attempting to do thoughtful things for you every day.”
    “Kelly told me that Zach and Derek told her that you guys mate for life. Is that true?” She nervously glanced at the other two men.
    “Yes.” He frowned. “Didn’t we tell you that earlier?”
    “No. You didn’t.” She smiled. “But that’s okay. I just wanted to know what happens if things don’t work out between mates?”
    “What do you mean, don’t work out? ” Mac asked with a frown. “Things always work out. That’s how it is. We spend the rest of our lives making you happy and making you happy makes us happy. It always works out.”
    “Are you saying there are no divorces with your people?” She looked at each of them in turn. “You all just live happily ever after, all of the time?”
    “That’s pretty much it.” Zach replied with a grin. He handed her another bag and Derek handed her a box. “These are for Kelly.” He checked his watch. “We’ll give you another hour to dress and we’ll be back for you. Try to be ready.” He smiled. “Remember the red bag and box is for Kelly. The blue is for you.”
    Gareth and Mac each pressed a quick kiss to her lips. “See you in an hour.” Turning, they followed the other two men through the door, softly closing it behind them.
    Kelly picked that moment to turn off the water and Jessi pounded on the bathroom door. “Hurry up and get your butt out here. The guys just dropped off costumes for us and I can’t wait to see what they got.”
     
    Ten minutes later, the two of them stood staring at the two costumes they’d spread out onto Kelly’s bed.
    “It was very thoughtful for them to buy these, but…there’s not much to them.” Kelly frowned. “I think I’ve worn bathing suits that covered more.”
    “I know.” Jessi bit the inside of her cheek. “Do you think it’s just us?” She glanced at her friend. “Do you think that we have some sort of weird phobia, or something?” She wondered. Why would the guys want to see them in something like that if they didn’t think they would look good?
    She sucked her bottom lip between her teeth and bit down. “I’m going to try it on. If it doesn’t fit, or if I look like some sort of clown, I can always take it back off, right?”
    “Right,” Kelly agreed as she picked up the costume reminiscent of the outfits worn by the women in the diner earlier.
    The design of the costumes was identical. However, Kelly’s costume was orange with black stripes and Jessi’s was white with black stripes. The two skimpy long-sleeved tiger costumes came complete with ears, whiskers, tails and striped nude stockings. The vee of the neck cut down so low, it was sure to reveal their belly buttons along with every inch of their generous bosoms.
    “It seems that our men have similar tastes in costumes.” Jessi held hers up in front of her. “Are you sure we won’t just pop out of the thing?”
    “We can’t. It looks like it’s got a vee cut-out on the neck line, but that’s a transparent mesh kind of material. It’s not going anywhere. See?” Kelly held it up to the light. “There’s a panel of material here, even though it’s difficult to see.”
    “Oh.” Jessi slid her pants down over her hips. “I wonder just how big my ass is going to look in this thing.”
    “I wouldn’t worry about it. If you saw the way those two look at your ass, you wouldn’t.”
    Jessi frowned. She wasn’t sure that was much of an assurance, but it was all she was likely to get. “Well, we’d better hurry. We don’t want to keep them waiting too long.”
    Something told her the guys would be waiting a good long time for her to gather enough courage to walk out of the room wearing the costume they’d rented for her, but she decided she’d do it. Come Hell or high water, she was wearing the thing in public