Total pages in book: 184
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
Not that she could tell them that.
“I told you that I would leave,” she said to Salem. “You guys shouldn’t be paying me for a crappy job!”
“Well, soon we won’t be,” Alexei said. “And I’m pleased about that.”
Right.
“What Alexei means is that we were going to wait until we no longer employed you to talk about this because we didn’t want to blur the lines,” Salem said. “We didn’t want you to feel like you had to say yes to us to keep your job.”
“Yes?” she whispered.
“To being ours,” Roman told her.
“I thought we had already made that clear,” Alexei said. “Let’s stop beating the bush.”
“Um, do you mean beating around the bush?” she asked.
“Yes. We want you. You want us. We all know this. The three of us want you to be our girl.”
“You want to . . . to share me?” she asked. “The three of you? Is that something you’ve done before?”
“Never,” Salem told her. “I haven’t had a relationship in a long time. I’ve gone to the club to play but nothing involving commitment or caring. I just didn’t believe I had the time. My work was my life.”
“And you know about me,” Roman said shyly. “I’ve never really been that attracted to anyone. I don’t always like being touched. I certainly can’t do casual touch with people I don’t know. I’ve never been in a real relationship before. I might be crap at it.”
“You could never be crap at anything,” she told him fiercely. “Don’t speak about yourself like that.”
“But it’s all right for you to speak badly about yourself?” he asked in a stern voice.
She was aware of Salem’s surprised look and the way that Alexei tensed slightly. She was willing to bet that Roman hadn’t shown them this side of himself before.
“That’s different,” she said.
“No it isn’t, darling girl. It is exactly the same,” he told her. “And you are not allowed to do that anymore.”
“Then neither are you.”
“Deal.”
She stared down at him. Shit. What had she just agreed to?
“There will be consequences if you break this deal,” Alexei warned.
“Like what?” Her bottom clenched and he chuckled.
Drat. Of course he could feel that.
“I think I should sit on my own for this conversation,” she said, trying to wriggle off his lap.
He wrapped his thick arm around her waist, pinning her to him. “I think you should stay just where you are. I can get lots of information about what you’re really thinking from your body language.”
Yeah. That was what she was afraid of.
“And you know what sort of consequences,” Alexei added. “I’ve warned you already. Spankings. Forced orgasms. Denied orgasms. Maybe lines and corner time depending on how naughty you’ve been.”
“Forced and denied orgasms?” Roman asked, looking out of his depth.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure Salem will be happy to help teach you some tricks,” Alexei told Roman.
All right, Roman looked far too interested for her peace of mind.
Wait . . . wait . . . wait . . . were they serious about the orgasm thing?
“Denied orgasm?” she squeaked.
“You’ve visited clubs,” Salem told her in that low, sexy voice that made her want to lose her mind. “You’ve never been punished that way?”
“Uh. No. Because it sounds barbaric. I’m sure it’s against some sort of sub convention. And if it isn’t, it should be. Perhaps I should start a protest. I’m sure that every sub in that club will sign a petition.”
“They probably would. But they wouldn’t win. And they’d simply earn themselves more punishment. You, most of all,” Salem told her.
Yikes.
“She hasn’t agreed to this yet, though,” Roman said. “Is this something you might like, my darling girl?”
“Yes, Bunny,” Alexei added. “Would you like to belong to the three of us?”
Shit.
Did she want to belong to the three of them?
God yes.
But could she?
Absolutely not.
However, wasn’t this what she’d been working toward? And just for a small while she’d be able to experience happiness.
“I know it’s a lot to take in,” Salem said. “There are three of us, which must seem strange to you. We know it’s not a normal relationship, but my sister makes it work. In fact, she’s the happiest I’ve ever seen her. Think about it this way . . . three men to worship you, take care of you, be there for you. Three of us to meet all your needs.”
Wow. When he put it like that it sounded amazing.
“Three of us to keep an eye on you . . . to make sure that you don’t put yourself in danger, to keep you from doing foolish things and discipline you when you’re naughty.”
And of course Alexei had to add in that. She turned to glare at him. “I do not do foolish things.”
“Exhibit a: Your swollen foot from climbing onto a table to catch a bird.”
Well, drat.
Why did he have to have a point? She didn’t like logic.