STORY EXCERPT

She took a steadying breath, looking from one to the other, dread chilling her.

Stiffening even more, she didn’t lean into Hoyt and met Jake’s gaze. “Which one of you is leaving me?”

Jake set his silverware aside and reached for his wineglass, his eyes narrowed. “Would you please tell me what I’ve ever said or done to make you think I’d ever let you go?”

He took a sip of his wine and leaned toward her, his dark eyes glittering with intent. “You’re mine, Natalie. I thought I’d made that perfectly clear a long time ago.”

Hoyt gripped her chin, turning her to face him. “And I spent far too long missing you and realizing that you’re the only woman I’ll ever love. Now that I’m in your life again, I’m never leaving. I missed far too much already.”

He glanced at Jake. “It seems you were right. She is upset.”

Jumping from Hoyt’s lap, Nat picked up her wineglass and gulped the contents down. “Then what’s going on?”

She grabbed the bottle and refilled her glass almost to the rim. “The tension in this house could be cut with a knife. I know I’ve been working more to get these new scents done, but—”

Jake waved his hand dismissively, took the bottle from her, and refilled his own glass. “This has nothing to do with that. I know how much you enjoy being there with Jesse and how being a partner in the business fulfills you. I would never hold that against you. You spent a lot of time home alone with Joe when I opened the jewelry store and got it running.”

He sat back again, raising a brow. “Did you think I’d forgotten that?”

Nat gulped more wine. “Then what’s going on?”

With a gasp, she set her glass down. “Is someone sick?”

Hoyt shook his head with a smile. “No, baby. While you’ve been spending so much time at the store, Jake and I have had time to talk.”

Nat picked up her glass again and took another sip. “While I’m not around? This can’t be good.”

She took another sip. “Okay. What have you two been talking about?”

Hoyt got up and went to the refrigerator for another beer. “Although Jake and I make love to you together and separately, I haven’t taken part in your activities in the playroom.”

He opened his beer and tossed the cap into the garbage can. “That was Jake’s thing with you, and I didn’t want to interfere in that. Jake hasn’t wanted to dominate you in front of me because he thought it would make me uncomfortable and he thought it would embarrass you.”

Jake held out his hand, raising a brow when she hesitated. “But you don’t embarrass easily, do you, love? After all, both of us know every inch of you.”

Hoyt sipped his beer, his gaze steady on hers. “I didn’t want to rock the boat. I already appreciated how hard it was for Jake to agree to share you with me. It had to be one of the hardest things he’d ever done.”

Nat met Jake’s gaze with a nod, his love for her glittering in his dark eyes. “I know. I fought it because I was terrified it would change things.”

With a rueful smile, she dropped into her seat again, staring into her wine. “It seems that most of my fears revolve around the two of you. It’s too important to mess up. I don’t know what I’d do if—”

Jake rose with a speed that she’d grown to know and respect over the years, gripping her wineglass and setting it aside before pulling her to her feet. “Nothing’s messed up, and I don’t want you thinking like that. Hoyt and I think we just need a little adjustment.”

He sat again, settling her on his lap. “And we wanted to run it by you tonight.”

Intrigued and a little nervous, Nat reached for her wine. “What kind of adjustment?”

He kissed her lightly and patted her hip. “Finish your dinner and we’ll talk.” He raised a brow when she hesitated. “Or do you need me to feed you?”

“Allow me.” Hoyt straightened from where he leaned against the refrigerator and reached for her plate.

Nat jumped from Jake’s lap and grabbed her plate, both unnerved and excited about the turn of events. “I can feed myself. I just want to know what the hell all of this means.”

She plopped into her chair, set her plate on the table, and reached for her wine glass. “What’s going to change?”

Hoyt took his own seat again and cut into his steak. “I don’t have Jake’s experience with dominating, but I want to be a part of it.”

Without eating the bite of steak he’d cut, Hoyt set his silverware onto his plate again. “You and I have shared a lot of loving, as well as a lot of passion. But I’m missing a part of you. If you agree, I’d like to be a part of that aspect of your passion. I want to see it. I want to be involved, with Jake always there, of course.”

Nat played with the stem of her wine glass, trying to imagine how the playroom would be with Hoyt watching. “I can understand that.”

She lifted her gaze to Jake’s. “Why would you want that?”

Jake shrugged and reached for a biscuit. “Because I wanted you to be happy. I want to end this tension. I’ve always valued my friendship with Hoyt, and having him back in our lives has made that friendship even better. I want him to see you in that setting and understand why this is so important to both of us.”

ADULT EXCERPT

Hoyt knelt naked on the mat beside her and smiled down at her indulgently, leaning over her and smoothing her hair back from her face. “Damn, she is worked up. So damned sexy.”

Jake smiled, his gaze holding Nat’s as he reached for a condom and the bottle of lube. Gripping the center of the spreader bar, Jake lifted it, pressing it back against her to spread her legs high and wide. “Hoyt, hold this up with your left hand and give me your right.”

Hoyt grabbed the bar and held out his right hand, turning his attention to Jake, his brows going up when Jake held out the bottle and squirted a liberal amount onto his fingers.

“Lube her good and watch her face while you do it.”

“Oh God.”

Nat fisted her hands at her sides, one on Hoyt’s thigh. “You’re enjoying this.”

Jake grinned and looked up from rolling on a condom. “We all are, or is all that slick juice a sign of boredom?”

Nat instinctively fought to straighten her legs when he ran his fingertip over her clit, but Hoyt’s hold didn’t allow her to move it at all.

Leaning over her, Hoyt looked into her eyes and slid a thick finger into her bottom, the lube and her position leaving her helpless to stop him, which excited her even more.

“Oh!” She started to close her eyes, lost in sensation.

“No.” Hoyt withdrew his finger. “Open those beautiful eyes. Look at me, Nat.”

Nat couldn’t resist Hoyt’s low, gravelly tone, and opened her eyes to look into his. Lifting her hand to his chest, she moaned, her bottom clenching. “Hoyt.”

Hoyt smiled. “Jake was right. I’ve missed so much. You’re so beautiful. Keep those eyes open.”

Jake added more lube to Hoyt’s finger. “Keep those eyes open and look at Hoyt. He’s gonna lube that ass good for my cock, and you’re not to look away from him or close those eyes while I take your ass.”

Nat cried out when Hoyt pressed his finger at her puckered opening while Jake lightly touched her clit. “Okay.”

Jake slapped her ass, making her jerk just as Hoyt slid his finger into her ass again. “We’re in the playroom, Nat.”

Staring into Hoyt’s eyes, Nat couldn’t help but attempt to straighten her legs again, once again turned on by the fact that her husbands were strong enough to restrain her.

Hoyt smiled, holding the spreader bar firmly as he spread the lube inside her. “No, baby. You can fight all you want, but you’re not lowering these beautiful legs.”

Nat moaned when he pushed against her inner walls to spread the lube, her bottom clenching when she glanced down to see Jake fisting his cock and moving closer.

Hoyt slid his finger free, switching hands to hold the bar while sliding his other hand over her hair and bending close. “I adore you.”

Nat lifted her hand from his thigh to grip his forearm, holding it tight when Jake pressed the head of his cock at her puckered opening. “Oh! Dear God.”

Jake grabbed the spreader bar. “I’ve got it. Focus on her.”

Nat’s breathing became even harsher, the burn and feeling of having her ass filled something she could never quite get used to. “Ahh!”

Hoyt caressed her breast and continued to stare down at her. “That look of helplessness in her eyes is fascinating.”

Jake continued to push his cock deeper, his thick cock forcing her ass to stretch to accommodate him. “That’s because she knows that she’s getting fucked hard and deep in her tight ass and there isn’t a damned thing she can do about it.”

Hoyt smiled. “You like being fucked in the ass, don’t you, baby?”

“Kiss my ass! Oh fuck!” Nat stiffened and stilled, stunned at Jake’s deep thrust.

“Behave, brat.” Jake pressed her legs back a little more, her position leaving her completely vulnerable to his thrusts.

He knew how much she loved being forced to give up control when she spent so much of her life feeling as if she had to be in control of everything around her.

Jake reached down to stroke her clit again. “Hard and fast this time, Nat.”

Her ass clenched in response, another cry escaping when Hoyt rolled her nipple between his thumb and forefinger.

“Fucking beautiful.”

Jake moved slowly at first and then with increasing speed, taking her with a raw passion and possessiveness that tore away the last vestiges of control and inhibitions.

“So fucking tight!”

Jake’s harsh tone heightened her own primitive response, and with a groan, she gripped Hoyt’s arm tighter as the pleasure exploded. “Ahhh!”

Jake groaned harshly and thrust faster. “That’s it. Fuck! The way this ass clamps down on my cock when you come drives me fucking nuts.”

Stilling deep inside her, Jake groaned again, his cock pulsing his release. “That’s it, baby.”

He withdrew slowly and ran a hand over her thigh. “Hoyt already came once so I’d be expecting a nice ass reaming if I were you.” He released the spreader bar, allowing her feet to drop to the mat and rose. He used a tissue to get rid of the condom, grabbing the vibrator before switching places with Hoyt.

Hoyt moved to kneel at her feet, pausing to roll on a condom before lifting the spreader bar again. “Ready, darlin’?”

Nat, still struggling to catch her breath and riding the ripples of her orgasm, looked down to glare at him. “Fuck you.”

Jake chuckled and captured her wrists in one hand, holding them above her head before turning on the vibrator and lowering it to her nipple. “She’s ready.”