STORY EXCERPT

“You look gorgeous, by the way.” Alex’s gaze trailed down her body, taking in her black ball gown. “But then, you already knew that.”

“Thank you,” she murmured. Her gown was sleeveless and fitted on top, with a sweetheart neckline that showed off what little cleavage she had and a full skirt that flowed all the way to the ground. It was a beautiful, expensive gown, one of those indulgences she would never have accepted from James if he hadn’t pounded it into her head that she deserved all this and more.

He winked at her. “Wearing anything underneath?”

“Alex!” Before she could say anything further, a familiar image caught her gaze. She stared across the pool to where a man stood deep in conversation with a small group of people. Her heart gave a familiar tug.

James.

She’d never get over how deliciously handsome he looked, with his short, dark hair raked off his forehead and his tall figure encased in a tuxedo that did nothing to hide his lean muscles. The man looked every bit like the football player he once was. He certainly hadn’t lost an ounce of his physique since he’d given up the sport. But then, he was up before the sun most days, working hard to keep that body in shape.

One by one, the small crowd of people moved away, until there was no one left but James and a tall, stunning blonde with wavy hair down to her waist and a clingy, red, sequined gown that displayed the large assets strapped to her chest. Store-bought, from the round, full looks of them, but still far more impressive than Serena’s meager size Bs.

When the woman laughed at something James said, stepping an inch closer and running a hand along his tuxedoed arm, an unexpected glimmer of jealousy shot into Serena’s heart. He laughed in response and leaned forward to murmur something in her ear, and the glimmer morphed into a full-on green-eyed monster. While James was often surrounded by beautiful women, a necessity of life for a man heavily involved in both business and charity, she’d never felt envious before. Maybe it was because of the way he responded to this woman. How close they stood to one another.

Serena’s fingers clenched around the wine glass. She nodded her head in James’s direction. “Who’s that with James?”

Alex turned to look. “Oh, that’s just Nadia. She’s the daughter of one of his business acquaintances.”

Trying her best to sound casual, Serena asked, “Did they ever go out?”

Alex’s shoulders stiffened, and he turned back to face her. Her stomach fell when she saw the look on his face. Clearly that was a yes.

“Serena,” he said softly. “You know how James feels about you.”

“I know,” she said, adopting her best breezy manner. “I was just curious.”

His eyes raked over her, taking her measure. Finally he shrugged. “Okay, yes. They dated for about a year or so. Broke up several months before he met you. It was a friendly breakup. He just didn’t see their relationship going anywhere.”

A year? She did her best to keep her breathing normal. Holy shit, a year was a long time. Longer than they’d dated by a month. How come he’d never mentioned her? Was there still something between the two of them?

She returned her gaze to the two, still deep in conversation. Whatever James was saying made Nadia giggle.

Oh, who am I kidding? Of course there were feelings there. How could there not be? Nadia was so gorgeous, she put most supermodels to shame.

Summoning a bright smile, she commented, “I’m surprised she lasted that long.”

Alex snorted, lifting his glass of liquor and taking a sip. “Only because of her sexual preferences.”

“Sexual preferences?” She pounced on those words. “What do you mean?”

“Oh, fuck,” Alex groaned, clearly realizing his gaffe. “Forget I said anything.”

“Come on,” she prodded, giving him a flirty smile. “I’m just curious. You know I trust James.”

Which was most definitely true. She trusted James more than anything.

“Serena…” he hedged.

“Alex.”

She batted her eyelashes, and he let out a laugh. “Okay. But seriously, you know he loves you.”

Setting her glass on the table, she ran her thumb along the rim. “Of course I do.”

He hesitated for one more moment before saying, “Nadia likes women just as much as men.”

His words shocked her because of what Alex was implying.

“You’re saying she brought other women into their relationship?”

Alex nodded, lifting his glass for another sip of his liquor. “All the time. During the time they dated, he said she brought a woman home for them to share almost every night they were together.”

Well aware her mouth had dropped open, Serena returned her gaze to James and Nadia. The woman said something to him then held up her champagne glass. James clinked his glass of whiskey to it in some sort of toast, and they both drank.

“You know James loves you, Serena,” Alex repeated quietly.

Without taking her gaze from the duo, she nodded. “I know.”

She didn’t know why she was so shocked by what Alex had told her. If there was one thing she’d learned about James, it was that he enjoyed sexual encounters outside of most people’s realm of normality. But given everything she’d ever heard and witnessed, she’d been under the impression that he’d only engaged in scenarios featuring one woman and several men. Nothing had indicated that he’d ever enjoyed flings with multiple women.

Well, of course he does, you idiot. What straight man in his right mind wouldn’t want the company of more than one woman at the same time?

Which brought her to a somewhat frightening observation. Even though they’d engaged in a handful of fun trysts with James’s friends in the eleven months they’d been together, there had never been another woman. Not even the slightest mention of one. But surely, at some point in time…

No pussyfooting around it. Eventually he would want to bring another woman into their bedroom. Especially since he brought her other men to enjoy whenever she wanted him to.

So how did she feel about that?

ADULT EXCERPT

“Wasn’t it nice of Alex and Tom to come to this event, darling?” James murmured.

She gave both men a flirty smile. “Yes, it was.”

James’s fingers reached out to smooth along her upper thigh, achingly close to that very part of her that was crying out for attention. “So why don’t you thank them?”

Catching onto his game, she did something she knew would drive James crazy. She slid off the seat, edging to the side until she knelt between Alex and Tom, with James’s leg pressed into her side. Placing her hands on Alex’s and Tom’s knees, she smiled at them. “Thank you.”

James let out a low chuckle. “I think you can do better than that, baby.”

He was right, and she knew just what he wanted to see. Just what turned him on.

She tilted her head, letting her gaze follow the trail her hands were blazing. Slowly up the fabric caressing their thighs…hovering over the fly of their trousers…before finally dropping down there. Both men were clearly and undoubtedly aroused. Their thick, hard cocks felt like steel underneath her palms.

When her hands moved to their waistbands and she began clumsily attempting to undo their belts, the men took over. Within what seemed like the blink of an eye, they’d both lowered their zippers.

“What gentlemen,” she whispered, batting her eyelashes at them.

Alex let out a low chuckle, which turned into a muffled groan the moment she slipped her hands underneath his briefs and made contact with his hot, silky-smooth erection. Her other hand slid under Tom’s boxers, grabbing hold of his hard cock. When it twitched against her fingers, she fought the urge to purr. What a lucky girl she was.

Scooting forward, she twitched her bare bottom, giving James a show. When Alex lifted his hips and tugged his pants and underwear down to mid-thigh, she rewarded him by turning to take the thick head of his cock into her mouth. He let out a moan, and she pushed further down, taking more of his silky steel inside. God, she loved the feel of this. Having one man pumping away inside her mouth while she caressed another with her hand.

When Tom lifted his hips and tugged his pants down, she released Alex’s cock, closing her hand over it once again and using her saliva as lubrication to drive him wild while she took Tom into her mouth. A drop of pre-cum coated her mouth, the salty flavor making her pussy twinge. She’d heard women say in the past that they didn’t enjoy oral sex, but she could never quite understand that. To her, going down on a man was a delicious precursor of what was to come. Hell, just doing that to James had made her come once or twice before.

“That’s better,” James murmured from behind her, his husky tone letting her know he was enjoying the show. “What a good hostess you’re being.”

Serena let out a smothered giggle. It was nice to know James was an even bigger pervert than she was. That was one of the things that made them such a good match.

She spent the next several minutes going back and forth between the two men, taking turns sucking them into her mouth and teasing them with her lips and tongue and hands, until finally Alex pulled away from her with a panted, “Stop.”

Frowning, she peered up at him. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” he murmured, shooting her a rueful grin. “You’re doing everything right. Too right.”

“Oh.” Unaccountably pleased by that, she gave him an impish grin, but before she could tease him further, James spoke up.

“I think they’ve had enough of that.”

She whimpered out a protest. He couldn’t want her to stop. She was just getting started.

“They deserve more than just that, don’t you think?” he continued in a silky tone.

“What?” she whispered, purposefully keeping her gaze off James. Playing their little game the way he liked it.

“They deserve some of that pussy, don’t they?”

She sucked in her breath at his crude words, enjoying every minute of it. From the way Alex’s gaze grew unfocused and Tom’s cock jerked in her hand, they liked it, too.

“Do they?” she asked, her voice low.

“Get up,” James ordered softly.

Heart racing in her chest, she brought her hands back to Alex’s and Tom’s knees and used them as support to lift her unsteady legs. James’s hand crept between her legs from behind, one finger rubbing along her slit.

“Your cunt is so wet,” he murmured.

“Mm.” That was a given. Taking turns sucking two hot men off while her fiancé watched would do that to a girl. To this girl, anyway.

“I think it needs a cock,” he continued, and she let out another whimper, arching back into his touch. He slid his hand away, the bastard. But just when she was about to scream with wanting, he said, “Straddle Alex.”

Oh thank goodness. She couldn’t take anymore of James’s teasing. He was right. She needed a hard dick inside her. Now.

Practically panting with desire, she slid her knees on either side of Alex’s legs, holding onto his shoulders for support. He let out a grunt and grabbed onto her ass, clearly as eager as she was for what was to come next.

“Now what?” she asked, mostly to tease James.

“Now take his dick into your pussy. Slowly.”