Total pages in book: 156
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
Nerves flooded her as she stared at North over Jared’s shoulder. There was something anticipatory in the way he moved.
Something that both scared her and made her horny as hell.
“You both get to punish me?” she squealed.
“Remember you have a safeword,” Jared said.
As if that was meant to be reassurance.
This is just one night.
But it didn’t feel that way. It felt like this was her forever. And she needed to hold on tight and never let go.
32
“Who do I get to boss around?” she grumbled as Jared carried her into a bedroom she hadn’t been in yet.
She just knew it was his room.
Holy moly.
She was in Jared Bartolli’s bedroom. Was she going to wake up and find this was just a dream?
Or was this really happening?
Were they both about to fuck her brains out?
Two men. Two sexy, gorgeous, utterly terrifying men.
The room was very masculine. All dark, wooden furniture and a huge bed.
“We can get you something to boss around,” Jared told her as he gently laid her back on the bed. She moved up to sit against the headboard as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the end of the bed, watching her.
“Like what? A dog?”
“Hmm. I was thinking more like another whale toy,” Jared told her with a grin.
Great. They got to tell her what to do and in turn she could boss around a group of stuffed toys.
“I’ve got enough whales,” she said as Jared started to strip. Wow. His chest and stomach were so chiseled.
North moved to grab an armchair, pulling it close to the side of the bed where he sat and just . . . watched her.
“What . . . what are you doing?” she whispered.
“Watching you,” he replied.
“W-why?” she asked.
“I want to see what you like and dislike.”
Jared started taking off his pants.
Oh hell.
Was she really ready for this?
“Also, I’m not certain you will use your safeword if you become uncomfortable or scared. Not saying that Jared wouldn’t notice, but I’m going to be an extra failsafe.”
Was he . . . was he really doing this to protect her?
“Good plan,” Jared said.
“I’ll use it,” she protested.
“Really?” North drawled. “Because right now you’re pale, tense, and breathing fast, yet you’ve not said anything about the fact that Jared stripping is freaking you out.”
Holy moly.
“It is not fair that the two of you can read me so easily!” she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
“We need all the advantages we can get,” Jared said.
His pants were off but he was still wearing a pair of black, tight boxers.
And part of her wanted to get up and lick every inch of his body. The other part of her, the cautious, fearful part, told her to stay where she was.
She swallowed heavily.
“Like what you see?” North asked, stealing her attention back to him.
He was staring at Jared. He didn’t seem like he was affected by the other man’s near-nakedness. But she got the feeling that he was just as turned on as she was.
Well, you’d have to be blind not to be.
Because . . . hello, Jared was a piece of art. North turned his gaze to her. “Well? Do you?”
“I don’t think ‘like’ is the right word,” she said. “He’s so gorgeous it’s intimidating.”
“You shouldn’t be intimidated. You’re just as gorgeous,” North told her.
She immediately shook her head. “No, I’m not.”
“Don’t do that,” North told her coldly.
“Do what?”
“Don’t deny a compliment like that with lies. You are gorgeous. If you believe otherwise, then there is something wrong with your eyes or head. Did someone tell you that you weren’t beautiful? You should stop listening to them and listen to me. Because I’m far smarter and more honest. I wouldn’t have said that if I didn’t believe it. So take the compliment and don’t try to deny it. That will just annoy me.”
Right.
“North is right. You are exceptionally beautiful, sweetheart,” Jared told her in a soft voice.
She gaped up at him, her mouth open. Keira had told her nice things, of course. But she’d never really believed her.
Keira was her sister, she had to say those things about her. But these guys didn’t.
Which meant . . . they did see her as beautiful.
Jared kneeled on the bed, gently pushing her legs apart. “Baby, you are fucking stunning. And anyone who told you otherwise was lying to you. Understand? Just fucking beautiful.”
“I . . . I am?”
“You are,” North said. “It’s annoying you can’t see it.”
“North,” Jared warned. “It just means that she needs us to tell her. Often.”
“She should know it. She should look in the mirror and see how beautiful she is. And then she should own it. Walk around with her head held high.”
“Yes, she should and she will.” Jared cupped the side of her face with his hand. “She’ll know that she’s gorgeous on the outside and on the inside.”