“Don’t stop on my account, boys,” she said. He would have never known she would be so turned on watching them, but she was.
“Boys?” Rory asked. “I think we’ve proven more than once that we are a little bit more than boys.”
She walked down the stairs, taking her time as she watched them. “No, really, you shouldn’t stop.”
Zeke knew that most women who came to their bed did it as some kind of challenge and they often became jealous if Rory and he spent too much time together. For Maura it was different. He knew that part of it was her love for him. But, now, there was something else he hadn’t expected. She was turned on by his interaction with Rory. Zeke was pretty sure that hadn’t happened before now.
“I’m fairly certain you don’t call the shots around here,” Rory growled.
She stopped a few feet from the two of them and cocked her head to the side. “Yeah?”
He heard the challenge in her voice and he looked at Rory. Their gazes locked.
“I think she’s questioning my authority here, Zee.”
“I think she is too,” Zeke said and they both looked at her.
Her lips curved and his heartbeat kicked up a notch. “So, whatcha going to do about it, guys?”
Chapter Eleven
Zeke almost laughed at Maura’s challenge.
“I think girlie here thinks we are supposed to listen to her. Be at her beck and call,” Rory said.
Zeke almost wanted to tell him they were already there. One day and he knew that Rory was falling for her, for this thing the three of them shared together. But for some reason, he wanted to hold back. Rory would freak as soon as he told him, or made him face what was happening.
“I think you’re right,” Zeke said. “She sort of needs to be punished.”
She tried to look angry with them. He knew she was having a hard time of it though. Especially since he could see her nipples were already poking against the thin fabric of her bikini.
“I told you I don’t like when you talk about me like I’m not here.”
Rory growled again, the sexy sound urging on Zeke’s arousal. Lord, there wasn’t a man who could make him lose it like Rory and now, dammit, he was caught between the two of them.
“I don’t think I asked your opinion.”
The cocky smile she gave both of them was full of teeth. “Well, I gave it.”
Again there was the challenge. The fact that she felt comfortable enough to do this told Zeke that she was already at ease with Rory as her Dom. He just wondered how long it would take her to figure it out.
“Hmm,” Rory said, as he turned and opened up the refrigerator and took out the whipped cream he’d bought the day before. He set it on the counter. Zeke knew what he was doing. He was acting casual as if nothing big was going on. But in the next second, he turned with lightening speed and went after Maura. She let out a sound that was half laugh and half scream and ran. Zeke was laughing himself when Rory cornered her in the dining room. They were standing on opposite sides of the table in a standoff.
Zeke had never seen Rory act so free with anyone with well.
“You’re cornered, Maura. Come out now.”
He knew there were rules to the D/s relationship that he didn’t always understand, but this; he would think Rory would be pissed. Instead, there was an unholy gleam in his eyes and Zeke’s heart melted just a bit. The man didn’t laugh enough and for some reason, Maura had been able to get him to loosen up.
Rory stalked around the table, but Maura took off with another scream. Unfortunately for her, she didn’t understand that Zeke was on Rory’s side. He grabbed her up.
“I have her, love,” Zeke said laughing.
“Zeke, you’re supposed to be on my side.”
He shook his head and looked down at her. “I’m on the side that gets you naked faster.”
Before she could respond, Rory stepped up behind her. “Now, you’re going to learn how to behave. No back talking, no running away.”
Rory grabbed her up and threw her over his shoulder. He gave her ass a hard smack.
“Some little sub is going to learn not to be such a pain in the ass. Grab a chair will ya’, Zee. I think our lover needs a little lesson.”
His body already responding, he grabbed a chair and followed Rory into the kitchen. When Rory was in a playful mood like this, there was no telling what would happen.
* * * *
Maura found herself stripped of her bathing suit and bent over Rory’s lap. She was laughing when he smacked her with his hand.
The sting caused her to gasp, but he didn’t stop. If there was one thing Rory knew how to do well, it was covering her ass with a lot of smacks. By the time he finished, he’d covered her entire bottom and it felt like it was on fire. He smoothed his hand over her rear end. His palm was cool against her hot skin.