Alex held on to Liam’s neck and then suddenly punched him straight on the nose. Liam shouted out, cursing.
“What the fuck?” Liam held his bloody nose.
“That was for Eve,” Alex said, his shoulders set. He turned and walked away.
Liam held his hands up. He turned and looked at Ian, his eyes wide with apparent shock. “What was that about? I’ve never touched Eve.”
“He knows you’ve been spending time with Eve. He suspects you’re sleeping with her.” Ian gave Adam a little snarl. “Don’t fucking try anything else. That means you, too, Jake.”
Jake gave him a mulish stare. “He kissed my sub.”
“She doesn’t have a collar on,” Ian pointed out. “Get a collar around her throat and we’ll talk. And you,” he turned to Liam, “need to stay away from Alex’s wife.”
“Ex-wife.” Liam frowned. “And I’m not fucking Eve. Not even close.” He grinned Serena’s way. “Though I will fuck that one.”
Both Jake and Adam started for him again. Ian hauled Liam behind his own enormous body.
“Back off,” Ian commanded. “He’s being an asshole.”
Liam crossed his arms over his chest and looked over at Serena. “There you go, dear. That’s your answer. You’re very inconvenient now. They’re risking their jobs, and their jobs are pretty much all they have. You’re being brutally stubborn. You’re hurting all three of you. Come out of that corner, Serena. You don’t really want to be there anyway.” Liam backed away. “I’m going to clean up. You three better figure something out or it’s going to be over.”
He walked away. Ian practically had steam coming out of his ears. “What he fucking said. I’m sick of this shit. I have a sub to whip.”
He stalked off, and she was left with the two men who had completely turned her life upside down.
Adam seemed to calm a bit. He straightened his clothes, a white dress shirt and his leathers. There was a scratch on his face, but otherwise he seemed to have fared well. “Come on then, Serena.”
She felt rooted to the ground and deeply unsure. “I think we should probably talk about this.”
“And I think someone is due a bit of punishment,” Jake said harshly.
“Punishment?” Why the hell did that word make her pussy clench? Punishment meant they would put their hands on her. “I didn’t do anything.”
“Did you or did you not sign a contract when we first brought you into this club?” Jake asked. His face was set in hard lines. She had the sudden desire to get on her knees in front of him.
“You know I did.” Ian wouldn’t let her in without signing a contract. It stated that Jake would act as her Dom, and he would be responsible for her behavior. It covered all sorts of things like confidentiality and how she should behave. She felt her face fall. It had also made it plain that according to all rules of this club, she belonged to her Dom. She stared up at Jake. This wasn’t her fault. “He kissed me, not the other way around.”
“You weren’t fighting him,” Adam said. He seemed calmer now. “You were still in his arms. I know you, Serena. You would have fought him if you hadn’t wanted it.”
“I didn’t want it, damn it. I was just curious.”
Jake’s smile held not an ounce of humor. “You know what curiosity did to the kitty cat. I think you’re about to find out what it does to your pussy. Now, Serena. Or we can go back home and go right back to you sitting in front of the computer getting absolutely nothing done.”
Adam put a hand on her shoulder. “Serena, aren’t you curious about this?”
She was. Damn it. And it was just punishment. Punishment that might lead to sex. Sex that might lead to something else. No. She wasn’t going to go there. She wasn’t going to start planning a future with them. She was done with that. But she could have another night. Maybe a few more nights.
She dropped to her knees, trying to find the proper position. She wasn’t going to deny it. She wanted to explore with them. She’d written about this lifestyle, studied it, and dreamed about it. Letting go of this chance because she knew it couldn’t work with Jake and Adam seemed wrong.
She was nervous and so confused she couldn’t see straight. She wasn’t in a place to make any kind of decision, but she could have this. Just for a little while.
Jake’s hand came out, forcing her chin up. “I’m not going easy on you tonight.”
She didn’t want him to. She wanted this experience. She wanted to ache and burn and to come like she never had before. And she wanted it with them. “Yes, Sir.”