Their Divine Doctor(Divine Creek Ranch 9)(17)

Duke could not have looked more triumphant. “You want a threesome.” Ever sanguine, Duke took up his mechanical pencil and mouthed, “Bow-chicka-wow-wow,” then began writing. “That’s going at the top of the list.”

The color rose in Emma’s pale, soft cheeks as she looked up at Gage. He didn’t glance away but held her gaze instead. She averted her eyes quickly but then looked back at him. Duke’s hands stilled on the paper. He laid the pencil down and circled both of her wrists gently with his hands. She stood, but he didn’t release her wrists, and he gazed up at her and then turned to Gage.

Gage could see what was in Duke’s eyes. They were talking about bucket lists and living life with no regrets. The time to start was in the present, but Gage thought tonight was much too soon to fulfill the number one item on their list. Emma looked ready to bolt. He could hear her breathing.

Duke said, “We’re ready when you are, Emma.” Still holding her gaze, he lifted her hand to his lips and kissed the tops of her fingers. Gage’s cock hardened at the way Emma bit her lower lip and sighed shakily.

“No regrets, ever, Emma,” Gage murmured, drawing her gaze. Her eyes were bright green with striations of gray around the pupils, which were now dilated. She was feeling it, too. “We aren’t after a one-night stand. We’ll do whatever you want.”

Gage could almost hear the wheels turning in Emma’s mind. She glanced at the clock, then at the lists lying on the table, at him, and then down at Duke. She stroked Duke’s chest and drew in a shaky breath.

“Can we start slow?” Her voice was low and quivered with emotion. “I’m…a little out of practice.”

Gage’s dick swelled to near-painful proportions at her whispered words, but his heart went out to her. She was embracing the idea of fulfilling her bucket list and stepping out of her comfort zone. Like him and Duke, she’d been playing it safe for a long time, and he didn’t for a minute doubt that she was sincere. They needed to take very good care of her, no matter what happened tonight, so she wouldn’t regret it later.

Duke rose from his chair, still grasping her hand to his chest, and said, “We don’t have to do anything tonight, Em.”

Emma smiled at Duke and then placed her hand on Gage’s chest. “Oh, yes we do. Who has the biggest bed?”

His dick pulsed, ready to explode, as Gage replied, “They’re both king-size.”

“Begin as we mean to go on, right?” she asked as she took her phone from her pocket and laid it on the table, eyeing it as though she was praying no one would call her tonight. “I want you both to make love to me. One at a time, if that’s okay?”

As if voicing her desire had unleashed something inside her, Emma removed her glasses and left them by her phone, then slipped her scrub top over her head. The expanse of her ivory torso and her cute little belly button were exposed and then the pink, stretchy sports bra she wore beneath her top. Her nipples were hardened little points, and he could see the flutter of her abdomen as she held the wadded-up top to her chest.

Duke exchanged a glance with Gage, and Gage saw the surprise in his eyes. They hadn’t even spoken about this possibility yet. Duke replied, “Whatever you want, Em. We have condoms in the medicine cabinet.”

The practical doctor said, “I’m on the pill but we’ll use condoms…for now. Whose bed is closest?”

“Mine,” Gage said. “Are you sure, Emma? This is going fast and we don’t want you to look back and regret it.”

Emma splayed her fingertips over the three wrinkled sheets of paper on the table. “Are we going to do these things together?”

“Yes,” Duke replied easily.

“Absolutely,” Gage said. They could start the list right now and tick off an item a day as far as he was concerned. The moment suddenly seemed like the great turning point in his life.

Emma smiled and said, “Then this is the perfect place to begin. I want to make love with both of you tonight.”





Chapter Five



A wave of anticipation swamped Emma, waiting for one of them to make the first move. She felt like she’d jumped off into the abyss as she’d voiced her need and now waited for one of them to catch her. As a unit, they took her hands and pulled her to the bedroom. Duke left and returned a moment later with a box of condoms as Gage turned on the lamp in the bedroom. Confirming her suspicion that he was a bit of a neat freak, she saw that his bed was made and everything had a place in his room. She’d be willing to bet his closet was categorized, too.

The scent of fabric softener wafted up to her as he turned down the burgundy-colored comforter and sheet. Not realizing she was so jumpy, Emma gasped when Duke laid his rough hands on her hips from behind. She closed her eyes and stifled a moan when his warm lips pressed against her shoulder.