“Then obey me. Your Masters need to talk. No interrupting.” He smiled. “Listen for a bit.
You might learn something.”
Maybe…but she’d probably have trouble keeping quiet. Even so, Hannah was done questioning whether she was capable of this relationship or good enough for them. She was exactly what these three men needed.
And she needed them. She needed the deep understanding and soul connection she’d found with Slade. She craved Dex’s crazy alpha male dominance. And she wanted Gavin’s duality. He was all smooth operator on the surface, but underneath he needed her more than the other two.
“She’s been through a terrible ordeal. She’s got to be traumatized. Do you really think she needs us to spank her and tie her up now?” Gavin asked.
That was exactly what she needed, especially if they brought out that spreader thingee.
Hannah opened her mouth to tell them, but Slade’s expression made her stop.
“I think Hannah has stated what she needs. I believe playing rough with her would reassure her that we’re here for her in whatever way she needs.” Slade sounded very reasonable. He always understood her.
“Lyle made her undress. We don’t really know what else he did to her. How will we know if something we do will bring it all back?” Dex sounded tortured.
Hannah looked up at Slade, trying without words to make her needs plain.
Slade sighed. “Tell them. They won’t believe me.”
“He didn’t do anything awful to me. Gavin got to him before he’d really laid a hand on me. I took off my robe because it bought me some time. I didn’t like him looking at me, but even if he’d raped me, I would still be yours. I’d still need this. But you’re hesitating. Should I be worried that you don’t want me anymore? Maybe now that the danger is over and your protective instincts are down, you don’t find me as appealing. If that’s the case, then you should run along to your own beds.”
She was very satisfied when Gavin’s mouth dropped open and Dex’s eyes narrowed.
“That’s over-the-line bratty.” Dex’s body language changed. He popped his shoulders back and firmed his jaw. His demeanor went from hesitant to commanding in a heartbeat. “I don’t like that, Hannah. What do you call me when we’re playing?”
“Sir.” She repressed a smile. Yes, she was probably going to top from the bottom a lot.
“I prefer Master, baby,” he drawled. “And I have a few questions for you. Care to explain why you were alone outside the house when you had a stalker after you?” Hannah bit her bottom lip. Put that way, it sounded a bit careless. “I was getting some fresh air and enjoying the sunlight.”
“What were Master Gavin’s instructions?” Dex barked.
Boy, when he decided to go into Dom mode, he went all the way.
“He told me to stay in the house. But I didn’t really think about the patio not being a part of the house.” She hadn’t been thinking at all.
“I like the way Master Gavin sounds, Hannah.” Gavin looked down at her, hovering close.
“You’ll call me that in the bedroom from now on. Let me hear it.” Hannah knew he was still worried about being on the outside. “Yes, Master Gavin.”
“Did you disobey a direct order given for your safety?” Gavin growled.
She nodded, wincing. She might be in more trouble than she’d imagined. She suspected that her backside was about to get very sore.
“Hannah, pick a safe word.” Dex touched her head, his hand stroking her. She couldn’t miss the way his cock strained against his jeans.
They were all so worried about her. Only Slade understood that she needed them full throttle and hard to handle. And she needed them now. She wanted everything the James Gang could dish out.
“How about elephant? I promise to use it if things get to too tough to take, but I want something from you, too, Dex.”
His eyes warmed. “I might be willing to grant you a favor, baby.”
“Change your name.”
He stepped back, scowled. “What?”
Dex might be shocked, but his brothers were smiling.
“We tried to convince him to do it, sweetheart.” Slade’s hands were on the buttons of his shirt.
“He refused because he said he didn’t want the last name of the man who’d abandoned him,” Gavin explained.
Hannah looked up at Dex. “But it’s going to be my name, too. Unless you think I should keep mine. We could have a very modern marriage, keep everything separate.”
“Hell, no. There isn’t going to be any of that, Hannah. You will take your husbands’ name and that’s that,” Dex said with finality. “I’ll talk to the lawyer tomorrow. We need to tell him to stop the mess Gavin started, too.”