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Their Virgin Princess (Masters of Ménage #4)(104)



"Stop. Lea, I love you. The last few days have been rough. You almost died, baby. You're pregnant. I'm so worried that I'll do the wrong thing."

"I'm not fragile, Lan."

"You sure felt that way when you jumped off the balcony and into my arms. If I had been off, if I'd tripped or stumbled, I would have lost both you and the baby."

She hugged him close. "Oh, you never would have done that. You wouldn't have dropped me. Why do you think I just jumped? I realize now that no matter what way I would have gone, someone would have saved me. Cooper came in through the back rooms of the suite so he would have found me in the bedroom. Dane came in through the front. And you were going to climb right up to the balcony. I was protected on all sides. She didn't have a chance."

"She had a chance to take a shot at you."

"Don't, Lan. I want this afternoon to be perfect. I'm alive. Our baby is alive. The doctor said I can have sex just about any way we want. We only have a few more days to have crazy single sex before we move on to crazy married sex." She sighed and rested her head on his chest, listening to the sound of his heart. "Please, Lan. I need to know if I've lost Dane."

"You haven't lost any of us, baby. Dane just feels the weight of what happened. And I'm a little worried that he thinks he needs to change. That's why Coop came up with this insane plan." He leaned over and kissed her, his lips brushing against hers. "You have to prove to Dane you can handle the whole Dom thing. I know he thinks he can live without it, but there will be a huge hole in his life."

And in hers as well because she craved the kind of dominance only Dane could give her. "I want him to be happy, Lan. And I want this part of him. I trust you and Dane and Cooper. I love you all so much. I want to try everything. I don't want any walls between us."

"All right. Let's get this ball rolling then. You're wrong about the single sex though, baby. I haven't been single since the minute I saw you. I think I married you in my heart a long time ago."

God, he always said the right things. He thought he was inept, but he always knew how to calm her. She smiled at him, and they started down the hall, to the dungeon, where their lives together were going to begin again.



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"It's down here," Cooper said, practically pulling Dane along.

What was up with that? Dane pulled back.

"Coop, the only thing that way is the dungeon." And he didn't want to be there. God, he hated the fact that there was a dungeon right here and he would never step into it with Alea. He would never lovingly bind her and torture her for their mutual pleasure. He would never hear her call him Master.

Husband. He had to be satisfied with being her husband. She couldn't handle the missionary position, so he definitely couldn't expect her to climb onto a St. Andrews Cross and count it out for him.

"Yeah, what I need you to see is in the dungeon," Cooper insisted. "Come on, man. It's a surprise for Alea. It's for our wedding night."

"In the dungeon?"

Cooper shrugged. "It's the one place I don't expect her to look. Come on, Dane. Don't tell me you're still having doubts."

About loving Alea? Not a chance. About being the right man for her? Yeah. He was having all kind of doubts about that. He could still remember the minute he'd seen the guard dead in front of her room, his body lying there like a message to Dane. You'll lose her. You can't keep her, you fucking pervert. You ruin everything you touch.



       
         
       
        

He could still hear his ex-wife and his father. He'd lost one family over his needs. Was he ready to lose another one? Did he even deserve another one?

"I love Alea, but the last couple of days have been rough. I had to kill her cousin. I think I should give her some space."

"Her cousin was a jealous whack job who was trying to kill her. I think she's going to be fine with you pulling that particular trigger. The al Mussads are wonderful, but I have to say that the extended family leaves something to be desired. First Khalil and then Yasmin. I think we should take a look at the old family tree and prune it proactively of any other cousins who don't live in the palace. Really, it'll save us so much time and crap in the future," Cooper said.

Dane turned to him. They were getting closer to the dungeon, and he really didn't get Coop's good mood. Well, he did. Coop had been making love to Alea. Coop had been wrapping himself in her sweetness. Lan was too worried. And Dane just kept his distance. She hadn't wanted him since their time on the island, and he couldn't shove his needs on her. Alea was pregnant, and he'd forced her to marry the three of them. Oh, she'd said all the right things lately, but she'd only said them after she'd learned about the baby.