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They descend on me like starving men at a feast.
Marcus gets to me first, pulling me against him and kissing me hard while his hands explore. Jackson's behind me, lips on my neck, hands sliding around to cup my breasts. And Liam's on his knees, kissing up my thigh toward where I'm already soaking wet.
"Fuck," I breathe. "Yes. Just like that."
We make it to the bedroom in a tangle of limbs and discarded clothing. By the time we hit my king-sized bed, I'm down to just my panties and they're all shirtless.
And jesus christ, they're beautiful.
Marcus is all lean muscle and tattoos I didn't notice before. Liam's got those perfect abs that come from religious gym time. And Jackson is just... built. Shoulders and chest and arms that could definitely throw me around.
I am the luckiest woman alive right now.
"Lose the pants," I order, sitting back against the pillows to watch.
They comply, and oh my god. All three of them are already hard, straining against their boxers, and my mouth actually waters.
"Come here," I crook a finger at Liam. "I want to taste you."
He moves to the bed and I hook my fingers in his boxers, pulling them down. His cock springs free and I don't waste time, just lean forward and take him in my mouth.
He makes this choked sound that goes straight between my legs.
I feel the bed dip behind me. Jackson's hands on my hips, sliding my panties down. Then his mouth is on me and I moan around Liam's cock.
"Holy fuck," Liam groans, his hand gentle in my hair.
Jackson's tongue is magic. He licks through my folds, finding my clit and sucking gently, and I rock back against his face. I'm already close—been wound up since the shoot this afternoon—and he's not holding back.
Marcus appears beside me, stroking himself slowly while watching. I reach out with my free hand, replacing his hand with mine, and he groans.
"You're so fucking hot," he says.
I pull off Liam long enough to say, "I know," and then take him deeper.
Jackson slides two fingers inside me while his tongue works my clit and I come, hard and sudden, crying out around Liam's cock.
"Jesus," someone says—I'm not sure who—and then Jackson's flipping me over onto my back.
"Condoms?" he asks, and I point to the nightstand.
They're prepared impressively fast. Jackson rolls one on and then he's between my legs, the head of his cock pressing against my entrance.
"Ready?" he asks.
"Fuck me," I demand.
He pushes inside in one smooth thrust and we both groan. He's big—bigger than I expected—and the stretch is perfect. He gives me a second to adjust and then starts moving.
"Oh god—yes—"
Liam's on one side of me, Marcus on the other, and they're both touching me—hands on my breasts, my neck, my face. Liam leans down and kisses me while Jackson fucks me steadily, and I'm overwhelmed in the best possible way.
"Harder," I gasp against Liam's mouth. "I can take it."
Jackson grips my hips and really starts moving. The headboard's hitting the wall and I don't care, I just need more, more, more—
"Touch yourself," Marcus says. "Want to watch you come again."
I slide my hand down between my legs, fingers finding my clit, and circle fast. Jackson's hitting that perfect spot inside me and it only takes a few seconds before I'm coming again, clenching around him.
"Fuck—" Jackson's rhythm falters and then he's finishing too, hips jerking erratically.
He pulls out carefully and I'm still catching my breath when Marcus moves between my legs.
"My turn," he says, and oh god yes.
He flips me over onto my hands and knees—I love that they're not afraid to manhandle me a little—and pushes inside from behind.
Different angle, different feeling, equally perfect.
"You feel incredible," he groans, hands gripping my hips hard enough to bruise.
Liam's in front of me now and I take him in my mouth again, loving the way he tastes, the sounds he makes. Marcus is fucking me hard and fast and I'm making these muffled sounds around Liam's cock.
"She's so good at this," Liam says, voice strained. "Fuck, her mouth—"
Marcus reaches around, fingers finding my clit, and I nearly come apart right there. The dual sensation is overwhelming—him inside me, his fingers on my clit, Liam in my mouth—
I come for the third time, entire body shaking, and pull off Liam to cry out.
"Holy shit," Marcus breathes, still moving. "The way you clench when you come—fuck—"
He finishes a few seconds later, groaning my name, and we collapse in a heap on the bed.
I'm sweaty and satisfied and definitely not done yet.
EMILIA.His tongue is perfect. He works me with exactly the right pressure and rhythm like he's been studying what I need. He probably has been. He notices everything else so why not this.I'm already too close. Can feel it building embarrassingly fast. Try to pull away."Don't," he says against me. "Let go. I want to taste it when you come."I come hard with his mouth on me and my hands fisted in those black curls and it's so intense my vision goes white.He doesn't stop. Just works me through it and straight into oversensitivity that borders on too much but doesn't quite cross the line.When he finally pulls back his mouth is wet and his eyes are darker than I've ever seen them."You taste even better than I spent three months imagining you would," he says."You imagined this?""Every night in this bed. Thinking about how you'd taste. What sounds you'd make. How you'd look when you came for me." He stands and starts unbuttoning his shirt. "Now I don't have to imagine anymore."I wa
EMILIAI don’t know why I let the words leave my lips. But I do anyway, “That makes two of us."We're looking at each other and something is happening in the space between us. Something that's been building for months and finally has nowhere else to hide."Emilia." The way he says my name makes my skin feel too tight."What?""Stop looking at me like that."Heat floods my face despite the cold air. "Like what?""Like you want to close the distance between us and see what happens when you do."I should deny it. Should laugh it off. Should do literally anything except stand here confirming what he just said with my silence."What if I do want that?" I ask instead.His jaw clenches hard enough that I can see the muscle jump. "Then you need to think very carefully about what you're starting.""Why?""Because this complicates everything that's already complicated. Because you're here under circumstances that make this questionable at best. Because once we cross this line there's no going
EMILIASeven months later, and my father still hasn't paid.Not that I expected him to.The house is familiar now in ways my old apartment never was. The third floorboard in the east hallway creaks if you step on the left side. Miguel works mornings and Torres takes over at eight. Eduardo drinks his coffee black at six AM while standing at his office window staring at nothing in particular.He doesn't sleep much based on the hours his office light stays on.He notices everything based on the way his eyes track movement even when he's pretending not to pay attention.I started noticing him noticing around month three and haven't been able to stop since.Late afternoon and the courtyard doors are open because someone decided fresh air was acceptable today. Eduardo is at one of the iron tables buried in paperwork that probably details someone's life falling apart in spreadsheets and signatures.His sleeves are rolled to his elbows. His hair keeps falling forward and he keeps pushing it b
EDUARDOThe girl sitting across from me hasn't blinked in forty seconds.I know because I've been counting.Her father is on his knees begging and she's just sitting there in that chair staring at the wall behind my head like if she doesn't look at me directly none of this is real.Smart girl."Please, Don Eduardo. Por favor. I just need more time. Two weeks. One week even. I can get you the money I swear on my mother's grave—""Your mother is alive, Carlos." I lean back in my chair and watch him grovel. "She lives in that apartment on Meridian that you pay for with money you don't have. So swearing on her grave doesn't carry much weight."He opens his mouth. Closes it. Opens it again like a fish drowning in air."Two hundred thousand," I say. "That's what you owe. Not including interest which at this point has compounded to another sixty.""I know. I know the number—""Do you? Because you keep acting like this debt is going to disappear if you just avoid me long enough." I pick up th
TULA.He pulls me against him and the feeling of our bodies pressed together with almost nothing between us makes my breath catch.He walks me backward until my legs hit the bed. I sit and he settles between my thighs.His hands move to my bra and he unhooks it without fumbling. He removes it and his eyes go even darker.“Jesus, Tula.”“What?”“You’re perfect.”“I’m really not.”“From where I’m standing you absolutely are.” His hands cup my breasts and I arch into the touch without meaning to.His mouth follows and I’m making sounds I didn’t plan on making.His hand slides down my stomach to the waistband of my underwear. He looks up at me.“Yes,” I say.He slides them down and I’m completely naked while he’s still in his boxers.“You’re staring,” I say.“I’m allowed to stare. I’ve waited six years for this.”His hand slides up my inner thigh slowly. When his fingers reach where I need them I stop breathing.He touches me carefully and makes a sound when he feels how wet I am.“This a
TULA. Declan is scrolling through his phone when I get back to him. He looks up and puts it away.“Ready?” he asks.“Yeah.”We leave together and the night air outside is cooler than I expected. I didn’t bring a jacket because I’m an idiot who forgot that April in Boston still gets cold at night.Declan notices me wrapping my arms around myself.“Here,” he says, shrugging out of his jacket.“I’m fine.”“You’re shivering. Just take it.”He drapes it over my shoulders before I can argue. It’s warm from his body and smells like him and I’m trying very hard not to think about how much I like that.The bar is three blocks away. Small and dimly lit with booths in the back that are mostly empty.We slide into one and a server comes over to take our order. Declan gets a beer. I get a gin and tonic because I need something stronger than wine right now.“So,” he says once we have our drinks. “Six years.”“Six years.”“That’s a long time.”“It is.”He takes a drink and I watch his throat work
TALIA. I spent three days packing, filling out paperwork, and waking up with my hand between my legs after dreams so explicit I could barely look at myself in the mirror. Now I’m standing in front of the neutral manor with two trunks of belongings and a magically binding contract that says I bel
TALIA. The contract sits between us like a challenge. Thirty pages of legal language, binding clauses, and blank spaces waiting to be filled. I’m flipping through it while they watch me from opposite sides of the table, and the silence has weight to it. Anticipation. “First question,” I say,
TALIA. I write everything down, and the scratch of pen on paper is the only sound for a long moment.“Now,” I say, setting down the pen. “Before we go any further with specifics, I think we need to address something.”“What’s that?” Thane asks.“You’ve both just spent two hundred thousand marks co
JAXON.We’re lying in bed, sweaty and satisfied, when Harper spots the balcony.“Is that a jacuzzi?”I follow her gaze through the floor-to-ceiling windows. “Yeah. Penthouse suite perk.”“It’s freezing outside.”“That’s what makes it good. Hot water, cold air.” I’m already getting up, grabbing robe







