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Luka opened his hand over my chest and the sudden need evaporated, leaving in its wake a shiver of anticipation. Then Burton ran his fingers along my jawline and I gasped.

Shit! Morning breath!

I bolted out of Luka’s hold and fell off the end of the bed onto the floor.

“Fuck!”

I clucked my tongue at Burton. “That seems the only word you know.”

“It’s because you’ve made it a habit of saying outrageous things or somehow hurting yourself.”

“Nah, it didn’t hurt. I’m clumsy and when I have my mind on something else, everything around me falls by the wayside.”

Without standing, I crawled my way straight and found a door. I opened it and stood, reaching out, and searching for the light. I slammed my eyes shut when the space brightened.

“Score!” I said, “Okay! Be right back.”

I shut the door behind me and stumbled closer to my goal, letting out a sigh of relief. After I washed my hands, I noticed a toothbrush laying in the plastic mold on the counter. Hoping it wasn’t Burton’s, I scrubbed my teeth and tongue before rinsing with the mouthwash. By the time I finished, my body sagged with the need for more sleep.

When I shut off the light, I blinked, getting adjusted to the darkness before opening the door and running straight into a solid chest. Burton’s this time; it was less hairy.

“I didn’t mean to curse.”

“Oh, Burton, I didn’t mean it as a criticism.”

It was then I realized something.

“Wait, whose room did we sleep in?”

Luka grunted, before a lamp from the nightstand brightened. “Mine.”

“Again, not helping with the seductive voice there, Luka. Okay, and for the sake of clarification, we, meaning Burton and I, slept in your bed, with you, and I don’t remember any of it?”

My eyes took in the elegant room. A fuzzy rug spanned the floor under both nightstands and the bed, taking up most of the space. There was a beige loveseat next to the bay window. But the centerpiece in the room was the king-sized plush cloud ofsoftness covered with a steel blue duvet and underneath, crisp white sheets where Luka; the shirtless, tempting man sat.

Another grunt, followed by, “Well, you stayed awake long enough for a movie and dinner, but soon after, you sagged against B and fell asleep. I carried you up to bed since B insisted my bed was the one spacious enough to hold all of us, which is funny considered we slept sandwiched next to each other the entire night. We joined you after I finished up some accounting and B worked out and showered.”

It all came flooding back. After I asked, on impulse, about the chance of the three of us having sex, both of them expressing concern, wondering if they pressured me into asking that question.

“No, I want to know because if the two of you don’t want me to suck your dicks or have both of you inside me… one at a time unless I’m outright prepared for it, or other sexually explicit scenarios I could come up with, then I would like to know. Not about the double penetration part, but about the not wanting to have sex with me part.”

Luka’s jaw dropped, and Burton doubled over and held his stomach, moaning in pain. When I went to check on him, he had tears streaming down his face before he fell over onto the floor, laughing.

“Why are you looking at me like that, Petal?”

With narrowed eyes, I glared at a sleep ruffled Burton. I crossed my arms and tapped my foot, forgetting I was wearing low-rise green trunks and nothing else. I still managed a pout. “You laughed at me.”

“No, I wasn’t laughing at you, Petal. What I am is immature and obstinate. So when you said ‘double penetration’ without pause, I didn’t know whether to laugh or try it. I sure as fuck knew I didn’t have near enough lube in my room and before I could ask Luka if his supply was stocked, laughter won out.You startled me and what you said turned me on. My dick was confused.”

Luka snarled, “B, please stop saying dick when we’re all but naked. I going to brush my teeth and after?—”

“Naked fun times?” I asked.

“Kissing, I was going to say kissing.”

“Andthen naked fun times?”

“What if I say yes?” Luka shot back.