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Both men gave me a few minutes of loving on the dogs before Luka ordered Stella and Ruby to their beds in the living room. I stood. “Sorry about that?—”

“No, Sunshine, there’s no need to apologize,” Luka said, leaning down and pressing a kiss to the corner of my lips.

I sucked in a sharp breath at the action. My eyes widened as I glanced between the two of them, confusion rolling out of me in waves.

The emotions must’ve shown on my face, because Luka stepped forward, cupped my head, and ran both of his thumbs along the side of my neck.

Was that area supposed to be an erogenous zone? Hell, now it was.

Luka’s next words snapped my attention back to the two men.

“Ah, Phoenix, so there’s no doubt of my or Burton’s intentions, we are both absurdly attracted to you.”

“And we would like nothing more than to get to know you,” Burton added.

Luka cleared his throat and when my gaze met his, he finished, “Our end goal is being in a relationship, all three of us.”

My gaze darted from Burton’s bright emerald eyes to Luka’s patient hazel ones, searching for the truth. “So, you’re a couple and you want to bring someone, well, me, into your relationship?”

If I wanted to keep my dangerous attraction and yearning for these two men secret since they came into my bakery eighty-five days ago, I bungled it with that doozy of a question.

“And no, I haven’t counted how many days it’s been since you two strolled into my bakery.”

Luka’s mouth quirked up, and Burton chuckled.

“Shit, I said that aloud.”

Being a gentleman about my entire outburst, Burton clarified.

“Your observations might have led you to believe we’re together, but we’ve been best friends since elementary school. We run a business together and live here. We’re close, but until you, we’ve never thought about a relationship with each other before.”

“Although when I came out the summer before college, we had sex a few times. We stopped when B told me he preferred women, but we stayed close. When we found your bakery and noticed you, everything changed for the two of us.”

Burton’s voice dropped as he leaned in closer. “We want you in every way, Phoenix. Days in bed, naked, as we explore all the ways we can give you pleasure. Being able to kiss and touch you whenever we want. But more than that, we wish to spoil you, worship you, and be there for you whenever you need us.”

They promised me everything I didn’t even know I wanted. A gargantuan part of me wanted to agree, throw myself at them, and thank whatever deity above for this miraculous chance.

But the realistic doubter thought they’d get to know me and change their minds while I fell harder for both of them and in the end, I’d be the one with the broken heart. It would lead to the rest of my life spent alone.

With a million thoughts whirling in my brain and not one of them a solution to the point-counterpoint rallying back and forth, my world went black.

CHAPTER 2

LUKA

“Oh, fuck!”I grunted before lunging forward and catching the lithe man in my arms.

After B explained what we wanted, I hoped like hell the truth of what B and I asked for would tempt Phoenix. But the worry grew as I watched him become lost in his thoughts for several minutes, as though he needed time to decipher our words.

His eyes unfocused while his breathing became choppy, and his fists clenched and unclenched at his sides. When he moved, for a heart stopping moment, I expected he’d run. Instead, he paced back and forth until, on what seemed a thousandth pass; he stood still.

Then he surprised both of us.

My heart stopped in my chest when Phoenix’s eyes rolled up in his head and he went limp. Although I’d been close enough to prevent him from hitting the floor, my arms felt feeble from the shock as I held on tight. I cradled him against me and breathed a sigh of relief at the rapid pulse I spotted on his neck.

B hovered over us as I carried Phoenix toward the couch in the living room. All my instincts screamed at me not to put distance between us, so I lowered myself onto the couch and cradled Phoenix on my lap.

“What happened?” B asked. He sat next to us before he maneuvered his knee on the couch, pressing his leg to my thigh so he could lean close to Phoenix and brush a finger down his cheek.