Page 29 of Briar

The abrupt question makes me flush. “Uh. No. But I will from now on.”

“Good.” He waves at a large, comfortable-looking chair on the other side of the desk. “Sit here.”

In his chair. “What about you?”

“I can stand.” He folds his arms, waiting, and I notice that he shifts away as I sidle past him, sinking down into the leather.

We watch each other.

Heat, Flickering, burningheat.Just from the way he looks at me, his brows slightly furrowed and his gray eyes dark.

I wonder if he’s imagining how I’d look—

Stop.

Linking my fingers together, I glance around, resisting the urge to fan myself. “Are River and Kai here?”

“River went home. He has the night off. Kai’s around, but he’s tied up at the moment.”

A little pang of disappointment hits me. “Okay.”

It’s not like they were expecting me. Reaching into my bag, I pull out the envelope and hold it out. “Could you give this to River for me, please?”

Slowly, his fingers reach out. “What is it?”

I settle back, the leather warm against my bare upper back. Jenson’s eyes slip to my thighs, the midnight blue silk rising up before he looks away. “He gave me too much money for the jacket repair. It’s his change.”

He releases the envelope immediately. “Consider it a tip.”

I hold his gaze, and my voice sharpens. I don’t lower it. “I’m not for sale.”

It doesn’t matter how much I need the money. “It creates a power imbalance that I’m not comfortable with. Not when—,”

My words cut off, my cheeks flaring with heat. “Please take it.”

Jenson’s eyebrows raise almost to his hairline, and his fingers immediately snag the envelope from mine. “Understood. I’ll make sure he gets it.”

“Thank you.” I smooth a hand over my lap. “Would you sit down?”

He hooks his foot around the metal of the shabby-looking chair across from me and drags it toward him, folding himself into it. “What would you like to know?”

Okay, then. Blowing out a breath, I go back into my back and tug out the slip of paper. Jenson’s mouth twitches. “You came with a list?”

“I like to be organised.” And I knew he’d distract me, make me forget. “Should I just run through?”

“By all means.” He lounges back in the chair, looking as ease on the cheap metal as if it were a throne. “Ask anything you like.”

I glance down. “Just so I’m completely clear. You want to make an arrangement with me whereIwill be asleep, andyou– all three of you – will have sex with me. The details to be confirmed through an agreement.”

When my eyes flick up, Jenson is staring at me. There’s a faint flush of color on his cheeks. “Yes.”

There’s matching heat on my own face as I glance down, clearing my throat. “Where would this arrangement happen? At a hotel?”

“No. We have a home in the city – Ravenhall. It’s large enough to give you space, and for us to have privacy. It’s highly secure and nobody else will be present.”

I’d be completely alone with them. In theirhome.“Would you just… wait for me to fall asleep?”

Slowly, he shakes his head. His voice is lower, and he leans forward. Our eyes lock. “You would wake up.”