Page 67 of Her Billionaire Boss

“But it doesn’t require a passport.”Neil winked over his shoulder at me.

“Neither will Ascend Manhattan.”I sounded like a brand ambassador.

We pulled up at the doors to the building and hopped off the cart.Sophie punched a security code into the smart lock pad and ushered us inside.

The place was breathtaking, with marble floors and gilded ornamentation on the walls.There was even a chandelier above our heads, lighting the miniature ballroom we stood in.

And there was a heavy wooden St.Andrews’ cross.And a rack of canes.And a big metal frame for strappado, and…

“Wow,” Matt said, his face pulled into a semi-grimace of admiration.“This is something.”

“It’s still set up from the last time we were out here,” Sophie said apologetically.“All this stuff is normally put away.”

“Who puts it away?”I asked, quickly following it up with, “I was thinking the other day about cleaning services that could take care of stuff like that.I wondered if anyone had beaten me to it.”

“The company that handles this building isn’t strictly sex clean up,” Neil said, the corner of his mouth twitching in a half-smile.“It might be a profitable idea.”

“Talk business later,” Sophie said.“Get down to business now.”

My face flushed, and I wished I could will my complexion back to normal.I’d watched Sophie have sex before.I’d fucked both of her husbands.I didn’t know why I felt so prudish about having sex with her.

It was different, I supposed, than having sex with strangers.Having sex with someone you already knew and were already friendly with felt more intimate.

“Can I just say,” Sophie said, whipping her shirt over her head and muffling her words.“It’s so nice to have sex friends again?”

“Sex friends?”I tried to not stare at her perfect breasts wobbling in her black satin bra.

“Yeah.Friends that you have sex with.But they’re still you’re friends.There’s nothing relationshippy about it, but you can trust them because you know them.”

“I…” My mouth closed of its own volition as I thought about it.

Matt eyed me curiously.“I don’t want to speak for Charlotte, but I’m not sure that’s a concept she’s familiar with.”

“I’m not,” I agreed quickly.“Not that I don’t want to do this.I usually do all my sexual experimentation with strangers.”

“Until recently,” Matt added.

“Oh.”Sophie’s eyes flared wide.“So, this is kind of your first time with this sort of thing?”

I nodded.“Whenever I was brought into any kind of swinging situation, it was always as the outside party.You know, ‘my wife and I noticed you from across the bar…’”

All four of them groaned in unison.

“Exactly.”

Sophie put her hand on my shoulder.“No worries.I was nervous the first time we messed around with people Neil knew, but it turned out awesome.”

“I did have a lot of fun with Neil at Ascend Red,” I said, and my face went super hot.“Is that inappropriate or—”

“No, but it will inflate his ego unbearably,” El-Mudad warned.

“Before my wife removes any more clothing,” Neil began, giving Sophie a sly look.“We should discuss boundaries and roles.Are you two up for any BDSM?”

I gestured to the rack of canes.“So… that, right away, I’m not into.But otherwise, yeah.I love being dominated.”

“I wouldn’t feel comfortable caning a casual partner, anyway,” Neil reassured me.He pointed to Matt.“How do you feel?”

“I’m down for anything.But I think you’re already aware of that.”Matt’s knowing tone sparked my curiosity.I knew he’d been with these men before, but none of the details.I wondered if they were the guys he’d mentioned on the wedding weekend, the ones who’d tied him down and tortured him mindless with pleasure.