Page 78 of Theirs to Desire (Club M: Boxed Set)

AVERY

B oundaries are getting blurred, and I don’t seem to care.

All afternoon long, I watched Kai and Maddox.

You can learn a lot about men from the way they treat people around them.

Victor was extremely polite to the people he considered his equals, but it was a different matter entirely when it came to the help.

With them, he was rude, demanding and hypercritical.

Come to think of it, that was exactly the way he treated me too.

Kai and Maddox, on the other hand, were unfailingly courteous to everyone. The men were obviously well-liked. Doctors and nurses had dropped into the bar all afternoon, and I don’t think the chocolate cake was the primary draw.

A couple of women had flirted rather obviously with Maddox. I’d watched covertly as he’d given them the brush off. Not in a dick way. Whatever he’d said to them, he’d been friendly, and when the women had moved away, they hadn’t looked upset.

Guys like Maddox and Kai don’t come along every day.

And now, I’m going home with them.

I hear footsteps behind us, and Maddox catches up. “What’s the plan?”

“We’re going to my place,” Kai replies. “Avery has a birthday present to give me. You can watch.”

I laugh at the note of smug satisfaction in Kai’s tone. Maddox gives me a sidelong look. “It’s funny, is it?”

His tone is so smooth that it warns warn me to proceed very carefully. Since I’m already being reckless today, I ignore it. “Hilarious,” I tell Maddox.

He chuckles. “Ah, sweetheart. I’m going to spend the entire evening making you regret that piece of sass.”

“Are you going to spank me?” My insides twist with heat at the idea of being yanked over his lap, my knickers pulled down to my knees, Maddox making me count each stroke in his low, intent voice. I discreetly rub my thighs together at the flash of arousal that image causes.

Maddox’s lips curl up into a smile. “Wait and see.”

Since we’ve all had more than one drink, we get into a cab. Less than ten minutes later, we’re at Kai’s Georgetown home. Kai pays the driver, refusing my offer to chip in. When he’s done, he starts down the driveway. “Come on.”

“We’re not going in?”

He smiles at me over his shoulder. “All in due time, Avery.”

I follow him into his fenced-in backyard. It’s still daylight, and Kai’s backyard, while private, is still right next to his neighbors. I can hear the low murmur of conversation from the house to the left of us.

Maddox steps in and shuts the fence behind him. Then he turns to me, a wickedly amused look in his eyes. “I believe,” he says softly, “that you were going to give Kai his birthday present. Go on ahead.”

“Here?”

He chuckles at the look of consternation on my face. “You really should be more careful about baiting us,” he says. “Perhaps you’ll remember that at the club.”

“Put some music on, will you?” Kai says to Maddox, just as amused. “That’ll help a little. There’s beer in the refrigerator.” He turns to me. “Avery, you want something to drink?”

“Just water.”

Maddox nods. He slides the patio door open and disappears into the house. Before I begin to have second thoughts, Kai crooks two fingers at me. “Come here.”

I take a step toward him, but he meets me halfway. His hand snakes around the back of my neck, and he tugs me close. “I’ve been waiting to kiss you all afternoon,” he murmurs.

“You don’t have to wait anymore.” My voice is breathless.

“No,” he agrees. “I don’t.” He leans in and kisses me, his lips capturing mine with firm assurance.

He’s brushed his lips across mine before, but this is the first time in ten years that Kai’s really kissing me.

I thought I remembered how great it was. It turns out my memories are lies. Because it’s not as good. It’s way, way better.

His hand tightens in my hair. His mouth claims mine, possessing me, owning me. Claiming me.

“Kai,” I whimper into his mouth.

“Yes, Avery?” Those talented lips move to my neck, and I tilt my head back to give him more room. His teeth nibble a path down the side of my throat, and I groan and grind into him, plastering myself shamelessly against his body, trying to hump him through my clothes.

“Kai, please.” I don’t know what I’m begging for. This. More of this. I’ve been in a low, simmering state of arousal for hours. I desperately need relief.

The music kicks on. It’s something Latin, smooth and sultry, with a low, pounding drumbeat that pulses in rhythm with the throbbing between my legs. Kai’s hands roam over my ass, cupping my cheeks, pulling me against his hard erection.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Maddox walk out, a beer in one hand, a bottle of water in another. He places those on the low patio table, and settles on a couch, leaning back, his body relaxed. “Carry on,” he says, his lips quirking. “I intend to enjoy the view.”

My cheeks flame. I laughed when Kai told Maddox he could watch, but I hadn’t realized exactly how dangerously exposed I would feel with his eyes on me. And how dangerously turned on.

“You love this, don’t you, Avery?” Kai growls in my ear. He flips me around so my back is pressed against his chest, my ass grinding into his cock. In this position, I can’t hide from Maddox’s hot, heated stare. “You love the idea of Maddox watching you.”

Maddox stretches his legs. “She’s wearing too many clothes.”

“She is,” Kai agrees. “That’s easily fixed.

” His fingers unbutton my blouse, pulling it free from the waistband of my skirt and tossing it toward Maddox, who catches it and places it on the chair next to him.

He unclasps my bra next, pushing the straps down my shoulders and peeling the cups away from my breasts.

“Very nice,” Maddox purrs. He lifts the beer bottle to his lips and takes a long sip.

“That she is.” Kai grabs my wrists and pushes them behind my back. “Because you’re being such a good girl,” he says into my ear, “You’re allowed to touch my cock.”

There’s a part of me that wants to tell him exactly what he can do with his cock. Maddox reads my reaction. “Go ahead,” he says. “Say it. But there will be consequences.”

I’m not brave enough. Plus, Kai groans softly as I rub his cock with my hands, and that’s pretty hot.

And while I’m feeling him up, Kai cups my breasts, his fingers teasing my nipples.

I tilt my face up to his, and his lips grind down on mine, greedy, intense, hungry. He’s devouring me, and I love it.

I groan out loud as Kai pinches my nipples. “No, Avery,” he chides. “I have neighbors. You’re going to have to keep quiet.” He tweaks my nipples once again, rolling them between his thumbs and forefingers. “If you keep quiet,” he says. “I’ll let you come tonight. If you don’t, on the other hand…”

“I can take care of myself, you know,” I retort with a flash of defiance.

Bad move. Kai steps away from me immediately. “Go ahead,” he says calmly, moving to sit next to Maddox. “Anytime you want.”

Argh. They’re not supposed to call me on this.

Maddox gives me a mocking smile. “Not to state the obvious, but it’ll probably be easier if you take your skirt off first.”

I flush again, but I reach behind my back to undo the button and lower the zip. I wriggle out of my gray pencil skirt and fold it next to my blouse. Maddox reaches out and grabs my wrist. “Come here,” he says hoarsely. “Sit on the coffee table.”

I look at the wicker and glass table. “Will it hold my weight?”

“Yes.” Kai doesn’t tell me how he’s so confident and given that the answer is probably that he’s done something like this before, I don’t ask him how he’s so sure.

Certain things, I don’t want to think very hard about, and one of those things is why I was jealous of Jayla back at the hospital, and why I’m bothered by the idea of Kai fucking another woman on this table.

This is just sex. There’s too much history between the three of us; I can’t let it become something more.

“Okay.” I start to take off my panties, but Kai shakes his head.

“Stop,” he says, his voice infused with steel. “Did I tell you to take off your panties?”

“No. Sorry.”

He crooks two fingers at me once again, and I move forward, my body prickling with arousal.

“So Avery,” he says. “You’re going to take care of yourself.

” He gestures me forward, and I stand between his knees.

His big hands grip my hips, and he tugs my white lace thong free, growling low in his throat when he sees how damp the crotch is.

“Someone’s turned on,” Maddox notes. He pats the coffee table. “Hop on.”

I perch on the edge of the glass. It’s cool, and I shiver, goosebumps rising on my skin. “Lie back,” Kai orders. “Spread your legs. I want to see you fall apart, Avery.”

I shiver again, this time from sheer lust. I position myself on the table the way I’ve been ordered. I’m hoping that one of them will relent and touch me, but they hold firm. “Please may I touch myself?”

Kai nods. “Go ahead.”

I reach between my legs and stroke myself, but though the expression in their eyes is hot, I want more. I want them to touch me. Their fingers stroking me, their mouths on my clit.

“Okay,” I whimper. “I’m sorry. I’ll keep quiet. Please make me come.”

“Who owns your orgasms, Avery?” Kai growls.

“You do.”

He laughs, soft and dangerous. “Yes,” he says. “I do. Every whimper, every moan. It all belongs to me.” His fingers grip my chin, and his blue eyes bore into mine. “You want to come, you beg for it.”

“Yes,” I whisper, my nipples hardening to points. “Please…”

He slides off the couch onto his knees. “I should spank you for your brattiness,” he muses. “But instead…”

He reaches for a small bag tucked into the cushions. I lift my head up, curious. “What’s that?”

Maddox raises an eyebrow. “Should I blindfold her?” he asks.