My brain stalls. “You talked about it.”
“We’ve been friends for twenty-five years. Do you think I’d invite someone into our bed without considering all the possible outcomes?” He brushes his thumb along my jaw. “I chose Dane for a reason. Not just because he’s a good dom. And not just because I trust him with my life and with you.”
His voice goes quieter. “Dane’s been alone since his divorce. He doesn’t let people in. He comes here every Christmas because this is the only place he has that feels like home.” Leo’s arms tighten around me. “He needs someone to come home to. And when I saw the way he looked at you on Christmas Eve, I thought, maybe…”
My eyes sting as I stare up at him. “You’re not angry?”
“No, lass. I’m not angry.” He cups my face in both hands. “What I feel for you doesn’t shrink because you have room for him too. Sharing you with Dane doesn’t diminish what we have. If anything…” He pauses. “Watching you open up to him makes me want you more. Not less.”
The relief hits so hard my knees wobble. I press my forehead against his collarbone, and the knot in my chest finally loosens.
“I was scared to tell you,” I whisper.
“I know.” He presses his lips to my temple. “But you did it anyway. That’s my brave girl.”
The praise washes through me, and my whole body goes soft. A shiver rolls through me.
“Leo.”
“Yes, lass?”
I look up at him, and the words slip out before I can second-guess them. “I love you. You know that, right?”
His expression shifts, and a vulnerability cracks through. “Aye, lass.” His accent thickens the way it always does when he’s feeling too much. “And I love you too.”
He kisses me softly, but it quickly turns into a claim. His mouth is hard on mine, his hand fisting in my hair.
When he pulls back, we’re both breathing harder. My lips are tingling and my whole body is buzzing again.
“My turn to talk,” he says. His voice has dropped into that low register that makes my thighs clench. “You’re mine. Whatever Dane is to you, whatever this becomes, you’re mine. And right now, I’m going to take you to bed and remind you exactly what that means.”
My pussy clenches at his words. “Yes,” I manage. “Please.”
He picks me up and carries me upstairs to his bedroom. The casual display of strength sends a spike of arousal straight through me, and I wrap my legs around his waist. My thighs are already shaking.
He drops me onto the mattress hard enough that I bounce. Before I can catch my breath, he pulls my nightgown over my head, and I almost giggle as I realize my panties are still on his office floor.
My nipples pucker as he stares down at me. There’s something different in the way he’s looking at me. He’s more intense, like the confession about Dane and me telling him I love him unlocked something he’s been holding back.
He strips quickly, and I smile when I see he’s still hard. I want him inside me so bad my pussy aches.
“On your back. Legs open.”
I obey, spreading my thighs, and his possessive gaze on my pussy makes me whimper.
He doesn’t tease me, which is good since I’m not sure I could handle any more edging. He covers my body and drives into me in one firm stroke.
I cry out, arching off the mattress before he holds there, buried to the hilt.
“Who do you belong to?” His question comes out rough.
“You,” I gasp. “I belong to you.”
“That’s right.” He pulls back slowly, the drag of him against my inner walls making me whimper, and then he snaps his hips forward hard. “Mine. My lass. My good girl. Say it again.”
“Yours, Leo. I’m yours.” The words tumble out, desperate and breathless, and each one seems to make him more crazed. He drives into me harder, faster, until he’s fucking me with apunishing rhythm that consumes us both. Every thrust sends a spike of pleasure so sharp it borders on pain, and I can tell the orgasm is going to be massive.
I brace my hands on the headboard, and his weight presses me into the mattress. His mouth is close to my ear. “Do you know what I think about when Dane has his hands on you?” His breath is hot against my skin. “I think about how you’ll still be desperate for more cock when he’s done with you. How I’ll fuck every inch of you until you can’t think of anything but the pleasure.”
