Page 8 of Love Unlimited

He kissed back down her neck, enjoying the swell of her clavicle. She moved away, though, to play her turn. When he looked up, he caught Ash staring at them, lips parted.

Ash ducked their head shyly. With most people, he would take that for pure embarrassment. But he’d never seen them timid or embarrassed before, so he suspected it was something more playful, another step in the dance. Ash just wanted to look nervous while they watched Dustin make Lena squirm with desire.

It was surprisingly arousing.

He wove his fingers into Lena’s hair and looked up to find Ash’s eyes on him again. But this time, Ash was definitely looking coy and interested. Like they were encouraging him.

Their eyes swept down Dustin’s body. That was different.

He nibbled at Lena’s ear, drawing a breathy moan from her lips. Yep, Ash was looking right at them and Zhong was watching it all with a thoughtful expression on his face. Dustin sunk his teeth into the meat of her shoulder, biting just hard enough to have her whole body tense and then relax.

God, she was perfect. And Ash couldn’t take their eyes off her. No, off of both of them. It wasn’t just Lena that Ash was watching. Ash looked up at him hungrily from under their lidded eyes, like he was something delicious, or maybe his dominance was something they craved.

It was hard to put into words just how that look changed things, but there was a new energy today, building just below the surface.

It should have made him feel confident and horny, but instead a wave of doubt washed through him.

Real life wasn’t quite the same as fantasies. Ash’s gentle rejection of a threesome in the past—at least temporarily—had been something of a buffer, keeping everything safe. Now it seemed like they were changing the rules, and that made him pause. How would everything work out?

Could he actually watch Lena with someone he knew so well, or would all of the jealousy come back? And what about Zhong? He’d said he wouldn’t feel left out, but was it true?

Dustin had mostly been thinking about Ash and Lena together, with him kind of watching over them. But he realized now that there was no way he could do even that without becoming more involved.

He wasn’t even sure if he could give Ash what they needed, when he’d barely figured out Lena. The two subs were so different. If Lena was Dustin’s stormy, tempestuous night, Ash was like a summer day, full of flowers and sunshine.

Zhong knew exactly what Ash needed, catering to their every whim. If Dustin continued the metaphor, then that would make Zhong… a cozy fireplace with hot cider on a crisp fall evening.

Dustin snorted to himself. And what was he? Spring? Starting fresh because he had no idea what he was doing? Mired in mud puddles and hesitant to sprout?

Lena was taking her turn at the game, so she didn’t notice any of his hesitation. Ash did, though, their expression growing fond and encouraging. They gave a little shrug that seemed to say, “Don’t overthink it. We’re just playing around.”

It was a good reminder. For all that Ash liked to relax in submission, he knew they were savvy about relationships. And honestly, this was still just teasing and flirting. It wasn’t like he was dragging the two subs up the stairs to his bedroom to have his wicked way with them.

Ash gave him a flirtatious nod, almost permission to continue.

He gave them a lopsided smile back, thanking them for the wordless advice. Everything that people said about the subs being in charge was absolutely true.

When Lena finished her turn, he nibbled up her neck, then dragged his teeth back down, watching Ash the whole time. They’d gone back to their shy demeanor, giggling and looking shocked when Lena moaned and arched up against him.

Zhong seemed largely amused by it all, curious and apparently unconcerned. Dustin knew that Ash had already talked about the flirting thing with Zhong… but Dustin wanted to talk about it with him directly when he had a chance. Both to check in with him, and maybe even get his advice.

It was all just so very new, and Zhong sometimes seemed like he’d taken much more easily to being Ash’s Daddy than Dustin had with Lena.

Dustin slipped a hand down Lena’s dress. Ash’s eyes followed the motion and Lena sucked in a sharp breath.

She swatted him away. I can’t concentrate when you’re doing that!

He laughed. Passed up for a board game. Though she hadn’t actually asked him to stop. He knew her well enough now to read the difference.

Usually she was the naughty one trying to provoke him while he was working. It was difficult to stay focused when she pranced around the house in some barely-there garments or settled innocently into his lap while he was trying to type.

And she knew it, too.

So turn-about was only fair play.

He started massaging her shoulders, but it only looked innocent. Every few minutes he ran a lighter finger over the shell of her ear or dotted kisses across her shoulder. He wanted her distracted and aroused. It was even better when she had to keep focusing on the game and he almost let her manage it.

He wouldn’t have teased her this way around anyone else, but Ash was eating it up and Zhong was… yep, he pulled his notebook out of his pocket and jotted something in it. Dustin knew he’d get questions later.