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Liam studied her with interest. “Did he?”
“Yes. Not for very long, but he did.”
“That’s a step in the right direction. I can take that as a down payment. If it becomes a problem, we can deal with that later,” Liam offered.
“Hunter?”
“What? Oh. Yeah, we can work on that.”
He seemed out of it, and she waved a hand in front of his face. “Hey. Earth to Hunter. You in there?”
He shook his head as if to clear it. “Yeah. Yeah, I’m here. Just got distracted.”
“Must have been some distraction.” Liam smiled.
“Yeah. I was just thinking about an idea Kat had while she was being in control.”
Kat’s pulse thickened. That certainly shifted her focus. And gave her an idea. She cleared her throat, pushing back the sexual tension. “Any other issues?”
“No, I’m good for now,” Hunter shrugged.
Liam shook his head slowly. “I’m done.”
Kat didn’t think they were done but she did think they had hit a wall. As much as she wanted to back up and talk about Hunter and Liam standing together against her, she didn’t want their first relationship meeting to devolve into an argument.
Hunter started to stand but stopped halfway out of his chair. “Kat? Do you have anything else?”
“No...nothing else to say, anyway.” Admiring the way cotton stretched across his flexed pecs, she relaxed in her chair. The first meeting was done and hadn’t been a disaster. Hopefully that meant future meetings would be similarly disaster-free. Though, of course, they’d have their issues.
Liam cleared his throat. “Do you want me to clear out for a while, babe?”
“Nope.” She tore her gaze away from Hunter’s chest and shook her head.
“Why don’t you go up and shower,” Liam suggested.
Kat let the last of her irritation go. It wasn’t productive, especially when she could think of better things to do than stew over something that wasn’t going to be fixed today. “Sure. I’ll get cleaned up and you two can come upstairs and get me all dirty again.”
Liam’s eyes widened slightly before he grinned at her. “That sounds like a plan to me. Hunter?”
They both switched their attention to Hunter.
“That works for me. I need to be back for an early call, so I can’t stay tonight.”
“All the more reason to enjoy the time we have,” Kat said firmly.
“I’ll second that,” Liam agreed.
“Then you’d better hurry up with that shower, kitten, or you won’t get one.”
She hesitated a moment, gave them both a flirty little wink, then headed upstairs. It didn’t take her long to scrub off the attic dirt, but she lingered over making sure she was smooth and soft for her lovers.
With the steam from the bath still clinging to her skin, she stood in front of the dresser. Hunter’s chunky, utilitarian watch was placed neatly on top of his wallet, his cell phone tucked neatly beside it, his dog tags forming a small pile behind. It contrasted with the messy tray, which held the haphazard collection of items from Liam’s pockets and her own purse.
Seeing his things with theirs made her happy. She wanted more of that. His T-shirts in
the laundry, his boots by the door, his damp towel over the towel bar. And she didn’t want those things in the guest bedroom or the guest bath. Eventually she would have to re-introduce the matter of their living arrangements. She didn’t want Hunter to be a come-and-go booty call who carried a change of clothes in his car. He belonged in the very center of her life, the same way he belonged in her heart.
“You’re thinking too hard, Kitty-Kat.” Liam’s teasing words pulled her from her mental wandering. She blindly chose a filmy negligee from her lingerie drawer and, tucking the gown against her chest so Liam couldn’t see it, smiled at him over her shoulder. “A sharp mind is a sexy mind.”
