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Tessa
“Cade, meet Jamie, Jamie, meet Cade.”
To an outside observer, we were no big deal, just a girl standing between two guys outside of a strip club. Yet I couldn’t help but shift uncomfortably in the flashing light of the naked neon girl above me as Jamie and Cade shook hands.
“Very nice to meet you,” Cade said, even though he didn’t quite have his normal easy-going attitude. I noticed him inch closer to me on one side.
“Oy,” was all Jamie said in return, his eyes moving up and down Cade as if assessing the man. He wrapped one of his bear claws over my shoulder, making me stumble closer to him and away from Cade.
Part of me was thrilled that they each felt possessive of me, but the other part of me didn’t see it as a good sign.
“What if they hate each other?” I had asked Ellis when he came over one night for another movie. The frequency of our movie nights together had increased recently. I wondered if he had finally made his way through all of the dating app girls in the greater LA area.
“They won’t. They both want you, right? And they both like you, too. Expect tension, but I know you can handle it.”
He didn’t give me too much shit for picking a strip club as hunting ground for my third sex study participant, but I could tell by the way he wouldn’t meet my gaze and how tight the corners of his mouth went that he wasn’t all that pleased.
Tough. He wasn’t the one in need of a life-validating adventure, eight thousand dollars and a dude to bang.
He had, however, just sent me a text. Since we were all in line to pay our entrance fee, I had time to read it after my phone buzzed.
ELLIS:The boys behaving themselves?
TESSA:Throwing their dicks on the table is all.
ELLIS:Makes it easier for you to grab them.
TESSA:?? The boys or their dicks?
ELLIS:Their dicks, sweetheart. Just don’t squeeze too hard ;)
I rolled my eyes and laughed. My phone buzzed again.
ELLIS:Or idk maybe do. They might like it. I know I do.
I read it once, twice. Three times. My head spun lightly. College parties can be a way of finding out the real person behind the facade—alcohol could act like a truth serum—and Ellis had made it clear at a few ragers that he liked it rough, liked it dirty, liked it as wild as wild can be. Now that I’d been with Cade and Jamie, I knew I liked it rough too.
I also liked it sweet.
I liked being dominated.
I also liked being in control.
Mostly, I liked it passionate and soul-affirming and so, so good I couldn't wait to do it again.
“Everything alright?”
Cade’s voice near my ear startled me, and I dropped my cell phone. In my hurry to pick it up, I bumped heads with Cade, who was also reaching down to retrieve it for me. Of course the yoga instructor beat me to the ground.
“Here you go—” Cade stopped himself when his gaze landed on the screen. He lifted a curious eyebrow, a little mischief in his golden eyes. “You know you can squeeze just about anything looking like that.” His eyes traveled over my body and with it came a wave of heat.
“Tonya, lassie.”
I spun around to find Jamie holding up three passes. He frowned when he saw me.
“What’s got ya so red?” he asked, his Irish accent thick.
This, of course, just made me blush even more.
