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“Here?” Rex said. “This place is pricey. Let’s head down the street to the Holiday Inn.”
God, he couldn’t believe Skylar had been engaged to this guy.
“No, we’re getting a room here. Now let’s go.”
Their weird little threesome headed out of the banquet room and toward the hotel’s registration desk. As Skylar and Rex waited a small distance away, Julian handed the clerk his credit card and procured the room for them. He took the room card from the clerk. When he turned, he saw Rex’s arm around Skylar’s waist; she was clearly holding herself slightly away from him.
“No touching,” he said quietly. “We’ll each have a turn with her. Me first since I just paid for the room. But until then, no touching. Do either of you have any objections to that?” he asked, his gaze encompassing both Skylar and Rex.
Skylar cleared her throat and tremulously said, “N—no.”
Rex just scowled at him. “That’s fair. But after we each do her separately, we do her together. Wait a second, though. I’ve got to take a leak.”
With those gracious words, Asshole headed to the nearby bathroom.
Julian stared at Skylar— at the fluttering in her throat, at her eyes that were usually bright honey but were now shadowed with so much desire that they were like molten caramel. He walked up to her. She stepped back once.
He cocked his brow at her and took another step toward her.
This time she didn’t back away.
When he got to her, he handed her the key card. She took it. He lowered his head, careful not to touch her with any part of his body. He blew on her neck, though, causing her to shudder and whimper. Then he whispered, “You’re mine. Only mine. So be careful, Skylar. If he touches you again in my presence, or if you touch him, he’s going to regret it. And so will you.”
* * *
In the elevator,Rex jostled for position next to Skylar. Julian stepped back and let him have it.
She knew exactly why . . .
He’d let Rex pretend he held some power here. Then Julian would go in for the kill.
Rex pressed the floor number marked on the hotel key card, and Skylar watched the numbers above the elevator flash one by one. Julian stared vacantly at the vertical crack in the elevator doors, hands in his suit trouser pockets, acting as if he had not a care in the world. As if going to a hotel room and fucking a woman with another man was an everyday occurrence. With him, it probably was.
She’d felt daring and courageous up to now, but with each passing floor, Skylar’s palms grew clammier and clammier, her heartbeat grew faster and faster, and her confusion swirled into a tornado.
Why am I doing this?
Oh, she knew why. The minute Rex had talked to her like she owed him something and he was going to collect, no ifs, ands, or buts, he’d sealed his fate.
But why had she dragged Julian into this?
To prove that she was over him? That she was the one that could walk away at the end of all this? To make him jealous, so he’d finally cave and give them the shot they deserved? Or to settle for one more chance to be in his arms?
Whatever the reason, she understood she was walking a fine line between bold and rash, especially after that warning from Julian.
The elevator dinged, the gold-plated doors opened, and hot tears pricked Skylar’s eyes. She wanted to put Rex in his place, but more than that, she wanted to be alone with Julian. She wanted to reveal her secrets to him, ask him to reveal his, and beg him to give them a chance.
A chance. That’s all she wanted.
But that wasn’t in the cards. Not right now.
Skylar stepped out of the elevator. Less than a minute later, she unlocked the door and walked into the hotel room, followed by Julian and then Rex.
Despite the show in the elevator, it was clear who the alpha of the two was.
And after he got back from the bathroom, Skylar had been very, very careful to not let Rex touch her.
As soon as they entered the room, and Rex obviously thought some serious shit was about to happen, he said, “Skylar, I can’t believe how fucking good you look. I mean, fuck, you’ve always been hot. But with this confidence, it’s almost like you’re an entirely different woman.”
