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“You want more jobs to do? Helping Shep in the kitchen isn’t enough?”
“It’s great. I really like helping Shep. But he doesn’t need my help all the time. And sometimes, I like to have free time.”
I nod. That’s fine. We all have our hobbies and things we do with our own time. “That what this is about?”
“Kind of.” She looks like she’s gearing up to say more, but I stop her with another gentle kiss.
“I’m sorry, kitten, I never meant to make you feel like you had to work around the clock. You can take all the free time you want, long as Shep’s good and you keep to the lodge and your cabin.”
Her eyes widen. I can’t place her expression. I was expecting her to be grateful for this new freedom, but she’s blinking at me with a mix of surprise and apprehension.
“Did my ears deceive me,” she says with a forced smile, “or did you just apologize?”
Ah, that’s why she looked surprised. My chest shakes with my chuckle. “Who knew I was capable of such a feat?”
“Not me,” Rev deadpans, reminding me he’s still here.
“Well, I definitely forgive you,” Cora says with a crooked smile. “Thank you.” She chews her lip. Clearly, she’s about to ask for more.
“Go on,” I urge her. “You got more you want to say?”
She nods. “Um, about keeping to the lodge and my cabin?” She makes it a question. “I appreciate that you want me safe. I want to be safe, too. But I was hoping that along with having more free time, you’d agree that I can spend that time however…and withwho-ever I want.How about this? I can go wherever I want as long as I’m with one of you.”
I think about that. “All right,” I say cautiously. “But if you’re going to be alone, you’re in the lodge or your cabin.” It irks me not to know where she’ll be at all times, but if she’s with one of my crew, I can trust them to keep her safe in my absence.
She beams. Then she chews her lip again.
“What else?” I’m starting to get annoyed. My good mood is fading with each concession she gets me to make.
“I want to be free to choose who I spend my nights with.”
“You already get to do that.”
“Kind of. What I mean is that sometimes, a girl needs a night to herself. And sometimes—” She cuts a glance to Rev, and I wonder again what they got up to last night. “Maybe she wants to share her extra-king size bed with, uh, more than one guy at a time. And sometimes, she wants to spend time with different people during the day and be able to, you know, enjoy them, as long as I’m not interrupting important work, or anything.” She makes gun-hands and points them at each other. The barrels draw circles around each other in the cutest gesture of insecurity. “You know, like I enjoyed you the other morning, outside.”
I feel my eyebrows climb my forehead, and I look between her and Rev to see if this is some kind of prank. One week ago, this tiny thing collapsed into our lives, broken in body and spirit. Now she’s talking about having more freedom to fool around with the guys like she did with me when she gave me thatfan-fucking-tasticBJ? Plus, she wants more than one of us in her bed at a time? Is she serious?
“Am I onCandid fucking Cameraright now?” I pretend to look around for a hidden camera.
Rev laughs. Cora’s blank stare proves she has no idea whatCandid Camerais. Jesus, she’s young.
“You being serious, right now?” I ask.
Her face twists into a nervous question mark. She nods, earnest as hell and pretty as a picture with her wide, ocean eyes and long, wavy hair. I’m just now noticing how plump her lips look. Plumper than normal. They looked like that after she blew me.
Hang on. She’s been fooling around this morning? I know it wasn’t with me or Rev. Who was it?
A stab of jealousy makes me say, “It looks like my kitten’s been enjoying some dick without Daddy’s permission.” I sound mean when I say it. I can’t help it, so I won’t apologize for it. “That’s against the rules.”
Cora tosses her head. Looking high and mighty, like a queen on my lap, she says, “It doesn’t have to be. It’s not against the rules for you, so it shouldn’t be for anyone else.”
“She’s got you there,” Rev says.
“You stay out of this.” I point at him. To her, I say, “No. No dice. I won’t have you sneaking off and fooling around with my guys when they should be working.”
I can’t believe I’m saying this to Cora. Sweet, shy Cora who can’t tolerate anyone going inside her. Is that different now, too? Has one or more of my crew been inside that delectable pussy? Has Rev? I eye him and find him smiling like he’s proud of her for laying out what she wants. I wonder if he had anything to do with this. He leans into the leather with his arms along the back of the couch and waits for my answer with a smug grin. Yeah. That motherfucker had something to do with this.
I’m not done. “Start sneaking off and having favorites, and it’ll stir up trouble. It’s my job to keep things fair, and fair is one of us in your bed every night of the week. Period.” The Judge has spoken. Case dismissed.
