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Thank God the men can’t hear him. Still, my face flames, and I motion down the hall to say that we can proceed to the elevator. When we step on, I end the call with Owen.

At Indulge, the guards leave me, and I find my way to Owen and Tobias near the back of the restaurant. They both stand when I approach, and my heart constricts. They look good together. Really fucking good.

“Wow. Am I a lucky girl, or what?” I say as they both pull my chair out for me.

They move together as if they’ve coordinated it. Knowing these men, they probably did.

Tobias kisses my cheek before he sits down, and Owen squeezes my shoulder.

“We’re the lucky ones.”

The server brings us water and tells us she’ll be back in a few minutes to take our orders.

Tobias shakes his head. “Bring us everything from the tasting menu.”

The woman raises an eyebrow. “That’s a lot of food.”

“We’ll manage. Make sure we’re not interrupted after you bring it to us. And bring a pitcher of water so you don’t have to bring us refills.”

She frowns but agrees and disappears.

“I’m nervous,” I admit when she’s gone.

Both men reach for my hands. “You’re not alone in that, love,” Owen says.

“But Owen and I have been talking, and we can make this work. We might not have all the answers, and we’re bound to run into trouble along the way, but we’re committed to making it work if you are.”

“I don’t want to pressure you into anything.”

Owen shakes his head. “You haven’t. If anything, you’ve opened up a whole new world of possibilities.”

I stare at him blankly. What possibilities? Then I remember Tyson saying he was dating his girlfriend’s boyfriend’s wife or however that worked.

“You can’t seriously be talking about dating other women.” The thought of it puts a knot in my stomach and I’m no longer hungry.

Owen grabs my hand. “Hell no. If we do this, we’re a closed unit. There will be no other men and no other women. It’s the three of us and that’s it. Understood?”

Both men seem appalled by my question, which eases some of the tension, and I roll my shoulders as the relief takes over. But there’s still one issue to deal with. “What about the engagement?”

Tobias glances at the ring on my left hand. “We’ll still get married. People just can’t know that we’re both with you.”

Exactly what I was afraid of. “That makes it seem like Owen is a dirty little secret.”

Owen lifts my hand to his lips “In a way I’ve been like that since our first time together, love. It’s no different.”

It’s very different, but I don’t tell him that. He’s willingly having this conversation with me, so I’ll go along with him. “OK. So how do we do this?”

“First, we’re going to discuss some new rules.”

“Rules?”

“If you’re going to have two Doms, it’s going to require some changes to the agreement you had with Owen,” Tobias explains.

“That makes sense. I’m listening.”

Tobias nods to Owen, signaling that he should take the lead.

Owen sits up straighter and pulls out his phone. Did he make a list? “First of all, you’ll be required to take one night a week to yourself. For whatever you want to do. We’re both demanding, and you’re going to want some rest.”

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