There was a moment where Alec knew he could have pushed things to the next level. Dom’s cock was hard and hot. The needy look in Thea’s eyes suggested she would welcome the pleasure they could give her. Alec wanted to join with his lovers, but he wanted more than physical release. He wanted the final act of intimacy that would bind the three of them together.
Alec caught Dom’s hooded gaze, and they shared a look of understanding. There had to be a way to show Thea that allowing the two of them to mark her in this profound way wasn’t about controlling her. And until they helped her understand what they wanted, they could wait for completion.
Dom stood and pressed a gentle kiss to Alec’s lips. “You taste as sassy as you act.”
Alec laughed. “Does that mean you’ll taste silent and brooding?”
“I thought…” Thea bit her lip, searching their expressions.
“You thought what, sweetheart?” Dom prodded.
“Nothing, I guess.”
“There’s no hurry,” Alec assured her. “There are some things we should talk about.”
“And we’ve got a tree to decorate,” Dom added.
She perked up at the mention of the Christmas tree. “I think I know exactly what to decorate with.”
Chapter Seven
Naked tree decorating was not a holiday activity Thea had ever expected to experience. Still, there was a certain amount of fun and a huge dose of humor in doing it. Not that anything with Dom and Alec would ever be boring. They were too animated and too opposite for that to happen.
Alec gestured to the star on top of the tree. “It’s crooked.”
Dom scowled. “No it’s not. You’re just too short to get a good view.”
Alec swung around to stare at her. “Thea, is it crooked?”
“No.” She focused on carefully removing the glass stars and rocking horses from the box where they’d been stashed for over twenty years. The little mice and nutcrackers were already hanging on the tree. “Maybe you should get on Dom’s shoulders. That’d be an interesting sight.”
Alec shot her a squinty-eyed glare right before he accidentally got too close to the tree. He jumped up and down and cursed in Spanish when the needles chafed his semi-erect cock.
Dom’s rolling laugh filled the room, and Thea couldn’t help but smile at the sound. She’d always enjoyed being with these two men, but the experience was something more after what they’d shared. She’d watched Dom suck Alec’s cock dry. He’d swallowed, for fuck’s sake. Thea had never done that. She didn’t swallow, because that fell under the heading of letting guys come inside her body. Now she was starting to resent her own rule. There was a bond between Alec and Dom that hadn’t been there before, and Thea desperately wanted to be a part of it.
Dom pivoted to place an ornament on a branch near the top of the tree. The position gave Thea a full view of the ink on his back. She’d only caught glimpses of it before, but the tattoo was stunning.
“Who judged you?” Thea asked suddenly, needing to know the answer more than she needed anything else at the moment.
IT WASN’T THAT Dom didn’t want to tell Alec and Thea the full story of why he’d chosen that particular tattoo. He was just struggling with the possibility that they’d see him differently afterward.
He picked up a spun-glass star and let it dangle from his fingers. The light caught on the beveled edges of the ornament, and he admired the sight for just a moment.
“You said you judged someone.” Alec’s gentle coaxing was so at odds with his normal casual demeanor that Dom felt as if he’d been physically caressed.
Dom hung the star and thought about the reaper tattoo. “I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a massive family. Seriously, we could have filled a phone book.” The childhood memory of cousins and aunts and uncles filled his mind. “There was a kid who grew up next door to me who had no familia.” Dom heard the cadence of his native Spanish enter his voice, and for once he let it come. “Mateo lived with his abuela.” He cast a smile at Thea. “His grandma.” She nodded that he should continue, and Dom thought of what he wanted to say about Mateo. “We were inseparable. Mi familia, we took him in, and he grew up with us like he belonged there. He and I, we were more.” Dom remembered the first tentative kiss in the arroyo behind their houses and how it had utterly changed things. They’d been two boys in the throes of teenaged hormones, groping each other and trying to find pleasure in the act. It had been as enlightening as it had been terrifying. Dom had worried every day that his father would discover them and end it for good.
“What happened?” Alec’s chest was rising and falling quickly. His handsome face was set in troubled lines that suggested he knew the story didn’t end well.
“By the time we turned eighteen, things had cooled a little between us. We’d discovered girls, and Mateo was getting into other stuff.”
“Drugs.” Alec’s flat tone said he’d had his own fair share of experience with the destructive force of illegal narcotics.
“He came to me one night.” For just a moment, Dom was swept back to the little hotbox that was his bedroom. He remembered the ecstasy the two of them had shared in his bed after Mateo had sneaked in through the window and then the sense of complete betrayal when Teo had begged Dom to help him do a deal. “He wanted my help. I judged him that night and sent him out on his own. He was shot and killed.”
Thea’s broken gasp ripped Dom from his memories and put him firmly back in the moment. Her hands covered her mouth as she gaped in horror. Dom had been so afraid Alec and Thea would look at him differently. Now they did, and he wished he could take it back.
“Don’t.” Alec’s halting tone snagged Dom’s full attention. “Do not castigate yourself for being honest with us. Never do that.”
“I turned my back, and he died,” Dom said quietly. “My family never forgave me for it. They haven’t talked to me since they found out at the funeral what happened.”
Alec shook his head. “You made a choice to stay out of the drug trade. It didn’t make you love him less. And it doesn’t make them right for turning their backs on you.”
Dom gazed at Alec. “Who?”
“Mi familia.” Alec laughed bitterly. “All of them. I left Miami because I refused to participate in the family business. I went to culinary school instead, got my certificate, and wound up here. Until right this fucking second, I never understood why karma landed me here of all places.”
Acceptance washed over Dom like warm rain. He hadn’t realized how badly he wanted someone to understand not only his choice but also what it had truly cost. It was as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
Alec made a ragged noise. “I want to be with you, both of you.” He gazed at Dom with singular intensity. “And I want you inside me. I want to give you that.”
Dom groaned and pulled Alec close. He reveled in the feel of their naked skin pressed together. Wrapping his arms around Alec, Dom let his inhibitions go and gave in to his instincts. He melded his mouth to Alec’s. The taste of Alec’s cum still lingered in Dom’s mouth. It fueled the passion between them until they were lost in each other.
Thea’s whimper of desire brought her to Dom’s attention. He held out an arm and was thrilled when she came willingly. She hadn’t rejected him because of his past, yet even now it felt as though there was a wall between them. It was as if she was still afraid to take the final step toward intimacy. He wanted to show her that it was worth the risk and that they would always be there to catch her.
Thea wrapped her hand around Alec’s swollen shaft and fondled the weight of his testicles. Alec’s harsh breathing filled the room, and the scent of arousal heightened Dom’s awareness of them all.
“Bend over.” Dom used his bodyweight to push Alec toward Thea’s chair.
Alec braced his body on the overstuffed arms. Dom kicked his lover’s feet apart and ran one palm down Alec’s sleek spinal column. Dom had been longing to do that since the verbal dance that had landed
all three of them in this moment.
Dom leaned over to bite Alec’s muscular shoulder. Alec arched his back with a growl. Dom loved the sight of him waiting for penetration. Dom’s need flared even higher at Thea’s obvious approval. Her nipples were hard as diamonds, gleaming pink and perfect in the firelight. She stood riveted, gaze locked on Alec’s beautiful body.
“Thea,” Dom murmured. “We need some lube to get him ready.”
She nibbled her lip and nodded, hurrying toward her bedside table. Dom turned back to Alec. He palmed his lover’s tight ass cheeks and rubbed his own erection along the crevice. The friction was both a pleasure and a torment. A part of him recognized the inevitability of this moment and also what would come next.
Dom laved his tongue from the crack of Alec’s ass to the base of his neck. He nipped the sensitive skin at Alec’s nape before finding his ear. “I’m going to love every second of being inside your ass.”
Alec gasped and shuddered at the erotic promise.
Dom wasn’t finished. He kissed Alec’s ear before making his next request. “I’m going to put your cock inside Thea while I fuck you. Our girl needs some attention. But I want you to wait to come until you’re deep inside my asshole. Can you handle that?”
“Fuck.” Alec gritted the word through a clenched jaw. “Yes. I want to come inside you, but I’ll make it good for Thea. I promise that.”
The beast inside Dom’s mind roared his approval. No matter what Thea’s thoughts were on letting them mark her pussy with their cum, he knew they both wanted her satisfied.
Thea pressed a tube of lubricant into Dom’s hand. He turned his head and gazed into her hungry blue eyes. “I’m going to spread his cheeks, beautiful girl. I want you to work the gel into his tight hole so we can loosen him up.”
She nodded, and he could see the quivering of her muscles in the bounce of her delectable breasts. Dom couldn’t resist. He dipped his head and gave one a tender lick. She cried out and grabbed his shoulder to keep upright. He sucked her nipple between his lips and gently used his teeth until she stabbed her fingers through his hair and pushed her chest against his face.
Dom gave one last flick of his tongue and pulled away. Nodding at Alec’s taut backside, he spread their lover’s cheeks as wide as he dared. Alec made a guttural noise. He trembled when Thea squeezed a generous amount of gel onto his puckered anal entrance.
“Rub him, sweetheart.” Dom couldn’t keep the gravel from his tone. “Make it good for him.”
Watching Thea’s delicate fingers work the lubricant into Alec’s ass was an erotic torture Dom would never get enough of. Alec moaned and thrashed beneath Dom’s hold. He bent lower over the seat of the chair and quested for more. Thea slid one finger past the ring of muscle at his entrance and began plunging in and out in a quick rhythm.
“More,” Dom urged. “Use your other fingers. He needs to be relaxed enough for my cock.”
Thea was panting in a high-pitched voice that shredded Dom’s control. When she sank three fingers to the hilt in Alec’s ass, Dom knew they were ready. She worked the softening muscles until Alec’s hips were thrusting involuntarily with each new stroke.
Dom released one of Alec’s cheeks and reached between Thea’s legs. He slid his fingers into her cunt and found her soaking wet with creamy fluid. She made a garbled noise that might have been Dom’s name before she came prettily on his hand.
Dom brushed a kiss over Thea’s swollen lips. “Climb onto the chair and put Alec’s cock in your pussy, sweetheart. He’s going to make you come again while I fuck him.”
She scrambled to obey. Dom waited until she was beneath Alec on the seat of the chair before reaching around and gripping Alec’s shaft in his hand. The flesh was hot to the touch, and Alec groaned at the contact.
“Spread your legs, beautiful girl.” Dom felt her slick folds brush the tip of Alec’s cock. “Take him deep. He’s ready for you.”
She cried out at the penetration, and Alec shouted something in Spanish. Dom chose that moment to push his dick into Alec’s ass. Alec stiffened briefly before melting around Dom. The sensation was heaven on earth. Dom savored the tightness. He bracketed Alec’s waist with his hands and began fucking him with long, slow strokes.
ALEC HAD NEVER imagined it could be so good to be between his lovers. He’d sensed he would like feeling Dom’s dick in his ass, but the reality was more empowering than he’d imagined.
Dom’s balls slapped Alec’s ass, jiggling and rubbing against Alec’s own sac. Each motion sent Alec farther into Thea’s wet pussy. The friction was almost more than he could take. He wanted so badly to pour his seed into Thea’s hot depths. He could feel the tension of her climax building at her core and wanted to push her over the edge.
She gazed up at him with those luminous blue eyes, and he felt the connection on a deep level. Her hands brushed restlessly across his chest, tweaking his nipples and tickling his belly. When she began to tighten around him, he knew she was getting ready to come.
Alec bit his lip and pushed back against the thick cock filling his ass. “Fuck, Dom. She’s going to come all over my cock. I need you.”
The words seemed to shatter the self-control of both of his lovers. Thea climaxed in a rush of soft cries and undulating muscle contractions while Dom thrust hard against Alec’s ass and filled him full of cum. Alec was stunned by the intense closeness they shared. He wanted nothing more than to take the next step and push his own dick into Dom’s asshole.
Dom pulled out almost immediately. “Fuck. Take me, Alec. Do it now. I need to feel you inside me.”
Alec leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss to Thea’s lips. “Don’t move, querida. We’re not done with you.”
Her eyes were hazy with passion, her legs spread and her pussy lips glistening with cream. Dom immediately sank to his knees and buried his face between her legs. She gave a broken cry and gripped the chair with her nails as Dom hungrily ate her cunt.
Alec grabbed the tube of lubricant and reached for Dom’s muscled ass cheeks with shaking hands. He’d done this any number of times with women, but he’d never penetrated a man.
Dom spread his knees farther, and Alec knelt behind him. He exhaled slowly to try to find his control, but it was gone. He needed completion, and he needed it now. He roughly spread Dom and squeezed the gel onto his anal opening. Dom grunted and nuzzled Thea’s folds but didn’t flinch away. Feeling torn between desperate longing and the desire to make it good, Alec followed his baser urges and tunneled deep into Dom’s asshole.
The instant satisfaction made Alec groan with pleasure. He shut his eyes and gave himself over to the primal desire to fuck. His fingers dug into Dom’s sides as he pounded Dom’s ass over and over again. Alec barely registered the sound of Thea screaming as she reached another peak seconds before Alec’s cock throbbed and shot a thick stream of semen into his lover.
Alec strained against Dom, pushing with every muscle and realizing that this was what it meant to make love with another man. He never would have been able to lose control like this with Thea. He wouldn’t even have wanted to. With Dom, he could be rough and animalistic, while he sated his desire for softness with Thea’s warm, loving nature.
Alec collapsed against Dom just as Dom laid his cheek against Thea’s belly and chuffed out a deep breath of satisfaction. The three of them were breathing as though they’d just run a marathon, and Alec had the thought that it was a kick-ass way to spend Christmas.
Chapter Eight
Thea stared at the Christmas ornaments hanging so beautifully on the tree. Alec had stoked up the fire, and the orange light caught on the glass stars, making them twinkle. It was a beautiful tree, and Dom’s and Alec’s desire to connect with her on such a deep emotional level was humbling.
The three of them were sprawled on her bed. They’d lain down after finishing the decorating and sharing an entire container of sugar cookies. Thea had no idea what time it was. Alec and Dom were both dozing. Their warm bodies curl
ed protectively around hers, and she enjoyed the sense of togetherness.
So what’s wrong?
She didn’t feel left out of their lovemaking. They’d been attentive lovers, and she was practically drowning in orgasms. Still, something had shifted for her as she’d watched the two of them come inside each other. Their trust and willingness to give and take made her feel hollow somehow.
Squirming between her men, Thea rolled to her belly and propped her chin on her hands. When did a personal rule cross the line from self-protection to self-denial?
“What are you thinking?” Alec whispered.
Thea glanced over, grinning when she realized his eyes were still closed. If he was awake, she could almost guarantee Dom was too. Nothing got by either one of them. And honestly, that was one of the things she liked best. They treated her like a valuable commodity. That was something the rest of her life had lacked.
Alec mumbled something in Spanish.
She wrinkled her nose at him. “I’m going to need a translation on that.”
“He told you that while you look adorable when you’re thinking about something, we can’t help unless we know what the problem is.”
“Great. I can get left out in the language department too.” Thea snapped her mouth closed, but it was too late. The words were out, and she couldn’t take them back. Especially not since both Dom and Alec were now wide awake and staring at her.
“What’s wrong, querida?” Alec prodded.
“What does that mean? Querida.” Thea mouthed the unfamiliar word, trying awkwardly to sing her r the same way Alec did.
Dom and Alec shared a smile before Alec answered. “The translation is basically ‘sweetheart.’”
So they were calling her sweetheart in English and Spanish. Thea wasn’t sure why, but the warm squishy feeling in her belly brought tears to her eyes. They were almost too perfect. After all her social awkwardness and romantic misses, she’d managed to land in bed with two ultra-hot guys who called her sweetheart and respected her stupid rules. Which made her an idiot for doubting her good fortune. Except that good fortune wasn’t usually in the cards for Thea Bequette.
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