Page 33 of The Dom with the Clever Tongue

“You’re back!” She smiled. Her eyes were so close she almost looked like a cyclops.

“Yeah. How did I get into bed?”

“Malachi carried you. You were pretty out of it.”

Scarlet searched her memory but it was blurred. “How long was I...out for?”

“I don’t know. Five, ten minutes?”

“It was about ten,” Mal rumbled from behind her, almost in her ear.

Scarlet shivered. There was a dick in their bed. A man was pressed up against her back.

Her body tensed and he stroked a hand along the bare skin of her side.

“I know you don’t want me like that, Scarlet, but part of a top’s job is to make sure the bottom is okay after a session.”

“I told him to lay on your other side,” Reece said, defending him. “I was worried cause you looked...kind of stoned.”

Scarlet shifted her ass away from the part of him that was prodding there. He rolled his hips away from her. His jeans felt rough against her nakedness.

His rumbling laugh, so close to her ear, made her heart race. “Sorry. The old guy won’t listen to reason.”

Reece peeked over Scarlet’s shoulder at him. “You have an old penis?”

“It just feels old because it doesn’t get out much.”

Lethargy stole over Scarlet again, making her feel like she was sinking into the mattress. Half-asleep she mumbled, “You two should just have sex and get it over with.”

“What?” Reece squeaked.

Scarlet cracked open an eyelid. “Seriously. You haven’t had cock in a coupleof years, Reece. Don’t you miss it?”

“You’re not thinking clearly right now, Scarlet.” Malachi hugged her from behind. “This is something you two should talk about with clear heads.”

“Ihavebeen thinking about it. I think that as long as I’m there I’d be okay with it. Just no sneakiness, okay?” It was inevitable. It was going to happen and it was better that she be involved than have them go off without her. She’d never get Reece back that way. Denying the attraction between them and hanging on tighter wouldn’t do anything other than make Reece fight for her freedom. Maybe she’d get him out of her system and things would go back to the way it was before. Besides, she couldn’t get out of her head how fucking hot it would be to watch.

“Just because you think I should have sex with him doesn’t mean that either of us are interested,” Reece said neutrally.

Mal cleared his throat. “Let me just state, for the record, that I’d have sex with either or both of you. And Reece, you know I’ve wanted you for years.”

She frowned over Scarlet’s shoulder at him. “I refuse to be a knothole in a fence for you, Malachi Johansson.”

“Clarence.”

“What?”

“It’s my middle name. Cross is the only other friend I’ve even told that to. Now you can use three names when you tell me off.”

Reece rolled her eyes. “Dorky. It suits you.”

“I tell you something that personal and your response is to call me a dork? Harsh.” He settled his scratchy chin on Scarlet’s arm so he could look directly at Reece. “That reminds me. Don’t you have a punishment coming to you?”

“Nooo. Not right now. I’m all tired and snuggly.”

Scarlet wedged a hand between Reece’s legs. The girl’s damp underwear belied her words. “So you’re saying you’re not horny?”

“Maybe I’m horny. A little. But I’m not in the mood for a clothespin.”

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