Page 71 of The Reluctant Siren
“But you do.” Of that he was certain. Harlow wanted themboth. The question was what she would do with them after she got what shewanted. “And that means we need to prepare you. Do you think I don’t remembertalking about your fantasies?”
She carefully folded her dress. “I remember, but I also toldyou I wasn’t looking for a long-term ménage.”
“Because you’ve seen how hard it is?” Niall asked even as hewas opening his kit and laying out what they would need. “It’s hard on yourmom?”
Her lips kicked up slightly. “My mom is happy, and my dadwouldn’t be able to have a relationship that Papa wasn’t involved in becausethey’re weird twins who pretty much need each other to function. I mean Daddoes. Papa would be far less adventurous. He would have taken whatever came hisway. My dad made him wait for the right woman, so I suppose I’m glad they’re athreesome. Not suppose.” She growled a little. “I love my parents. I love themall and they work. I think maybe my assertion that I would never be involved ina permanent ménage is a strange form of rebellion. Do you know how hard it isto rebel against an artist and two dudes who share a woman?”
Thank the universe they had that out of the way. If hecouldn’t get her to even agree it was a possibility, he didn’t see how theycould move forward. “I’m sure it was difficult on you.”
She cocked a hip, so comfortable in that gorgeous skin ofhers. “I have a rebellious soul, and when I told my mom I wanted to dye my hairat thirteen, she found some non-permanent dye and did it herself. She went toconcerts with me. I got a long talking to when I got caught with alcohol at adance, but it was all about how much they loved me and understood how temptingit was and how it could lead me to make bad decisions. No one yelled at me.Until…” She grimaced. “Shit. Until I decided to work as a PI, and not with mydads. Damn. Am I low key looking for that rebellion I didn’t get when I was ateen? Oh, that makes me sad. I kind of wish I didn’t know as much aboutpsychology as I do because now I feel pathetic.”
He needed her to not feel pathetic. “You want somediscipline, baby. I think you should lean over and hold on to the arm of thatchair. Niall, do you have anything to torture this gorgeous sub with? I thinkshe needs a little something this evening.”
She leaned over and gripped the arm of the chair, her backflat and ass in a perfect position to spank. “I’m only doing this becauseyou’re right. I do need something. I hate self-reflection. It’s awful. Now Ihave to be nice to my dad.”
Yeah, Jensen was still worried about her dad. She might havehad a revelation, but he suspected Chase Dawson wasn’t going to have one abouthim or Niall. It was a problem he would deal with later. “Right now, all youhave to worry about is being a sweet sub. I want you to stop thinking aboutanything but me and Niall. There’s no future right now. No past. Just two Domswho want you more than their next breath and a night where we take care of you.This is how tonight is going to go. We’re going to play for a while and thenwe’ll have dinner and watch whatever we can get on that old-ass TV of mine, andthen we’ll go to bed and hold you and kiss and cuddle you and we’ll figuretomorrow out when it happens.”
A long sigh of relief came from her chest, and he watched asshe visibly relaxed. “I think I can do that, Sir.”
He wanted to do all the talking, needed to believe there wassome kind of future for them, but he pushed it aside because this was what sheneeded. Niall brought out a small paddle and handed it over.
“How bratty were you today?” Niall asked.
Her head came up. “I thought we weren’t talking about thepast.”
“Then give me another reason to spank you because you don’ttake it for any reason. You like the play involved. You like to bedisciplined,” Niall pointed out. “Is it going to hit the same way if he’s doingit because you like it?”
Her nose wrinkled. “I don’t like how much you know aboutpsychology either. You should never have taken all of Gabe’s Dom schoolclasses.”
Niall grinned, a wholly happy expression. “Oh, princess, Ilearned all of this from Leo Meyer’s classes.”
He was going to have to take classes. He was going to haveto sink himself into this lifestyle, and damn but that didn’t sound so bad.“You do like to be disciplined. Even though you know you didn’t do anythingwrong, you like the idea of it. So tell me how bratty you were today. How muchshit did you talk on us?”
“A whole lot, Sir,” she replied.
“And you deserve to talk shit on us,” he admitted. “You alsodeserve this.”
He pulled back the paddle and slapped that gorgeous ass.Harlow’s ass was plump and round, and he loved getting his hands on it. But healso loved the way her whole body went tense and then released when he used apaddle on it. And he adored how pink her skin got. Perfectly rosy. He gave hera rapid ten and then pulled back.
“This is for talking about how difficult you are. Becauseyou are not. You are a reasonable, lovely woman who knows what she wants anddoesn’t shrink back from asking for it. That is not difficult.” He loved thesounds she made when he spanked her. Those breathy moans went straight to hisdick, tightening up his whole body in pure anticipation.
He gave her twenty this time, peppering the smacks allacross her cheeks and thighs, making her moan and squirm, but she remainedstill. She held on, her chest moving with the force of her breaths. Her headfell forward.
He let his hand brush over the warm skin of her backside.She moaned slightly and opened her legs, obviously remembering how theirsessions used to go. He would spank her and then slide his hand between herthighs so he could test how she was reacting.
She was wet. She always got so fucking wet for him. Herpussy was soft and ripe already. Her arousal coated his fingers, and he broughtthem to his lips, tasting how much she wanted. He loved her taste and smell andhow he felt when they were close. Like the world made sense again.
He passed the paddle back to Niall. “I think she’s ready tomove on.”
He definitely was. The night was going to be a special one.
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Harlow wasn’t sure what they were moving on to, buther whole body was humming with a pleasant arousal.
No future. No past. Just tonight.
She could handle that, but the thought of Jensen workingwith her played around in the back of her mind.
