“No. I mean, I’m trained. Sort of.”
Sloan snorted.
“Then you know better to smack your Dom or to question him. He knows what’s best for you, does he not?”
“Yes,” she whispered, a little shocked by how commanding James was. He was in full Dom mode, and she realized now that she hadn’t really seen his Dom side at all.
“Kneel,” he ordered.
She dropped to her knees as gracefully as she could.
“Present.”
She spread her legs, placing her hands palm up against her thighs, straightened her spine, and bent her head. Their audience faded into the background as she focussed on James. Pleasing him. Submitting to him. Suddenly she worried that he might not think she was obedient enough or submissive enough or beautiful enough.
“Very nice,” he told her, his voice filled with admiration. “Kinley, look at me.” She reluctantly raised her gaze up to his.
“Hmm, what’s going through that head of yours?” She really didn’t want to tell him, and since it hadn’t been an order she didn’t have to answer, right?
“Kinley? What has you worried?”
She sighed. “It’s really hard to get anything by you.”
He reached down and cupped her chin. “That’s good. Because I don’t even want you to try. Tell me.”
“I can do better,” she blurted out. “Really. I can be the submissive you want. I can try—”
He placed a finger over her lips. She figured he wanted her to shut up.
“Baby, you are perfect for me.” In a move that surprised her, he crouched in front of her. “Any mor
e perfect, and I’d think you weren’t real. I like you just the way you are. No, that’s wrong.”
It was? She sucked in a breath.
“I love you just the way you are. Do you accept me as I am? Do you still want me? Us?”
She looked up, but Sloan had left.
“He’s gone to get our scene ready. He’s rather excited.”
“The two of you have been talking,” she said.
“Yes, don’t be angry with him for keeping it from you. I wanted to be certain you were really ready for this. For all of me.”
“You mean your Dominant side?” she asked. Was tonight a test, then?
He nodded. “Having two men has its benefits, it also has its challenges. Especially when both men are dominant. I’m controlling. And arrogant. Demanding.”
She grinned. “I can deal arrogant and demanding.” Her smiled dropped. “I just can’t deal with you leaving. I love you, James. Please don’t leave again.”
“I won’t,” he told her fiercely. “I’ll have to go away on business sometimes but I’ll always come home. I promise.”
“Home, I like that.” She grasped hold of his wrists. “Because your home is with us, James. It’s the three of us, understand? If you’re in, you’re all in.”
He kissed her fiercely. “I’m all in, baby.”
She smiled at him. “You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into, do you?”