Page 21 of Room Thirty: Perfect Little Doll

“But we don’t care. We want you. If you didn’t know, now you do. The three of us.” I felt like cheering as her body swayed closer. Her own hand rested over my heart.

“Fox?” She opened and shut her mouth. She looked like she couldn’t find the right response.

And that was okay.

This was us trying as gently and slowly as possible to get her to understand we were no longer holding back.

“You’ll understand more soon enough.”

“That doesn’t make… the three of you, how, I mean—"

“Shh,” I soothed, running my nose along hers. “Soon,” I promised. “If you don’t tell me to back off, I’m going to kiss you now,” I warned. She simply blinked. Her big brown eyes dropped to my mouth, and I was fucking goner.

I leaned in, my hand still over her heart, my other on the back of her head, and when I neared, I felt her tremble a split second before my mouth covered hers. I had no idea where I found the self-control to keep it gentle.

Tender almost.

My lips slowly skated over hers like a slow dance. One only we could hear the music to. When her tongue found my lips, I lost it. I deepened the kiss, taking complete control of my beautiful girl. I couldn’t believe it. I was finally kissing her.Fucking finally.I groaned at the taste of her mouth, her tongue. Fucking perfection. She was perfect in so many ways I had no idea could even be possible.

My tongue breached her mouth, conquering it, taking control. I sipped and nipped at her lips, pulling the bottom one in with a hard suck and then the other.

“Fuck,” I growled against her mouth and heard her sexy little moan.

“Fox,” she breathed my name like a prayer and plea all at the same time. That tiny little purr shattered me. I stood with her sweet body in my hands and set her on the table. I pushed the material of her skirt up her thighs, and she opened them for me. Making space for my body to fit between hers. At that height, I still had to bend over, my hands on her face, kissing her, mauling her. Pulling her lip into my mouth, sucking it hard. I let it go with a pop, then my lips skated down her chin and into her neck.

“You taste so good, baby girl.”

“Fox,” she gasped. I loved the sound of my name on her lips. I pushed her hair out of the way, carefully wrapping the long strands around my hand.

“So soft.” I whispered with awe. “Your skin, Jesus. Smells so good. God, I could kiss you forever.” She giggled, fucking giggled, and the sound shot straight through me.

“Forever?” she whispered, pulling away slightly to look at me through hooded eyes. A moment skipped between us, a slight heartbeat, but something changed. Her body stiffened.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” She licked her lips and backed up. It was obvious I’d said something wrong and had triggered her somehow. “I should get back to work.”She wants to work? Now? Instead of kissing me?

“Work? Serena—”

“I need this job,” she blurted, and I frowned.

“I wasn’t firing you, honey.”

“No, I, umm, I know but…” She shifted, and I moved half a step back. One she took full advantage of and used to shimmy down the table.

“Serena, honey, why are you freaking out right now?” I asked as gently as I could. Everything inside of me yelled to touch her, grab her hand in mine. But I didn’t. I gave her a little space.

“I’m not freaking out,” she answered too quickly, but her eyes wouldn’t meet mine. Her hands dropped to her stomach and then worked on fixing her skirt, then her top.

“Look at me, baby girl,” I ordered as carefully as I could manage.God, please don’t let me be the one who fucks this up before we even get started.The guys would never forgive me. Relief hit the moment those gorgeous brown eyes met mine.

“What’s going on? What did I do?” I asked. Taking a leap of faith, I reached for her hand. Hope spurred to life when she didn’t tug it away but squeezed mine.

“Forever is a long time, Fox,” she said just above a whisper, the vulnerability radiating from her words almost palpable.

“It is,” I agreed. If I could have a billion forevers with her, I would take each one. I wouldn’t care about sharing her because I knew no other men would ever come close to loving her the way we did.

“People don’t stay in my life that long. I just…” Her voice drifted to nothing, and her endless dark gaze dropped to the ground between us.