finalized contract. The meeting
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moved quickly and just before two, the office had cleared out of everyone except
Lucian, Devril and Tally.
Not that Tally hadn’t tried to escape, more than once. Thankfully, the work
involved in keeping notes on the meeting as well as helping to clear the office later had
kept her there.
“Tally, make a note to contact Jesse regarding the new chips we’ll need for the
Anderhaul project. That one should go quickly and make us a tidy little profit to boot.”
“Noted.” She made the addition to her notebook, tucking back a stray strand of
long black silk that had fallen over her shoulder.
Lucian paused, watching her. She was small, small enough that he wondered if she
could possibly handle both he and Devril taking her at once. They were both tall, broad
men. Tally was delicate, exquisitely curved with full breasts and luscious hips, but tiny
all the same. It never ceased to amaze him the hunger he felt for her. She wasn’t the
type of woman he had thought his heart would eventually settle on. She was smart–
mouthed, coolly mocking, and possessed a razor-edged wit that had often left him
gritting his teeth and fuming in anger. On the other hand, she made him so damned
horny he could barely breathe comfortably, and he knew she did the same to Devril.
There was the crux of the matter. Unlike the other members of The Club, sharing
his woman wouldn’t be an occasional thing. He had learned early in life that the bond
he shared with his twin would never allow for anything so conventional. The moment
they set eyes on Tally, both men had known instantly what they wanted from her. She
wouldn’t have one lover, but two, nightly, daily, because she owned both their hearts.
Lucian glanced at his brother, sensing his building arousal, just as he knew Devril
would sense his own. It was a connection they had grown used to over the years and
Lucian knew he wouldn’t wish it any other way. Just as he knew that eventually it
might cost them the woman they loved.
His gaze returned to her, watching as she began to straighten the files scattered
across the low coffee table of the meeting area. Her skirt was conservative, the black silk
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ending an inch below her knees. Black pumps fit over her small feet, low heeled, sedate.
She exuded class and breeding, old money and genteel sensibilities. Unless you
glimpsed the parts she kept carefully hidden.
Jaded. It was her Internet identity, but there were times Lucian suspected it also
described her outlook on relationships and men. She was, at heart, a sexual little wildcat
who had given up on the fulfillment of her own fantasies. Fantasies Lucian and Devril
were determined to bring to life.
Lucian turned the lock on the office door decisively. The snick of the small
mechanism had Tally tensing, her head rising slowly as she gazed back at him. Her
nipples hardened instantly. He was watching for that, needed to see it.
Devril lounged back on the wide couch watching her as well, though leaving the
first move up to Lucian.
“Unbutton your blouse,” Lucian ordered softly as he began to advance on her.
“Slowly.”
“Do I look like your personal stripper?” she asked archly, amusement glittering in
her gaze.
She had been expecting this. He could see it in her eyes, in the excitement that
pulsed at the vein in her neck.
“If that’s what I want,” he said carefully. “We’re about to lay some ground rules
here, Tally.” He watched the heat ignite in her eyes, the way her breasts seemed to swell
beneath the silk of her shirt.
“Oh, we are?” she questioned him softly. “Your rules, I’ll presume?”
He shook his head slowly. “Our rules, Tally. Never just mine or Dev’s. All of us.
We’re alone now. No business, no witnesses. No more games. Come on, baby, don’t
you at least want to see how good it could be?” He kept his voice soft, gentle.
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