Free Their Divine Doctor, a Holiday Ménage by Heather Rainier

which was why he grinned. Gus’s philosophy was to face your fears, and this was one Gage needed to face, too. Hell, he put it on his bucket list, so he has no one but himself to blame.
    Frigid air blew through the open door of the twin-engine airplane, and he patted Emma’s hand when she held on to his forearm. Duke was certified to solo skydive, and Emma was tandem jumping with his instructor today. Gage was also tandem-jumping with another instructor, like it or not.
    Over the noise of the aircraft, Duke said to Emma, “You know you’re safe with Gus, right?”
    Emma never blinked as she stared at him with round, frightened eyes and nodded. “Uh-huh!”
    “You okay, Em? You’re not going to pass out on me, are you?” He had to speak loudly over the wind.
    “Uh-uh!” she hollered as she shook her head negatively. She was pale, but Emma’s skin color tended to be that way. Her eyes were slightly dilated as she licked her lips and hummed to herself as she looked toward the open doorway. She looked back at him as though she wanted to say something else but seemed hesitant.
    She had pulled her hair into two neat ponytails behind her ears to keep it out of her face during the jump, and he gently tugged at the ends as he said, “What’s got you looking so scared, Em? You know we’ve got you, right? Gus won’t let anything happen to you.”
    “Uh-huh!” She looked around self-consciously at the other occupants of the small plane.
    “Can you tell me?” he asked, pointing to his ear as he leaned down close to her. Gus approached, looking ready to hook Emma’s harness up to his. Duke held up a hand, and Gus nodded and stopped to talk to one of the other instructors.
    She glanced at the others again, who were all lining up near the open door, waiting their turn, then turned to him and said, “What if I pee?”
    “Huh?”
    “What if I freak out and wet my pants?”
    Duke schooled the smile on his face, not wanting her to think he was laughing at her. He recalled being pissing scared the first time he jumped out of an airplane. “Do you have to pee?”
    “No.”
    “Then I doubt you will. But if you do, we will say we encountered a duck up there and he peed on you.”
    In the height of her adrenaline rush, she seemed to mull that over for a moment and nodded her head. “Okay.”
    “Is there anything else that has you worried?”
    “Besides jumping out of a perfectly good airplane?” She adjusted her goggles and smiled sheepishly and said, “Thank you for not laughing at me.”
    Duke grinned and wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her reassuringly. They’d made love for the first time the weekend before. Unfortunately, his and Gage’s work schedule had taken them out of town on a surveillance and investigation job with Ace and Kemp that had wound up lasting most of the week. The frustrating thing about it was that the job had been mostly sitting around, watching and waiting, which left him with a lot of time on his hands. The same was true of Gage, who had been even more quiet than normal.
    The only good thing about the time away from Emma and Divine was that it gave them ample opportunity to talk about the intricacies of a ménage relationship. They’d known from the outset that last Sunday night wasn’t a one-night stand, and Duke had made it clear to her afterward because he knew Emma was prone to worrying.
    She’d been disappointed about their trip out of town but had understood completely and reminded them that her hours could be just as strange and brutal at times. If they were willing to deal with that, then so was she.
    They’d made it up to her as much as they were able by calling her several times in the evening during the week. Her sexy, velvety-toned voice on the phone had a torturous effect on both him and Gage as they’d taken turns talking to her. They talked about all sorts of things, but her soothing voice kept him semierect the whole time. One night, when they’d talked about