Free Billionaire Beast (Billionaire Bikers MC #2) by Sam Crescent

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knack for reading people. “She hasn’t had it easy.”
    “No shit,” Temperance said.
    “How did you know to do that circle?”
    She finished taking a sip of her water, and he saw her
look over at the lipstick mark she’d made on the carpet.
    Russ wasn’t even pissed. In fact all of the men, all
of his brothers, were happy that she had done what needed to be done.
    None of them had been able to deal with Mandy’s
meltdown.
    “When I was younger, I used to suffer with severe
panic attacks. I was bullied throughout school, and my parents didn’t know how
to stop it. Nothing helped, facing the bullies, or even having my brother or
Jay fight people at school. So Bryan, my brother, he created the ring of
protection. I don’t know if it’s a medical thing or not. I just know it always
worked. Every time I was in that ring, nothing could harm me. Once I got older,
the ring was imaginary, and I’ve not had many panic attacks since.”
    “I never knew that.”
    “It wasn’t something you needed to know.”
    “You’ve shared it with Jay.”
    “He was there with me. I’ve not shared it with Jay. He
was there, so it’s different.” She tucked some of her blonde locks behind her
ear. She didn’t have a clue how beautiful she was, and he found that even more
charming.
    Luna came out, carrying a couple of stacks of
pancakes. “Please let me know if you want anything else. I can’t do much, but I
do pancakes well.”
    Richard smiled at her. “Thanks.”
    “You’re welcome. Enjoy.”
    They were left alone in privacy, which was what he
wanted.
    “This is a nice place,” Jay said.
    Richard served them out putting pancakes on each other
their plates.
    “Let’s get down to business,” Richard said. He picked
up his fork and got a bite ready. “I want you, Temperance, and the way you lit
up in my arms, you want me as well. Listen.” She went to speak, so he silenced
her with one word and a look. “I want you, and so does Jay. You’re not sure
what you want.”
    “Do you want me, Tempe?” Jay asked.
    She sighed. “I don’t know. This is hard for me, okay? I’ve
never considered something like this, not at all.”
    “I can appreciate that.” Jay agreed with her.
    “You’re both wanting a relationship with me?” She
looked from one to the other.
    “That is the catch, yes,” Richard said. “We want time
of our own, and also sharing time.”
    “This is sharing time?”
    “Saturday and Sunday, and Wednesday.” She rubbed at
her temple, and Richard reached out, taking her hand. “It doesn’t have to be
complicated.”
    “This is not the norm.”
    “Who gives a shit about the norm?” Jay said. “I don’t
care what others think. I’ve been using a multiple of women to try and get over
you, Tempe. It’s not working. You’re the woman I want, the woman I love. He’s
not on the same page as me yet, but he will be. You’re too good of a woman not
to love.”
    “You’re going to make this harder for me, aren’t you?”
    “Yep. I’m not going to make it easy. I know what I
want, and you know what you want, and we both want you. You want us,” Jay said.
    Richard watched Temperance’s reaction throughout Jay’s
little outburst. She was fighting her own beliefs that a relationship was
between two people.
    She took a bite of the pancake, and he saw it was
difficult for her to eat. “I can’t deny that I do want both of you. Everything
is happening so fast. Do you think we could slow it down a little?”
    “How?”
    “Maybe we could date, and not expect anything. Take a
break on the sex, and just, I don’t know, see if this can work. I don’t want to
start something that is not right for us.”
    “Sure,” Jay said.
    Richard sat back. “No sex?”
    “I’m not comfortable having sex with either of you,
and then with both of you.” She squirmed in her chair.
    “It makes you horny though, thinking about us all
together,” Richard said.
    “What woman wouldn’t? You’re both sexy