“Or a Wielder one,” she added. A small fib. But her mother had been mostly separated the first time she’d stepped out on her father…while her father had been busy doing his secretary. So good that they weren’t together anymore.
Harry mentioned Rex’s next trip to Charleston, and they talked about the city Nat had always wanted to visit but never had the time to see.
“You’ve never been there?” Sue asked.
“Nope. I moved to Augusta fifteen years ago, and I’ve been working my tail off ever since.” She blinked. “Landing this job was a dream. I can’t remember the last time I had a vacation.”
Rex shook his head. “Sadly, I can believe it.”
“What? I work. I can’t be gallivanting all over the country like some people.”
Harry smothered a grin. “She has you there, boy.”
Rex frowned. “I work too. I’m my own boss, so I set my own hours. I also happen to be opening another brewery in Charleston and am looking into Florida, so you know, I kinda have to visit. For work.”
She shrugged, pleased at his irritation. She liked to needle him, and the easy-going Southerner was fun to rile. “So you say.”
He deliberately turned away from her. “So, Daddy, tell me about your dealing with Mooring. Did he give you the percentage you were asking for?”
The conversation continued, and Sue winked at Nat. When the table needed clearing, Nat was surprised to see everyone offer to help. No wonder Rex was no slouch when it came to cleaning after himself. His parents had taught him well.
“You two sit,” Harry ordered her and Rex as he took away their plates. “Your momma and I have this.”
“He’s awfully bossy,” she murmured to Rex. “I wonder…”
Reading her mind, as he seemed able to do more and more, Rex grimaced. “If you’re even thinking about using sex and my parents in the same sentence, please don’t,” he whispered. “I’d like to keep my supper down.”
She laughed. When his parents returned, she and Rex stood to leave.
“It’s early yet,” Sue protested.
“Sorry, Momma. Nat has to get up early for a meeting tomorrow.”
She didn’t have a meeting, but she didn’t want to call him out for being a liar in front of his parents, so she nodded. “Thanks so much for having me.”
“Having us,” Rex corrected, and his inclusion brought her that much closer to admitting her growing feelings for the man.
Growing? Hell, she full on loved him. After barely three weeks of dating. How often did that happen?
Nat had a feeling she was caught up in the newness of it all, but she’d never been so close to anyone before, and she craved every spare second with Rex.
“Anytime, boy. You too, Nat. You don’t need to wait on Rex to come visit,” Harry offered.
Sue nodded, eyes twinkling. “I’ll always have something on hand for you to eat. That’s my way of trying to bribe you to come. How do you think I get my son to come visit so often?”
Nat laughed, then accepted hugs from Sue and Harry.
Their closeness included her, and she didn’t know how to feel about that. Pressured into being with Rex? Loved because she made their son happy? Was it all about him, or did they like her too? Why the hell couldn’t she just accept their nice gesture instead of questioning it to death?
She smiled and waved goodbye, then let Rex guide her outside.
Once in his car, she turned to him. “Okay, Pinocchio. What’s up with the fib?”
He winked. “I have a surprise for you, sugar. Just sit back and wait.”
She wasn’t surprised when they ended up at the club. A packed house on a Saturday night. Figured. “Do I even want to know what the entertainment will be?”
They hadn’t talked about bringing a third into their relationship again, but she wondered what Rex thought. She’d loved watching him and J go at it. Was she about to see that again?
“I’m your entertainment. Something different tonight.” He parked and took her with him into the club. They waved to the security man, Tony, at the desk.
“It’s swinger’s night,” he said with a wink.
“Not for us.” Rex dragged Nat with him up the stairs as he checked his watch. “Damn. We have to hurry, or we’ll be late.”
Nat didn’t know why, but she liked that he had no plans to share her. She’d never wanted to be part of a group that exchanged partners. Bringing someone in to play with them was fine. One-on-one switching? Not so much.
Rex brought them to a familiar room number and pushed inside.
“Hey, this is where Freddy brought me that first time I visited.” The room with the window looking into the room next door.
“Yes, it is.” Rex turned off the light. “We can see in, but they can’t see out. One-way mirror, like on the cop shows.”
“I figured.”
A light was on in the other room, but nothing but the bed and the armoire took up space.
“Good. We’re not late.” Behind her, Rex fiddled with the door. She heard the snick of the lock. “It’s just us and our entertainment.”
She started to turn to see him in the glow of the window, but he hugged her from behind. “I thought you were my entertainment,” she said.
“Oh, I will be. We’re going to watch a show, and this time, I’m going to boss you around.”
They hadn’t tried that yet. In all their intimacies, she’d taken charge. “You think you’re up for the challenge?”
He ground himself against her ass, and she smiled.
“Sugar, I’m more than up for it. The question is, do you trust me enough to give up control?”
Rex waited for her answer, praying she said yes. He enjoyed following her orders, no doubt. But he didn’t think Nat knew how much she needed to let go every now and then. The more time they spent together, the better he came to understand her.
She’d been worried about tonight, meeting his folks. He’d be the same in her place, but seeing her interact with his family helped him to know her better. Nat had said she was the glue keeping her family together. But they didn’t seem to be as close as the Samsons were to one another. She’d tensed when his folks had hugged her, and the sweet smile she’d given them had further deepened his love.
No way he planned on letting her go. Ever. But he knew they’d have a few bumps in the road along the way. This would be a first to get over.
“You want to fuck me? You in charge? I’m game.” He could almost feel the smile on her face.
“No, sugar. I want to own you. Your orgasms are mine.” He kissed her neck, and she shivered. “Now watch the window like a good girl.”
“Rex.”
“Whatever I say goes, right?”
“One thing I can say about you. You never bore me.”
He planned on staying exciting. When his favorite pair of lovers entered the room on the other side of the mirror, he grinned. They wore masks, but he recognized Faith and Brian easily enough. He wondered if Nat would.
She sucked in a breath. “They’re wearing masks. Like we did.”
“And they love to be watched.”
“You know them?”
“I do. I watch them a good bit. Or at least, I did before you.”
“Oh.” She cleared her throat and studied the pair slowly removing their clothes.
Brian had no problem getting naked. His buddy might fuss, but he liked showing it off. The guy had a big dick. He was handsome, and he had a smokin’ hot fiancée. Faith had large breasts, a slender waist and legs that went on forever. Still, as attractive as he found her, he preferred Nat’s curves and frame. Sleek over bountiful.
“She’s pretty. Big breasts, the way you like,” Nat murmured.
“Now why would you say I like that?” He pushed his hands under her sweater and rubbed her belly, pleased when her breath stuttered. Then he cupped her breasts, loving the hard nipples under his palms.