Tyler let out an exaggerated sigh. “Well, darling, looks like you get your way…again.”
“Like you mind.”
Thomas leaned around her and kissed Tyler. “Yeah, evil genius, like you mind.”
Tyler turned to Erin and Robert. “I’m overruled.”
Nevvie didn’t know if shock or sick fascination kept Erin and Robert talking with them.
“I hate to break this up,” Thomas said, “but I need to get some food in my stomach or you two’ll be pouring me into bed. Mind if I take our girl, Ty?”
“I could use something to nosh on. Well, Erin, Robert, take care.” The men each took an arm and escorted Nevvie out of the room to the buffet. They found a quiet table in a corner and sat, finally exploding with laughter.
“What’d I miss?” Thomas asked.
Nevvie grinned. “You were perfect. You caught right on.”
Tyler’s beaming face was more than worth the pain in her feet. “Paris, hmm?” He kissed her. “You, my love, are inspired. Absolutely brilliant.” He filled Thomas in. “Well, now we owe our girl a Mustang and a trip to the City of Lights.” Tyler smiled.
“I was happy to play along. Bitch. I loved the look on her face. One of you please get me some food, my feet are killing me.”
Tyler jumped to do it.
Thomas patted her hand and kissed her cheek. “Thank you, sugar.”
“Hey, a chance to put that whore in her place for cheating on our guy? Anytime.”
They took their time eating. Tyler introduced her to several people who stopped by their table seeking him out. She didn’t get tired of the looks.
Then the inevitable. “I’ll be right back boys. I hope.” She carefully stood, wincing as she regained her balance on the heels.
“Need help, darling?” Tyler asked.
“I could use it, but I doubt they’ll let you in the ladies room. Just listen in case I scream.”
She carefully made her way to the bathroom without tripping. Erin entered the bathroom while Nevvie washed her hands, stopping short when she saw Nevvie’s angry glare.
“Hello again,” Nevvie said. She didn’t know if there was anyone else in the bathroom.
She didn’t care.
Erin hesitated. “Listen, I don’t know what Tyler’s said—”
“Tommy’s the one who told me you cheated on him.”
Erin reddened again. “You don’t know anything about me.”
“You’re right, I don’t. Tyler doesn’t talk about you. Apparently you hurt him very deeply.” Nevvie stopped next to her on her way to the door. “And I thank you for that. So does Tommy. If you hadn’t screwed up, we might never have met him and had the chance to love him.”
Nevvie forced her feet out the door, taking faster, stronger strides than she should. Thankfully she spotted Thomas walking down the hallway, looking for her, and he offered his arm. She grabbed him.
“Get me to a chair, quick,” she whispered.
Concerned, he ushered her into the foyer and she winced as she sat.
“You okay, sugar?”
She shook her head and handed him the shoes. “Please?”
He nodded and rushed out the front door. A few minutes later he reappeared with her other shoes and she slipped them on. “No dancing for me tonight, I’m sorry.”
“That’s okay.” He helped her back to the table.
Tyler stood, concerned. “What’s wrong?”
She offered a game smile and related her exchange with Erin. “It was worth the pain of those dang shoes to see the look on her face.”
“I’m sorry, sweet. I never should have asked it of you.”
“Don’t feel guilty.” She laid a hand on his cheek and dropped her voice. “She’s lucky I wasn’t in flats or I would have stood there and given her a huge piece of my mind at the top of my lungs.”
Tyler touched his forehead to hers. “You’re truly amazing, love. We won’t stay much longer, I promise.”
They didn’t. And when they got home, Tyler insisted on carrying her from the car into the house, gently laying her on their bed. The men pampered her for the rest of the night, Thomas and Tyler each rubbing her feet before making slow, tender love to her.
Yes, Nevvie genuinely thanked Erin for cheating on Tyler.
Chapter 23
Tyler stopped by Thomas’ office door on his way to the bedroom. “What’s wrong?”
Thomas looked up. “How the freak do you do that?” He leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms behind his head.
“Over twelve years, I’ve learned a thing or two about you. What’s up?”
“I need to go to Ft.Myers tomorrow.”
“So what’s the problem?”
“I need to go overnight. We’ve got a permitting snag on a job down there.”
“Take Nevvie with you.”
Stunned, Thomas stared at him. “How the hell—”
“You need her for the paperwork because she’s the project supervisor. It doesn’t bother me.”
“Why don’t you come with us? We can take the truck or one of the cars.” It would be the first trip the three of them didn’t go on together since the Halloween party.
Tyler dropped his voice. “Thomas, she’s with us forever. She’s going with me to New York in a couple of weeks. Why should I be stuck in a hotel room all day when I can be here working? I’m on a deadline.”
“But you’ll be here alone.”
“So?” Tyler’s eyes twinkled. “Maybe you can finish what you started last October.” In the five months since the night of the party, Nevvie had become such an ingrained part of both men’s psyche that they barely remembered life before her.
“Fucking scary, that’s what you are.”
Tyler winked. “Well, love, you are the one who dubbed me the evil genius. I expect a phone call.”
Thomas nodded.
“Then it’s all right, isn’t it? Fair’s fair.” Tyler glanced down the hall and didn’t see Nevvie. He suspected she was in the garage doing laundry. He stepped back to Thomas’ desk. “When we decided to do this, we decided this was all or nothing, right?”
Thomas nodded.
“She’s not mine, she’s not yours. She’s ours. I’m not keeping a scorecard about who did what, understand? It doesn’t matter.”
Thomas looked away, nodding, but Tyler caught his chin. “Fuck her brains out, lover. Make her moan for me. Just promise to bring my angel safely home. And yourself, right?” He kissed him, feeling Thomas respond before he pulled away. “When will you leave?”
“Tomorrow morning.”
Tyler grinned. “I should expect a little extra-special treatment from the two of you tonight, shouldn’t I?”
Tyler and Nevvie headed to the bedroom first. When Thomas caught up with them a few minutes later, she was on top of Tyler, giving him a back rub.
“Don’t put him to sleep. We want to have a little fun first.”
Tyler squirmed against the covers. “No, not sleepy right now, Thomas. Trust me.”
She leaned forward and traced his spine with her tongue from his neck to his hips. “I know how to wake you up.”
“You bloody well do.”
After a few minutes he patted her leg. “On your back, sweetheart. I want some fun, too.”
She rolled over. Tyler spread her legs, bending his lips to her mound. “Do you like this?” He lightly teased her with his tongue, knowing damn well what it did to her.
She moaned, trying to grind her hips against him.
Thomas smiled and knelt by her head. “I think she needs something else to do.” He touched the silky smooth head of his cock to her lips and she swallowed him, making him moan. “Jesus, I love it when you do that.” He tenderly stroked her hair, brushing it away from her face.