Page 120 of Royally Tempted

The first thing I did — at the insistence of all three of them — was soak in a bath. I eased myself into the steaming hot water of the deep marble tub, letting the wonderful soreness of earlier melt away as I closed my eyes.

Whatwas happening to me? The same thoughts from before came rushing back, clouding my head.

Yeah, this was way more than just crazy, intense, kinky sex with three guys at once. This wasfarbeyond that, and I had an ideawhatit was, but part of me was still scared to even think it.

After all, what did it mean if Iwasfalling for three men all at once?

Three amazing, attentive, protective, gorgeous men. Three men who dominated me in bed, and made my body scream and shake and explode in ways I’d never conceived of.

But then, I’d had a hard enough time in life keeping a relationship withoneperson running smoothly. How the hell could I possibly think I could be in one withthreepeople?

“How’s the soak?”

I opened my eyes and grinned seeing Damien, by himself, standing in the doorway grinning at me.

“I was beginning to think the three of you wenteverywheretogether.”

He laughed as he stepped into the room. “Shocking, I know.”

He moved behind me, and I sighed as I felt his hands move to my shoulders. His powerful fingers dug into my skin, easing the tension there and making me coo softly as I closed my eyes.

“You guys are pampering me.”

“Good.”

I grinned. “And what did I do to deserve this exactly?”

Damien chuckled.

“Wait, no I’m serious.” I frowned as I turned in the tub, resting my arms on the side as I met his eyes. “What makes me so special?”

His eyes met mine as he nodded slowly. “I havenoidea, Arianna, but whatever it is, it’s got ahold of me,” he said softly, reaching up to cup my face. “It’s got ahold of all of us.”

“I think I get that.”

He smiled. “I’m going to be honest with you. There’ve been women. With the three of us, I mean.” His eyes held mine, something intense burning there.

“But it hasneverfelt like this. It’s never worked, and it’s never affected all three of us as intensely in the same way like this. Sean and Hunter and I—” He looked away. “We’ve been through alot together — the kind of things that make us closer than brothers. Back in Afghanistan, we saw things and did things…” He trailed off again, his face going tight.

I leaned forward, resting my hands on his arms and squeezing as I leaned forward and kissed his cheek. “I didn’t know you guys fought.”

“Marines,” he said, turning back with a thin smile. “It sucked. But it made us close and made us what we are today. We came back, started investing, figured out what we were good at, and turned the whole thing into Camelot Holdings.”

I stroked his arm. “Why Camelot, by the way?”

Damien grinned. “It’s a stupid inside joke. We called ourselves the knights of the round table when we were over there. It was the first thing we thought of when trying to come up with a company name.”

“My knights,” I said softly, kissing his cheek again. “I’m sorry for what you had to go through.”

“I’d say the payoff was worth it.”

I grinned. “Yeah I think you’ve all done pretty well for your—”

“I meant meeting you, actually.”

I blinked, my heart flip-flopping suddenly as I met his gaze.

“I mean it when I say we’ve never felt like this, Ari. I don’t know what this all is yet, but I know none of us ever want it to stop.”

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