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“It’s my uniform now, you know. I’m not allowed to wear anything else. Just dresses.”

He nods absently, but his eyes don’t move. I smirk.

“Oh, that’s right.” My voice is dripping with seduction, but I don’t think he’s listening to a word I’m saying. “You didn’t get what you really wanted last time, did you? During my audition, that is. Frankie didn’t let you have it.” I shift again, letting the dress slide over my ass and up to my hips. Joey is practically drooling, and I can’t deny that I want him to touch me.

“You’re trying to get me killed, aren’t you?”

“You can touch it, right? You just aren’t allowed to fuck it.”

For the first time, he breaks eye contact with my rear and looks at my face. “That’s a good point. But I’m not sure I’d be able to stop myself.” He looks back down and we both fall silent until he says, “Fuck it. It might be worth dying for.”

He drops the controller to the floor and moves to kneel behind me on the couch. Right as he grabs my hips with both hands and pulls me up to be on my hands and knees, the front door opens, and Enzo walks in.

Chapter 31

Enzo

When I walk into the house, I can hear the noise from a video game coming from the living room, letting me know where I can find Joey. My instinct is to go find Elise first, but I know I should check in with him before I do anything else. And it’s a good thing I do. The stench of lust is strong, and I’m greeted by two panicked, guilty faces.

I take in the scene in front of me. Elise is on her hands and knees with Joey behind her. She’s in uniform—as she should be, although I want to be mad about it—and her dress is hiked up over her hips. Joey’s hands haven’t moved since I walked in. He and Elise both appear to be frozen in place, actually. I’m not positive they’re still breathing. The power trip from seeing their reaction to me catching them is what I imagine heroin addicts are constantly chasing. I could get used to this feeling.

It’s not exactly a surprise that they’ve used their alone time to fuck around and test the rules, but I can’t say that I’m thrilled with it. For one thing, the look on Joey’s face tells me that he was seriously considering going balls deep in her ass, rules be damned. But I keep my face carefully neutral so as not to givethem evidence that they were right to doubt my ability to share.

It’s not like I can blame Joey for being tempted. He’s an ass man, and hers is top-of-the-line. Plus, she was trained for this role and knows how to use her body to sway even the strongest of men. Just look at me, for example. I’ve never been as distracted as I’ve been since she moved into my house. The lack of control I feel around her is new and utterly unnerving.

My eyes flick between them and then I shrug. “Go on, then. Don’t stop on my account.” I cross my arms and lean against the doorframe, waiting to see what they’ll do.

“What exactly do you think was about to happen?” Joey asks, eyeing me suspiciously.

I smirk and say, “I think you were about to break the rules.”

“And you’re okay with that?” Disbelief colors his voice, and he shakes his head. “I don’t buy it.”

“Go on. You know you want to.” I hold my relaxed stance so as not to spook him. “I bet her ass is all you’ve dreamed about for weeks. Take it.”

“This feels like a trap,” he says, but he shifts behind her and grabs two handfuls of her cheeks. “If I do this, you better not traumatize her by shooting me in the head while I’m buried in her ass,” he warns me.

“Don’t worry. I think she’s been traumatized enough recently. She deserves a reward.” My gaze moves to Elise, and she’s rolling her eyes at me. It makes my hand twitchy, but I stay where I am.

“Getting fucked in the ass isn’t everyone’s idea of a reward, you know.” The sassy tone in her voice is just begging to be fucked out of her, but I hold myself back. I’m just watching tonight.

“Are you saying you don’t want it?” Joey’s face falls at my words, and I almost feel bad for him.

“I didn’t say that.”

Elise

When Enzo walks in, my whole body freezes. I don’t move a single muscle, and I can feel a cold sweat threatening to break out. He wasn’t supposed to come back yet. My whole plan hinges on him being gone so that I can try to get information out of Joey.

I watch their exchange with a sense of trepidation. He must be trying to trick Joey into breaking the rules. Maybe something happened at work that made him more bloodthirsty than usual, and he’s going to take out his anger on Joey. But then I take a closer look and see through his casual facade. He’s acting like he doesn’t care, but I can see the lust in his eyes. He’s curious. He wants to watch what Joey can do to me.

But what if he doesn’t like it? What if he regrets giving Joey permission to fuck me?

“She deserves a reward,” Enzo says, and my eyes snap to his. When I play the conversation back in my mind and I realize what he just said, my eyes roll so hard, I briefly worry they’re going to fall out.

“Getting fucked in the ass isn’t everyone’s idea of a reward, you know,” I retort.

They’re so fucking annoying. I hate that they’re talking about me like I’m not here and like I wouldn’t have an opinion about what goes into my own body.

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