Page 10 of Bookgasms
Asshole.
“Seriously, Vic?”
Victor chuckles. “I just wanted to make sure it tasted good. She had her subscribers vote on a scene to record this week, and she wants me to be in it.”
“Oh.” I make a face as I cut into my steak, trying to figure out how I feel about it. Ecstatic for my husband, but jealous that I can’t be part of it. Annoyed that I’m jealous. “I assume you already said yes.”
His silverware clatters on his plate before he turns my head and forces me to meet his gaze. “I did it because I thought you were okay with it. I thought she was on the approved list. I’ll call her right now and tell her I can’t do it if you’ve changed your mind.”
I offer him a lopsided grin before leaning in to brush my lips against his. “No. Don’t do that. She is on the approved list, and she always will be. I just…I’m jealous.”
“Oh, love, there’s no reason to be jealous,” Victor starts, but I shake my head.
“Sure there is. You get to have sex with her, while I’m left to wonder what it’s like.” I shrug. “That’s the perks of working in the same business as her.”
Victor watches me for a moment before releasing his hold on me. “We can always talk to her—“
“And tell her what? That I’m lusting after her? That we’re both half in love with her?”
“I mean, maybe we don’t start with that,” he says gently. “But I don’t think she’d be as adverse to the idea as you seem to think she is.”
I pop a bite of steak into my mouth, humming in pleasure as my eyes fall shut. “Hot damn. This is amazing, Vic. As for Dani…I just… We’re such good friends with her. What if we ruin it all by telling her we want her as more than a friend and occasional fuck for you?”
“What if we never say anything, and she’s into us but thinks we’re not interested because we’re married?” he counters, and I sigh.
“I can’t think about this right now. I need to focus on this damn book before I can even begin to think about this.”
Victor nods. “Then maybe I shouldn’t tell you who else she’s asking to be part of the scene.”
Twisting in my seat, I hold my steak knife toward him menacingly. I’m pretty sure I know exactly who else she’s asking to join them, and another burst of jealousy rushes through me. “You will if you know what’s good for you.”
Victor almost falls out of his seat with how hard he laughs, and it brings a smile to my face.
No matter what, I know I’ll always have him—and that’s more than I expected to ever have.
Even if it turns out I can’t be with the other people I want to be with. He will always be enough.
Chapter Five
Andrés
Iyawn, stretching my arms over my head as I glance at the clock. I laugh when I see it’s nearly dinnertime.
One day, I’ll learn to sleep like a normal person.
Maybe.
Probably not.
I’ve always been a night owl, and after working for years in jobs that had me up at all hours of the day and night, I learned to sleep when I could. At some point, I got my days and nights reversed, and I’ve never bothered to reset my sleep schedule.
My phone dings, and I realize that’s probably what woke me up.
DANI
I have a proposition for you.
Damn it. You’re still sleeping, aren’t you?
