Deacon looked at Abby. “I think I have plans in the morning with this one.” He smiled.
“Oh, well I’ll see you later in the day. Looking forward to hearing the big announcement.”
She realized Andy was immediately uncomfortable, but it made Deacon all the more sexier that he didn’t care. He wanted everyone to know he was there with her, and she knew they’d be together in the morning. He had proclaimed it in public. There was no other way to look at it.
She bit her lip. God, she wanted that. She wanted to wake up with him. To wake up between Cole and Deacon.
Cole waited for them in the lobby at the elevator. He had loosened the tie on from his neck. It draped against the planes of his chest. Abby inhaled. He was ridiculously sexy.
“Andy Gallagher have anything interesting to say?” he asked Deacon.
“Hell no. He wanted to talk global expansion again.”
“Standard. This party would have been a total waste of time if it weren’t for you.” He looked at Abby and she blushed.
Had she given them something too? Did what they shared mean as much to these men?
They walked into the elevator and Cole inserted his card that would give them access to the private suite atop the resort’s highest tower.
“Did you enjoy the reception, sweetheart?” Deacon asked.
She nodded. “It was different than I expected.” She watched the numbers over the doors as they climbed toward the penthouse.
“And what did you expect?” Cole prodded.
“That we might leave a lot sooner,” she responded softly.
“Why would we do that when it was so much fun making you come all over that damn ballroom?” Deacon growled, pulling her into his arms.
The elevator dinged. The doors opened wide.
“Shall we?” Cole asked.
Her heart beat fiercely. This was it.
Everything before this moment was foreplay. This was the night when she gave herself to both of them.
Cole held his palm upward. “Ready, baby?”
She looked in Deacon’s eyes.
“We’ll make you happy. I swear,” he whispered. “It’s your decision. Always your call.”
She swallowed.
She wanted him. She wanted Cole. Damn it, she wanted all of this.
Abby took a step away and put her hand in Cole’s.
His blue eyes fired with desire. “We’re going to give you everything you ever wanted.”
His hand clasped hers. She stepped over the threshold into the suite and the doors closed behind her. She had stepped into her future and left the past behind.
23
Abby
The way her heels clacked against the marble sounded as if they were ticking off seconds from a clock. Counting her last seconds of innocence with every stride.