She caught the flicker of excitement in Vin’s emerald eyes. He’d thought of this, too—she could see it on his face.
Jewel fought to keep her grin from widening. Yes, it was bold of her to put this sexy idea on the table. To put herself on the table. But Jewel knew both men wanted her. She was allowing them to have her. Because she wanted them.
“I understand there’s a lot of residual conflict,” she admitted. “It just seems that rather than get pissed off at each other because one of you has just fucked me or made love to me, keeping it all aboveboard will spare some feelings.”
Rogen exchanged a look with Vin. Silence ensued. Jewel’s nerves jumped.
“She does make a good point,” Rogen eventually said. “And since it’s Jewel we’re talking about … That would make what we do best even better, don’t you think? More powerful? Because it’s her.”
Her stomach flipped.
Oh, my God!
He was agreeing as well!
Jewel was more and more aroused by this concept—and these men—as the discussion continued. Her entire being burned for them. Her skin flamed.
She longed to see both men stripped bare. To touch them. Taste them. And let them do the same to her.
How she wanted it!
The forbidden had always been a huge aphrodisiac for her, although this particular guilty pleasure had never occurred to her until their recent reunion.
The wine coursing through her veins gave her just the verve she needed to take a step toward Rogen, closing the gap between them.
Time to seal the deal.
She gazed into his beautiful blue eyes and said, “Let’s face facts. I know about the two of you. Can you honestly say you haven’t thought of me as the woman you share?”
Another look passed between the two men. This one secretive.
A question? A … consent?
Jewel’s pulse shifted into high gear. “I want you both. It’s no mystery, no new revelation. Well, relatively speaking. But it is the truth. I want you both,” she repeated. “Not one more over the other, but equally.” Her fingers skimmed along Rogen’s abs, up to his chest. Then she went on tiptoe to sweep her lips over his. Against them, she added, “And you can both have me.” She kissed him. Suspecting he wouldn’t be able to resist her.
She was right.
Rogen’s arms instantly circled her waist, crushing her to his hunky body as her arms wound around his neck.
He took over the kiss. Jewel would forever be astounded by how she got lost in his strong embrace, his smoldering kisses.
He was erect and obviously teeming with desire. When she eventually pulled away from him, his expression was a heated, sexy one as he asked in his rumbling voice, “When did you learn to play dirty?”
She gave him a coy smile and breathlessly said, “Right this very second.”
She slipped from his arms. Turned to Vin. Who appeared equally turned on. As though he were already two steps ahead of them in his mind. Already contemplating how this new situation amongst them might play out.
That excited her all the more.
Yet because it was Vin and he loved to make her work for his affection, he quietly demanded, “You don’t seriously think that trick is going to have an effect on me?”
Moving toward him, she slid her gaze over six feet, four inches of lean-muscled male, up to his commanding facial features. Lust flared in his eyes. Spurring her on.
“Yes, I do.” Her fingers curled around the opening of his white dress shirt at the neck and she yanked the material apart, popping buttons, sending them flying.
“Goddamn it, Jewel. This is an expensive shirt.”
“I bet you’ve got an entire closetful of expensive shirts, Vin.” She pulled the tails from his pants and politely slipped the disks through the holes of the remaining buttons while peering up at him from under long lashes, certain there was a hint of goading stamped across her face.