Brooke, Leah - Crescendo [The Leah Brooke Collection] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting)
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The last of Julianna’s insecurities washed away, her eyes filling with tears at the warm wave that washed over her. “Oh, Steve. I love you so much.”
Tugging her hair, he tilted her head back and stared down at her, his expression stern. “Which is why you’ll be guarded night and day. I can’t go through that again. I can’t risk losing you again, Julianna. Christ, I don’t think I’ve ever been so scared.”
Incredibly touched, she laid her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him. “Steve, I worry about you and Nick, too. Knowing Nick was in that hotel after someone had called in a bomb threat, knowing that when we were kidnapped you would be coming to get us and putting yourself in danger, hell, it scared me to death.”
Steve rubbed her back. “Being in love is scary, isn’t it?”
Julianna lifted her head and smiled, touching her lips to his. “Not being in love is even scarier.”
“If you two are done being scared, there’s a bubble bath waiting.”
Julianna laughed and turned to find Nick standing at the bathroom doorway, wearing just a towel, his hair still damp from the shower. “I know, you’re never scared, right?”
Steve hugged her, clutching her to him. “Don’t you believe it. I think you may have even given him a few more gray hairs. He didn’t sleep for three nights after the kidnapping. He just lay there holding on to you. We both did.”
Stunned, Julianna watched Nick approach and sit on the edge of the bed next to them. “Is that true?”
Nick took her hand in his, his eyes dark with remembered anguish but brimming with love and tenderness. “Yes, little one. Loving you scares the hell out of me, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Hugging them both to her, Julianna blinked back tears, engulfed in the warmth and love she’d spent her entire life searching for. Releasing them, she wiped her cheeks, basking in the warm indulgence in their eyes.
Reaching for them, she took one of each of their hands in hers and placed them over her breasts, arching back to press her nipples against their palms, delighting in the sparks that raced through her. Meeting their gazes, she moaned when Nick ran a thumb back and forth over a nipple while Steve rolled the other between his thumb and forefinger.
Rubbing her clit against Steve’s stomach, she held on to their forearms and began to move. “Now, about that bubble bath…Would anyone care to join me?”
With a laugh, Steve picked her up, tossed her over his shoulder and slapped a hand on her ass when she squealed.
“Have I ever mentioned how good I was on underwater missions?”
THE END
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