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half my burger.”
    “We’ll get you something fresh and hot,” Jace said, leaning down to kiss the corner of her mouth.
    “You want another burger or something else?” Ash asked, holding the phone to his ear.
    “Any kind of sandwich,” she said, not wanting to be picky. “And hot chocolate, if it’s not too much
    trouble.”
    Ash smiled. “No trouble at all.”
    chapter five
    Jace watched Bethany as she sat cross-legged on the bed eating the club sandwich they’d ordered
    from room service. She seemed to savor every single bite, eating with a reverence he didn’t often see.
    She didn’t hurry, but there was an urgency to her movements he couldn’t quite figure out.
    And she sipped at the hot chocolate, her face going dreamy with every sip. He wished they’d gotten
    more than one cup.
    They hadn’t wanted her to get dressed—Jace wanted her here in his bed, right where he could see
    her, feel her and touch her when he wanted. Ash had dressed when he’d gone to meet the room
    service attendant.
    It would be so easy to tell Ash to leave so Jace could enjoy the rest of the night alone with Bethany.
    He liked the idea of it being just the two of them, here and naked, enjoying each other and sliding into
    making love as often as they wanted.
    “That was really good,” she said when she drained the last of the hot chocolate. “Thank you.”
    “Welcome,” Jace said in a low voice.
    Ash cleared away the plates, taking the dishes back into the living room. When he returned, he
    immediately stripped out of his clothing, and Bethany sucked in her breath at the air of expectancy that
    had invaded with Ash’s return.
    Jace watched her closely, looking for any sign that she was hesitant about what was going to
    happen next. If she looked even the least bit reluctant, he was going to pull the plug on the whole
    damn thing, and he didn’t care if it pissed Ash off or not. This whole evening was ten kinds of fucked
    up. He didn’t want his best friend here, sharing his woman.
    His woman.
    Jace had already laid claim and yet he was about to let Ash fuck her. Again. Twisted didn’t even
    begin to describe this.
    “Up on your knees and use your mouth on Jace, sweetheart. Don’t want to rush into this. I’ll take it
    slow and easy, get you worked up so we don’t hurt you.”
    Her eyes widened and Jace’s senses went on alert. The hell he was going to let Ash run this show.
    They’d do this Jace’s way, even if it wasn’t what he wanted to begin with.
    Jace shook his head, stopping Ash as he headed for the bed.
    Then he simply turned to Bethany, kissing her sweet mouth, stroking his tongue inside. She tasted of
    the chocolate she’d just drank. Warm and delicious. Her breaths escaped in little gasps, bursting into
    his mouth. He wanted more. So much more.
    “Going to work you up,” he said echoing Ash’s statement. “But going to do it my way. Want you
    hot and wet. And the way I’m going to make sure that happens is to lick you until you’re about ready
    to come.”
    She shivered delicately, her entire body quivering with his words. She was so damn responsive
    and he liked to think she was that way just with him. He hadn’t imagined her being focused more on
    him. Maybe it was wishful thinking, but he was not wrong about this. Ash was there, yeah, but the
    connection between Jace and Bethany had been intense. No mistake there.
    “Lie down and spread your legs for me,” Jace said, inserting an edge of command in his voice.
    She’d responded well to his authoritative voice earlier, and she did the same this time, her eyes
    darkening, her face going soft with submissiveness.
    Forgetting about Ash—Jace didn’t even know where he was at the moment—he traveled down
    Bethany’s body, kissing and sucking at her neck, then her breasts, tracing a lazy trail down her flat
    belly to the soft curls between her thighs.
    He inhaled, savoring her musky scent of arousal. She was already wet and glistening as he