Good. Then we were on the same page.
I’d bet good money her panties were soaked right about now. No way she could hide the desire that sparkled in those baby blues. She’d been licking her lips for the past few minutes and there was a nice sheen to her cheeks. Our feisty little rebel was turned on.
Very turned on.
I had no doubt that she would be good to go right now if I instructed her to, but I wasn’t quite ready for that. There were a lot of things we needed to discuss prior to taking that leap. She’d been through a lot lately, and quite frankly, I hadn’t expected us to get this far so early on in the…relationship.
I decided to let her off the hook. “Well, then it looks as though we’re ready to move forward.”
Her pale blue eyes lifted to meet mine. “I would like that.”
“I would, too. But tonight, I want you to take the contract we’ve prepared and I want you to read over it thoroughly. There is also a limits list that you’ll need to fill out. Both of those should be returned to me first thing in the morning. We will discuss the contract at length, but I wanted you to have a chance to review it first.”
“Yes, Mr. Parker.”
“Thank you, pet. And thank you for joining us for dinner. You please me greatly.”
“You’re welcome. Thank you for inviting me.”
I held her stare for a second longer before turning my attention to Ben. “I’ll clean up the kitchen if you’d like to walk Addison back to her apartment.”
“Of course,” he said, and I could see the smile he was attempting to hold back.
I turned back to Addison. “Would you do me a favor?” I held up my hand to keep her from answering too quickly. “It’s a little out there.”
“Out there?” She giggled. “You practically saved me from myself, then you offered me a job, and informed me that one of the perks was getting to be your submissive. I’m not sure it could get much more out there.”
My dick hardened when she said perks. Clearly, she was interested in this thing between us. But I didn’t tell her that. Instead, I replied with, “Touché.”
Her eyebrows rose. “What would you like me to do, Mr. Parker?”
“When you get to your apartment, I want you to kiss my pup good-night. How you go about that—cheek, lips, whatever—is entirely up to you.” I offered her a smile. “Good night, little rebel. I look forward to seeing you in the morning.”
I didn’t wait for a response before I got up and carried my plate into the kitchen. I didn’t want her to answer me, but I did want her to know that I wasn’t the type of man who spent too much time contemplating the future.
Starting tomorrow, I had every intention of being exactly what both of my pets needed.
*
BEN
I WANT YOU TO KISS my pup good-night.
I hadn’t expected Mr. Parker to say that. In fact, that was so far past anything I would’ve predicted, I was slightly dumbfounded. Once that passed, confusion overwhelmed me. I wasn’t sure I should’ve been quite so excited that my Dom was topping both of us at the same time—through me. But on the flip side to that, I had this overwhelming desire to dominate Addison on my terms, the way I wanted to.
Without his instruction.
Like I said…confusing.
Luckily, I recovered quickly, then got to my feet and helped Addison to hers. She placed her small hand in mind, then allowed me to walk her out of Mr. Parker’s apartment and across the hall to hers.
“Did that”—she motioned toward the Mr. Parker’s door—“turn you on?”
“What?” I pretended not to know what she was talking about.
“Mr. Parker instructing you to…you know…kiss me.”
“In a way, sure.”
Her eyebrows drew together. “In a way? You mean, not exactly?”
“No. I mean in a way, yes, it turned me on.”
“But…?”
I studied her for a moment as I tried to determine just how far this thing could possibly get out of hand before we called it a night. There was no doubt the three of us were affected by the dinner topic. If we stood here in the hallway and hashed it out more, it wasn’t going to help matters.
Then again, I wanted to satisfy her curiosity because she was asking questions. I felt it was only fair to give her the clarification she desired.
Putting a little space between us, I moved to the opposite side of the hallway and leaned back against the wall, crossing my ankles.
“I won’t lie and say this isn’t going to be…complicated.”
Addison leaned against the opposite wall and regarded me carefully. “Complicated how? As in there are three of us?”
I shook my head. “No. I’m referring to the fact that I’m a switch.”
Her head tilted slightly, as though she was giving that some thought. “Could you explain that a little? I mean, I understand what a switch is. I know that you’re…both. But how does that work? Is it really like a switch? You can flip one on and the other off?”
