realized.
The man was already more than halfway in love with Chastity Sawyer.
* * * *
54
Morgan Ashbury
Jordan opened his eyes, completely awake. The soft glow of light from the attached master bath relieved the utter blackness of the night.
He hadn’t awakened to complete darkness since shortly after Marcus had moved in.
The other man must have gotten up and turned the light on after he’d gone to sleep.
Nearly a full year they’d lived together, and Jordan still wasn’t used to the depth of caring and caretaking Marcus held in his soul.
No wonder he’d also been drawn to Chastity.
He looked down. The woman had wrapped herself around him in her sleep. Since they all had fallen asleep naked he could hardly mind.
He ran his hand up and down her back, his caress gentle.
He’d seen her only a handful of times over the last few years and judged her based on his own prejudices. He wasn’t overly proud of that fact. She may have been raised amid wealthy surroundings, but he thought now it would be difficult to decide which of the three of them had suffered the worst childhood.
Those tortured years of their youth had marked them all, changed them and set them on the paths that had eventually brought them together.
And there lay Marcus, sleeping the sleep of the angels, a man who had suffered horrible abuse at the hands of his father, yet now lived to take care of others.
Jordan was the Dom in this relationship, but it wouldn’t surprise him at all to discover that Marcus had chosen Chastity and then done what he could to, well, if not engineer them all into bed this way, at least make this outcome seem more natural.
Chastity stirred. “Jordan.”
His name had emerged on a moan, as if she looked for him from within her haunted dreams. “Shh.” He gathered her closer and kissed the top of her head. “Go back to sleep, baby. I have you.” Reckless Abandon
55
Chastity settled again, and Jordan closed his eyes. It hadn’t taken much, he mused, for his heart to become engaged. Watching Marcus while Chastity had pleasured him had told him the other man was already more than halfway in love with the woman.
That and the sense of contentment that filled him now because she clung to him, and in her sleep had whispered his name, assured him that he felt the exact same way.
Now they just had to get Chastity to fall in love with them .
56
Morgan Ashbury
Chapter 7
Chastity’s eyes drifted shut a moment after her mouth closed over the fork.
Never in her life had she tasted a more delectable omelet. When she opened her eyes again, she encountered Jordan’s smug smile and Marcus’s pleased expression.
“This is wonderful .” The words seemed inadequate, but Marcus’s smile grew huge.
“His lasagna will bring tears of gratitude to your eyes,” Jordan confided.
“You could open a small café in the back of your bookstore. My God, Marcus, people from all over the city would line up to eat there!”
“You and Jordan—like minds. I love my bookstore just as it is, thank you very much. I’m more than content to cook only for the people I care about.”
She felt her face heat, because he looked right at her when he said that.
She’d never passed a night like last night. Never imagined having a lover on such short acquaintance, let alone two in the same night.
She’d known Marcus and Jordan as a couple, and had thought nothing of it, really. So discovering she got turned on watching them kiss just begged the question of what watching them make love would do to her.
What the three of them had shared last night didn’t feel like casual sex, but Chastity had no idea how to characterize it.
Reckless Abandon
57
She’d never before realized she needed to label things.
“What’s on your agenda today?” Marcus asked her.
He wasn’t wearing his collar this morning. Dressed in business casual, his button-front shirt and pressed trousers made him look like a professor. His dark hair showed
The man was already more than halfway in love with Chastity Sawyer.
* * * *
54
Morgan Ashbury
Jordan opened his eyes, completely awake. The soft glow of light from the attached master bath relieved the utter blackness of the night.
He hadn’t awakened to complete darkness since shortly after Marcus had moved in.
The other man must have gotten up and turned the light on after he’d gone to sleep.
Nearly a full year they’d lived together, and Jordan still wasn’t used to the depth of caring and caretaking Marcus held in his soul.
No wonder he’d also been drawn to Chastity.
He looked down. The woman had wrapped herself around him in her sleep. Since they all had fallen asleep naked he could hardly mind.
He ran his hand up and down her back, his caress gentle.
He’d seen her only a handful of times over the last few years and judged her based on his own prejudices. He wasn’t overly proud of that fact. She may have been raised amid wealthy surroundings, but he thought now it would be difficult to decide which of the three of them had suffered the worst childhood.
Those tortured years of their youth had marked them all, changed them and set them on the paths that had eventually brought them together.
And there lay Marcus, sleeping the sleep of the angels, a man who had suffered horrible abuse at the hands of his father, yet now lived to take care of others.
Jordan was the Dom in this relationship, but it wouldn’t surprise him at all to discover that Marcus had chosen Chastity and then done what he could to, well, if not engineer them all into bed this way, at least make this outcome seem more natural.
Chastity stirred. “Jordan.”
His name had emerged on a moan, as if she looked for him from within her haunted dreams. “Shh.” He gathered her closer and kissed the top of her head. “Go back to sleep, baby. I have you.” Reckless Abandon
55
Chastity settled again, and Jordan closed his eyes. It hadn’t taken much, he mused, for his heart to become engaged. Watching Marcus while Chastity had pleasured him had told him the other man was already more than halfway in love with the woman.
That and the sense of contentment that filled him now because she clung to him, and in her sleep had whispered his name, assured him that he felt the exact same way.
Now they just had to get Chastity to fall in love with them .
56
Morgan Ashbury
Chapter 7
Chastity’s eyes drifted shut a moment after her mouth closed over the fork.
Never in her life had she tasted a more delectable omelet. When she opened her eyes again, she encountered Jordan’s smug smile and Marcus’s pleased expression.
“This is wonderful .” The words seemed inadequate, but Marcus’s smile grew huge.
“His lasagna will bring tears of gratitude to your eyes,” Jordan confided.
“You could open a small café in the back of your bookstore. My God, Marcus, people from all over the city would line up to eat there!”
“You and Jordan—like minds. I love my bookstore just as it is, thank you very much. I’m more than content to cook only for the people I care about.”
She felt her face heat, because he looked right at her when he said that.
She’d never passed a night like last night. Never imagined having a lover on such short acquaintance, let alone two in the same night.
She’d known Marcus and Jordan as a couple, and had thought nothing of it, really. So discovering she got turned on watching them kiss just begged the question of what watching them make love would do to her.
What the three of them had shared last night didn’t feel like casual sex, but Chastity had no idea how to characterize it.
Reckless Abandon
57
She’d never before realized she needed to label things.
“What’s on your agenda today?” Marcus asked her.
He wasn’t wearing his collar this morning. Dressed in business casual, his button-front shirt and pressed trousers made him look like a professor. His dark hair showed
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