“What about Owen?”
“What about him?”
“Is he going to hate us after he finds out?”
“I doubt it. Another reason we need to get him so pissed off at his mother that he’s done with her for good. The path of least resistance. Once I know he’s moving in the direction we want him to, we’ll step up his immersion. I’ll be sending him home alone with you for more intensive training. If you follow my plan and do what I tell you to do thewayI tell you to do it, he’ll do what makes him feel the best—feel thesafest—and that’s chooseus.”
“It feels…” I can’t finish the statement.
He arches an eyebrow at me. “Suse, if you’re squeamish overthis, honey, you havenobusiness wanting to get into politics, and you damn well know it. This doesn’t even rise to the level of the mildest ratfuck.”
“I know.” I struggle to put it into words. “I don’t want to destroy his trust. He’s been through so much.”
“We have to break him down to build him up.” He focuses on my feet again. “Only this time, we break him down with love, to remove all the bullshit from his soul, and we rebuild him strong enough to withstand anything. Rebuild him in healthy ways. If you break your leg and it heals crooked, they have to re-break it so it can heal properly.”
So far, everything Carter’s done has worked. I don’t have any reason to doubt him. “You’ll never make him leave, right?”
He sets my feet aside and climbs on top of me, staring down at me. “I love him. And I love you. If you trust me, this will work.”
“How do I know you haven’t been working on me like this?”
Thatsmirk. It wets my panties—when I’m allowed to wear them—and frustrates me, all at the same time. “So what if I have? You said you wanted me. Well, you’ve got me. You only have to take me on my terms, and you’ve already agreed to them. Again, if you’re backing out, tell menow.”
I reach up and pull him down for a kiss. Something about this man absolutely drives me insane, in both good and bad ways. “I’m not backing out, but if I catch you cheating on us, I’ll cut your dick off.”
He smiles. “I’m rather attached to it.”
“Say it,” I whisper. “Please?”
His smile fades. He knows what I want to hear. He leans in to nuzzle his nose against mine. “I promise, Suse, I willnevercheat on you and Owen. This is just the three of us. For life. If you trust me, Iwilltake care of you, and we will move mountains to get you elected to whatever office you want to run for. But we do this asthree, and we get Owen elected first. I’llalwaysbe yours, the way you’ll always be mine. All I’m asking is for you to love Owen, too, always put him first in our lives, and stay faithful to us. I don’t want to break you. I want to build you up. I want to seebothof you succeed.”
He presses his lips to mine in a slow, tender kiss that lights fires within me.
“You’re such a bastard, Carter,” I whisper against his mouth.
He lifts his head and smiles. “Admit it—it makes you wet.”
“Yeah, it does.” I reach down and palm him through the front of his shorts. “I want to suck his cock while you fuck him the first time.”
His smile widens. “Oooh. My scheming little pet. Look at you go. That’shot. I’ll turn you into a sexual sadist yet.” He nibbles down my jawline, to my neck, making me shiver. “All the dirty, nasty things we’re going to do to you. Make some of those raunchy books on your Kindle look downright vanilla.”
My hand cups his erection. He’s hard and rocks against my hand. “You’ve corrupted me.”
He chuckles, sounding gravelly and rough and sexy. “You were corrupted long before we met, sweetheart. Don’t bullshit me.” He looks at me again. “That’s therealreason you dumped Kendall, isn’t it? He was too vanilla for you. Those other excuses were just that.”
Fuck. It’s like the bastard can read my mind sometimes. “There’s a fine line between dominant and domineering, and he was too far in the vanilla end of domineering for my tastes. Among with the other issues he had.”
Wasn’t like I could admitthatto them the first day we met, though.
“Iknewit.” He nips my earlobe, and now it’s me arching against his thigh, which has conveniently ended up between my legs. I start grinding against him and he shoves it hard against me.
“I jerk him off in the shower every morning,” he whispers in my ear. “Sometimes, I jerk off, too. When I put you on your knees and fuck that sweet mouth of yours, I’m usually thinking about the day I finally get to fuck him.”
I whimper as I hook one leg around his and really start humping his thigh.
He’s far from done. “I sometimes think about him fucking your pussy while I fuck your throat. I also think aboutbothof us fucking you. Let you ride Owen in your pussy while I fuck that tight ass of yours at the same time.” Another nip. “Bet you’d love that, wouldn’t you?”
“Please, Sir!”
