CHAPTER TEN 

MADDY

"Thank you so much, Maddy!" Dahlia sighed over the phone. "I owe you big time. I'm so sorry it just slipped my mind."

"It's no problem," I assured her through a tight smile. "Really, congratulations again!" 

"Great, thank you! I'll see you when we get back!" she chirped and hung up the phone. 

I sighed as I put the shop phone back in the cradle. Dahlia and her husband Ash were going away for their anniversary. She just found out they were pregnant with their second child and they wanted to celebrate with just the two of them before the baby arrived. 

With how busy she'd been preparing for the new arrival and running her business behind the scenes, she'd forgotten to tell me until today.

Furthermore, her husband ran the auto shop where Luke worked. So both of us would have longer work days this week and not be able to see each other as much.

I'd be running the flower shop by myself for a whole week. Hopefully it'd keep me busy enough to distract me from everything else running through my mind. 

I couldn't stop thinking about that night with Luke when I had him in my mouth and his fingers were inside me. 

When I closed my eyes, it felt too much like two lovers were pleasing me. And that was the thought that drove me wilder than any naughty fantasies and made me cum harder than I thought was humanly possible. 

But that was crazy! 

Just because it felt good when Luke touched me there while I had him in my mouth at the same time, it didn't actually mean I wanted to have a threesome, right?

But it wasn't just that. I couldn't even pretend it was just that. 

Luke was the one there with me, but Ignacio was in my brain and under my skin. It was the energy from both of them combined that got me so turned on. Luke's sweet protectiveness and Ignacio's bold seduction were the perfect mixture for the love potion that rendered me helpless. 

I began to realize I never craved sex with any one person, not like this. Not with any past boyfriend and not even with just Luke, even though he was as close to perfect as possible. I thought I just wasn't ready to lose my virginity yet but I never considered the possibility of losing it to two people at once.

Jesus. Did real people actually do that? Sure threesomes were common in porn and scandalous tales through the grapevine but did normal, small-town girls like me have two men at their disposal?

No way. It was just extra hot because the feeling resembled something that was forbidden and taboo, I told myself. Besides, Luke would never be open to having a third person in our love life. And I would never be unfaithful to him. I love him.

When Nacio came into the shop a few hours into my shift, I was not the least bit surprised. 

"Hi," I said, setting down my watering can and backing away from him toward the checkout counter. "I have something for you."

His dark eyes lit up but I jerked my gaze away, determined to not fall under his spell again. But the store was so small and his presence filled it completely. 

The air literally seemed to change when he walked in. It grew warmer and I felt that familiar electric buzz along my skin, standing all my little hairs on end. This effect he had on me was starting to become familiar but no less intoxicating. 

From behind the counter, I pulled out the box with the neatly folded dress inside and the envelope with the dinner vouchers on top. I set them on the countertop and pushed the box toward him, not daring to look him in the eye.

"I just washed the dress because something, uh, spilled on it," I muttered. "But it's still in perfect condition and should be returnable."

"Maddy." He said my name in a low tone that almost sounded threatening and my heart skipped a beat. "These were gifts for you. Did you not like them?" 

"I can't accept gifts from you," I answered, struggling to keep my voice from shaking. "This is inappropriate, especially since I have a boyfriend." 

A long, tense silence followed as Nacio said nothing. I kept my eyes laser-focused on the box in front of me. I focused so hard on not looking into his smoldering eyes because I knew that was when he'd capture me. 

Out of nowhere a strong, tanned finger brushed the underside of my chin. Before I knew it he was tilting my face up and I found myself looking straight at his handsome, captivating face. 

He hadn't shaved recently and a layer of scruff peppered over his cheeks and jaw. It gave a roughness to his normally crisp and tailored appearance. Most of the stubble was as dark and thick as the hair on his head but I saw a few strands of grey scattered in as well.

My knees felt weak. His touch on my face might as well had been on my clit with how my body responded. Now I was captured in his sight and I knew escape was hopeless. 

"You love him," he said finally, piercing the silence with his smooth voice. 

"Yes," I answered barely above a whisper, holding onto my fleeting resolve like trying to catch air escaping from a balloon. 

Nacio grinned. 

"And yet you want me." 

I opened my mouth to deny it, to shut down his arrogance, tell him to take his gifts and fucking leave. But I couldn't. Instead my body only confirmed his words and solidified the truth. 

My core hollowed out with an aching need to be filled. My nipples contracted into tight little buds eager for a rough tongue flick. My lips parted with the intent to tell him off but all they really wanted was to taste him. 

"I'm not leaving him for you." 

The words were a final, desperate plea, clinging onto my sanity and rational brain with my fingernails. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt Luke. I already knew I was getting too close to a dangerous edge just by talking to Nacio. Why did I feel so powerless to stop it? 

I tried to shut it down, to push him away, to end this for good. But he saw right through me and drew me in again.

"That's not what I want, Maddy." 

I blinked. That was a surprise. If he didn't want to steal me away from Luke, then why do all this? Did he just enjoy chasing girls in relationships? 

"I'm not screwing you on the side either," I spat. "I'm not ruining my relationship." 

"That's not what I want either." His lazy smile slowly grew wider. "I want to improve what you already have."

"Improve?" 

My head spun. I couldn't even begin to understand what he meant. 

"Those dinner vouchers are for you and him. No space for me at the table," he continued. "Luke is a good man but he will never be able to afford you luxuries that I can. So enjoy them together. On me." 

"Why would you do this?" 

I had no idea what he'd be getting out of this, spending his money on both of us?

"Because I can," he grinned. "And I want you to be happy and fulfilled, Maddy. You might be somewhat happy now but are you fulfilled? Do you have everything your heart desires? If you do, just say so and you'll never see me again."  

He paused, waiting for my answer. 

It would be so easy. I'd tell him yes and my life would go back to the simple existence it was before he ever came into it. I wouldn't feel this war between my heart, brain, and body. 

All I had to do was say the word. 

But I couldn't. It stayed stuck in my throat. 

"You're not like other girls, Maddy," he continued. "You're beautiful and driven and yet you want for nothing, which is exactly why you deserve everything. You're perceptive and good at reading people like me. Don't kid yourself that you're satisfied with this simple, small-town life. You want more, you crave more out of life." 

He leaned forward across the counter, his face so close to mine I could feel his breath on my lips. 

"And I can give you that. You love Luke and he's good for you. But I can give you what he never could. Even if I have to share you with him." 

I recoiled away from him like he had hit me.

My brain was in shock. All my upbringing instilled from childhood on being a good, faithful woman vehemently rejected what he proposed.

But my body remembered the insane, otherworldly pleasure of tasting a man's cock while having my pussy filled up at the same time. And it screamed, Yes!