"You're terrible," I say with a smile, giving Troy a kiss on the lips, one of a thousand it feels like so far today, and still, I'm not satiated. "My Mom is hardly a cougar."
“You’re right, but she is beautiful, much like her daughter," Troy replies, kissing me again. "And as for the rest, well, Cory could do a lot worse."
"Hmm, Mom could do a lot worse. Say, how about you and I get out of here? There's a beachside bungalow that’s calling our names."
"And Laurie?"
I point to Dani and Pete, who are dancing together and still looking like they're on their own honeymoon after a year of marriage. It's cute and heartwarming. After our honeymoon, we're going to go back to Silver Lake Falls for a month before Troy starts offseason workouts, and it'll be nice to spend some time back home. "Dani already agreed to take Laurie with her. She says she and Pete need the practice anyway. They're planning, now that she's on track for her PhD and has a good job lined up too, that maybe they can look at becoming parents."
Troy smiles and leans in, whispering in my ear. "I was thinking the same thing."
I shiver as Troy runs his hand up my thigh, his hand so warm and reaching higher, higher . . . "You want another baby?"
Troy nods and his eyes are deep blue with desire. "Don't you?"
I nod, smiling. "Why do you think I stopped the pills a month ago?"
Troy takes my hand and pulls me to my feet, but before we can fully escape, Dani intervenes, getting on the mike and announcing a couple's dance. She’s laughing as I give her a dirty look, and I know that she's already anticipated Troy and me making an early exit. "One dance, that's all," she says, holding up a finger. "Please?"
The music starts, and I notice that it’s a song I hadn't heard before, at least one I hadn't danced to before. "What’s this?"
Troy smiles and takes me in his arms. "When I went to the Winter Formal stag, Dani danced with me one time. She knew she was standing in for you, though, as I had your letter in my jacket pocket."
We're moving in time with the music, a few other couples joining us, and Troy kisses my forehead and continues. "This song was what we danced to. I guess Dani remembered it after all these years and felt it was time to right that wrong.”
The music continues, and when it is over, nobody stops us as Troy takes my hand and we disappear into the darkness, heading back to our private bungalow, where our future as man and wife awaits.
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Double Dealing: A Menage Romance
By Lauren Landish
Two ridiculously hot bad boy brothers. One unsuspecting good girl.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Well, it might be, but it could be the best thing that’s ever happened to me, too.
Felix and Francois may have taken me hostage, but they’re the hottest damn criminals I’ve ever seen. I SHOULD be thinking of every possible way to escape. But all I can do is gaze into their mysterious eyes — eyes that promise dark, forbidden pleasures that I’d never dare tell my mother about.
The two brothers have a rivalry, and neither of them will be outdone in their bid to claim me.
There’s two of them and only one of me.
Call me greedy, but why should I have to choose?
Can’t I have my cake and eat it too?
Chapter 1
Jordan
I could feel sweat drip down my back as the hot stage lights glared down on me. I was focused, my left hand flying up and down the neck of my guitar as my right hand shredded out notes. I was trying as hard as I could, knowing the odds were stacked against me. Finally, with a last peel, I tweaked with my tremolo bar, carrying out the final note until it faded away.
"Thank you Jordan," the band manager called out, and in his voice I could hear two things. First, he was impressed by what he'd heard. Women in rock and roll are pretty rare, although those who could break through the image tended to be pretty famous. I mean, growing up, Joan Jet, Heart, and Lita Ford had been my idols, and they were all women who rocked.