back here with only a semi-functional bathroom and no real bed. And no way in hell would she take them to Grandpop’s. But maybe a room at The Dom’s Dungeon would work. Likely they could be booked for an entire night and not just a few hours.
Brunch was different. People tended to invite casual visitors all the time. Everyone liked talking to new people and the event was always very casual. Whoever was hosting it supplied a mountain of food and everyone else supplied the entertainment. Usually just by mingling and talking to each other, although sometimes the children would perform something they’d learned for school like a song or dance. Or something their parents didn’t expect like the time one of them walked up to his mom holding a vibrator and asking what it was. People still talked about that day—well away from the children.
She hurried back to Grandpop’s and took a long hot shower. Then she spent a lot of time looking at her clothing again, deciding what to wear. But this time she also packed a small bag so she could change for the brunch tomorrow if she did manage to spend the night with the men. The entire time she was bubbling inside with happiness. It wasn’t just that Darcy and Raphael were so very handsome. Well, they were both amazingly good looking. But it was so much more than that. Darcy might be big and bossy but he always listened to her politely, and the work at the farm had been done exactly as she wanted. Everything looked so much better than she’d ever imagined it would. And as for Raff, he was so gentle with the animals. He was really gifted that way. They seemed to understand him and to want to obey him. She loved the horses and was so happy to have them to talk to and to see every day. But with Raff, it was as if they understood each other on an ever deeper level.
The good news was that he and Darcy seemed to get along really well together, too. She’d thought she was taking a huge risk asking them to share her, to let her experience a ménage with them. But it’d turned out to the best idea she’d ever had. And now, it was really looking as if there was the potential for a relationship with them. Brunch would be the test of that. If they could cope with the noisy chaos of brunch with some of her family, they could cope with anything. And if they found it all too much for them, that didn’t really matter anyway. If she wanted them and they wanted her, she’d make sure it happened.
She walked into the foyer of The Dom’s Dungeon with a huge smile and waved to the redhead on reception. “Hi, Juliana. Should I meet Raff and Darcy here, or in the Stage Lounge?”
“Go on through to the Stage Lounge, Violet. I’ll let them know where you are.”
Violet’s smile got bigger. Hot damn! That sounded as if they were already in the building. Maybe in a dungeon getting it ready for her, or perhaps in one of the bedrooms. She couldn’t wait. She wanted to experience everything. Absolutely everything.
* * * *
Rafael really needed this dungeon session with Violet and Darcy. His mind was in turmoil over whether or not to return to New York and reclaim his money and some possessions. He was almost sorry he’d learned he had money. Although it was amazing to learn the little game he’d designed had done so well. He hadn’t thought about it in the almost two years since he’d left New York. Actually, he’d scarcely thought about it in the months before he left either. He’d designed it, tested it, and sold it, then had promptly been immersed in something else.
But after his shower this evening, he’d stared at his clean jeans and freshly polished boots and wished again that he had some nicer clothing to wear. That was twice in a week he’d had such ideas. Ideas that hadn’t crossed his mind since he’d left the high-pressure life. If he’d been able to, he’d have raced straight out to withdraw just enough money for new jeans, a new shirt, and new boots.
But of course it
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