“I’m sorry,” Caroline said with a polite slur. “Time must’ve gotten away from us.” They both burst out laughing, Caroline hitting her thigh in delight. “I was getting all these texts from the website maintenance people, so I turned my phone to vibrate.” More laughter. “And then I left it in my office. What time is it anyway?” She turned to glance out the window. “It’s still light out.” She looked back at him. “Why are you home?”

“I came home to see you,” he said, winking. “I wasn’t expecting you to have company.”

Piper began to giggle in earnest. “No doubt he wants a repeat of this morning, you little sex kitten you.”

Jace’s gaze whipped to Piper, his eyebrows shooting up to his hairline. Then he glanced back at his wife.

Caroline had never talked to anyone about their sex life, which he knew for a fact because she’d told him on numerous occasions it was no one’s business what they did in their bedroom.

He realized they were both staring at him, waiting for some kind of response. “Ah, yes. That’s a correct assumption. You were…amazing…and I…came home early to see you,” he finished lamely.

This was awkward.

“Oh, that’s so sweet,” Piper said, clapping her hands. “You weren’t lying when you told me you were a good lay, Caroline. Good for you!” Piper slurred the last bit as she put her hand up for a rocky high-five, which Caroline leaned over and smacked with the force of a wet noodle.

Because they were so blitzed, Jace didn’t take as much offense as maybe he should have. “So, I take it you two have been drinking?” He glanced at the table. “Was it three bottles of wine? Or four?”

Caroline cocked her head up at him and gave him a sloppy smile. “Only three. But we drank them over a very long period of time. Hours.” God, she was gorgeous, even drunk on wine at four in the afternoon. “You’ll also be happy to know I am now much more educated about sex than I was before, thanks to my best friend, Piper. She’s been around the block way more times than me and has filled me in on everything.” She leaned toward him in her chair, putting her hand in a half-hearted arc around her mouth to whisper, “And good grief! There’s so much we’ve been missing out on!”

Jace didn’t think his eyebrows could get any higher. “Missing out? I think we’ve covered quite a bit. You don’t have anything to worry about. How about we get you up to bed? You look a little tired.” Drunk.

“I’m not tired, Jason. I’m horny! I’m wasted, and all we’ve talked about all damn day is penetration, sucking, fucking, fingering—”

“Okay, babe!” Jace knelt in front of his wife. “I need you to stop while you’re ahead. I know you, and you’re going to regret saying so much right now in front of company. So how about I take you upstairs, and Piper can let herself out? You’re going to need at least twenty-four hours to sleep this off.”

“Jace, I’m not that drunk. I mean, yes, I am drunk, but not blackout wasted. And I’m not lying. From what Piper’s been telling me, we’ve been missing out on lots of stuff, and I want to try it.” Her smiled widened, her blue eyes twinkling with mischief, which made him want to kiss her soundly.

“We can try it as soon as we go upstairs. I promise.” Jace reached out to help her up. “Just come with me.”

“No, I want to try it now,” she said coyly, dodging his grip by settling back in her seat, while glancing over at Piper and waggling her eyebrows.

Piper snorted. “I told you, this is probably not the lifestyle for you. Your thing, from what I’m gathering, is look, don’t touch.”

“No,” Caroline argued, “you look, but don’t touch. Right now.” This was making no sense to Jace, but before he could stop his wife, she pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it across the kitchen.

She was wearing one of his favorite bras.

It was a lacy see-through pink demi bra he’d given her as a gift. It came with lacy pink thigh-highs and a rose-colored garter, if he remembered correctly. “Caroline, please,” he pleaded. “Let’s talk about this first. I don’t want you to do something you’ll regret later. I know I was the one who brought it up this morning, but honestly, I was just trying to get you hot and bothered, which totally worked in my favor,” he pointed out. “You’re all I need. You don’t want to do this.”

“You’re all I need, too. But right now, I want you to suck me, and I want Piper to watch. But she’s only going to watch.” Caroline glanced over at Piper and squinted her eyes. “You’re only going to watch, right?”

“Yes, I’ll watch for a total of three seconds,” Piper answered, holding up three fingers. Her hand wavered in the air. “Then I’m leaving. Remember what I said. If you’re interested in this kind of life, you have to take it slow. Baby steps. Cute, little baby steps.”

“Yes,” Caroline agreed. “Baby steps to sexual fulfillment. Works every time.” Then they both burst out laughing. Once Caroline was done with her fit of mirth, she met Jace’s questioning look. “I guess you had to be there.”

“I guess so,” Jace said, still on his knees in front of his wife. “Care, please don’t do anything you’re going to be too guilt-ridden about later. You’ve battled enough bad feelings in the past. You don’t need any fresh angst.”

She leaned over and set her hands lovingly along the sides of his face, caressing his cheeks as she leaned in to kiss him. She tasted like wine, but the kiss was meant to ignite a flame. It was deep and sensual, and his cock jumped instantly, without his total permission. As she sealed her mouth over his, pushing her tongue deep, she moaned into his lips. When she finally broke the kiss and eased back, he was in. She said, “It’s okay, my love. I’m ready for baby steps. And I’m so incredibly turned on. I want you to do this right now. In front of Piper.”

He glanced over at Piper. She was an attractive woman, tall and curvy, but not his type. He was surprised to see the heated look in her eyes. But, from what he could ascertain, it wasn’t directed at him, nor was it directed at his wife. Piper was in her own little world and Michael would be getting a nice surprise tonight.

Jace directed his gaze back to his wife.

She lightly directed his face toward her chest. He nodded and smiled. “Okay, Caroline, I’ll play. I’m always up for a game. I’ll give you what you want, but only up to a point. How bad do you want to feel my mouth on you? You’re going to have to tell me if you want to join this party.”

He was rock hard.

His wife moaned, urging him forward by pressing her fingers against the back his neck. He slowly peeled the flimsy bra material down around one breast to reveal her hard peak. Her breath sped up in anticipation of his mouth. He obliged, running his tongue around her nipple, laving her.

Again and again.

Big, wet strokes over her silken bud. He wanted her to tell him, like she had this morning, what she really wanted.

Her hands clinched around his head, drawing him closer. “More,” she whispered. “Please.”

“How bad do you want me, Caroline?” He took the sensitive nub between his teeth, pulling and sucking, sliding his hand under her breast to get a better angle and guide it into his hungry mouth.

“Oh!” she cried. “Yes, please, Jace, I want it so bad! Then I want you to lay me over this table and fuck me from behind.”

He groaned against her silky skin, his cock throbbing into the seam of his jeans. She’d blindsided him again with her words, showing him how incredibly turned on she was. He stood, hauling her out of the chair with both hands, grabbing her ass, cupping her bottom and squeezing, grinding her against his erection. He took her nipple into his mouth and sucked hard, until his beautiful wife screamed in ecstasy.

He knew that yell.

She was close and he wasn’t nearly ready.

In one motion, he turned her and bent her over the table.