Page 55 of Frost Bitten
Fuck. I knew he was dominant, but I never knew just how submissive Cait was. Tonight, she blossomed like a cultivated flower, encouraged by praise, and pruned by delicious punishments. Cait’s brat showed up and owned the show.
As I move her to the bed, I can’t help but wonder how I can get tickets to this show again.
TWENTY-FOUR
CAIT
After I talked to Corey, nothing was ever said about Cam blundering in on me while I was “showering.” I noticed looks more often from him, though, and after a few days, I began receiving friendly texts. The conversations actually flowed, and while I was curious, I went with it. I felt like my thoughts about hoping he would open up to me were coming to fruition.
I am able to spend Saturday afternoon with Bast, Cam, and Dom watching a movie the next weekend. Corey got a call that his dad needed him to visit, so he was pouting before he left, but as he was getting ready to leave, I pulled him to the side to chat.
“I know you’re going to miss being here with us, but what if I was bold and did some…teasing?”
His eyebrows shoot up, and a smirk pulls at the corner of his lips. “Oh yeah? What do you have in mind, Sunshine?”
After putting on that show for Bast on the phone the other night, I feel inspired. “How about you text Bast that I’ll tease the other guys all afternoon, specifically flirting with him in front of the others, and eyeing the guys as I do flirty, basic things, and Bast can text you their reactions?” It makes me a little uncomfortable flirting that blatantly, but for Corey, I will. And then I’ll reward him later for letting me distract him.
“Hot damn, yes, please. Make it good, too, Sunshine. They need to be eating out of the palm of your hand.”
My eyes widen as I wasn’t expecting that response from him. “Oh, well, um, we’ll see…”
Corey leans down, locking his hazel-green gaze with mine, and whispers against my lips, “I have faith in you. You will have them all rock hard, and I’m going to make a friendly wager with Bast. I’ll need to figure out what would work out best.” My insides stir with his seductive words, and I feel the warmth spreading up my neck. His lips meet the warmth behind my ear in a slow, open-mouthed kiss on my pulse point. When he pulls away, I’m left with weak knees and have to steady myself on the nearby kitchen island.
“Cam, Dom - I’ll see you later. Bast, expect a text from me shortly. Nothing urgent. Just get back to me when you can.”
A chorus of goodbyes and acknowledgment comes from the lounge, and I slowly make my way back over to sit with the guys. Instead of sitting on the love seat with Bast, I move over to the couch and sit cross-legged between both Dom and Cameron. I peer over at Bast, whose head is turned down, obviously reading Corey’s text because he immediately finds my eyes and smirks.
“So, what movie are we watching, guys?” I ask.
“How aboutCruel Intentions?” Bast asks while scrolling through the streaming channels. “I’ve always been an SMG fan.”
“Yeah, sure,” Dom chimes in, and Bast selects the movie. Cam stands, placing his hand beside my leg to push himself up, and walks over to turn down the lights and close the blinds. When he returns, he sits back down, placing his arm over the back of the couch and propping his ankle up on his opposite knee, and brushing up against me.What the hell,I make plans to flirt with the guys, but then they beat me to it?
Dom turns sideways on the couch and grabs my hand, flipping it over to fidget with tracing my palm. As the movie goes on, both guys shift and fidget, bumping into me. When Cam gets up for a drink and brings a bottle of water back for me, I lock eyes with him as he hands over the bottle. His dark eyes feel like they are assessing me, testing the boundaries of our friendship. Reaching up to accept the water from him, I purposefully brush my fingers against his. I almost give up this little game when he licks his bottom lip like he did that first day I met him outside Lift. I shift in my seat, open the bottle, and take a long drink of water.
Gasping for breath after the long drink, I look first at Cam and notice the grip he has on his leg. I swallow again, meeting his dark eyes, before glancing away. Fuck, this is hard. Turning, I find Dom watching me. His ice-blue eyes scan over my lips and throat. He lifts my hand and places a soft kiss on the back, before resuming tracing my palm.
Ten minutes later, I shiver slightly, and Cam pulls the blanket on the arm of the couch over himself, opening it, and spreading it over me. All I can think of now is both of them using their hands on me under the blanket, hiding from Bast. But I know neither of these guys will do that until I tell them it’s ok. I burrow deep into the blanket, but a moment later, Dom shifts his leg that’s up on the couch and pulls me to lean against his chest. He pulls my hair over one of my shoulders and leans in to wrap his arms around me. Shivers run down my body as he buries his nose into the nape of my neck, nuzzling me with just a slight inhale. It’s like he’s trying to take comfort in me while also cuddling me. Is this the way thirty-something-year-old guys flirt?
Glancing across the room, I see Bast’s smirk before he pulls out his phone, texting Corey, I’m sure. I turn my head to watch the movie, smiling at the fact that Dom is being confident and telling me he’s ready to move forward. I must drift off to sleep, because the next thing I know, the movie ends, and Dom is shifting to lay me flat on the couch. I crack open my eyes and smile.
“Baby Girl, you stay, I have to go. But I’d like to set something up, just you and me. Would you be ok with that?”
My smile grows so wide, my cheeks hurt. “I’d love that,” I respond.
“Good. I’ll be in touch,” he says before leaning down to steal a kiss. The brush of his lips against mine was brief, but set loose butterflies in my stomach and heated my core. Damn, this man is sexy, and the simplest things he does have me melting for him. As he walks out the door, the rest of us stay and turn on another movie, and I can’t help but smirk to myself, wondering what Bast and Corey bet on, and who won.
* * *
I was actually hanging with Corey in my living room the next Friday while texting Cam when Mom walked in from work early and told me about an unexpected trip.
“Hey, Cait?”
“Yeah, Mom?”
“Hun, I need to take an emergency trip with a coworker. Are you going to be able to be home with Lily for me? It’s only till Sunday afternoon, but I wanted to make sure before I book my flight tonight.”
I glance at her, my brows furrowed. “Um, I’m scheduled to work tomorrow, but I know Lori said that she was expecting less than normal crowds, so I guess I’ll be around…” This piqued my interest, as she never leaves the same night.
