Erin, who’d been everything and continued to be.

She looked up from the bag and caught his gaze, smiling. “Should I be worried about that face you’re wearing right now?”

He laughed, pulling her into his arms and kissing her. “Only in the best kind of way.”

Her smile kicked up a few thousand watts. “Good.”

While her bag was a small one with a few bikinis, little dresses and a toothbrush, his was bigger because he’d brought a number of new toys he wanted to use. Toys she could enjoy at whatever volume she wanted.

“Any preferences?” She tipped her head to the bed, where she’d laid out several bathing suits of varying shape and color.

“The pink one Ben got you.”

He stepped away before he forgot all about the walk and took her right then and there. They had time. Lots of it. He wanted to draw the pleasure out. Plenty of opportunities to gorge himself of her and Ben both.

Ben changed into a pair of trunks that had Todd second-guessing his choice to not f**k right then. But Todd headed to the champagne, watching as Ben tied the bikini top for her, pausing to slide his hands all over her back and around to cup her br**sts.

They were beautiful together. His man, cherishing their woman.

She looked back to Todd. “Are you sure this isn’t too skimpy? I’m not twenty-two anymore.”

Todd poured them all a glass of champagne. “Darlin, come here so I can rub some of you all over me.” He held out a glass and she came to him, taking the glass and getting in close.

“You look hot. Sexy. And if you recall, I knew you in your twenties. You’re just as gorgeous now. Hell, more so. We’re nearly all alone in the middle of nowhere with sand and sun. I’m all for this bikini.” He kissed her again. “My beautiful artsy freak.”

She nodded at his endearment. “All yours.”

Ben moved in behind her. “And mine.”

“And yours too.” She tipped her head back, resting it on Ben’s shoulder.

“Damn, there’s so much I have planned to do to you both I don’t even know when to start.” Ben winked at Todd, who grinned back.

“We have ten days. Plenty of time to make you scream.”

She smiled as she paused to sip her champagne. “Ready, willing and able any time you want. I’m always amenable to being made to scream by either of you.”

“And you do it so well.” Todd nuzzled her neck. She sighed, melting into his touch.

They stood like that for some time, just being with each other and enjoying it.

“Come on, you two. Let’s go for a walk and watch the sun go down.” Ben drained his glass.

Todd smiled. “Be back in a sec. Need to change.”

“Let me get a cover-up.” Erin bent to grab a gauzy, floaty thing she pulled on over her head.

Ben could hold her hand there. And Todd’s as well. No one was going to care, and if they did, he sure didn’t. This was the first vacation they’d had where they could all be open about who they were to one another. That, in and of itself, made the time and money it took to get there totally worth it.

Here, so far away from everything, there was no need to be on guard.

Erin returned to them both, taking their hands with a smile. And that smile was already less shaky than it had been even an hour before.

She put a hand on his chest and rested her cheek there a moment. “I’m all right.” She knew exactly what he was thinking. Amazing to be known so well.

“You’re more than all right. You’re perfect.”

She hugged him tight and he breathed her in.

“Love you.”

“Goddamn, me too, beautiful, me too.” Ben kissed the top of her head. Holding her was all he needed. Her body against his never failed to comfort, even as other parts of him were far more excited.

Todd came into the room wearing shorts and no shirt. His gaze snagged on Erin and then Ben. The heat between them was something Ben still found himself thrilled by. He’d never planned on Todd. Or Erin, for that matter.

It hadn’t been easy. Sometimes it had been lonely. But every single day Ben found a hundred reasons to love his life. And two of the biggest ones were right there at his side.

She turned, grabbing Ben’s hand and tugging. “Let’s go. I want to get my toes in the sand.”

Todd took up on her other side once they got down the stairs from their bungalow to the sand. The weather was perfect. June in Seattle was still cool and rainy, but the weather there was gloriously warm. The breeze kicked up the hem of her skirt, giving him a glimpse of her upper thighs from time to time, and he remembered back to when he’d first met her.

“You’re thinking. Should we be worried?” Todd winked at Ben.

“I was remembering one of the first times I’d met Erin. At your place. She had a little dress on, nothing tight or revealing, but when she bent I caught little flashes of the skin at the back of her thigh. She was yours. I tried to remind myself of it. But it was difficult. You made her come in the hallway right behind where I was sitting. Christ.”

Todd laughed. “I had her wear the egg and a harness on her clit. I played with her pu**y all night long.”

“You got off on doing it where he could hear.” Erin sent Todd a look.

“So did you.”

She glanced up at Ben, a smile on her lips. “I did.”

“A lot has happened since then, but every time I see some secret part of you, just a little forbidden slash of skin like just now in that dress, I remember that. I remember wanting you and Todd both and thinking it would never happen.”