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her.”
    Even as he said it, guilt flooded him. He was so going to hell. Burn in hell. For
     an eternity.
    “Just make sure you don’t hurt her,” Jace said in a carefully controlled voice. “And
     I mean in any way, Gabe. You keep your hands off her. You respect her absolutely.
     Don’t ever cross the line with her. You’ll answer to me if you do.”
    Gabe swallowed back the surge of anger at Jace’s threat. He couldn’t blame Jace for
     protecting Mia. In his place he’d be doing the same. But it irritated him that Jace
     had so little faith in him that he thought he’d destroy an innocent.
    But wasn’t that what he was doing? Using her for his own pleasure? Uncaring of anything
     but the fact he possessed her?
    “Understood,” he said through clenched teeth. “Now if we’re done, I have work to get
     to.”
    “Ash and I have an early dinner tonight. Business thing. We’ll wrap up early, though.
     Want to meet for drinks after?” Jace asked casually.
    It was a peace offering. After the dressing-down, Jace was attempting to smooth it
     over. Let Gabe know that things were cool.
Fuck.
Gabe had plans with Mia. Nice dinner. And fucking was definitely on the agenda.
    Hell.
But he didn’t want to fuck things up with Jace and Ash either. If he was going to
     pull this off he had to find a very delicate balance between keeping his time with
     Mia secret and also not withdrawing from Jace and Ash.
    “Make it later. Nineish,” Gabe said, already working it out in his head how to handle
     it with Mia.
    Jace nodded. “Works for me. I’ll let Ash know.”

chapter nineteen
    Mia looked up when Gabe entered the office and a flutter began deep in her belly when
     he locked the door behind him. She knew what that meant. She regarded him cautiously
     as he stalked toward her, his eyes glittering with lust—and need.
    “Gabe…” she began. “Jace is here. I mean he’s back early.”
    He never paused. He hauled her out of her chair and propelled her toward his own desk.
    “Neither Jace nor Ash will disturb me when my door is closed. They’re busy making
     plans for their business dinner tonight.”
    The sentences were clipped, as if he didn’t like having to explain himself. Well fine,
     but she wasn’t going to be blindsided by her brother trying to get through the door
     when Gabe was doing God knew what to her behind that locked door. Jace and Ash were
     both used to having unfettered access to Gabe’s office. She had no idea how he was
     going to continue their office debauchery with her brother lurking.
    He reached underneath her skirt and his hand froze when he encountered panties. Damn
     it. She’d forgotten. She hadn’t even given it any thought. Putting on panties was
     second nature. Who actually gave thought to not wearing them? She’d been tired from
     Gabe’s ceaseless demands the night before, and it had slipped her mind to leave the
     underwear off.
    “Take them off,” he demanded. “The skirt too, and then bend your ass over my desk.
     I told you what would happen, Mia.”
    Oh shit.
Her ass was still sore from the previous night and now he planned to spank her again?
    Reluctantly, she tugged down her underwear, letting them fall to the floor. Then she
     slipped her skirt off, leaving her naked from the waist down. With a sigh, she leaned
     forward on his desk.
    “Lower,” he ordered. “Lay your cheek on the wood and perch that ass in the air for
     me.”
    Closing her eyes, she complied, wondering for the hundredth time if she’d lost her
     fucking mind.
    To her utter shock, his fingers slipped between her ass cheeks, well lubricated as
     he pressed against her anal opening. His fingers left and then returned with more
     lubricant as he gently worked the opening.
    “Gabe!” she gasped.
    “Shhh,” he reprimanded. “Not a word. I have a plug I’m putting in your ass. You’ll
     wear it for the rest of the day, and before you go home, you’ll come to me so I can
     remove it. Tomorrow morning when you come into work, the very first thing you will
     do is present that pretty ass for me so I can put it back in. You’ll wear it the entire
     time you’re at work and only remove it at the end of the day. Each day I’ll go up
     a size until I’m satisfied that you can take my dick in your ass.”
    He followed his words with the blunt end of the plug, pressing against her tight ring.
    “Relax and breathe out, Mia,” he said. “Don’t make it harder than it needs to