Adams, Eve - Trio [Gideon's Ring 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free

doorway. He didn’t even hear the door open over the thumping of his pulse in his ears.
    “It’s time for you to leave, Gail.”
    “ Chris. ” She nodded once in a cool, aloof greeting. “ Always good to see you. ”
    “ Can’t say the same. You heard me. Go. ”
    Gail stiffened her spine. “ I see that famous Gideon charm runs through the blood of all of you. Are you all as perverted? ”
    Her words meant to strike at him, but Chris simply nodded and even tipped his hat. “ Yes, ma’am. ”
    “Come on, sweetheart.” Tom pulled her away. Her hand fell from Barrett’s shoulder, and the void ripped his world apart.
    When Gail let out a sob, he cringed. Her tears had already started.
    “ You okay? ” Chris put his hand on Barrett’s shoulder.
    He sucked in a long breath to keep his control in check. The old wood floor groaned and settled as the love of his life walked out on him with the devil on her arm, and still he didn’t release the breath. Not until he heard the large front door open and close did he finally let it out.
    He swallowed several times to push his emotions back down. As the oldest living Gideon in this family, he couldn’t let his little brothers see him like this. He had to remain strong, not broken like the way he really felt.
    “ I’m not going to say it. ”
    Barrett swallowed thickly. “ You couldn’t have predicted this. ”
    “ Is that so? ”
    He turned and looked into the hazel eyes of his closest relative, aside from his brothers. “ Chris, I really don’t need your ‘ I told you so ’ right now. ”
    “ Do something for me. ”
    Barrett frowned. “ What? ”
    “ I’m here to pin a sub. I’ll find her, but you pin her first. ”
    “ I’m really not up for it, ” Barrett said and shook his head.
    He dropped his shoulders as the weight of the world pulled him down.
    Chris flashed a crooked grin and patted Barrett’s shoulder. “ You are up for it more than you know, my friend. Trust me, this is exactly what you need. ”
    He gritted his teeth as every muscle in his body tightened with tension. Should he hide out in his room and wallow in self-pity? Was that the Gideon way?
    Hell no.
    With his chin up , and despite that he no longer felt anything but the harsh realization of the bitter truth, he answered, “I’m in.”
    “It started to snow, so the twins are moving the meet and greet to the bar so the guests can go out to the covered patio. Matt already has the heaters going.”
    “Fine. Give me an hour.”
    Chris nodded. “ Now that’s the Barrett Gideon I know. Turn this into a good thing. Gail doesn’t know what she’s given up. However, some young filly is about to find out. ”
    Barrett couldn’t agree more. He couldn’t let Gail’s betrayal affect him. Deep down he knew this day would come, as much as he’d done everything to ignore it. She may have let him have her body, but he never really had her heart. No, that belonged to Tom and always would.
    Maybe he should be more like Chris. He never kept the same woman around long enough to get attached and seemed happy enough. Without that emotional tie, Barrett could be free to really enjoy himself here at GR&L. No more guilt for participating in a weekend ménage.
    Gail knew what went on at the ranch and never said anything until now. Had he known how she felt would he have stopped participating? He shouldn’t be a third party in a ménage when he belonged to her. He laughed at the thought. Belonged? Hardly. He may have thought that, but Gail never reciprocated.
    Now he knew why. She just didn’t give enough of a shit about him to really care.
    With his head down, he hurried back up the stairs to his room, avoiding the watchful gazes of his kin and whatever guests had already arrived. He changed into the black head-to-toe attire each of the Gideons wore during the meet and greet. As one of the rules of the meet and greet, anyone dressed in all black had no ties and had come in search of nothing more