you okay with what happened?”
“Yes.” Tomi nodded. “I am.” She was more than okay with it, but she had to know that
he felt the same way. “Lincoln seems nice.”
Mitch continued to study her; the look on his face told her that he shared her concerns.
Tomi smiled at him, wanting to ease his worries — and her own. As long as he was okay, she
was fine.
Several long moments passed before Mitch”s face relaxed, and Tomi felt her fears begin
to evaporate. “So, you think he”s nice?” His voice sounded playful once again, and the smile
returned to his eyes when he looked down at her.
“Yes, I do.” She continued, “He”s really gorgeous too.”
“He”s okay.” His words were nonchalant, but the smile tugging at the corners of his
mouth gave him away.
Tomi leaned her head against his chest to hide her own smile. “Just okay, huh?”
“Yeah, he”s not bad, if you like the strong, sexy, Latino-stud type.”
Tomi leaned back and looked up at him again. “Oh, and you don”t?” His dismissive tone
didn”t fool her at all. She knew him as well as she knew herself. They had so many things in
common; their wants, needs, and desires were so similar, they often mirrored each other.
Whenever she saw him, it felt as if she were looking at a male version of herself.
Like her, Mitch didn”t discriminate between genders. He loved both women and men,
and so did she. Their tastes in members of the male sex were the same as well.
“Don”t get me wrong, he”s definitely my type.” Mitch laughed. “I was simply making an
observation.”
“Uh-huh, that”s what I thought.” Tomi”s laughter joined his. From his words, it was
apparent that Mitch liked Linc as much as she did. It would bother many people to hear their future spouse admit to an attraction to
another person. Fortunately, Tomi wasn”t one of those people. Mitch”s comments didn”t
bother her at all. Instead, they thrilled her and reminded her once again why he was the
perfect match for her.
They had a relationship that was far from orthodox. It was uninhibited and filled with
adventure. Those things that most people frowned upon — even condemned — when it came
to sex were the same things they found exciting and arousing. Having multiple partners was
something that many would view as an exception in a relationship, but for them, it had been
the norm during the years they”d been together.
Until recently.
Tomi”s joy left her in a sudden rush as thoughts of the last time Mitch and she shared
pleasure with another person raced through her mind and left her ready to scream and sob at
the same time.
The bitter betrayal of that experience had changed them. The months they”d spent
recovering left them hardened, feeling wary and unwilling to risk ruining their relationship
after spending so much time repairing it.
Since then, their sex life consisted of just the two of them. Tomi never imagined they”d
even consider including another person in their relationship again.
Until Linc.
With effort, Tomi pushed her negative thoughts to the side, refusing to allow them to
disrupt her happiness.
“I”m glad you invited Linc to dinner,” she said to Mitch. “I know we just met him, but I
like him. There”s something about him that feels right…” She paused and looked away,
unable to find the right words to describe the immediate attraction she”d felt, the
instantaneous connection she made whenever she met someone special. It was the kind of
reaction that was hard for her to explain — and even harder for others to understand, unless
they”d experienced it before.
Mitch”s hand caressed her cheek, and Tomi met his eyes again, taking comfort in the
look on his face that told her an explanation wasn”t necessary. He understood what she
meant; he”d experienced what she felt. It”d been that way between them when they first met.
“I know.” Those two words confirmed her thoughts. Mitch leaned