Mercy (Salacious Players Club, #4)

by Sara Cate

“Why? I give great dating advice.” She laughs. “Your ex-girlfriend is now dating your dad, so…”

“What kind of older brother would I be if I let you go to D&D night without me?” “Technically…I’m closer to being your step-aunt.”

I’m not afraid of spending my life alone. I actually like being alone, but I’m tired of being unfulfilled and I’m terrified the best years of my life are behind me, and unlike being a sexy rich man in his forties, I’m a thirty-four-year-old workaholic woman that never gets to play the starring role in anyone’s fantasy.

I’m not talking about a date. I’m talking about fucking. Just a hookup. You’ll be in control. You can tell me to do whatever you want. Use me. You want me to lick your pussy for two hours straight, I will. You want to strap me to your bed and ride my dick like a bicycle, you can.

And maybe I’m making this assumption too fast, but everything about the way he’s standing here now, staring down at me with a smirk and a willingness in his eyes says…this guy wants to be my fuck boy, and God help me…I want to let him.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” she says, and I’m already leaning back in again as I reply. “Then punish me for it.”

“I’m going to use you, Beau. In fact, when you’re here, you’re not Beau anymore. We are not friends or lovers or acquaintances. You are my property to do whatever I want with, and if you deserve it, I’ll punish you. It will hurt, and I’ll try to make sure you don’t enjoy it. But if you earn it, I’ll reward you, and I’ll make sure you do like it.”

“Good boy,” she replies, and I never thought I’d like to hear those words so much, but I swear my legs almost give out under me. “What about this?”

But I take my punishment in stride. There’s something strangely gratifying that comes with getting what you deserve. Because, once I’ve paid the price, I don’t have to live with the guilt anymore.

“You’re mine, Beau Grant. Do you hear me?” She’s leaning in, about to press her mouth to mine again.

“Knowing you’re mine and no one else’s…it makes me wet for you, Beau.”

I am inside her, and it’s never struck me so powerfully as it does in this moment with her.

All I know is that I am hers—in all the ways. And I did not see that coming.

I’m falling for my friend’s son. And it didn’t happen slowly. We collided like two stars moving in the same direction for longer than we knew. There was no changing course or avoiding it. I didn’t mean for it to happen. But there’s no going back now.

This is the woman of my dreams. I never fucking knew it until now, but I literally couldn’t imagine anything hotter than the sight before me at this very second.

She’s leaving in ten days. We’re leaving in ten days.

No one could ever fill the hole in my life the way Beau can. Together, we are complete.

“I’m not perfect, by any means. But I want to be…for you. I’ve never been in love before,” he says, and my breath hitches. “I thought I was. But it never felt like this. I never wanted to be better for anyone. Maggie…my heart is yours. Do whatever you want with it.”