“Hear, hear,” said Steve. “I’d drink to that if this wasn’t a working vacation.”
“Not all work,” she reminded them. “You’re taking me out for dinner on my birthday.”
“Yeah, we are.” Jonathan paused. “And we had another idea, if you’re into it. The three of us discussed it, but it’s entirely up to you.”
She sat up at the uncertain tone in his voice. “What kind of idea?”
“Well…” Jonathan looked at the others before he continued. “You know how Berlin is famous for its night life? For its huge, crazy nightclubs? It’s, uh, famous for its sex clubs, too. We did some research and it turns out there’s a place not far from this hotel that, uh, sounds like a lot of fun.”
Ruby had never heard Jonathan “uh” like this. But, God, she believed he was talking about taking her to a sex club in Berlin.
“It’s called Revolver,” said Ethan. “It’s got all these rooms and tunnels and levels, and techno music, and kinks for anyone and everyone. Rope, bondage, private rooms, sex furniture.”
“Sort of like Jon’s apartment,” Steve quipped.
Jonathan leaned to shove him and ended up squishing Ruby between him and Ethan. After a short tussle, Ethan shoved Jonathan back and addressed Ruby again.
“We didn’t think you’d probably been to a place like that before, especially here, in the worldwide capital of decadence.”
“Hell, I’ve never been to a Berlin kink club either,” Steve said.
“We thought it would be a fun birthday present since you’re missing out on Vegas. What do you think, Rube? Are you interested in going and, you know, hanging out with the three of us?”
“No pressure,” added Jonathan. “It’s up to you.”
Ruby had no idea what to say. This was so unexpected. She wanted to check out this Revolver place, of course, but she wasn’t sure what they were suggesting. To swing by the club after dinner and hang out as tourists, voyeurs?
Or to join in the fun?
“I want to go,” she said. “Yes, I want to. I mean, all of us would go? Together?”
“Yeah.” Ethan took her hand and squeezed it. “And we could do as much or as little as you wanted.” He paused and looked at the other guys. “One thing we’ve talked about over these past few months is what a pleasure it is to…to be with you in our…our various ways. You’re so adventurous, so up for anything. Seems a shame to go to Berlin and not set you loose in one of its kinky sex clubs.”
“I wouldn’t want to be loose,” she said. “You guys would stay with me, right? You’d be with me the whole time?”
“Of course we would,” said Steve. “And we’d leave together whenever you were ready to go.”
She looked between the three of them. “Who came up with this idea? I mean, I love it, but who thought of this?”
“We’ve all been thinking of it,” said Jonathan. “Playing with you together. You’re so much fucking fun.”
“Not that you have to play with all of us together.” Steve arched a brow. “Although I’d love to see you out of your element for once. And Jonathan would love to see you cry.”
“That’s true, but I can do that on my own,” said Jonathan.
“Yes,” she said, speaking over their exchange. “Yes, I want to go to a sex club with all of you, and get kinky and do what the wild Berliners do. This is going to be so much freaking fun. But won’t we be tired the next day at the final rehearsal?”
“Well, we’re here,” said Ethan. “We have to take advantage, even if we have to drink extra coffee the next morning.”
Holy shit, after all her fantasizing, and trying to hide her slutty desire for a foursome, they were offering it to her as a birthday present. It was a thousand times better than Vegas would have been.
“That’s settled then,” said Jonathan. “For now, though, we need to sleep so we can keep ourselves on Berlin time.”
In other words, no hookups tonight, even though Ruby was wound up with excitement for her birthday adventure. How would they make it through tomorrow, knowing this was coming? How would they make it through dinner that night?
That was the fun, she supposed. Anticipating.
Oh God, she couldn’t wait.
3.
The following day was busy, taken up with introductions at the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as two rehearsals: one private, in their penthouse hotel suite, and one public, with the Philharmonic conductor and musicians. By that evening, Ruby was too tired to obsess about her upcoming sex club adventure, although her birthday was the next day.
The guys woke her in the morning by piling onto her in bed and singing an a capella, harmonized rendition of Happy Birthday. She called them showoffs, because she couldn’t sing at all, and then room service showed up with warm strudel and cream for a special breakfast. They knocked in the nick of time too, because she was pretty sure Jonathan was gearing up to give her a birthday spanking. Ethan would have been happy to tie her up for it, or Steve could have held her down…