Page 60 of Dark Cravings

We danced the night away, stopping only for the occasional drink until we headed back to her place for the night. Exhausted from dancing, we just crashed on her bed, asleep before our heads hit the pillows.

THOMAS

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Igot to work early Friday night, feeling like I was on cloud nine. Things were going great with Kenley and Shelby. I wondered how I had ever questioned the fact we could work. Hell, it was hard not to kick myself for it but I didn’t want to live in the past. I wanted to look to the future and what that meant for the three of us. I was so busy thinking I wasn’t watching where I was going and walked right into something.

“Fuck, man. Something’s got your attention and it’s not looking where you’re going,” Chase chuckled.

“Oh, shit. Sorry, Chase. I was daydreaming instead of watching where I’m going.”

“Clearly. Could it possibly have something to do with two pretty ladies?”

“Maybe,” I laughed.

“I just hope you’re paying better attention at the door tonight.”

“Don’t worry. I’m just here to work on evaluations.”

“How are things with Shelby and Kenley?”

“They’re amazing. I feel like I’ve known them forever and been with them for even longer.”

“I can understand that. Don’t know how you handle two women, though. You’re a stronger man than me.”

We both chuckled at that. He had a point. I was pretty sure that, at times, it was going to be a lot handling them both. Thankfully, neither one of them was what I would consider to be high maintenance.

“Listen, I have you to thank for this working out how it has. I honestly can’t thank you enough. If not for you, I might have walked away from the best thing to ever happen to me.”

“I’m just glad I was able to help. It was so obvious to everyone not involved that you three were meant to be together. I just tried nudging you in that direction.”

“Well, it worked and somehow they came around too.”

“Yeah, you’re lucky as fuck,” he chuckled. “I don’t know about Kenley but, generally, when Shelby makes her mind up about something, she doesn’t change it. She must really feel something for you two.”

“I hope she does. It hasn’t been very long since we decided for good but we got to know each other so well in the process, I think I’m in love with them, Chase.”

“If you think you are, I’d say that you are, but being a pussy about it.”

“Seriously? That’s your advice? Stop being a pussy?”

“Yup. Listen, Thomas, don’t you think enough time has been wasted? For all you know, they’re waiting for someone else to say it first. They’re probably afraid of rejection.”

“So am I! If I say it too soon, I could freak one or both of them out and lose them.”

“And if you wait too long, they could think you’re just not that serious about them. Don’t wait on this, man.”

“Ugh, you’re probably right.”

“Of course I am,” he laughed. “Now, get to work.”

He smirked and walked away, leaving me a lot to think about. Was he right? Would waiting too long cause one of them to end it? Would doing it too soon do the same thing? I had no idea how to figure out what to do. What I knew for sure was that I didn’t ever want to be away from them. My life would be nothing without them.

Holy shit, I do love them!

At least that was one part settled. Now I just had to figure out when and how to tell them. First, I wanted to take them on a date that wasn’t at one of our homes or at the club. I wasn’t sure where I wanted to take them but I was thinking it was time for a vanilla experience. For the time being, though, I had evals to work on. I headed into my office and got to work, Shelby and Kenley never too far from my mind.

By the next morning, I’d figured out where I wanted to take them. I grabbed my phone and brought up our group conversation.

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