Page 50 of Just Between Us

“Okay, you three, stop flirting,” Kez says. “Kai, we are going to dance. Come with us?” She doesn’t let him respond, pulling him up and dragging him into the mess of writhing bodies. I lean into Cole, the tequila working its magic and making everything hazy at the edges and warm.

“Having an awful time?” I look up at my boyfriend.

He plants a small kiss on my lips. “Do I look like I am?”

I assess his face, even though he has not had anything to drink, he looks relaxed.

“Surprisingly no,” I say.

“I’m happy wherever you are, Evie,” he whispers, grinning.

I snort, but before I can say anything, a voice comes across me. Mia, I think, one of Kez’s friends leans over to grab a bottle of water from the table.

“Are you two together?” she asks.

I look at Cole and smile. “We are.”

She pouts slightly. “Well, if you are looking to have some fun later on, let me know.”

I open my mouth slightly. It’s been a while since we’ve been prepositioned so openly. Usually, most people just stare. I suppose she is conventionally attractive, the kind of attractive that could make her money without saying a word with long blond hair and naturally full lips. She’s the kind of girl I would have happily slept with before Cole and probably the kind of girl Cole would have gone for before me.

My eyes drift to Kai who is in the middle of Kez and her other friends, hips moving along with them. He’s mesmerising.

“Oh, I get it,” she says after a moment, pulling my attention back to her. “You’re both looking at him like you want to devour him.” She points her chin toward Kai. “Lucky him.”

I don’t know who the lucky one is. I’m caught in the way Kai moves against Kez, holding her hips and moving her body against his. The other girl’s arms go over his shoulders to touch Kez and it’s spellbinding how perfect Kai looks, slotted between them.

“Want to dance?” Cole whispers in my ear.

My attention snaps back to him and his eyes are shining, nothing but mischief behind them. I look back at Kai, still between Kez and her friend then hold my hand out to Cole.

“Thought you’d never ask.”

The music pumps from the speakers and Kai moves between Cole and I. His arms go around me, the material from his clothes somehow starting a fire on my skin. He leans back into Cole, eyes hazy from the alcohol and a smile dancing on his lips. Behind him, Cole wraps his arms around his waist, pulling him flush against him.

I want to taste his lips. I want to kiss him just like I did during the exhibition and outside his apartment building. His eyes meet mine and he smiles, eyes heady with desire. It’s like he’s daring me, and I don’t want to refuse him. I don’t think I’d ever want to.

I move to him, placing my hand at the base of his neck to pull him in and it’s like the world around the three of us melts away, the music slowing, the laughs muting. He tastes like tequila and something sweet and he parts his lips easily, letting me take charge.I revel in the quiet moan that escapes him as he bunches my t-shirt in his fists.

I pull away for a second, watching Cole trace the column of Kai’s neck with his lips. Kai’s head falls back against him, mouth parted, his eyes fluttering under the lights. Heat travels down to my cock again and I’m hard in an instant. Watching my boyfriend with someone else shouldn’t be this hot but here we are.

Kai leans back and whispers something in Cole’s ear. His eyes meet mine and he smirks. Somehow, I know what he’s thinking when he takes Kai’s hand and leads us through the crowd. I don’t miss the way Kez looks at us as we move past her and her friends.

We end up in the private bathroom upstairs and in a second, Kai’s mouth is on mine, his lips tracing the column of my neck as I fumble for the button of his jeans. Electricity ripples on my skin and everything feels hot, despite the blasting air conditioner above us.

“I have a plug in,” Kai whispers against my mouth.

I pause, realising that’s what he said to Cole downstairs. Behind him, Cole grins. “Did you have it in you this entire time?” I ask, breathless.

Kai smiles, a little sheepishly. “Put it in when I got to your place earlier. I wanted it to be a surprise.”

Oh fuck, I think, remembering when he’d escaped to the bathroom earlier. My cock thickens in my pants, and I know Cole is hard too. His eyes gleam with lust and I want them both so badly it hurts.

“Aren’t you full of surprises,” I say, leaning against the black granite of the sink. The walls in here are a matte black stone, the golden lights stuck into the dark ceiling above us.

“Tell us what you want,” Cole says, and the look on Kai’s face is priceless. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights.

I tilt my head to the side. “C’mon, baby, you started this,” I say, grinning. “What do you want?”

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