“Guess you worked things out.” David chuckled and crossed the room to stand beside me.
We had… for now. But there was a big chance I’d have to give them up. Ethan promised to stay with me. I trusted that he would, but damned if I’d be the reason they lost their jobs and their credibility. Did I have the strength to leave if it came down to that? Staring into Ethan’s eyes, I knew I’d have to. He made promises now based on his feelings. Those would change to resentment over time if he was forced to give up his job that he loved. I was not more important than his career.
I had to be okay with that. I’d fashioned an entire book after him, and the character people fell in love with was the one with the big feelings, the hidden emotions, and the gruff exterior. The one who would do anything for the woman he loved. That woman had to be worthy of that love. She had to be willing to give up her own happiness for his. Right? Wasn’t that how it worked?
Fuck, I was so confused.
Muffled voices carried through the ringing in my ears. When had that started? I’d been so wrapped up in my thoughts that I missed it.
“Rebecca.” David tipped my face up toward him. His brows pulled low in a look of concern. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Everything.” I sighed and rubbed a hand over my face. “Fuck if I know. I just feel like everything is about to fall apart.”
“It won’t,” Cole reassured me from the other side.
I stood in a cocoon of male bodies. They surrounded me with love and comfort, and I sank into the feeling. I might never get another chance. Everything could change tomorrow. I might be forced to give them up. Dean Scott might encourage me to put off my degree. Either way, my time with them was not infinite. Before it imploded, there was one thing I needed.
“We’re not going to lose you.” Cole leaned in close enough to kiss my ear.
I gathered up all my courage. “I want to have one night with all of you.” One night of beautiful bliss in case things turned to shit. “Are you all willing to have sex with me at the same time?”
I’d never heard three men agree on anything as fast as they did.
30
REBECCA
We made it back to my apartment in record time. Thank God none of them had afternoon classes or we’d have been in trouble. Once I knew they were willing, it turned me on so much that I’d never have made it through the day. My mind spun out possibilities on what I might experience until I had myself so churned up, I worried I’d explode the minute one of them touched me.
I’d driven by myself with Cole, Ethan, and David driving over in Ethan’s car. When I stepped toward the door, they were right behind me, bodies pressed in tight and the electric zip of sex sending tingles along my skin.
Doubts and fears had no place inside me when they looked at me with complete love and adoration. David and Cole hadn’t given me confessions of love, but they showed it in every touch, every look we shared.
I unlocked the door and bent to scoop up Fitz before he tried to run outside.
Ethan closed and locked the door. Pure, masculine energy radiated from him. I’d thought my house was big enough to hold us all, but they shrank the space with their raw desire until every breath pulled us closer together.
I put Fitz down and tried to smile. “How does this work?”
“Fuck if I know.” Cole stalked toward me and swept me into his arms. “We’ll figure it out.” With that promise, he kissed me.
Desire bolted through my body, turning my bones liquid. I held the back of his neck and leaned into the kiss.
David moved behind me, his fingertips skimming my bare arms and trailing down my spine as I shuddered with need. Cole broke off the kiss and Ethan took his place. “Let’s go to the bedroom. I need you naked and screaming.”
We fumbled our way to my room, stealing kisses and caresses along the way. “I don’t want to stop until you’ve all come inside me.” All at the same time. Different times. I didn’t care. All my body knew was that I had to have them.
Cole ran a hand down his pants and groaned.
Everything else in my life might be spiraling out of control, but I could hold onto this. I would have this—even if it never happened again and became a memory to cherish—for the rest of my life. The dean’s warning invaded.
“We can take it slow.” David tugged my shirt over my head. His pupils dilated, obliterating his irises. “This is our first time like this. It won’t be our last.” He cupped my breasts and flicked his thumbs over my nipples. “We won’t let it be the last.”
His promise soothed the angst, but I knew I’d never let them lose their jobs for me if I could prevent it.
Cole unhooked my bra and slid the straps off my shoulders, following the path with his lips. His hips ground against my ass. With him behind me and David in front, I couldn’t see Ethan. I could barely keep up with two men. How was I going to manage a third?
Ethan closed in from my right side. David lowered his head to my breast and sucked on a nipple. Every pull sent pulses across my clit. I moaned and held onto his shoulders. Ethan hiked my skirt up my thigh and cupped my sex. “You’re so fucking hot, Rebecca. You’re burning up for us, aren’t you?”