Page 54 of Harmless Scandals

“It's kind of fast.”

“Really? You’re worried about this going too fast? Are you kidding me?”

Joy danced around the edges of his heart, but there was also worry. Did she really love them or was she just half asleep and not knowing any better? Or maybe, she was confusing lust with love.

“It figures you're having second thoughts.”

“And you don't?”

He shrugged. “Not really. I told you. There was this connection with her. We both said we felt it.”

But did they feel it because it was real, or was it because they wanted to feel it? That she made them feel so good because together they made a good threesome?

“Hey, babe, stop worrying.”

He glanced at Adam. “That's usually my line.”

“Truth is, you're worrying because this is real. Before it was always just for fun, but now things are real. We aren't just hooking up for a good time.”

“I guess so.”

“I know so. Stop worrying. That's usually my job.”

He chuckled. “Yeah I guess so.”

“And don't let it mess up tonight. I know both of us have been hankering for her.”

That much was true. They'd been so tired on the job that they had fallen into bed together and not done much of anything else. Still, without her there, it felt like something was missing. That had never happened before.

“I guess so. But she was sleeping.”

“Like we would let that stop us. I can't wait to sink inside of her.”

Just hearing Adam put his own thoughts into words had his cock twitching. They’d made love every night they were gone, but as he had thought before, there had been something missing. Even when they were just sleeping, he knew both he and Adam had missed having Serenity in bed with them.

“Okay, I'll stop worrying, at least for tonight.”

It was so late that it only took them another twenty minutes to make it back to the house. Adam parked the SUV in front of their house. Mick slipped out of the vehicle, then grabbed his overnight bag out of the backseat. He started to follow Adam up the steps to the house, but stopped.

It didn’t feel right. And that was what had been freaking him out. Being in their house together, in this one and the ones they had lived in before this one had been one of the comforting feelings Mick had had. Now, it wasn’t the same if Serenity wasn’t there.

That one thought should have freaked him out a little. He liked to jump before thinking. It had worked for him in the past. Ignoring all those warnings, he made an easy decision.

“Hey, take this,” he said waiting for Adam to turn around before he tossed the bag toward him.

He turned on his heel and strode to her house. When he reached her front door, it was locked, of course. He knocked on it. Something crashed to the floor and then he heard a very grumpy Serenity cussing.

She opened the door. Her hair was a mess of curls on top of her head and she was wearing an old tank top with lettering so faded he couldn’t read it. It skimmed her thighs, and he noticed she was only wearing panties with it.

“What?”

She didn’t look like a woman who was welcoming one of her lovers home.

And in that instant, he knew he loved her. It had really crept up on him. Mick felt almost blindsided with the revelation.

“So, you just decided to knock on my door and stand there like an imbecile?”

That grumpy voice, along with her appearance, made it impossible to hold back. He grabbed her, then cupped her face with his hands. He couldn’t say the words, not yet. So, he dipped his head down and kissed her. Even irritated with him, she didn’t hesitate. Opening her mouth to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Slipping his hands down her body, he lifted her against him. Again, no hesitation. She wrapped her legs around his waist.

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