“You wanted it exactly like the first threesome we had,” he explained slowly.

“Uh huh,” Melissa said.

“I didn’t come in her mouth.”

I blinked. “You didn’t?”

“I came all over her chest. You don’t remember?”

“I barely remember anything after I came last time,” I said with a chuckle.

“I don’t understand,” Melissa said, furrowing her brow in concentration. “The angle we were at, with me bent over the arm of the couch… how did it work?”

“Noah came, then we rolled her onto her back. That’s when I came on her chest. It was, uh, kind of her fantasy.”

“Oh.” Melissa blinked as she considered that.

“I’m… I’m sorry,” Ash said. Apologies were rare from the big man. “I couldn’t hold back.”

Melissa leaned over, held his face with both hands, and kissed him softly. “That’s an exception worth making. Ilovedthat all three of us came at the same time. That’s better than rolling me over and finishing by yourself.”

“You sounded like you had a big one,” I observed while gently caressing her thigh. She had the smoothest skin.

“Oh my God, yes!” Melissa said with a goofy grin. “The way you kept edging me before that, getting me closer and then denying me what I wanted, it made it so much bigger and more intense when Ididcome.”

“It sounded like it. It’s a good thing nobody lives near me or they probably would’ve heard.”

“Fuck, they still might have heard her all the way over at Jack’s place,” Ash muttered. “Practically pierced my ear drums.”

“Sorry,” she said.

Ash grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled her into another kiss. “Don’t ever apologize for coming that hard.”

As soon as he let go, I cupped her chin and pulled her tomylips. “Agreed. How do you feel? I was seriously afraid it would be too much for you.”

“I’m… a little sore,” she admitted, little spots of red touching her cheeks. “But I’m good! I can’t believe we just did that.”

“Next time, we’ll use real lube,” I promised. “It’ll be even easier.”

Next time. Implying we would do this again—potentially with Ash. I wondered if I had gone too far, had made an assumption that didn’t align with what she wanted. Maybe this was just a one-time thing for her, a bucket list item to be crossed off.

But she bit her lip, then gave me a peck on the cheek. “How did this compare to the first threesome you guys had?”

“It was better,” I said, which was completely true.

“Really?”

“Fuck yeah,” Ash agreed. “No question.”

We chatted about it a little more, and soon Melissa was snoozing with her head on my chest. I gently stroked her hair and glanced over at Ash.

“Glad she kissed you while climbing” I said.

“Me too,” he admitted.

“Did you know this might happen when you loaned her your bike?” I asked.

“I was just trying to be nice.”