Page 55 of Holiday Home 5

“It happens from time to time,” Avril said, shrugging. Leaning deeper into him, her lips left a warm kiss on his shoulder, and her eyes smoldered like verdant fire as she looked up at him. “Now, spill the details. How did you get Victoriato become interested in you? You didn’t once come to me for any advice on our resident ice queen. Was Tess acting as my replacement?”

“She gave me some helpful nudges,” Liam admitted. “But if it’s not too arrogant of me to admit it, I actually took the lead—for once.”

“Oh? And how did it feel?” Avril kissed his shoulder again.

“Really nerve-wracking at times, but ultimately really good. Especially with how things have worked out.”

Avril nodded sagely. “See? It always feels good to go on the hunt. I’ve been trying to get Anna to learn that same lesson.”

“I’m coming along at my own pace,” Anna complained from his other side. She’d wrapped her arms around his right arm, which kept her wonderful breasts pressed against it. “A little less teasing, please.”

Avril bent to the left and beamed at her best friend. “Never been prouder of you than I was last night.”

Anna blushed. “I would hope you’d be prouder of me when I do something good for other people, not just when I’m willing to play strip poker.”

“Playing strip pokerwassomething good for other people. Me and Liam.”

Anna huffed but mimicked Avril’s earlier gesture. Kissing him on his upper arm, she made it clear that she didn’t intend to let go of him anytime soon. Neither woman intended to. This wastheirtime with him, away from the professors.

“But also, she’s proud of you when you do those other good things,” Liam said, nudging Avril with his arm.

“But of course,” Avril said. “I’ve always been proud of you, Anna, since the day we met. You’re a way better person than I am. When it comes to that sort of stuff, being giving and kind to strangers, I try to imitateyou.”

“On the day we met, you pulled my hair and threw mud at me,” Anna quipped dryly.

“Since the dayafterwe met,” Avril quickly corrected.

“Everybody learns from everybody,” Liam said. “Makes the whole world go ‘round.”

Both women nodded. Not much more time passed before he kissed one of them. Intentionally, he started with Anna. Blushing though she might have been, she let it happen. More than that, she arched onto her toes once she saw him staring into her eyes. Permission. Consequence.

He kissed her softly, lovingly, so enthralled by the tenderness and shapeliness of her lips. He felt her arms tighten around him, and he absorbed the warmth spilling off her body. Her eyelashes fluttered with satisfaction as their kiss ended. If it’d just been the two of them, he’d have gone right back in for another.

But he wasn’t, and they’dbothknown that. Before she could clear her throat impatiently, Liam turned toward Avril. Her emerald eyes shone excitedly, expectantly. He didn’t leave her waiting for very long.

A little deeper, a little longer, he and Avril kissed. Her grip around his arm loosened, which was only so she could sling her arms around his neck and keep him in place as their mouths met. Her fingertips skimmed across his thundering pulse as they made out. Avril was smiling when they finally pulled their lips apart.

“You two are both amazing,” he said, slightly breathless.

Their eyes hadn’t cooled, however. It wasn’tjustthis. They wouldn’t be heading back to shore for a while.

He kissed them both, again and again. Trading off like a kid who couldn’t decide which thrilling roller coaster was his favorite, Liam made sure to give them equal attention, equal fervor, and equal love. While kissing Anna, Avril ran her handsdown to feel his cock through his swim trunks. When he shifted back to Avril, Avril found her best friend’s wrist, then draggedherhand down to his erection. For the next fifteen minutes, there was pretty much always a hand in that vicinity.

He wrapped his arms around their narrow waists, keeping them close—not that either of them would have let the current separate them from him. He kissed Avril’s neck, eliciting a happy purr from her. He nibbled at Anna’s ear, causing her to shiver and briefly add a second hand to his engorged manhood.

“If you want it, you’ll need to ask for it,” Avril whispered into his ear at one point, and he didn’t need her to clarify what “it” was.

He ended his kiss with Anna. Looking between both women, arms slowly bringing them closer together, he asked for it.

“Will you two kiss one another?”

Avril didn’t say anything. She didn’t do anything. She, like him, waited for Anna’s answer.

“Okay,” Anna said. She leveled only a single stipulation at Avril’s excited smile. “But only when Liam’s around.”

“Of course,” Avril said. “At your pace.”

Their kiss was short but unforgettable. Avril closed most of the distance between their mouths, but she ultimately waited for Anna to bring their mouths together. After only a moment of collecting her courage, Anna did so.

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