Page 47 of Fatal Temptation

“That was for you and the others are awake now.”

He pulled a face and cleared his throat as he untangled his legs from Lucas to sit up. He glanced around, looking for his pants and shirt. He did not want to be in only his boxers when the others came downstairs.

He found his pants and put them on faster than he’d ever put pants on before, ignoring Lucas’ low huff of laughter. Lucas stood and Akio stopped his search for his shirt to look at the man’s muscular chest for a moment, a cheeky smile finding his lips when Lucas noticed. The man didn’t seem inclined to dress, remaining in just his sleep pants, the visible bulge in the front of them making Akio nearly swallow his tongue.

Lucas simply smirked at him, that ego of his only getting bigger. He couldn’t help it, though. The man looked like a god.

Lucas disappeared into the kitchen while Akio grabbed his shirt off the floor and tugged it over his head, jumping when he heard footsteps on the stairs.

He nearly breathed a sigh of relief when it was Chris who appeared around the corner.

“Happy birthday,” Chris said and from the teasing look he gave him, he knew they’d all heard, and his face got flaming hot.

He dropped his head into his hands, his ass hitting the couch as he wished it would just swallow him up.

“I’ll try to keep your brother from killing him,” Chris said.

Akio looked up at Chris through his fingers, an embarrassed sound escaping him.

“I make no promises, though.”

He squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head.

“I’m so sorry,” he whispered, turning his head when he felt Chris sitting down on the couch next to him.

“Don’t be. I get it. Iwasengaged to him,” Chris said with a wink.

“Oh, my god,” he said under his breath. If it was possible to blush any harder, he would have.

Chris laughed, his eyes sparkling deviously.

“Should you be talking about me?”

Akio turned his head to see Lucas standing in the doorway, shoulder leaning against the doorframe, one foot cocked behind the other. He was looking at Chris with a raised brow and an amused expression on his face.

“You don’t like us comparing experiences?”

Akio nearly got whiplash from how fast he snapped his gaze back onto Chris.

“What would be the point? I’ve evolved a lot since college,” Lucas said, his voice going down an octave and causing a shiver to rock through Akio who had to dig his fingers into his thighs to try and stave it off.

Chris hummed, head tilting to the side.

“Well, perhaps then, the point is for my husband to overhear,” Chris said, lips quirking up at one corner. “He can get a little jealous sometimes and you know what he does when that happens?”

“Shoots me?”

“Possibly, but I was mostly referring to what he’ll do after.”

Akio slapped his hands over his ears, muttering, “Nononono.Nuh-uh.”

Chris laughed, low and heartedly.

“Paybacks a bitch, huh?”

Akio gasped. “It wasn’t even my fault.”

“Oh, it most certainly was,” Lucas said, his voice husky.

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