Page 16 of Hot Neighbor Summer

"Does it, though?" I groan. "I'm confused as fuck. Sorry, guys. I might sit this one out and just enjoy the view."

Stellan snickers. "Why do I have a feeling you're not talking about the lake."

"Because I'm not." I drop my cards onto the table. "I've got two extremely sexy men sitting in front of me. Who the hell cares about some dumb lake?"

They both chuckle, and there really is nothing better in the world than making the men I love happy.

Yes,love.

I know it's still early in our relationship, but despite our rushed start, we've fallen into a nice weekly routine, spending our weekends together hiking, out on the lake, or fucking each other's brains out.

He complements us perfectly, but more than that, he brings out an entirely new dynamic. And now Stellan and I are finding ourselves shifting into the new reality taking shape as the three of us form it together. The unexpected thing is it's made my already big love for Stellan grow even more.

But there is one problem, though—Bailey not being here five days out of seven. Luckily, Stellan and I have been working on an idea to remedy that.

An idea we intend on proposing to Bailey tonight.

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Stellan

"Congratulations," Bailey says with a smile after I slam my cards down with a dramatic flourish. "You've won again."

I lean back in my chair with an innocent shrug. "Guess I’m just that good."

Bailey rolls his eyes. "You're still trailing me in theoverallgame count, mister."

I chuckle and pinch his side. He lets out a squeal, and I pull him onto my lap. We start making out like horny teenagers.

"What happened to the card game?" Duke asks, returning with some more of his delicious peach and mint iced tea.

"You can't leave us alone," I tease even though he totally can.

The three of us have spoken about it and agreed to only and always play together. Flirting and kissing is allowed with just two of us, but never anything more. It's a line we're all comfortable with.

Duke pours the iced tea, and as he does, I make eye contact with him. He nods, letting me know it's time to raise our idea with Bailey.

I take a sip and turn to the guy who's stolen our hearts. "So, Duke and I have been doing some thinking."

"Is it about outlandish sex positions you'd like to put me in?" he quips.

"Always," I deadpan. "But no, this is actually serious."

"Oh, okay." Bailey sits up taller, giving me his undivided attention.

"We hate that you're unhappy in your job," Duke says.

"And we hate that your job takes you away from us," I say because that's equally as true. "So, we'd like to run an idea by you."

"As you know, we're going to be building some low-cost housing," Duke explains, and Bailey nods. "And we're a little?—"

"Fucked," I supply.

Duke grins. "I was going to sayin over our heads, but yeah,fuckedworks, too. We didn't appreciate how involved this was going to be."

"We naively thought we'd get a few permits, hire some contractors, and boom, done."

"Well,Iwasn't that naive, but we did severely underestimate how much work was involved and how complicated it would be," Duke says. "We've come to the conclusion that we need a project manager. Someone who knows real estate and has drive and ambition and is a go-getter."

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