Page 80 of Brandy Snap: Part Two
“You’ll need to speak louder, Caspian. Kai and I didn’t hear you either,” I said as I wound my arm around her waist.
“I swear to God, you fucking—”
She cut Caspian off before he had more time to curse.
“Sin’s right. I missed that one, too. You’re going to have to say it properly.” She shrugged simply, and Kai’s laughter bubbled over, easing the tension between them.
“Mel.” Caspian’s deep voice rumbled through us as he stepped towards her. “I’m so fucking sorry I made such a baseless fucking assumption about your fucking life.”
“And?” she asked, arching a brow, her crossed arms loosening.
He ran his tongue over his teeth as he pulled back his anger, and I instantly sent him a wash of love. He twitched, but continued.
“And I’m fucking sorry I growled straight in your face instead of asking you what the fuck was going on.”
“And?” I said, failing to stop Kai’s happiness burning through me as my lips creased.
He shot me a scowl before turning back to her. “And I amsooofucking sorry that I have two absolute dickheads as mates, and that you have to put up with all fucking three of us tearing up your nest.” He forced himself to stop, his jaw tensing, his eyes dropping to the floor as proper regret flowed from him.
“Caspian, I…” She trailed off at his expression.
My heart beat one solid thud through me as I met the eyes of my mate, of the man I’d spent my entire life with.
And I wanted to hold him.
I couldn’t remember the last time I’d genuinely wanted to make love with him. I thought our focus was pleasing Kai, but that view was quickly changing as the cracks in our relationship were shining through. And Caspian and I had never been the most stable of partners.
But the sight of Caspian giving in to Melanie when all of his instincts were raging reignited my comfortable love for him.
As his eyes narrowed, I knew he felt it, too. Not just from me, but from the swirl of desire drifting through Kai’s scent, and the deep need and passion that hummed in Melanie’s aura.
He reached out, and both Kai and I nearly grabbed him to stop him. But he cupped her cheek and brushed his thumb over her bruise, and I melted as both of them met each other with softened looks.
“I mean it,” he mumbled as he brought himself closer. “I’m seriously fucking sorry.” He leaned down, his nose a hair’sbreadth from hers. “And I’ll only choke you again when you ask me.”
Kai let out the smallest groan, but even with both of us clasping her, the pair had fallen into their own world again.
Though it stung to be shut out, it filled me with hope that they might have reached a new understanding with each other.
I wanted to leave them together, to take time to resolve what had transpired between them. But it would result in them fucking on Melanie’s bare mattress while Kai and I loaded the van. And if the blood on Caspian’s shirt was anything to go by, it was vital we exited the building soon, or we would have to deal with the authorities directly instead of through Lily, who usually cleared up Caspian’s messes.
“What shall we do now, Melanie?” I asked. “There isn’t much left to pack.”
Her gaze drifted to me, as if she’d just remembered I was there, and another stab ran through me. But it was something I would have to get used to until we all shared bites and were bonded strongly enough to not let petty jealousy get in our way.
“It’s better if we get it over with,” she replied, her voice cracking as she tried to suffocate her pain.
Caspian stepped back, I released my hold, and Kai’s arms fell from around her shoulders as she stood on her own, and we waited for her direction.
Melanie
“Kai, we’re five minutes away from home. Just fucking stop,” Cas growled from the driver’s seat.
None of us could concentrate, because each time Kai pinched my nipple, I moaned, and he perfumed. We drenched the van in amaretto and brandy with caramel thickening the air. It would have been suffocating if Sin’s vanilla didn’t mellow it all out.
We sat in a row in the three-seater van. Well, almost in a row, because Sin adjusted me on his lap, his cock grinding into the seam of my ass.
Kai perched in the middle, wedged between us and Caspian, his hands brushing over my chest and thighs. He was doing everything he could to wind me up as Caspian grew tenser and tenser. And it was working.
