Page 55 of Hard Ride

“You’re worth it.”Quinn seemed dead serious.

“Okay, so hopefully you can work with me on this.”Ollie drew a deep breath then made his proposal.“I want to stick close to the tour bus when Kason, Kyra, and Van are on tour.”

“I fucking bet you do.”Gavyn smothered a chortle behind his hand.“You weren’t even gone for two whole days.Sounds like it was a productive outing, though.”

Ollie couldn’t help but grin in return.It had pretty much been the single greatest time of his life.“Yup.So, I was thinking maybe Kyra and Van could stay with me and when they’re prepping for shows, I could salvage places nearby.Since they travel the entire country, I could hit up places I don’t normally go and haven’t already rummaged through.”

“Let me get this straight…” Quinn deadpanned, making Ollie nervous as hell.“You want to ride around with Kyra and Van in your van?”

Gavyn howled with laughter, doubling over and clutching his gut.“Van in his van.Oh God, how didn’t we see that coming?Van in his van!”

Ollie smacked his palm against his forehead.Screw it, he laughed too.“Um, yep.Except I’d much rather be riding Kyra in the van, if you know what I mean.”

“I do.”Quinn slapped Ollie’s knee.“Hell yeah, that’s a great idea.Of course you should do that.And don’t come back until you’ve joined the club.”

“Which club would that be?”Ollie wondered if Quinn was referring to the fact that he and Trevon as well as Kason and Jordan were lovers in addition to sharing their women.It might not be the worst idea ever…

He instinctively sought out Van across the great room, their gazes colliding before he jerked his away and refocused on Quinn and Gavyn.

“The Happily Ever After Club, of course.”Gavyn looked at Ollie like he was dense.

“Ah, yeah.I don’t know if I can pull that off.But…I’d like to try, at least.”His stomach flip-flopped as he thought about how high the stakes were getting and how fast.Everything about it felt practically fated, though, so he plowed ahead.“I think they’re the perfect people for me.I just don’t know what I am to them.Maybe I’m a novelty.Maybe Van will get tired of sharing his woman with me.”

“Don’t let Kyra hear you say dumb shit like that.”Quinn shook his head.“She’s no one’s.Maybe she’ll be good enough to share Van with you.”

“Well, I don’t know anything about that.”Gavyn shrugged.“But you all seem happy tonight, more than I’ve seen you before, so that’s a great start.”

“Hey, don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it,” Quinn teased his friend.

“Pretty sure Amber would slice my dick off if I did.I mean, at least if I didn’t invite her too.”They all laughed at that.Mostly because it was true.

“What’s so damn funny over here?”Van asked as he approached with Kyra.

Ollie gulped, wondering how much the guys would divulge.

“The fact that it looks like you three are going to have to learn to squeeze into one bed on the road.”Quinn didn’t betray the most sensitive details of their discussion.

“We are?”Kyra asked, her voice definitely excited and not full of dismay.

“Would you like to try it?”Ollie asked her and Van.“Quinn says it’s okay if I follow along with the tour and salvage as we go.So if you want…you could stay with me.Both of you.”

“Wow.That’s…great!”Van picked Kyra up and spun her around.“A huge upgrade from separate bunks and zero privacy on the bus.”

None of them said it, but Ollie was pretty sure all three of them were thinking it.And liberty to get it on whenever we want.

“Seriously, Ollie.I would love that.”Kyra leaned down and kissed him, right there in front of their friends and anyone else who cared to look.Then she did the same to Van.

Quinn and Gavyn bumped fists like they had a plan and it was coming to pass exactly as they’d intended.Ollie eyed them suspiciously, but he was too damned ecstatic to care if they’d somehow played him.

“Guys, if you’ll excuse us.I think there’s something we have to do.”Ollie didn’t care if everyone knew thatsomethingequaled fucking.He needed Kyra, and to be closer to Van through their mutual enjoyment of her.Right then.He couldn’t wait for the reception to die down.With this crowd, it was likely to continue for the entire weekend anyway.

“Yeah, each other.”Quinn snorted.“Have fun.Be safe.”

Ollie nearly tripped at that.It occurred to him that they hadn’t been.Safe, that was.Neither he nor Van had worn a condom the day before and he’d been distracted enough that he hadn’t questioned it.

He grabbed one of Kyra’s hands and one of Van’s, in what was becoming his signature move, then practically dragged them outside.When they were alone, he said, “Um, it’s kind of late to be having this talk now, but…”

His concern must have been evident in his expression.

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