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Nerves have me pacing my living room in anticipation of Damian’s return with her. They walk in laughing and some of the anxiety eases, only to morph into something else. Willa is in nothing but a small T-shirt and smaller shorts.
“Look who I found,” Damian says, stepping behind her he wraps an arm around her stomach and pulls her into him. Every drop of blood in my body rushes to my dick. They look good together. I can’t imagine how good they’ll look naked and in my bed.
He’s so at ease with her, it’s astonishing, really. Damian has told me how long it’s been since he was with someone before he met me. And we took our time. With Willa, there’s little hesitation for him.
“He has his hockey legs out,” Willa whispers.
“What does that mean,” Damian asks, eyes smiling.
“His quads.” Her eyes drop to the hem of my shorts. “He has hockey quads. Aren’t they fabulous?”
Both of us laugh, because what the fuck?
“I’m going to start dinner,” Damian says, pressing a quick kiss to her temple. “Eggplant lasagna because someone told me vegetables are good for your sex drive.”
“He cooks,” she asks, tipping her chin up to me as I step in front of her, crowding her close enough to see every last freckle she has.
“Sometimes, he does. Hi,” I say, cupping her cheeks. They color the tiniest bit and it’s a fucking rush. Why did I fight this for so long? I can’t remember a single reason that makes sense. “You okay? You took off quickly this morning.”
“I am now. It was unexpected, is all.” She turns her head, rubbing her cheek into my palm.
“Guess I’m tired of resisting whatever this is between us,” I tell her, being honest with her for maybe the first time ever.
“Are you saying I’m irresistible, Zander,” she teases me after a beat or two, her mouth turning into a soft smile.
“Absolutely, gorgeous.”
“What is this between us?”
“Not sure,” I admit. Honestly, I don’t know where this will lead, or what I even have to offer. I don’t feel like it’s enough for anyone, let alone a Cole, a family I hold with such high esteem. Even if I’m successful in hockey, the life brings instability in so many ways. She knows that though, better than most. So why am I trying to talk myself out of trying? Again. “Something that could be explored with the three of us.”
“I can get down with some exploration.” There is not sexual inflection in her tone, but my man brain goes straight to the idea of exploring her body. Damian said she could be his and I can watch, but fuck that. He’s the voyeur, he can watch.
Or maybe we take turns, because damn, that sounds hot as hell too. My dick is ready to jump the gun, but we said we’d take this slow. Ease into the idea, see if this is something that works. So, I take her hand and pull her with me to the kitchen where we can help the third person in this experiment.
“What have you been working on lately,” I ask her as I check the noodles boiling on the stove.
“A paper about medical research being predominantly based on men only. Did you know that they only started testing tampons with human blood in 2023?”
“Seriously,” I ask.
“What did they use before that,” Damian follows up with his own question.
“Water or saltwater, mostly.”
“That’s ridiculous. I bleed enough to know blood and water absorb differently, and my blood isn’t like menstrual blood,” I say.
“I know,” Willa says with a heavy sigh. “Sorry, it’s probably not the best conversation while we’re about to eat.”
“I don’t think either of us are squeamish, beautiful,” Damian tells her, and I hum in agreement.
She talks more about the data she’s collected until we have the lasagna ready to go in the oven. I’m not a well-educated man so I’m glad Damian can keep up with her in that arena. And her with him. I take it all in though, knowing I can learn a lot from each of them, even though I don’t say much.
While dinner bakes, we get comfortable in the living room. Again, Willa ends up between the two of us. Except this time, she’s closer to me and Damian keeps a careful distance.
“Can you make it to my game tomorrow?”
“Who,” Willa asks.
