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"That doesn’t bother you?" I asked, surprised. He didn’t strike me as the type who would be good at sharing, but maybe I had gotten him all wrong. He shrugged.
"Look, if there’s one thing I’ve learned lately, it’s that not everything goes the way you think it’s going to," he replied. "And besides...I want Jo to be happy. That’s all I want. And if that means being with you, too..."
He trailed off. The two of us stared at each other, and the relief of knowing we could finally just be honest was intense. I didn’t have to hide from him, and he didn’t have to hide from me. We had more in common than I could ever have imagined; but most of all, we shared a care for Jo. A woman who accepted us, cared for us, and wanted the best for us.
"Then I’m fine with that," he finished up. He glanced at his watch, and something seemed to dawn on him.
"Hey, are you free this evening?" he asked. I nodded.
"I’m heading home after this," I replied with a frown. "Why?"
"I’ve got an idea," I told him. "You up for some fun?"
I grinned.
"Always."
Chapter Eighteen – Jo
I yawned as I made my way up the stairs, running a hand through my hair. God, it had been a crazy shift, and I just wanted to curl up in bed and get some sleep.
Even harder than usual, too, because I hadn’t had Avda or Sasha around to keep me company. Normally, at least one of them was on at the same time with me, and I had to admit, I didn’t like being out on my own. I missed them, and I wanted to know how that conversation between them had gone; Avda had promised me that he would talk to Sasha about their kiss, and I was curious to know how it had unfolded, whether Sasha had been willing to hear him out or if they’d gone back to the antagonistic shit they’d been pulling before.
I was still trying to wrap my head around what Avda had told me, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense that he had acted the way he did when I had told him about Sasha. He was resentful, pissed that Sasha seemed able to accept that about himself when he was doing everything he could to keep his own desires under wraps. Even harder when the guy he seemed to be crushing on was right there working with him, and he knew there was nothing he could do to act on it without giving something away.
I thought I would feel jealous of someone I was with having feelings for someone else, but with Avda and Sasha, it seemed...different. It didn’t bother me, didn’t spike my self-doubt the way I had imagined it might. I knew their feelings were different than the ones they had for me, and I couldn’t have expected them to just cram them down and ignore them as best they could.
And, honestly, deep down...there was a part of me that found them seriously hot, too. A part of me that really liked the idea of the two of them together. I knew the priority was about them accepting themselves, and how I felt about all of his really didn’t matter, but I couldn’t help but let my mind wander, sometimes, to how good they would have looked together. I already knew how hot they both were on an individual level, but together? Oh, it was enough to get me a little hot and bothered just thinking about it...
I unlocked the door to the apartment and slipped inside, expecting to be greeted by Catherine, dozing on the couch – but, instead, my jaw dropped when I saw who was waiting for me.
"Avda?" I gasped, as I stared into the kitchen, where Avda was filling up a glass of wine for me.
"Not just him," Sasha’s voice came from behind me. I turned, to see him emerging into the living room, a smile on his face.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, so dumbfounded I could hardly get the words out.
"I came by to let off the babysitter," Avda explained. "Sasha and I wanted to get the place cleaned up for you, get Kyra to bed, and get some groceries in before you got back."
"Why?" I asked, as Avda pressed the glass of wine into my hand.
"So you could relax," Sasha replied, slipping his arm around my waist and leaning down to plant a kiss on my neck. The easy, casual intimacy sent a little shiver along my spine – but he was doing it right in front of Avda. Wasn’t that a problem?
"You didn’t need to do all this," I told them. I couldn’t believe they had gone out of their way to take care of all of this for me – the entire apartment was sparkling, and I could see that the cupboards were just barely closed over all the food that had been loaded in there. I could have cried with gratitude – but, having them both this close to me, tears were the last thing on my mind.
"We didn’t have to," Sasha agreed, pulling me a little closer. "We wanted to, Jo. You deserve a chance to relax."
"I-"
"You’ve been so kind with both of us," Avda continued, cutting in, moving his hand to my chin and tilting my face towards him as he stood on the other side of me. "So accepting. You’ve helped both of us come to terms with who we are...the least we could do is give you a night to relax in return."
Having them both this close to me, God, it was electrifying. I could feel the chemistry burning in the air between us, around us, and I ached for more. Sasha nuzzled his face into my neck again, and Avda slowly sank his mouth into mine, tasting the wine on my lips. So being between these two was far more intoxicating than any merlot could ever have been...
I let out a soft moan, the warmth of their bodies on either side of me making my entire system tingle with excitement. Sasha moved his hand across my belly, teasing up the bottom of my shirt, and I swear, I nearly swooned into him. He turned his head slightly, lifting it a little, and, before I knew it, right in front of my eyes – Sasha and Avda were making out.
I gasped at the sight of it – I had never seen anything like it before in my life, but the desire that throbbed through every part of me in response was undeniable. Seeing these two men, these two gorgeous, masculine men, wanting each other, kissing each other, tongues in each others’ mouths as their hands were still on me...it was an indelible image, one that I knew had already burned itself into my memory.
"Bedroom," I breathed to them both as soon as they pulled away from each other. "Now."
