“Calm down,” Reid commanded tersely. He had to try to think,did his flash drive he pack have any of those seasons on it? It didn’t matterhe could find it online one way or another. “We will watch at least one seasontonight.”
“Is it a show?” Everly was still confused.
Turning in his seat, Zane kissed her. “It’s not just a show!It’s the namesake of our future child. Of course, we will spell it with a Z,and it’s the only show will be watching for the next few weeks.”
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Leaning with one foot on the window’s ledge, Reid took aheavy gulp of water from his water bottle. Behind him, he could hear the metalclang of the barbell being placed back on the rack as Zane finished his lastset. The spacious gym their condo offered overlooked the busy downtown Torontostreets. Upstairs in their penthouse, their bedroom enjoyed the same view, Reidwondered if Everly was up yet from her nap to even enjoy it.
That morning, all three of them attended her digital artistsconvention with her at the nearby convention hall. Thousands of people walkingfrom booth to booth, attending various panels and discussions, by the time theyleft Everly was practically dead on her feet.
Taking his position next to him, Zane leaned backward on thewindow wiping the sweat from his face with the tail end of his shirt.
“So, are we going back to the convention tonight? I knowEverly said there was a guest speaker talking this evening she was interestedin.”
Reid thought about the image of her exhausted sleeping facewhen they left her a couple hours ago and shook his head. “I highly doubt shehas it in her to go again tonight.”
“Mmm,” Zane agreed as he cracked open his own bottle ofwater. “Well, that leaves this evening free, and tomorrow she goes back to theconvention on her own while we do the meeting with the clients and then if wewant we can fly home tomorrow night.”
Reid just stared at the skyline as he downed the rest of hiswater, the plastic bottle crackling in his hand as it emptied. Zane’s attemptat dancing around his not so secret desire to go home earlier than planned waspainfully obvious. Zane wanted Everly back home in the safety—captivity—oftheir cabin. When Reid told him that Everly would be attending the conventionon her own tomorrow the man visibly paled. For Zane, he wasn’t ready to put hisfaith in her not leaving them, and nor would he until Zane heard the three wordsfrom her they both have been dying to hear. Until then Zane didn’t want her outof his sight.
Reid liked to think he was far less psychotic than hisyounger brother. Not that the severity of his love for her was any less, Reidjust understood that they needed to let go ofsomeof the chains oftheir love or else they were going to crush her under the weight of them.
“I would rather fly during daylight hours for safetyreasons,” Reid replied evenly.
Zane stepped away from the window with a grunt. “Well, Iwant to finish watching Xena tonight, so let’s order from the Mediterraneanplace.”
“Everly may want to go out tonight since we are rarely inthe city,” Reid added.
Zane looked thoughtful for moment. “Then we can go to theMediterranean place.”
Selflessness was not one of his brother’s strong points.Shaking his head, Reid began to head towards the locker room.
“Hey, I have been meaning to talk to you about something,”Zane’s change in tone steeled Reid’s nerves immediately. He knew that serioustone, and it normally predicated an argument.
Turning around Reid crossed his arms and waited. “Mmm.”
Zane gave him a grin, knowing he was preparing for theworst. Internally the grin only made Reid warier. What was he up to?
“I fucking hate how you are the alpha bastard in thebedroom.” The matter-of-fact statement combined with Zane’s sudden forlorn expressiondazed Reid.
Blinking for moment, Reid dropped his arms from their foldedposition and thrust his hands into his pockets. Looking around again, Reid wasthankful the gym was still empty. Sex with Everly wasn’t really something theyever discussed, it was always just something they did instinctively with her.The most they ever discussed was the time they realized doing it—or doing herto be crudely specific, at the same time would resolve their violent jealousyissues.
Stepping forward Zane continued. “I swear to God, you canforce and command her to do just about anything and she gets wet for it. If Ido some shit like that, those pretty brown eyes go wide as saucers, and shegives me a look of genuine fear.”
Scratching the back of his head, Reid grinned. “We are bothonly playing the role she needs and wants from us. And from you, she wants theplayful teasing Zane she gets all the time.”
Zane gave him a deadpan stare.
“So, are you trying to tell me she needs me to be my normalself but she needs you to push her face down on the bed and drill into her frombehind?”
Both men shifted uncomfortably on their feet at that. Reid’svoice was rougher as he responded, “exactly.”
Standing in tense silence for a couple of moments, both menstared up at the ceiling instinctively, as if they could see through theseparating floors to the woman sleeping in their bed above.
Zane coughed. “Okay now I’m hard as a rock, I’m going to goup and interrupt whatever the hell she is doing.”
Holding up a hand, Reid gave him a narrow look. “We can’tjust attack her like a pair of dogs whenever we get horny. “
