AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“And you’re still knocking the idea in your mind.” I’m hoping I can get my point across.
He laughs at me, his lips forming words, words I’m not sure I’m ready to hear. “And you’re speaking for someone who may not be interested. Charis may be appalled by your idea.”
Now this has turned the corner in my favor. “You’re right, I want to test the waters, so to speak. And there’s no reason to rock the boat as you yanks say if those waters are quite rocky, right, Teach?”
“Don’t call me that. Not anymore.” There’s a coldness in his tone.
“You can’t deny what we shared. And it sounds like you’ve got a connection with Charis. She’s in need of a hell of a lot of love, and two lovers are better than one.” This is one of my best arguments.
“And you know from experience?” His words are just as chilly as before.
I give him a shrug of my shoulders. The way his eyebrows dip down in a V, highlighting the hazel greens of his, my heart flutters. To add to this little complication is how much to share with him. I’ve thrown so much his way, too much, really. “All right, mate, I guess you deserve the truth. I tried something with a married couple, shortly after moving here. It went on for about six months. Katherine had not been surprised by this development. Her and I had been divorced for about a year. Her father wanted her to use it to take Jett from me, but she’d not do that. She wanted me to find my happiness, even though it’s a tad unconventional.”
“A tad, Dr. O’Leary?”
“Yes, everyone has their own take on it. But the matter at hand, I had liked the couple. We’d taken it slow. They’d not had kids, nor did they want them, but they’d been willing to bring Jett into their fold. I’d wanted more kids. But it also had not been a deal breaker as you Americans call it.” I stop to see if this awards me his handsome smile, but his lips are turned down into a grimace, but the man is still as beautiful as the day I met him outside the headmaster’s office.
“Anyway, sour puss, Katherine got sick. I didn’t have time for them. I don’t know if I loved the couple, or if they loved me. It filled a check mark in what I was looking for. But there wasn’t passion. Sex was good, I won’t lie. And with Katherine needing me, and of course, Jett being my focus through it all, I couldn’t continue with them. We parted on good terms. And they found what they were looking for, after me. I just have to believe I’ll be able to find that, too.”
I’ve dropped a lot on him, and I’m expecting him to push to his feet at any second, walking away from me. But he’s hanging on every word I say.
“And so you’re not looking for a wife, who is okay with you seeing a man on the side, or vice versa, you want shared love between three people.”
My eyes follow Charis in the crowd. She’s stopping to talk to people from work and there’s a carefree nature about her. There’s not the sunken in eyes I’d witnessed just yesterday as she revealed very little about her encounter with the arsehole she still shares a last name with.
“She’s a good woman. What is so wrong with three people loving each other, as equals?” I ask.
There’s a lot of push back he could really share with me, but he turns around, his eyes wandering to where Charis is.
“It’s all conjecture. You’re pitching a plan that she has no idea about. And worse, you’ve pulled me into it. And so, what do I say to her now? Hey, the guy I had amazing sex with wants to have a three way with you and me. Are you game?”
“The amazing sex part, we’ll circle back to eventually. But I’d say it’s certainly a blunt way to get her attention.”
This time, he finally pushes to his feet, which is honestly longer than I thought he’d stay.
“Teach,” I retort, and he stops at my term of endearment. “Remember, we had amazing sex. Yeah, that only happens when chemistry is shared.”
“Yeah, well, you need to try this, without me. Don’t call me. And don’t just show up at your best mate’s house to get to me. I’m out.”
He walks away, all for me to admire his arse again. I know what it looks like, and I will find out again, one way or another, how beautiful it truly is.
