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“Yeah, we all love getting away from the city and coming out here. Beats the Hamptons in the summer for sure.”
Memories from college summers spent at Grant’s family beach house in Montauk come filtering back. It wasn’t the huge party town it is now, but we still had fun. Nolan spent most of his time surfing with Grant. Sawyer, Lake, and I laid around by the pool. The last summer we spent together was what brought us the closest. It’s when we decided to see if we could function in a poly relationship.
Grant and Lake had the most trouble with it. They’re the most dominant and alpha, respectively. We were also young, and for those types of relationships to work, good communication skills are a must. We didn’t have those back then, so everything was rocky.
I turn and walk into the living room, brushing the memories of that summer to the side. “Do you have anything you need to do today?” I ask him as he follows me.
“No, but I have something for you.” He walks to his briefcase and pulls out a manilla envelope. “The results from the medical tests Dr. Lawson ran on you are in there, as are some documents I need you to sign for your protection order.”
I pull out the envelope from Dr. Lawson first. I’m anemic, so she wants me on iron supplements. I have a negative STI panel which is a relief. I set them aside and catch Sawyer looking at me with concern.
“I’m good. Just anemic and my hormones are out of whack. She wants me on an iron supplement and thinks gaining weight will help me. Negative STI panel.”
“Did she give you a name for the supplement?” He pulls his phone out.
“Yeah, it’s on here.” I hand him the papers.
“Thanks.” He grabs them and starts texting someone. “I’m sending the name to Nolan, so he can pick some up before he leaves the city tomorrow.”
“Okay,” I say absentmindedly as I look over the documents. He’s typed up my reason for wanting the protection order, so it looks like I just have to sign the paperwork. I pick up a pen from the coffee table and sign by the sticky arrows. “How does all this work?”
“I’ll turn everything into the judge and get the ball rolling. We should be able to get everything pushed quickly.”
“Doesn’t this type of thing take time though?”
“Not when the judge is on your payroll.” His statement is accompanied with a cocky wink. “And that protection order doesn’t even need extra help to be approved, especially with Dr. Lawson’s medical findings.”
“Okay.” I slide all the paperwork back into the folder and hand it to him.
“Just so you know,” he says as he puts the folder away, “all four of us have STI panels done every four months. The last round came back a few weeks ago, all negative.”
“Every four months?” I tease him with a raised eyebrow.
“Better safe than sorry, right?”
“Definitely.”
Silence thickens the air between us. I can’t pull my eyes away from his, I could drown in their deep blue depths. His eyes and that perfectly mussed hair have always been my weakness when it comes to Sawyer, at least physically. He’s also incredibly intelligent, but then again, they all are.
“So.” He clears his throat but doesn’t take his eyes off me. “Is there anything you want to do today? What did you and Lake do yesterday?”
“He taught me how to shoot, I took an excessively long nap, and then after dinner we spent some time in the hot tub.”
“Good, I’m the worst shot of the bunch, so I’ll let Nolan work on that with you tomorrow. How about we just relax and watch some movies? Maybe go on a walk before dinner?”
“That sounds perfect.” I stand and take the hand he offers me. “I didn’t know you were familiar with guns.”
He links our fingers and leads me up the stairs to the media room. With the other hand, he reaches behind his back and under his sweater. When he pulls his hand back around, he’s holding a handgun.
“We all own and carry guns at all times.”
“What?” My eyes grow wide. “Why?”
“Personal safety. Some of the things we do under our umbrella corporation aren’t exactly making us popular. We’ve accumulated a lot of enemies over the years. It’s something Grant and I were born into.”
“I had no idea.”
“I know. We decided a long time ago, back in high school, to keep you out of this aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, we can’t do that anymore.”
