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I scratched at my beard, wishing I could get out of the hot seat. But they weren’t going to leave me alone about this yet.
“But there are so many reasons why I shouldn’t,” I said, putting a finger to the table like I was about to cross something off a list. “First of all, she’s my assistant—ourassistant. Second, how would a relationship work? Her with all three of us? But we won’t be with each other? You should figure that out before it goes any further. It sounds like a recipe for disaster.”
Lucas shrugged, gesturing vaguely between the three of us. “It’s not out of the realm of possibility. Sometimes people do that. We’re friends. We’re all into her.”
Hunter’s expression had grown cautious, but he said, “We’ll sort it out.”
“I don’t want to get into another situation the way I did with Stephanie. Period.” I gave them a half-shrug. “I don’t trust myself when it comes to women I’m interested in. I was about to marry Stephanie, and she was miserable with me. I had no idea until she told me. I think I’ve come to understand myself more after the situation, but not enough to pursue anything. Especially with Brooke.”
Lucas drummed his fingers on the table and looked away, his shoulders dipping in resignation.
“If you feel like that, you feel like that,” Lucas finally said. “We can’t change your mind. But if you feel for her, you should let her know.”
“I would if she wasn’t our assistant,” I said for the fiftieth time. “And you two should—”
“What, go back in time and not fuck?” Hunter scoffed. “Yeah, that’s not happening. The best we can do is keep the sex and the office separate.”
“I trust you both to do so,” I said, the tension in my shoulders still there. Maybe even worse than it was before.
I wanted to be like them. I wanted to just let loose and fuck a beautiful woman without worrying about all the ways it could go wrong. But I wasn’t there yet and wasn’t sure if I ever would be.
CHAPTER15
Brooke
Isat in my car in the parking lot of my apartment building for ten minutes, sucking down the smoothie I’d made and panicking. How was I supposed to just… go to work again? The first day back had been fine since my bosses had mostly been in meetings. But today, their schedules were open, and I had to meet with them and confront the fact that I’d slept with two of them. Two! And they were okay with that!
I put my smoothie into my cup holder, took a deep breath, and put my car in reverse.
It had been ridiculously good with both of them. I hadn’t even thought of having a threesome before that, but it had felt so natural.Ialways felt natural with them, like I could be myself. The fluttering in my belly was so intense that I put my hand to it as I pulled out of the parking lot. These feelings were dangerous.
But how was that going to work? Being with one man had already been messy enough. Now I was into two of them with very different personalities who were also in charge of my very-needed paycheck.
Was I insane?
God, they probably thought it was just a one-night stand. That had to be it. Maybe that was why they were out of the office so much yesterday? They were supposed to come back to the office around lunch, but they ended up staying, only returning in the last hour of the day.
I drove to work, cursing myself the whole time. Why did I ever think, even for a millisecond, that they’d want more? I assumed we’d talk about it at some point today, and I was dreading it already. Maybe they’d even fire me? At least I already had the money from the two nights down on the casino floor. That was enough to make a big chunk in my debt and survive on the job hunt for a while.
I wanted to sit in the car for another ten minutes to mentally prepare before I went up to the office, but I didn’t have time. I steeled my nerves and went up, trying to maintain my composure. I got to the office before most people, so I had a few more moments to pull myself together.
I went to the break room and nearly ran smack into Lucas. He was wearing a button-down shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his well-muscled forearms.
“Woah, there,” Lucas said, taking me by the shoulders. He smiled at me, making my heart fill with butterflies. “We can’t keep meeting like this. At least you didn’t have a smoothie in your hand, huh?”
I nearly laughed, but my heart mostly flipped and flopped like a fish on the shore. “Yeah.”
Lucas looked at me, and his smile faded a bit. “You all right?”
“Yeah! I’m great!” I put on a smile, not ready to share my concerns yet.
“Here, come on,” Lucas said, putting a hand on my shoulder. “We want to talk to you for a bit in the big conference room.”
“Okay?” I bit the inside of my cheek. “I’ll meet you there after I get some coffee.”
We parted ways, and I took my time getting coffee. All this caffeine wasn’t going to help me relax at all, but having a headache from caffeine withdrawal sounded so much worse. I went to the big conference room, not running into anyone on the way, and stepped inside. Hunter and Lucas were waiting for me, their expressions warm. Was that a good sign?
“Hi,” I said softly, sitting down several seats away from them.
