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I cleared my throat and started to move my fingers up and down her arm, feeling goose bumps break out across her skin. “I’m thinking about you and Jareth together.” I felt her tense beside me.
She looked up, her brows knitted in confusion. “You’re thinking about us together?”
I chuckled and shook my head. “Not like that. You always have your mind in the gutter.” Although her expression relaxed, I could still see she was curious about what I’d said. “I just meant, I wonder how it is between you two. Is it like how it is with you and me?”
She was silent, and I could see from her expression that she was trying to think of how to phrase it, how to even go about this conversation. “It’s not like how it is between you and me,” she finally said. She was looking at me, and I could see this was weird for her.
“We don’t have to talk about it—”
“No, it’s not that,” she finally said, and I reached out and took her hand in mine. “I just don’t know if this whole thing is weird for you.”
“It’s not,” I said right away, meaning it. “I want to know, because it has to do with you, and anything that has to do with you is my priority.” She smiled so fucking sweetly at me, and I didn’t stop myself from leaning in and kissing her. I had my hand cupped on her cheek, keeping her close as I devoured her mouth for a few seconds.
When I pulled back, she still had her eyes closed and a small smile on her lips. I just took a moment to watch her, to be mesmerized by the sight of her. She was perfect and gorgeous, everything I ever wanted in a woman. And she was mine.
She opened her eyes and her smile grew. She had a drowsy expression on her face that made my heart skip a beat. I’d never been much of a sappy guy, but fuck, when it came to Sofie, there was just no getting around that.
“It’s not the same, because both of you are so different.”
I looked down at her lips. “He gives you what I can’t and vice versa.” I didn’t phrase it like a question, and she nodded. “I get it,” I said honestly.
“Can I ask how you’re okay with it all?” She sounded genuinely curious.
I stared at the ceiling for a second, letting her question play in my head. When I looked at her again, I could see her focus was trained right on me, could see she held her breath, waiting for my reply.
“Sure, at first I was jealous, but it never really bothered me, if that makes any sense.” I looked back at the wall in front of me, thinking about when we talked about becoming official, starting a relationship. Sofie had been open and honest with me from the very beginning, telling me how she wasn’t with Jareth, but she felt something between them. This connection, the same thing she felt with me.
And I respected the hell out of that, that she had been truthful right from the start.
Of course, I became envious that she would spend time with someone else if we got together, but then I realized none of that mattered. She loved me, and if that meant I had to share her with someone, strangely enough, I was more than okay with it.
I’d heard people comment on how I was “stronger than most” for letting my woman be with another man while we were together. They’d even called us “freaky” over it all. But none of that fucking mattered, because I didn’t think it was weird or crazy, or that it even made me a strong man.
It made me human to want to make the girl I loved happy. Because if she was happy, then so was I.
And it got easier over time, sharing Sofie, my jealousy diminishing, before finally vanishing altogether. I didn’t consider being jealous a weakness. It was natural.
Human.
I didn’t really think about her with Jareth. I focused on my time with her, when we were together. I was consumed when she was near… obsessed when she was gone.
I never felt like I wasn’t enough for her, despite the fact that Jareth could give her what I couldn’t.
It just… was.
“It makes me feel selfish, if I’m being honest,” she finally said, and I glanced back at her.
“You’re not selfish.” I said that with such determination I knew she could feel it. There was no way she couldn’t. “We all need something, Sofie.”
“Yeah, but if you said you wanted to see another woman....” She trailed off, not finishing what she was about to say.
“That won’t ever happen. I’m devoted to only you. Just because you need more doesn’t mean we all do. I’m content. I feel complete with you. Only you.” I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and pulled her in, just holding her, because I could see she was letting this get to her. “How about all of us get together? The three of us?”
She laughed softly. “Funny you mentioned that, because my mom wanted us all to get together so she could bring her new boyfriend over.”
“New boyfriend?” I looked over at Sofie and saw her smiling.
“Yeah, she’s finally going after what she wants, and I can’t wait to meet the guy who caught her attention.”
