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“I mean…” He slips off the countertop and runs a hand thought his blond hair. “We’ve always approached this like a fucking business arrangement rather than a relationship. Maybe that’s why it always kinda felt like a contract instead of something that might last.”
Zeke’s eyes narrow as he stares at our best friend. “Are you suggesting we don’t have an NDA?”
Xander shoves his hands into his pockets. “Fuck yes, I’m suggesting that.”
I breathe out a sigh. “But what if—”
“Fuck your what-ifs, West. How about we just fucking tell her what we want and don’t make her sign anything. How about we just do this like it’s something we all want and not like some business deal.”
I run my tongue over my bottom lip. We’ve never done this without some kind of contract in place. The NDAs were my idea to begin with, but Xander and Zeke were on board. Having things in writing offers us protection when these things inevitably go south.
Xander’s blue eyes lock on mine. “How do we start something that might last forever when we go into it preparing for it to end?”
I swallow hard. I guess he has a point. But still…
Zeke looks between Xander and me. “So what? We just tell her we want a relationship with her? All three of us? No contract, no boundaries?”
Xander throws his hands in the air. “There’s boundaries in every relationship, Z. Most people don’t feel the need to write them into a fucking twenty-page contract.”
That’s an obvious dig at me, but I let it go. I’m tightly wound enough at the moment without dwelling on my neurotic tendencies.
“So we just invite her to dinner tonight and tell her we all want to…” I stop short of sayingfuck her, but that’s all I’ve been able to think about since I saw her in that sinful red dress that hugged her curves like it was painted on. Fuck, it’s practically all I’ve thought about since she came stomping into my office with those papers.
“Yep,” Xander replies with a firm nod. “I don’t know about you two, but I’ve been thinking about sinking my cock between those full pink lips from the first moment she opened them,” he adds with a chuckle, defusing the tension in the way he does so well.
“What do you think, West?” Zeke asks.
I stare up at the ceiling, running through the pros and cons.
“Stop overthinking and just fucking answer, West,” Xander admonishes me.
I suck in a breath. Maybe he’s right. Maybe we do need to try something different. I look at Xander, who’s now standing behind Zeke with his arms wrapped around his shoulders. “Fine. Let’s do this your way and see how it works out.”
“Great.” A slow, sexy smile spreads across his face and he kisses Zeke’s neck. “You okay with this too, big guy?”
Zeke merely grunts and wraps a thick arm around Xander’s neck, pulling him closer. Rolling my eyes, I go to leave.
“Hey,” Xander calls, stopping me in my tracks.
“Yeah?”
He cocks his head, motioning for me to come closer. With a sigh, I step toward him. He places a hand on my cheek and says in a soft voice, “Thanks.”
“I hope we don’t regret it, Fitch.” With that, I leave them to it and go to bed alone with a raging hard on and thoughts of Lily swimming in my head.
* * *
Staring out the kitchen window,I look down at Central Park and watch the morning joggers and the dog walkers with a pang of something that I can’t quite identify. The soft pad of footsteps comes from behind me, and a few seconds later, the heat from his hard chest warms the bare skin of my back. He plants his hands beside mine on the counter.
“You okay?” he asks in his gruff voice, still heavy with sleep.
“I’m good.”
“I’m sorry if I’ve been monopolizing Fitch’s time.”
“It’s fine,” I say with a sigh.
“Is it?”
