I actually growl now. That would be really hot. “We didn’t discuss specifics, Caroline.“
“So we could do that. Torture them a little for having the conversation without me.”
I grin in spite of the fact that my dick is hard enough to drive nails. “You have a bit of a mean streak.”
“I know. You should warn the others.”
I laugh. “Noted. But, this phone sex plan. What if they refuse? We get all worked up and ready to do a show for them and they say no?”
“ThenIwould do a show for all of you. Just me and my vibrator. Tortureallof you for coming up with this idea without including me. Because I would have thought of all of these contingencies and we’d be clear about tonight.”
I’m picturing her on my bed back at the apartment already. Fuck. We could do that. James and Cas would not end that phone call.
I clear my throat, trying to sound firm yet hoping she pushes that idea. “We need to discuss this stuff when we’re all together.”
She sighs. “You’re right. So, what are we doing about sleeping arrangements tonight?”
“I really want you in my bed,” I tell her honestly. “Can we sleep together? Hold each other without it being too torturous?”
She studies me, her expression softening. “Yes. I mean, it might be a little torturous, but I would like to sleep with you, too.”
“We’ll make it through,” I say with a wink.
She laughs lightly.
“What?” I ask.
“I’m just thinking, after I leave, I am so calling you all, and using my vibrator on a video call. And I am guessing that, even if we haven’t discussed it ahead of time or if it breaks some rule you all set, you’re all going to answer the call.”
See? She knows us well.
I narrow my eyes. “We are going to discuss this mean streak of yours when we get home to Honeysuckle Harbor,” I promise her.
She suddenly gives me a soft smile that is full of affection. “I love that you call Honeysuckle Harbor home,” she says. “I’m glad that’s home now and New York is just a place for business trips.”
And fuck, just like that my heart squeezes hard.
I have a lot of difficult decisions to make, and they’re all pressing in on me at once.
Like where am I going to live and raise Evelyn? What am I going to do about future trips with her and my need to have a nanny along when Caroline isn’t here?
And what am I going to do about the fact that I’m pretty sure I’m falling in love with this gorgeous, amazing woman who swept into my life, made it so much better, and who doesn’t want to be tied down?
CHAPTER28
Cas
“Hop on.”I gesture to my motorcycle.
“If I had a nickel for every time a guy has said that to me,” Caroline says with a flirty smile.
I laugh. “Then I would say you have terrible taste in men. Except I know that’s not true.” I pop a helmet onto her head and lean in to do the strap. “You’re going to look very hot riding on my bike.”
“Too bad you won’t be able to see me.” Her voice is breezy, her smile relaxed and casual.
Caroline and Grayson arrived back from New York on Tuesday evening, and immediately Caroline had suggested the four of us get together for a glass of wine at our place. I had hoped it was for unexpected weekday sex, but it had been to discuss us making rules for our foursome on Saturday without involving her.
It wasn’t that I didn’t see her point—she definitely needs to be involved in discussing how we all engage in this relationship—it’s just that there hadn’t been time before she and Grayson left for New York to loop her in and hear her thoughts on the subject. Yet it also seemed if she and Grayson were alone, they were going to end up in bed together, and that might complicate things for all of us.
