“Just apologize and tell her it’ll never happen again,” Nicky offered, sitting up and leaning against the headboard.
Veronica smoothed her dress down her thighs, thighs that had been wrapped around both Nicky and me at one point in time tonight. “If this happens again…” She waved a finger between us. “I’ll have to book the weekend.”
Laughter boomed through us, filling the room. Thankfully, the results of what the three of us had done tonight, didn’t leave us feeling uncomfortable.
Leaving the bed, I smirked as her eyes roamed over every naked inch of me. She chewed her bottom lip mumbling, “Geezus,” to herself. But it wasn’t quiet enough since Nicky heard her and chuckled to himself.
“Do you want this to happen again?” I asked her, needing to know what the future had in store for the three of us.
“I don’t know.” She shrugged for added effect. “Listen.” She grabbed my hand, leading me back to the bed where Nicky sat. “I like you both and tonight was something I definitely needed but I don’t want a relationship or whatever this would be.” She shook her head, letting out a hard sigh. “What I mean is, I’m not ready for anything more than just sex.”
“Nicky’s not ready for anything more than just sex either,” I told her, not caring in the least that he was on the bed behind me. I was speaking the truth.
“What are we doing?”
Nicky bit my bottom lip, sucking it between his teeth. “Fucking.”
My stomach twisted at the memory.
I wanted more. I had always wanted more. My stupid heart did something dumb and went and fell in love with him. Maybe I was a sucker for punishment because it wasn’t like I ever pushed him away or told him no when he came calling. Whenever he was in town, I always agreed to meet up with him. Maybe that was the issue.
“Oh…” Veronica chewed her bottom lip, glancing past me to what I was sure was a scowling Nicky. “Well, whatever you two got going on here, I hope it gets resolved. Just because I have a failed marriage, doesn’t mean all of us should. And I know you’re not married or even thinking about it.” She winked. “Yet.” She laughed. “Now…” She hugged me around the middle. “Fix whatever this issue is between you two, get married, and adopt all the babies. Okay? Okay.” She squeezed me once before releasing me.
“I’ll order you an Uber,” Nicky grumbled from the bed.
I only stared at her. The thought of marrying Nicky and adopting babies with him was something I never even considered before. I just wanted a relationship with him, but he was so far up his own ass, he couldn’t see that we were good together.
Veronica grabbed her purse, gave us another wave, and blew us both a kiss before she headed to the door.
“Let us know when you get home,” Nicky told her.
“I will.” And with that, she left the hotel and I was once again alone with Nicky.
“We should walk with her,” I finally said, staring the way she went.
“Maybe but right now, I need you to look at me.”
I braced myself and turned around. “What?”
“Come here,” he demanded.
Instead of listening, I grabbed my pants and slipped them on. “I can’t keep doing this.”
“Doing what?”
“This! Being used. By you. This isn’t healthy for me. You let me believe that you were fucking other people for weeks. Months. Maybe longer. I don’t fucking know, Nicky, because you don’t tell me anything.” Grabbing my shirt, I shoved it on.
“Are you done?” Nicky left the bed and in all his naked glory, came right up to me. He grabbed my arm and helped me smooth down my shirt over my stomach. “You never once hinted that you wanted more.”
“I shouldn’t have had to hint for it.” I pulled out of his grip and stabbed my finger against his chest. “You should know.”
“And how the fuck would I know that, Noah? I’m not a damn mind reader. I told you in the beginning that I wanted sex and that was it. You agreed. You never even hinted or suggested that you wanted to date or have an actual relationship with me. So, this is just as much on you as it is on me.”
“I…that’s not...” I huffed. Fucking hell, he was right. How dare he? How dare he be right. While we had our stare down, I couldn’t help the attraction I had for this man standing in front of me, but I refused to give in. Usually I would, but not this time. He was going to learn quickly that I meant what I said. I was done.
“You know I’m right.” He chuckled, glancing down at my mouth. “If you wanted more, you should have said something from the beginning. Or did you not care about that as long as you had me inside you? You wanted a relationship but was willing to do anything to get my dick. Isn’t that right, Noah?”
“Fuck you.” My body vibrated, my jaw grinding together.
