Sam’s eyes dipped, and Axel realised he was shaking. Crossing his arms he gestured to the man who still remained on the cobbled stones. He needed his medication, and he needed it now.
“I’ll deal with him, you go back to dancing on the bar or whatever the fuck you were doing.”
“Excuse me?” Sam hissed. “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” His Irish accent thickened with his anger. Usually it was subtler, and Axel wondered whether he should piss Sam off more just to hear it.
Agony shot down his spine, and he locked his knees to stop from falling. “Go do what Riley pays you for.”Please,he mentally added.Leave.
“You’re a fucking arsehole.”
Sam stormed inside, and Axel flinched, wanting to chase after him.
He agreed, except he was probably a lot worse than an arsehole. Ignoring the cold that had settled in the pit of his stomach, he reached for his remaining joint. He lit it quickly, holding the first drag in his lungs for longer than necessary before releasing the cloud directly at the man’s face. Blood was fragrant at the back of his throat, and he reached up to wipe at his nose as the first drop spilled.
“You,” he began, lowering his tone as if there was anyone else around so late at night. “I need to know exactly what you’ve taken, and if you have any left.”
Chapter4
Sam
There was such a thing as being too warm. Skin touched every side, a sandwich of flesh where Sam was the centre. Groaning, he stretched, opening his eyes to see a man to his left, and a woman to his right. He had no idea what the fuck their names were, the heavy weight in his head indicating he’d drunk more than he should’ve the night before. But it didn’t matter, because he was a once, maybe twice casual sex kinda guy. He didn’t do commitment, so learning their names seemed pretty pointless.
The woman awoke first, her lips luscious as Sam took them in a long, languorous kiss. She tasted of blueberries. Sam hated blueberries, but her little moans were worth it, as were her nails that scratched down his abs to dance an inch from his already hardening cock.
“Hmmm, morning,” the man at his back murmured, his hand coming around to caress the woman’s beautiful curves. His lips brushed Sam’s shoulder, and Sam pushed himself back into the hard body as…
A bell rang, and it took a second for Sam to recognise the sound.
Oh, fuck.
“Ignore it,” the woman moaned when Sam pulled back, jumping up from the bed to look over the mezzanine bannister to the living room below. “Everyone needs to get out,” he said, his voice hoarse. “Sorry, party’s over.”
Clothes were everywhere, thrown haphazardly on his rug, sofa, and coffee table. Even a pair of boxers had somehow caught on the edge of his TV.
“Come on, everyone needs to go,” he repeated, louder this time. “Look, it’s been fun and all but seriously, I have shit to do.”
The man was the first to react, his lips curved into a smirk as he prowled with confidence down the stairs, his bare butt flexing. The doorbell rang again, and frustration forced a growl from Sam’s throat.
“Who’s at the door?” the woman moaned, pouting her lips.
“My wife,” Sam snapped. “Now will you leave?”
“Wife?” she squeaked, grabbing the sheets to cover herself as she ran down the stairs to her clothes. “You never said you were married!”
“It’s complicated,” he said dryly as he heard the key turn in the door, and Alice was stepping inside. “Welcome home!” he said with a grin.
Alice shot him a scowl, her fractured irises seeming to glow in the early morning sun. She didn’t care that he was naked, not after living together for most of their lives. But he still reached for his jeans, which he found draped over the lampshade, yanking them on over bare flesh.
Alice waited, foot dramatically tapping on his freshly waxed floor as his guests left without even a backwards glance.
“Don’t,” he warned, needing caffeine before she started to chastise him.
“I didn’t say anything.”
“No, but you were thinking it,” he said, narrowing his eyes at her.
“Maybe.” Alice bit her lip.I’m worried about you.
Sam wanted to close his eyes, look away from the concern he could read clearly across her face.
