“Dude, you can’t just sit in here and sulk forever.” Beck, in the corner, arms folded and posture so casual it makes me wantto tear out his windpipe, laughs. “It’s not like we can’t work this out.”
I ignore Beck; all my focus is on Caleb. “How long has this been going on? Between you and her?” I demand. My voice is tight and strangled. I sound like a pathetic, jealous husband in a soap opera.
But I don’t care. Ineedan answer.
“It just happened once in the office. We messed around at her apartment a while back.” Caleb meets my gaze, unwavering. “It wasn’t planned. I didn’t intend for it to happen today. I just?—”
“‘Didn’t intend’?” I spit, letting out a sharp laugh. “You expect me to believe you just tripped and fell into her pussy, Caleb?”
“Technically, I thinkshewould be the one who tripped and fell. Directly on his dick,” Beck snorts. “Gravity’s a bitch, man.” He grins, not a hint of nervous energy in him.
I want to throw something at his fucking face. “You’re not helping,” I snap.
He shrugs, and his eyes flick to Caleb, then back to me. “Why are we even pretending it’s just him that’s the problem? You’ve been eye-fucking Maddy since she walked in for the interview, and then you made good on that.”
“Youwere fucking her before she ever even started this job,” I sneer.
“Oh boy,” he drawls, stepping forward off the wall, like I might come at him again. “You’re just pissed because you didn’t get there first. Likealways.”
“We’re not in college anymore,” Caleb says, voice steady, but there’s a warning in his tone. “And we’re all capable of thinking with more than just our egos and our dicks.”
I bristle at his words, but I don’t have a good counter. “You should’ve come to me,” I say, and I realize the words sound pathetic as they leave my mouth. “You both should have fucking told me.”
Caleb’s jaw flexes. “If you want the details, Adrian,fine. I was just making sure she had everything she needed when she was sick, and things just happened. I was completely unaware that you two were…withher already.”
“Just sex for me,” Beck cuts in. “But Iwasthe first.”
“Yeah, you’ve made that really fucking clear,” Caleb shoots back at him, glaring. “You don’t have to keep rubbing it in.”
“Stop making this all about you,” I retort.
“You know, I tried to resist,” Caleb ignores my jab. “I fucking tried. But damn… She’s like no other woman I’ve ever met.”
I want to tell him that’s bullshit, and ignore every instinct I have to make her mine. But the truth is, he’s right. Sheisamazing.
And it feels wrong to demand they let her go.
Beck, meanwhile, starts to pace. “You two are hilarious. You both want her, but you’re acting like she’s the last slice of pizza and not, you know, a person. Maybe we should just ask her who she wants.”
“She wants all of us in some capacity,” I spit. “Isn’t it obvious?”
Beck grins. “You say that like it’s a problem.”
I stare at him. “Itisa problem.”
He stops, arms spread. “Why? You’re the one who always says there’s a solution to every problem. Maybe…” he lets the word hang and then grins wider. “Maybe we should just share her.”
The silence that follows is tense. Beck stands there, acting like this is the magical answer, and Caleb’s eyes fall to his shoes.
I feel blood rush to my face, as if I might explode again. But before I do, for a split second, I let myself imagine it. The three of us, all with her. Together.
The thought makes my cock so hard; it’s fucking embarrassing.
And I absolutely abhor myself for it.
“I don’t know.” Caleb shakes his head. “That’s not fair to her. She’s already at her breaking point. The way she rushed out of here today…”
“Oh, now you care about her feelings?” I snarl.
