Jace groaned in pleasure and Kayden pressed soft kisses to my shoulder while Jace drew one of my breasts into his mouth before pulling Kayden in for a passionate kiss. In no time, Jace and I were moaning in release. He rolled off me, leaving me between them.
“I love Saturdays,” I said, sated and content. “But I wanted to talk about my mom’s wedding.”
Both guys wrapped an arm around my waist and curled against me. “What are you thinking?” Jace asked gently.
“I had originally planned to bring Jace, but it doesn’t feel right to go without you, Kayden.”
Jace shook his head. “No, it makes sense for Kayden to go. He should meet your family, he’s Kaylee’s father.” Jace squeezed Kayden’s hand. “I’ll be fine.”
“I don’t want us to be without you either, Jace.” I paused, feeling nervous to suggest such a big step. “What if I told my mom and Carl about us and we all went together?”
Jace grinned. “I love that idea, but if we’re going to start telling people, I have some confessing to do with my aunt first given I’m sleeping with my assistant and my architect.”
Kayden chuckled. “Hey, I’m barely involved in the rehab facility now that the designs are done.” It was true, we didn’t see Kayden around the office nearly as much as we used to and I hated it.
“Yeah, but I’m working on a new housing project for recovering addicts and you’re the architect I’m going to hire for that,” Jace said, grinning at him.
“No preferential treatment. I can put in a bid like everyone else,” Kayden said, giving Jace a stern look.
“Fine,” Jace said, “but my desire to work with you has nothing to do with our relationship and everything to do with you being the best architect I’ve worked with yet. I want you for every project. Unless your work starts to slip.”
Jace winked.
Kayden reached across me and smacked Jace lightly on the hip. “If it does, it’s only because the client is so easily distracted by my presence in his office.”
Jace grinned proudly. “I can’t wait to start another building with you.”
“Can we focus?” I asked.
“I will talk to Sutton if you want us to come out as a throuple. I really do owe her a heads up if we’re going to be open about this,” Jace said.
“It’s what I want,” I said, turning to Kayden and looking at him with a question. I pointed my thumb at Jace. “We both know it’s what he wants.”
Kayden chuckled as Jace nipped at my shoulder playfully. “It’s what I want to,” Kayden said. “I’ve never been happier than when the three of us are together and with Kaylee.”
“What about telling Kaylee?” Jace asked.
I sighed. “I don’t know what to say yet.” They both tightened their arms around me. “Can we just keep doing this for a little while longer please? Until we’re all certain this is a permanent thing?”
“Of course,” Kayden said.
Jace let out a soft breath and worked to steal his features, but the flicker of hurt was unmistakable. “I’ll never pressure you, Liv. You’re her mom and you get to decide this. But don’t for a second let yourself believe that I don’t already know this is a permanent thing.”
I rolled onto my side to face him and kissed him deeply. “I love you. One step at a time. Go tell the rest of your family about us.”
He chuckled. “Okay, but to be clear, I’m starting with Leo, because Iwillhear about it if I don’t.”
Chapter Forty-Two
Jace
“Hey, hockey star,” Isaid, pulling my cousin into a hug. Ever since his professional hockey career started and Sophia came into his life, one-on-one time with him had gotten harder to come by. We were still close and texted each other regularly, but he had a grueling schedule and a limited number of days to spend with his wife, which meant our video game nights were fewer and farther between. It was convenient that Leo had the night off right after deciding to tell people about my relationship. He’d just gotten back from an away stretch of games this morning and Sophia wasn’t due back from Hawaii until tomorrow morning, making him happy to hang with me like old times.
Leo stepped back and surveyed the condo. “Still not used to you living in such a swanky place man,” he said, shaking his head. He and Sophia had a similar-sized condo on the West End that was equally swanky, but Leo had never been quite as averse to our family money as I was.
While neither of us were raised to lean all the way into the financial privilege we had, Leo had always at least been comfortable with his wealth. His parents lived a modestly wealthy life, just like my moms, but having struggled to live off the state assistance my father got for most of my life, it had taken me a long time to adjust to the money my moms had. I’d barely wanted them to pay for my degree at NYU, but I’d stomached it because I knew it was my best chance at giving back. Now, with the money I made from working at and owning shares in Acker Real Estate, I donated at least half of my yearly income to causes all over the city each year. Even still, that left me more than enough to live in a place like this, and I was grateful for the space, especially when Kayden and Liv were in it.
Leo held up the six-pack of beer I’d asked him to get on the way over. “It’s not like you to be out of beer.”
