by Kells, India
Josie swallowed hard and looked at Gage before looking at him. Knox swallowed but remained silent. If he was honest with himself, he didn’t know what to think about this whole situation. He’d had threesomes, many of them in the past, and never really thought twice about them, or how the participants felt once it was over. When the sun came up, they all jumped into their clothes and went their merry ways. But this was different.
“I … I don’t know what to say apart from that I obviously enjoyed myself. I don’t know the protocol here. Should I say thank you?”
Her hesitation made her way too adorable, and before Knox could react, Gage took her in his arms and kissed her, twirling her until she couldn’t help but giggle in his mouth. Weirdly, Knox wondered how it would feel to have her like that, swallowing her joyous laughter in his kiss.
“Thank you is kind of you, but I … we … should be the ones bowing to you, oh Sex Goddess! Another thing we need to discuss is if you want a repeat.”
Her smiled died and she licked her lips. That simple action made Knox want to take his cock in his hand as it jerked in response.
“Again, I don’t know what to say. I’m willing to test the waters, go with this … thing … between us. Maybe I’m crazy. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around it, convince myself it happened. Are you honestly interested in a repeat?”
Gage’s laughing eyes turned dark, an obvious sign the man wanted more. Knox wished she was in his arms, but instead pushed her hair aside to nibble at her neck, bidding his time. “It’s up to you, babe. You’re in the driver’s seat. But if you want my honest answer, it’s a hell yes.”
Her hand reached back to circle his neck and caress his hair. The touch was soothing and arousing at the same time, so much so Knox closed his eyes, enjoying the moment a little more.
As Gage pushed her against him, Knox circled her waist.
Knox felt Josie shiver before she untangled herself from them. He watched her try to get her breathing under control as she leaned against the fridge and looked at them both. “You’re very convincing and I’m very tempted. So, yes. For now, at least. But I have one condition. Anyone can call it quits at any time. No harm, no foul. Deal?”
Knox’s heart boomed in his chest at the idea of having her. Maybe the arrangement was for the better. With a little more time, he was certain to rid himself of the desire he felt for the woman and once that was done, he could return to the boring new life he’d chosen for himself.
Chapter 10
Josie looked at the roaring fire as she sat in the oversized chair, sipping a hot cup of tea. Night was turning the large windows into onyx mirrors, transforming the house into a warm cocoon.
The day had been the laziest she’d had in a long time. Even now, doing nothing apart from watching the men finish washing and drying the dinner dishes, she almost felt anxious. It had been drilled into her that she always needed to be working at something, and this stillness made her uncomfortable. She’d tried to help, but as she’d cooked brunch and dinner, Knox and Gage pushed her out the kitchen.
During the afternoon, both of them had disappeared into the shed connected to the main house where Knox had installed a heated gym. While they were gone, Josie had taken a nap, which had never happened before as far as she could remember, and when she finally woke, she started working on dinner.
Half-naked and sweaty, they had appeared briefly, before heading to shower and change, coming back into the kitchen just as she’d finished cooking a meaty stew filled with root vegetables. It made her smile how voracious both men had been as soon as they had a steaming plate before them. It was endearing and she was flattered they enjoyed her cooking, but she wondered if that eagerness, that hunger for food, for sex, and even for life, didn’t stem from something deeper and darker in their past.
Gage had referred to Knox’s dark history. And because they were friends, it wasn’t that far-fetched to realize the fighter had a similar story to tell, and it made her curious. She’d wondered about the shadows in Knox’s eyes. Gage hid everything behind humor and sarcasm, but Knox was more contained. There was something very raw and exposed inside him that he worked hard to protect from everybody else. He didn’t act like someone who had been beaten or broken, but that was probably exactly what he’d been through, but she doubted he hadn’t fought back as he was beaten down. The scars she’d seen on his hands were proof of that, as well as the scars that were invisible to the eye.
Gage was the first to plop down on the couch before her, a beer in his hand and a satisfied grin on his handsome face. “That was a great meal. Thanks, Josie.”
“It was a simple one, but I’m glad you liked it.”
Knox started turning most of the lights off, leaving only a few dimmed ones lighting the space. The fireplace was now the main source of lighting. Like Gage, he let himself fall down on the couch, took a gulp of his beer, and let his head fall back in utter contentment.
“I have to agree with Gage. You’re a great cook. And I way prefer cleaning up afterward than cooking.”
Josie nodded. “And I prefer to do the cooking rather than the washing-up. That’s why I decided to cook, because it’s not a chore for me.”
Gage chuckled. “If it means I get that kind of meal every day, I’m happy to take on all the other chores by myself.”
His statement made Knox roll his eyes. “I’d need to see it to believe it. You always pick the quickest and easiest job.”
The only answer he got was an elbow in the ribs that didn’t seem to affect him at all.
“I think you’d be a good cook if you really applied yourself. You’re two grown men who live alone. How is it you never learned how to cook? You can’t just live on canned food and take-outs.”
Both men exchanged a glance, but it was Knox who answered. “When you grow up without food, you learn not to be picky. It’s a constant fight to stay alive on so many levels.”
It was obvious he was being careful not to give away too many details, but Josie was smart enough to fill in the blanks. “But what about when you became successful underground crime lords?”
Gage laughed, but Knox’s smile was tinged with sorrow when he answered. “There’s no softness, or normalcy for that matter, in the life we had.”
Josie couldn’t help but ask. “What was that life? You didn’t correct me when I said ‘underground crime lords’. Is that what you were?”
Both men hesitated, their faces growing darker by the minute. Knox evaded her glance and Gage sighed. “I think the less you know, the better it is for you.”
“Why? Because you think I’d look at you differently?”
It was obvious from the looks on their faces that was exactly what they thought. Josie was honest enough with herself to know what they had done must have been horrible, but she also saw how they’d tried to redeem themselves, even though she suspected they didn’t think it was possible. How could she judge them? Piecing things together, it was clear the men hadn’t had a choice in the path they’d followed. If they had hunger in their bellies as kids, power and money would have been impossible to ignore.
“Well, I see you as men with interesting pasts. Tell me something funny that happened to you. Anything at all.”
Determined to alleviate the gloom in the room, Josie smiled and bugged them until Gage started to tell a story of when he’d had to escape a jealous lover, but his car broke down so he’d had to run for his life.
Soon, laughter filled the room, and even Knox started to tease his friend, adding some outrageous facts that made Josie laugh even louder. “At least in that particular event, it was a woman with very high heels, and she couldn’t run two steps unless she wanted to break her neck. That wasn’t always the case with Gage’s lovers. I remember an extremely clingy one he couldn’t get rid of. He alternated hiding between my place and Locke’s for a month before it was safe for him to be seen in public.”
Josie bit her lips. “What do you mean? Was she clingy?”
Knox winked at her. “Actually, she was a he. And to make matters worse, he was the son of an important lieutenant, so it was complicated from the beginning. But Gage always follows his dick more than his brain, and we’re forever pulling him out the mess he gets himself into.”
“Hey! He jumped on me, what was I supposed to do? It was supposed to be a one night stand, not a promise of happily ever after, for fuck’s sake!”
Josie angled her head. “I’ve never met anyone so comfortable in being bisexual.”
Gage shrugged, finishing his beer. “It’s not easy. People think I’m an all-over threat. I do like to fuck, but I’m not a fucking dog. Not my fault I’m loyal but can’t fall in love.”
Knox stretched. “I can vouch for the fact he’s loyal. He was loyal to Locke for a long time.”
Gage pushed him with his shoulder, teasing in his voice. “Jealous, Knox?”
“I’m not sure I understand…”
“I had sex with Locke on an on-and-off basis for years before he found Tessa. Knox can mock me all he wants, but I know for a fact he’s been with his share of men as well.”
Knox rolled his eyes. “That was back in the day. It was a wild time with a lot of drugs and so much alcohol. I barely remember it. I wasn’t an old man then.”
Gage’s laughter rolled through the house. Something tightened inside Josie’s belly. “So, are you bisexual too, Knox?”
His blue eyes zeroed in on her with a hint of laughter and heat. “I did silly things, enjoyed men, but never as much as women. Faced with the same situation now, I don’t know if I could even get hard. As I said, it was another era, a lifetime ago.”
Shifting on her seat, Josie squeezed her thighs as her sex throbbed. Imagining Knox with another man was quite an entertaining fantasy.
“My friend, I think your little story troubled our lady friend here. Don’t you think she looks flushed, and her breathing is harsher than a minute ago?”
Josie blinked at what Gage was saying and shook her head as her attention went to Knox. He was examining her with those sapphire eyes, the glimmer making her shiver and swallow hard.
“I think you’re right.” Knox got to his feet, taking a step closer to tower over her. His hand traced her heated cheeks before trailing over her mouth. “You’ve never watched two men together, pet?”
“I’ve never had the guts to go online and browse those kinds of videos. Apart from seeing two men kiss on the street, I’ve never…”
“Do you want to? Does the thought of Gage and I together turn you on?”
She blushed even more as she stammered, locked into his sole attention. “You’re crazy. I … I would never ask you to do something like that.”
Knox arched an eyebrow. “You’re embarrassed. May I remind you of your position just last night … or the positions you could be in right now.” He leaned closer and his warm breath slid down her throat. “Oh, how I like to see you with pink cheeks and that innocent schoolgirl look.”
Josie forced words to contradict him, even though she knew he was right. “I’m not a schoolgirl.” Her voice sounded steadier than she felt when he lifted his head and licked his lips.
“We’ll see.” And with that promise, he winked.
Gage was standing now, looking at her with smoldering eyes, his dick making a tent in his sweatpants, an obvious sign he wasn’t against what was about to happen. Knox removed his t-shirt and threw it away.
She had trouble reconciling what was brewing in front of her. The sudden fantasy that had popped into her mind was exactly that, a fantasy. She’d never thought about anything like that before.
Gage shed his top too before moving behind Knox, one arm sliding around his middle as he did. Josie realized she’d started to become obsessed with Knox’s ripped abdomen. Standing close to him, Josie extended her hand, but Gage slapped it away. “He’s mine for the moment, woman.”
It was fascinating to look at Knox, so relaxed as Gage held him. She wasn’t sure she could be intimate like that with another woman. On the other hand, she’d had a threesome with them yesterday, which was also something she’d never thought she’d do.
Knox didn’t look away from her when Gage bit his shoulder before sliding his hand lower and unfastened his jeans, delving underneath to cup him. Only then did Knox close his eyes and exhale loudly.
The sight made Josie gulp. What was wrong with her? One minute they were having a laugh and now she had her own peep show from two very handsome males.
When Gage cupped Knox’s jaw to turn his face for a kiss, it was Josie who groaned. They looked so masculine and dangerous, lost in the sensations they were feeling. It was a strange and unexpected turn-on.
Discreetly, she reached inside her sweats to cup her sex, trying to alleviate the throbbing, but instead squeezed it hard, making her clit desperate for more.
Gage had obviously taken control of the situation, although Knox was clearly happy to receive his ministrations. He finally turned Knox toward him, before pulling him to the sofa. Gage sat, pulling Knox’s pants down as he did. His erection bobbed into view for a second before Gage took it down his throat.
Seeing every muscle of his body tense like a chord, Josie slid a finger between her labia, pursuing her pleasure as Knox was enjoying his own. Her eyes went to the partly naked and powerful fighter at his feet, who was completely focused on the task at hand.
Knox turned his attention to Josie, his lips moist and slightly parted. There was a desperation in him, like he was holding himself back.
His cock glistened in Gage’s mouth, and Josie was almost unable to draw air. When Gage cupped his sack, Knox’s mouth snapped shut, and his head launched back as if he was trying to get a hold of himself.
Only then did Gage release him, and pushed him onto the couch, making him lie down.
Gage discarded what was left of his clothes and crawled over his friend, running his hands over his muscled thighs. He inched higher before taking him in his mouth again, his attention on his friend, while Knox’s hooded eyes watched her.
Josie didn’t recognize herself, and particularly her lack of self-consciousness. She knew it was only for a moment, that what was blossoming between the three of them was only carnal. Shyness couldn’t play a part if she wanted to enjoy this moment-in-time fantasy.
Pushing her pants down and pulling her t-shirt off, Josie shivered at the sight before her, of muscled golden flesh writhing against each other. Inch by inch, she allowed her legs to part, sliding her fingers over her sex, both for her pleasure and with a definite tinge of exhibitionism.
Her fingertips delved in her flooded sex and she used her fluids to circle her clit. The moan that came from her lips caught Gage’s attention and distracted him enough that he abandoned Knox for a minute.
Light sweat beaded his forehead and a grin parted his beard as Gage shook his head. “You’re a sight I’ll never tire of seeing. Or jerking off too. I think I need help, darling. Crawl up to me.”
Licking her lips, Josie did as he asked. Gage had taken Knox in his mouth again, and she aimed for Gage’s cock. Blow jobs weren’t something she’d done often with her husband, but she was eager to test her talents. Distracted, Gage didn’t see her until she crawled in front him and closed her fist around his dick before licking his tip.
The fighter’s body shivered and he straightened again. “When I asked for help, I meant Knox, baby. Not that I’m complaining.”
Knox rumbled with laughter. Shyness started to creep up again, but a warm hand caressed her buttocks. The man lying on the sofa had complete access to her body as she was on all-fours, her bottom slightly turned toward Knox.
Any hesitation she might have left fled when his fingers ventured downward and dipped into her quivering core.
The moan that came from her throat reverberated around Gage’s cock, which in turn caused him to increase the intensity as he sucked his friend.
Behind her, Josie heard Knox gasp before chuckling. “I think I found a way to cont
rol you after all, my friend, and in a most fascinating way.”
His fingers dipped again, and this time, he crooked them and pressed down. The insistent rubbing made Josie buck against his hand, and she cried out. As she opened her mouth, Gage’s cock slipped deeper inside her mouth, and consequently, his hips started to move.
Josie sucked him softly, swirling her tongue over his head, following each vein up and down. It only took a few minutes for the three of them, trapped in their circle of pleasure, to reach a state of delirium. Josie was torn between the pleasure she was giving to Gage and how close she was to her own orgasm, thanks to Knox’s stimulation.
“Shit!” Gage shivered hard as he abandoned Knox and whipped himself upright, crying out as he came inside Josie’s mouth. Both his hands cupping her head, Gage cursed several times as he spurted his pleasure until his muscled body finally relaxed once more. His hands softened, caressing her hair as if in reward.
Gage softened in her mouth, and Josie finally let him slip out, before looking up at him. Knox’s hand was relentless though, and she pushed against him even though he was keeping her on the edge.
Gage smiled down at her. “You make me lose control, Josie. But rest assured we aren’t done with you.”
She wet her lips, and was about to turn toward Knox, when he removed his hand. “Come here, Josie.”
When she turned to Knox, he offered her his hand, still damp from touching her. Unable to resist, she crawled to him, but if she’d thought to straddle him and impale herself on his erection, Knox had other ideas.
Relentlessly, he pulled her up until her thighs were on either side of his head. Realizing what he wanted to do, Josie tried to pull back, but Knox’s muscled arms were stronger, and he plastered her sex against his awaiting mouth.
In a haze of pleasure, she noticed Gage moving closer to take Knox in his mouth again. There was no finesse now, no teasing. The three of them were in a race, using all their skills and intensity until they reached what they desired most.