by Rhian Cahill
“Hi.” The word seemed inadequate, but Kitty felt the need to say something, and she wasn’t ready to dive into the conversation they needed to have. Not yet.
Ethan smiled. “Hi yourself, beautiful.”
Finn shifted on the low brick wall. “Hello, Kelly.”
The sound of her name in his deep voice sent shivers down her spine. “You’ve never called me that.” Her throat constricted, her eyes stung.
He arched one eyebrow. “I haven’t?”
“No. Ethan does every now and then, and this past weekend he used my real name all the time, but you’ve never said it. Not once.” Kitty couldn’t believe how much his use of her name affected her. It didn’t make any sense.
“Do you want me to keep calling you Kitty?” Finn asked.
She stepped forward and held up her hand. “No!” Her reaction was over the top. She knew that even as she did it. “I…um…”
Finn dropped his feet to the ground and stood. “What do you want me to call you?”
“I…” Kitty glanced at Ethan. “I liked it when Ethan called me Kelly all the time.”
Heat flooded her face and her pulse kicked up a notch.
Finn moved closer. Moved right up to her so that the tips of his dress shoes were millimetres from her pink-painted toenails. He placed two fingers under her chin and pushed up until she had no choice but to meet his gaze or close her eyes. The latter was tempting. Oh so tempting. Except she wanted to be that bold woman again. The one who’d gotten her every desire catered to on Saturday night.
She licked her lips. “I’d like it if when we’re not at work you call me Kelly.”
Yes! I did it!
Kitty waited for Finn to say something. Anything. She never expected the words he spoke though.
“Kiss me, Kelly.”
His mouth wasn’t within easy reach, so she had to rise up on her toes to do as he asked. And he had asked. Unlike the weekend when he’d demanded most of time. The thrill that raced through her at this commanding man asking instead of demanding or taking delivered a sexual kick as potent as any of his orders had.
Her insides trembled, her muscles contracting and releasing as her body warmed and prepared to take what she wanted. She loved that she had control over him. Loved that she could deny him the simple pleasure of her mouth on his if she wanted.
“Ask me again.” Kitty kept her gaze on Finn’s so she saw the moment he realised how his question affected her.
“Kiss me, Kelly.” His mouth remained parted after he’d spoken her name, and the urge to thrust her tongue between his lips swept through her until she couldn’t deny either of them.
Rising on her toes, Kitty pressed her mouth to Finn’s. They touched nowhere else, only their lips as they clung to the sweet sensation of touching once more. For half a second, it was enough. Then memory and need took over and she drove her tongue into his mouth and flung her arms around his neck.
She wasn’t sure how long they kissed before Ethan reminded them of his presence. Separating their mouths, Kitty remained on her toes and met Finn’s heated gaze with her own. “Hi.”
Finn grinned. “Hi.”
“Okay, my turn.” Ethan managed to worm his way between them, pushing Finn back a step and taking his place in front of her. He exaggerated a pout. “I’m feeling a little neglected here. You’ll have to make it up to me.”
Kitty knew he was joking, but the words brought a fear to the forefront that she’d worried about since deciding to continue seeing them if that was what they wanted. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
“Wow. Wait. I wasn’t serious.” Ethan wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in against him. “I’d never stop you from being with Finn.”
“And vice versa,” Finn said as he moved in beside them.
She eyed them both. Studied them to be sure they spoke the truth. What she was hoping for wouldn’t get passed the first day if any of them felt alienated. Satisfied Ethan had been joking, she smiled. “We need to talk. But first—”
Ethan didn’t wait for her to move. He must have guessed her intention, because he lowered his head and took her mouth with his. Like the kiss with Finn, it was like coming home after a long time away. She couldn’t explain the way it felt so right being with both of them. The thought of being with one and not the other had never entered her mind.
Epilogue
Finn sat with his back against the headboard on the ridiculously small bed in the house Kelly had rented. “Okay, so before we strip you naked and have our wicked way, let’s get some things straight.”
Kelly eyed him. “What kind of things?”
“First, no more running. You panic, you tell us.”
She nodded. “I can try to do that.”
“No, Kelly, you will do it.” Finn wasn’t giving her any room on this one.
Her gazed darted to Ethan, who only nodded his agreement.
“Okay.”
“Second, you move in with us.”
“Wow. Stop right there.” She got to her feet and Finn wondered if he’d have to chase her down. “We’re not jumping in that deep right away.”
“Why not?” Ethan asked. “Are you not serious about being with us completely?”
“Yes. Or course I am, but what will people say when I suddenly move in?”
“Does it really matter what they say or think?” Finn asked.
Kelly chewed her lip and Finn fought against the urge to throw her over his knee, spank her arse a few times and convince her to move in by sexual means.
“Kelly, we’re serious about this relationship. It’s no different to a single man and woman moving forward with their lives. If it were just one of us you were thinking of spending your life with at this point, if everything was the same, the time we’ve known each other, the closeness we’ve developed, would you be balking at moving in?” Finn asked.
She shook her head. “But it isn’t just one of you.”
“Pretend,” Ethan demanded.
Finn knew his friend was pushing for a reason. The same reason Finn wanted to use their sexual chemistry to convince her to move in with them. Neither of them wanted to settle for anything less than everything.
“I…um…okay, fine.” Kelly planted her hands on her hips. “If it were just one of you then yes, I would move in at this point.”
“Then we have the answer.” Finn grinned as he reached for her.
“Not so fast.” She stepped out of his reach, but Ethan had it covered. He crowded her back towards the bed where Finn waited.
“Hey. No fair.”
Ethan laughed. “Nothing’s fair in love and war, baby.” With a wolfish grin, he picked her up and dumped her in Finn’s lap.
“Two against one isn’t exactly fair though.” Kelly pouted, but when Finn ran his hand up her thigh and under the loose leg of her shorts, the pout disappeared and a puff of air slipped through her parted lips.
“But you like two on one,” Finn murmured in her ear before drawing the delicate lobe into his mouth and sucking.
This time the gasp was audible and brought a smile to his lips where they surrounded her tender flesh. He used his teeth to nibble, his tongue to lick and soon rolled her beneath him as the need to get her under him—get inside her—grew.
The bed dipped, and Finn looked over to see a naked Ethan climbing on the bed beside them. He let go of Kelly’s ear. “You always manage to get ahead of the game.”
Ethan grinned. “Don’t want to be left out of the fun.”
Finn couldn’t hold back his answering grin. “And the fun is only just getting started.”
“It certainly is. Now pass the parcel and let the game begin.”
About the Author
Rhian Cahill is the alter ego of a stay-at-home mother of four. With motherly duties rapidly dwindling Rhian is able to make use of the fertile imagination she used to keep herself sane for all those years of slavery. Having spent some years living overseas and visiting tropical clima
tes has helped inspire some steamy stories. Multi-published in erotic romance and contemporary romance, Rhian, with the help of Mr. Muse, spends her days and nights writing. When not glued to the keyboard you’ll find her book in hand avoiding any and all housework.
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