“Listen, we have a plan.” I guide her into the house, and I can hear the splashing out back. Si exercises his anger away. Although I’m sure he’d like it to be a much different exercise.
“Such as?” She looks up at me as we stop at the open patio doors.
Pushing her out, I tell her, “Make up with Si, and we might tell you.” I wink before heading to the kitchen to grab the pitcher of lemonade I made earlier this morning.
Placing the refreshing drink and some glasses on a tray, I stop in the doorway to stare as the only two people on the planet I love share a glare-off. They’re so damn much alike it hurts to see them fight.
Falling in love with Cali was so damn easy for us. We’ve known for years that we were going to share a woman, that we completed each other in a way that wouldn’t allow us to carry on independent relationships. For me, though? Si isn’t just my best friend. I’ve been secretly in love with him for years.
We’ve known each other since we were fourteen. We became fast friends, graduated high school together, joined the Marines together. Got recruited to the CIA together. Left the CIA together and now work for Asher McCall, the President, and their secret organization to be the fucking best in the business.
Cali changed all of that, though.
She forced us to acknowledge that we lived one mission to the next and have nothing in between. We both want more. We want her; we need her.
Before coming to California, we gave our notice to Asher. There will be no more missions, no more secrets, no potential lies. While we can’t provide details about our work, we can tell her that it’s over. We’ve accepted a consulting job with a studio in Hollywood to ensure the safety of their stars. We’re also interviewing with LAPD to work as special counsel when needed for federal security.
Neither of us can tolerate a traditional job with a nine to five, five days a week timetable. We want to experience life. After fifteen years in the business of saving others’ lives, we’re ready to start our own. Beginning with Cali.
“Don’t you dare!” Cali screams as Si drags her into the pool. Water splashes and she screams as I set the tray down. Kicking off my shoes and shedding my shirt and jeans, I jump in.
Cali comes up for air just as I reach them a few feet from the edge of the deep end, hair and clothes plastered to her body. Fire is shooting from her eyes as she slaps Si’s chest. “Jerk,” she snarks, but a faint smile erupts when he drags her closer.
My friend says nothing as he grasps her wilted ponytail and drags her mouth closer, kissing her, taking from her what she’s unwilling to admit she wants. Planting my feet on the ground, I steady the two of them with my hands resting on her hips as their tongues tangle.
My knuckles graze across Si’s hard cock while moving around to Cali’s front, and I feel more than see my friend quake as his eyes pop open and meet my transfixed stare. I continue to unbuckle Cali’s shorts, pushing them down her hips until she kicks free of them.
Si is still watching me as I maneuver Cali to wrap her legs around his hips. Ignoring my own fears, I push my boxers down and rub my aching dick between her supple ass cheeks. Nipping along her shoulder, I continue to hold Si’s gaze as I wiggle my hand between their bodies and grasp his cock in my hand.
We both groan at the contact, and for the first time, I feel like I’m not the only one acknowledging these feelings between him and me. Rubbing the head of his dick along Cali’s slit, she pulls away from Si’s mouth, gasping for air.
She leans her head back against my shoulder, her head tilting so she can whisper in my ear, “Kiss him.” My eyes drop to detect a languid look on her face and a dare in her eyes.
Flitting a glance back up to Silas, I see a challenge in his. He heard her. Sucking on the side of her neck, I mutter in her ear, “If this backfires, I’m taking it out on your ass.” She giggles and pushes her rump against my dick.
Blowing out a breath, I grip the back of Si’s neck and drag him closer. Not thinking but acting on pure instinct, I take his mouth with my own. I think he’s shocked initially, but when I sense his hand on my back, pulling me nearer, I know I’m not on my own.
Our teeth clash as we fight for dominance of the kiss. Tongues intertwine, and when he bites my lip, tugging until I draw back, my heart beats recalcitrantly.
“That was hot,” Cali whispers against my cheek, nipping along my jaw and across to Silas’s. Her lips don’t stop moving, but she doesn’t try to kiss either of us.
Our gazes crash like a tidal wave, and I notice Si’s has darkened, his lust nearly uncontrollable. When he leans in again, gentler this time, licking along the seam of my lips, I have the confidence I didn’t know I needed to touch him the way I want.
Feeling Cali start to pull away from between us, we both reach for her, grasping chunks of her hair and holding her in place. “Possessive much,” she mumbles as we pull away.
“You’ve got a fucking mouth on you,” Silas growls, grasping her chin with his other hand and dragging her closer. Delving into her mouth with his tongue, he bites her lip, and her body quivers in the warm water.
Drawing away from her, Si turns her head to me, where I do the same. Sinking into the kiss, I suck her tongue into my mouth, devouring her, inhaling every breath she tries to take until we’re forced to break apart.
“Oh, hi there!” A chirpy voice calls, causing us all to look over at the yard next to us. An older woman with greying hair and a sunhat is waving her hand like we’re a mile away.
“Hi!” Cali greets her, and we both groan. “How are you?”
“There goes the afternoon,” Silas grunts.
Cali glares at him.
“Good, good,” the woman responds. “I heard voices from your side of the fence and thought I’d peek over. It’s been a while since anyone has lived here.” Her eyes dart from one of us to another until settling on Cali.
“More like climbed on a fucking ladder to spy,” I hiss out, getting elbowed by Cali as Silas snorts.
The neighbor lady doesn’t appear too inclined to leave us alone, so I pull my boxers back up and slide over to the side of the pool where Cali is leaning.
“Is the neighborhood quiet?” Cali asks her, and they spark up a conversation about the surrounding community, who the neighbors are, and which houses like to have parties on the weekend. Rolling my eyes, Si and I leave Cali to chat with the woman as we head inside.
Chapter 2
Silas
The grill is on, beers are chilling in the cooler, and Cali is still talking with the lonely old lady next door. Rome has been unusually quiet since earlier, which has me sitting on a lounge chair beside the pool, staring at the spot we were all in this afternoon in the water. Did I misread his enthusiasm? Was he just trying to please Cali?
Initially, I was angry with myself because I didn’t have the balls to tell Cali what I wanted from her. What we want. And jealous that Rome can. We’ve always been close, more so than most friends. For years, I’ve always believed it was because he’s the light to my dark; we complemented each other. In life, with women. I can’t imagine a world with a woman and not having him a part of that.
After that kiss, though, and my reaction to it, I have to wonder if there isn’t more for both of us. It’s obvious there has been for Rome. But now I’m questioning if I have those same feelings for him or if I was caught up in the moment with Cali. I’ve never been attracted to a man before, and there has always been a bit of touching and closeness with us while sharing women, but until today, I hadn’t thought about if there was more to us as well.