Chapter 41 Mateo
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
Mateo
Levi’s idea of picking up dinner meant buying enough Chinese takeout to feed the entirety of Whynot.
But I couldn’t complain. I’d worked up an appetite.
“I’ve never been to your place,” Levi said as he came through my front door. Avery was right behind him and paused to lean up on her tiptoes, planting a kiss on my mouth that turned my cock to steel.
“Well, hi,” I mumbled as my cheeks warmed.
“Hi.” She winked and slid past me.
God, I’m fucking obsessed with both of them. I shut the door and locked it, trying to clear my head and keep up with our conversation. “It’s nothing too fancy. I like Avery’s place more. But my bed is bigger.”
A lot bigger.
“And there are restraint points,” I added causally.
Both Avery and Levi turned around with deer in the headlights looks on their faces.
Ha. “The dining room is straight ahead.”
“I know where it’s at,” Avery mumbled, leading the way.
Levi looked around as he followed her and I was suddenly a lot more self-conscious of my house.
I mean, it was a house, which was saying a lot in the world we lived in.
It was entirely too small and there were parts of it that were outdated, but it was mine.
Over the last couple of years, I’d taken cues from Avery and attempted to decorate.
My living room was cozy. My couch was definitely from my college days, which was slightly embarrassing. I did have a new leather recliner that made me feel like an old man every time I sat in it, but I loved it regardless.
“Your place is like mine,” Levi chuckled as he put the food down on the table.
“Basic?”
His smile warmed me. “Just not like Avery’s.”
“I like it,” Avery said. “It’s . . .”
“Don’t even try,” I snorted. “If we ever live together, you can decorate.”
It was easy to say that. Easy for the words to slip out, easy to say something so casually about a future together. And yet, the tension in the room became painful.
“I’ll grab silverware.” Avery practically fled to the kitchen.
Levi was quiet and broody as he untied the plastic bags. I could see his mind working. Thinking.
I wasn’t going to shy away from the future, I decided. Even if it hurt. Even if it felt like a thousand tiny needles in my chest every time I thought about what happened after Monday.
“What’s your schedule like next week?” I asked.
Levi’s brows pulled together. “Busy.”
“I’m sure. Meeting with your agent?”
He nodded. “The moment I land, I’ll probably be in and out of meeting rooms for a full week. I’m sure they’re going to come up with some sort of social media strategy for me.”
Avery returned with bowls and utensils, but I’d lost my appetite. I tried to flip back to being horny, to being dominant, to wanting to do all the hot deviant activities I’d been wanting to do with both of them all day.
But it was hard.
It was hard to think about anything except the looming deadline.
Avery breathed out. “All right. I have a request.”
Levi and I looked at her as we sat down around my table.
“What’s that?” Levi asked.
“I want to pretend for the rest of the night that there’s nothing else outside these walls. Can we do that?”
Could we?
Levi nodded. “I’d like that.”
They both looked at me and I leaned back in my chair, considering. Finally, I nodded. “Okay.”
“That wasn’t very enthusiastic,” she said half-heartedly.
All I did was smile and reach for the fried rice. “Maria knows, by the way.”
Avery gasped and Levi’s brows shot up.
“You told someone?” he asked.
“I did. She’s my cousin.”
“Oh, I’ve met her,” he said. “At the cafe. She’s a librarian?”
“The one and only,” I chuckled. “Honestly, still not sure why she works at the cafe except she likes the extra money for some of her hobbies. But between being a librarian and watching the demon cat, I don’t know where she gets the time.”
“She’s really cool,” Avery said. “A little aloof.”
She was that. “She is.”
“So what did she say?” Levi wondered.
“She was happy for us.” I shrugged my shoulders and decided to leave it at that. “What did you two get up to today? I see the marks on Levi’s neck.”
His hand immediately covered his throat and I laughed. There wasn’t any such mark, but teasing them was enough to lighten the mood. Avery grinned as we dove into our dinner, and every topic we talked about carefully existed outside of after.
Once we were full, I got up from the table and headed straight to the bedroom, wondering how long it would take them to follow. I flipped on my light, listening to their murmurs as I pulled out my kink bag from the closet.
And the spreader bars.
The black metal bar had two cuffs that would be perfect for either of them.
Avery filled the doorway wearing nothing but her damn boots.
I cursed, breathing out as I took her in. “Ruining all my plans,” I rasped.
“That’s me.” She smirked as Levi appeared behind her, wearing nothing.
“Did I tell either of you that you could undress?” I asked, unable to hide my amusement.
“No. We decided to save you the trouble.”
“Ah, and I bet you want some praise for thinking so far ahead.”
She tipped her chin up. “I sure do.”
I smirked and snatched a pillow off the bed. I threw it to the floor at my feet. “I want you to kneel on the floor right here, Avery.”
I felt the shift internally first. The dominant part of me taking over, desire washing away all my other concerns. We were safe in this space. Safe to be with each other, safe to explore our desires, safe from the future.
Avery entered my room and stopped in front of me. She held eye contact, never breaking it for a moment as she dropped down to her knees. Obediently. Willingly. Her sweet brown eyes watched me, waiting for more commands. The submission was pure and needy and all-consuming.
“Good girl.”
Her breath hitched. Blush crept into her cheeks.
I tipped her chin up, cradling her face in my palm for a moment. There was so much trust here. So much that I cherished.
I turned my attention to Levi. His cock was hard, but he wouldn’t look at me.
“Levi,” I said.
Sad green eyes met mine. I hated seeing him like this. I needed to make him forget.
“Yes, Sir?”
“I want you to go into my closet and look to the right. There’s a set of rope and safety shears. I want you to bring them both out.”
Levi stepped into the room and moved past me for the closet, but not before I grabbed his wrist. His eyes lit up as I pulled him into a kiss, his lips smooth against mine, his beard rough against my skin. The scent of him was like a balm of comfort, his body leaning into me.
I wanted him to stay so badly it hurt.
I released him, smirking at the stars I saw dancing in his eyes. Levi swallowed hard and stumbled to the closet, flipping on the light and peering in.
“Fuck,” he said. “You’ve got a lot of stuff in here. Have you been holding back?”
Avery started to get up, but I shook my head at her. “Stay kneeling.”
I could see the curiosity eating at her, but her body relaxed into its place again.
Levi retrieved a bundle of rope and the scissors. I took it from him and unraveled the hemp, the roughness sliding between my fingers. Vibrations followed as the ends hit the floor and I smiled down at Avery.
Rope had been on the kink list. I knew Avery had never been tied up before. I wasn’t going to do anything too intense, but seeing her chest in a harness would be enough to test the waters with shibari while also adding a layer of sexiness and control that appealed to me.
I also knew that Levi knew how to tie a chest harness.
I handed the rope back to him. “I want you to put her in a harness while I tease her.”
“Yes, Sir,” he whispered. He leaned in and kissed me once more before we both looked down at her.
Avery’s eyes widened slightly, but then she licked her lips. “Am I going to suck both of you off at the same time?”
It was a damn good idea, but not what I’d planned.
“Put her in a harness first,” I said roughly.
Levi looped an arm around her waist and lifted her to her feet. She wobbled for a moment, but we steadied her, the two of us boxing her in. I kicked the pillow to the side as her head fell back against his chest.
“This is hot,” she whispered reverently. “Really, really hot.”
My hands slid down her body as Levi lifted her arms, positioning her so he could move the rope around her breasts with ease. I slid two fingers against her pussy, not surprised to find her wet.
“Someone’s so fucking eager,” I whispered as I pushed a finger inside her.
“Oh fuck,” she gasped, her eyes fluttering.
She squeezed my finger, pulsing around me as Levi slid the rope around her body.
I watched it tighten around her ribs beneath her breasts.
Then he looped it around, drawing the rope up between them.
I leaned forward, catching her nipple in my mouth and sucking as he tightened the harness, all while giving her a second finger.
Avery whimpered, her words lost to moans. Her hips moved, begging me for more. I sank my teeth into her soft skin, sucking her nipple hard enough that she yelped and gasped.
I could feel the rope vibrations through her body. Levi finished tying the back, meeting my gaze over her shoulder.
I released her nipple and stepped closer, her body pressed between ours. Her hands settled on my chest, her hips moving faster.
“Are you going to let her come?” Levi asked.
“I am,” I whispered. “Because she’s being so good, isn’t she?”
“She is,” he purred, kissing the sides of her neck. “Putty in our hands.”
I nodded, holding her gaze. “She’d do anything we wanted her to. Keep fucking my hand, baby. There you go.”
Her lashes fluttered, her breaths shortening as she kept moving, the wet sounds of my fingers fucking her turning my cock to iron.
We kept working her together until her voice split my ears, her body shaking as her orgasm pulsed through her.
I could feel it around my fingers, could see it in the way her expression twisted around the moment she came.