12. Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Henry
Seeing Mari and Jason walk into Mama Choi’s hand-in-hand made my heart beat wildly. They were mine, and they were here in the restaurant my mother had built, showing it off. I wanted a collar around Jason’s throat, or a tattoo on his body, anything to mark him.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” my sister muttered, staring at them. “What the hell are they doing?”
“I know,” I said, grinning. “They look so damn sexy.”
“What?” Anna’s confusion only made me laugh.
“I know you don’t get me and Jason, big sister, but you don’t need to. It is what it is. I love him, Mari loves him, and he’s ours.” Warmth flooded my body as I said those words, and nothing had ever sounded so true. “He’s supposed to be ours.”
“Yours like you’re in a relationship together?” Anna’s husband Cole looked about as confused as his wife for a moment, then he tilted his head and shrugged. “That’s hot.” He was grinning, but Anna smacked his chest, looking irritated.
“Hot until the idiot cheats on you. We heard what happened with Gabi,” Anna said.
“Nah,” Cole shook his head. “Jason would never do anything to hurt Henry. Everyone knows that. I wonder if all this time he was cheating because he couldn’t have what he really wanted.”
“Is it weird?” I asked, my smile widening. “Mari and I dating Jason?”
“Not at all,” Cole replied. “Not if it makes you guys happy — and Jason has never seemed happy.”
I looked over at my best friend, standing with my wife as our hostess, Connie, cracked a joke and led them back to Mari’s favorite booth. He looked different, happier, more content. And all this time, he’d just needed someone who cared about him to take him in hand and guide him.
Or maybe it wasn’t that simple. Maybe this was a pipe dream. Deep down, I knew that Mari and I were the only ones who could make him happy, but I wasn’t sure he believed he deserved us.
“So,” Anna said, leaning forward. She had a mischievous smile on her face. “You gonna make an honest man out of him? Three-way wedding?”
I laughed. “It’s not there yet, but considering how well we both know him, it’s building fast. I wouldn’t be surprised if he moves in with us soon.”
“Is a three-way wedding a thing?” Cole asked.
I glanced over at Jason and shrugged, surprised that I felt a rush of pleasure at that suggestion. “We haven’t talked about it. But I want to commit to him somehow.”
“Well, I can’t say I fully approve, knowing he’s cheated on half the town, but if it makes you happy, I’m happy, little brother,” Anna said, shaking her head. “Go, join them. We’re leaving! And don’t forget, you agreed to cover the munch thing tomorrow.”
“I don’t know why we can’t be here for this munch thing,” Cole muttered. “It sounds cool!”
“A munch is a BDSM get-together, Cole,” Anna hissed, tugging his arm. “Which means only one sibling can be there. I do not need to know what kinds of sex toys my brother uses.”
“Yeah, but it’s casual, no fucking, right?” Cole asked, still looking a little clueless. “We all have sex. You don’t have to be weird about it. It’s natural for people who love each other.”
Anna tensed, glaring at her husband. “They test out the toys. There might be fucking.” And I was silently laughing as I hugged my sister.
“Whatever. We like toys.”
“You can’t tell my brother we like toys,” she hissed, then turned to me. “He had sex positive hippies for parents. He doesn’t get what it’s like to be normal,” Anna whispered.
“She means uptight,” Cole added.
“It’s okay, I’d rather not think about what you and Cole do in the bedroom, either,” I said, grinning. “We can handle the munch. You guys take off tomorrow, go biking or something. Jason will help me if I need it, I’m sure.” I turned to Cole. “And we’ll just have to make the event amazing so they come back to Mama Choi’s next month and you and Anna can go.”
“I get you, man,” Cole said. “That’s the perfect solution.”
Anna shook her head, grabbed Cole’s hand and dragged him out of the restaurant, and I turned to walk over to my wife and my lover, a huge smile on my face. Today, this thing between us felt filled with incredible possibilities, and I couldn’t wait to get Jason home and snuggle him between us.