Chapter Nine
Maverick “Viking”
Operation “Get My Wife to Fall in Love with Me” is in full motion.
I’ve taken her on plenty of dates; all the ones I should have taken her on instead of being such an asshole.
I’ve also left notes around the house telling her what I love about her.
The only time I really leave the house is for work or club business. Now that she knows everything, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
I feel free to be who I am and love her just like I want to.
It has been a couple weeks since we had talked about Ice, but we weren’t sure how we were going to go about approaching him.
I walk into the kitchen where Ana is sitting at the island in the kitchen having coffee. Ice gets up and turns to the coffee maker to grab another cup.
Ana looks at me with a smile, and I wink at her as I walk right up to Ice and reach over him to grab a mug from the cupboard.
I hear him suck on a breath.
“I hope there’s enough for me,” I whisper in his ear. A shiver escapes his body, causing me to smirk.
“Sure is,” he chokes out.
I’m sure he expects me to move, but I just press my body up against him harder as I move my mug beside his.
“Could you pour me some?” I ask. He nods his head, but it takes a moment before he actually pours some.
When I move away, I slide my hand lightly along his hip and ass before sitting beside Ana who looks amused.
It takes a moment before Ice turns around, trying to compose himself.
When he takes a seat on the other side of Ana, he looks flustered.
I put my hand on Ana’s thigh. Since she’s wearing short shorts, I immediately touch her soft skin.
We haven’t done anything else since we have been back because she still isn’t sure.
I just leave my hand there and brush my thumb across her thigh.
“I think we need to talk,” Ice says. I look over to see his eyes glaring at my hand on Ana’s thigh.
“Sure, what about?” Ana says, her voice sounding strained.
“I need to move out,” he blurts out.
We both freeze and look over at him. We were not expecting that.
“Why?” Ana asks, sounding like she might cry now.
“My attraction to you guys isn’t going to go away if I keep living here,” he says after a moment.
“You’re attracted to us?” Ana asks in fake surprise.
“Do you want it to go away?” I ask at the same time.
“There’s no other option. I refuse to get in the middle of you guys. You two are starting to find your way back to each other, and I can’t mess with that,” he says while looking back and forth between us.
“We want you in the middle of us,” Ana rushes out. “Well, if you want to be in the middle that is. Maverick can be in the middle if that’s what you prefer. If not, I guess I could try to middle. Might be nice to be in a biker sandwich,” she rambles before she throws a hand over her mouth to stop herself.
I drop my head and chuckle. I look up at Ice who looks amused and confused at the same time.
“Are you saying you guys want to have sex with me?” he chokes out.
“Well not just sex, but that would be a fucking bonus,” I tell him with a wink.
“Have you guys thought about this?” he asks.
We both nod our heads. “This is something we talked about quite a bit over the last couple weeks. We wanted to be sure before we approached you,” I tell him.
“Are you sure now? Or are you saying this because I said I wanted to move out?” he asks warily.
“We were going to talk to you today. You just happened to move up the conversation,” Ana says softly.
“You guys need to be sure about this. You guys are risking a lot,” he says, trying to reason with us.
“We are sure. We both want you. We feel a connection to you, and we want to see if this could be something more, and even better, with the three of us,” Ana says firmly.
“I-wow, I don’t know if this is real or I’m completely dreaming this right now,” he whispers to himself.
Ana looks over at me in question, and I nod my head.
I watch as she grabs his face in her hands and turns him to face her. I don’t miss the shaking of her hands, so I wrap my arms around her so that she knows she has my support.
Before Ice can question what Ana’s doing, she pulls his mouth to hers.
It’s soft and cautious, but it only takes a couple seconds for Ice to snap out of it and kiss her like he needs her to breathe.
My cock is getting rock hard just watching them.
When they pull away, they are both breathing hard. Ice’s eyes flick to mine; no doubt seeing the desire in them. I don’t bother to hide how much that turned me on.
He grabs the back of my neck and pulls me to his lips.
I’m well aware of Ana between us as Ice and I kiss. We fight for dominance but, when he bites my lip, I’m like putty in his hands. I feel him smirk against my lips before he fists a hand in my hair and kisses me with the same intensity that he gave Ana.
We pull away and our breathing is ragged. I feel kind of dazed that it actually happened. I’ve wanted to feel his lips on mine for a long time, and now I finally have. It’s even better than I fucking expected.
“That was a lot hotter than I thought it was going to be, and I already thought it was going to be hot,” Ana says, breaking the silence.
I smirk down at her. “Glad you enjoyed the show.”
Before anyone can say anything else, Serena and Tank come walking in with breakfast sandwiches and pastries.
“Thought I’d treat everyone today,” Serena says with a smile.
The smell is making my mouth water. As she unpacks everything, I look over at Ana as a noise escapes her and she looks kind of pale before running away.
I rush after her as she makes it to the toilet and throws up the coffee she just drank.
“Baby, are you okay?” I say, wetting a cool cloth and dabbing her with it while gathering her hair in my other hand so she doesn’t get puke on it.
“I don’t know what happened. I was feeling fine and then the smell of that food just made me…” She ends with a gag and throws up some more in the toilet.
“I’ll be fine. Just go eat that food and open the windows so I don’t have to smell it. I’m going to lay down until the feeling passes,” Ana says.
I wait and help her up before walking her to the bed. “I’ll be back. I’ll grab you some ginger ale too.”
I kiss her on the forehead as she relaxes into the bed.
“Is she okay?” Ice asks as soon as I’m in the room.
“She will be fine but said the smell of the food made her sick, so we are supposed to eat this and open the windows before she will come downstairs,” I tell them.
“The smell of the food made her sick?” Serena asks with a strange look on her face.
I nod my head. “That’s what she said. She was fine until she smelled whatever you brought.”
“I’ll be back. Go ahead and eat without me,” she says and runs out of the room.
I look over at Tank. “Well, that was weird.”
He shrugs his shoulder. “I’ve learned during the last few weeks to not get in between the sisters. They have their secret codes and messages and shit that they only tell each other. They went without it for years, and I’m glad they have it back.”
“True enough. Let’s eat,” I say, and the three of us don’t talk as we get rid of the food as quickly as possible.
Ana
I lay in my bed as the feeling of nausea passes me. My door opens, and I look over expecting to see Maverick or Ice, but it’s my sister with a weird look on her face.
“How are you feeling?” she asks.
“Meh,” I say with a shrug.
“Can I ask you a question?” she asks, sitting on the bed beside me.
“Sure,” I say slowly.
“Do you think you could be pregnant?”
At her words, I freeze.
“There’s always a chance. Mav and I don’t use protection, but we had been trying to get pregnant for years, so I don’t have any hope that it’s ever going to happen for us,” I tell her.
She gives me a sad smile. “I think you should take a test to be sure. Viking said you were feeling fine and then the smell of the food made you sick. You also have been really tired lately, and let’s not forget about the loud sex you had with Viking at mom and dad’s, so it’s entirely possible.”
“We weren’t THAT loud,” I reply.
“Viking wasn’t that loud. You, on the other hand, were a fucking opera singer.”
“You are delusional. I was as quiet as a mouse,” I insist.
“If that’s what you need to tell yourself,” she says following it up with an eyeroll and then laughing to herself. Once she is done laughing, she looks me in the eyes with a serious expression on her face.
“Listen, just check for me. If it’s negative, I won’t ask you again,” she pleads.
I roll my eyes. “Fine, I’ll try. But it’s going to be negative,” I grumble.
It’s a good thing I always have tests handy because we don’t use protection. I always held a small piece of hope that one of them would turn out positive; though a piece of me dies each time it’s negative.
I pee on the stick and put it on the counter. I open the door, and my sister wastes no time walking in. I ready myself for more disappointment.
“You look because I can’t,” I say before walking back into my room.
It feels like hours before she comes back into the room. “Ana,” she shouts with excitement.
“What?” I say rushing over to her.
“It’s positive,” she says with a squeal.
I look over at the test. There’s no way. “It’s got to be a false positive,” I mumble, still not willing to get my hopes up.
“Then take another one to be sure, but I think you are pregnant,” she says with a grin.
I end up taking the last four tests that I have, and they all say the same thing.
I’m pregnant.
“You should tell your husband,” she says with excitement.
“I have waited for this day for a long time. I always wanted to tell him in a special way. Plus, we had talked to Ice about trying something with us. What if he doesn’t want anything to do with us now because I’m pregnant?” I say panicking as my breathing picks up.
“Breathe for me,” she says doing slow breaths which I follow.
After a few minutes, I calm down.
“We will think of a cute way for you to tell them and, if Ice really wants you guys, then this is just going to be an addition,” she tells me.
Hopefully this doesn’t turn Ice away. I already feel myself growing attached.
Chapter Ten
Levi “Ice”
Something is going on with Ana. She has been acting weird all week. It’s making me wonder if she’s second guessing bringing me into their relationship.
She still gives me shy smiles and kisses me like she can’t get enough.
That’s all we have done. I’ve found myself dragged into another room at the club during the week so Viking can kiss me. I find it very hot that he can’t seem to stay away.
Currently, I’m watching Ana as she prepares supper because Viking is going to be out late on a run. It’s his first late run since they have been back from her mom’s. He was nervous about it and asked me to stay with Ana.
Obviously, I don’t mind doing that. Any time to get to know her is a great opportunity.
I tried to help her with supper, but she said she wanted to do it. She even kicked her sister out of the house so we could have a date night.
When I see her hands shaking, I stand up and walk over to her.
“Ana, baby, tell me what’s wrong.” I say pulling her into my arms.
“Nothing, I just have a lot on my mind,” she says before looking away.
“Are you regretting the decision for you and Viking to be with me?” I ask, not being able to keep the tension out of my voice.
She looks up at me with wide eyes and shakes her head. “No, that’s not it at all.”
“Then tell me what it is because I’m coming to the wrong conclusions,” I plead with her.
She lets out a sigh and shuts off the stove before turning back to me. “Can we sit down?”
I swallow hard but nod my head as she leads me to the living room to sit on the couch.
She doesn’t say anything for a couple minutes. I almost plead with her to tell me when she opens her mouth and lets out two words.
“I’m pregnant.”
“When, did, how, what?” I ask in shock.
“Listen, Maverick and I were trying to get pregnant for years and it never happened. When we were at my mom’s, we had sex. I’m assuming that’s when it happened, since we haven’t been together since. I’m shocked but happy about it, but I’m also scared that this means you won’t want to be with us anymore,” she stammers out.
“You still want to be with me even though you now have the baby you both have always wanted growing inside of you?” I rasp out.
She gives me a look like that was a stupid question. “Of course, I do. We aren’t with you for convenience or because Maverick wants to know what it’s like to be with a man. We want you because you’re you. I want this with you, and I hope this doesn’t change your mind about being with us. I know it’s a lot and not what you were expecting. I would hate it if you didn’t want this, but I will also understand.”
I grab her and pull her onto my lap so she’s straddling me. “This isn’t some passing thing for me. I want you and Viking both. Sure, this is unexpected; but we will figure this out along the way. I don’t want to give you guys up.”
She smiles at my words, and the look on her face makes her look stunning.
I pull her into me for a kiss that she eagerly accepts.
When she starts grinding down on me, I grab her hips to help her along. My cock is rock hard and aching to get in on the action, but it’s too soon for anything like that.
Plus, I think that the first time we do anything more without clothes, all three of us should be together.
When she pulls away, she’s breathless. “We have to stop. I don’t want to, but if we keep going then I won’t want to stop, and Mav needs to be here.”
“I agree,” I rasp.
She smiles softly at me. I want to make sure she never stops doing that.
Let’s face it, I’m bound to mess up at some point; I’m only human, but I really do want something long term with Viking and her.
When I first saw them, I had a feeling they would be something important to me. Every day, I’m more and more crazy about Viking and Ana.
“Let’s eat,” I say and smack her lightly on the ass.
She opens her mouth in shock, but I don’t miss the heat in her eyes. Fuck me, she liked that.
I throw my hands up. “Okay, no more touching until Viking gets home.”
She swallows hard. “Good idea.”
I can barely taste what she made, fully aware of the sexual tension in the room.
The night drags on and, when it’s time for bed, she pulls me into the room and asks me to lay with her.
There’s no way I can tell this woman “no.” I strip down to my boxers when she’s getting ready in the washroom and wait for her. I don’t know if she has a side of the bed or anything since I have never spent the night in bed with her.
“Which side do you sleep on?” I ask, gesturing to the bed.
“I sleep in the middle but, when Viking and I shared a bed, he slept on the left,” she says.
“Okay,” I say, moving to the right side of the bed.
I pull her into my arms as we lay on our sides.
“Did you tell Viking yet about the baby?” I ask as I place a hand on her stomach. I know I can’t feel anything, but I’m just in awe of a life growing inside of her right now.
“No. I wanted to do it in a cute way, but I haven’t thought of anything yet. I was too stressed worrying about how you were going to handle the news,” she admits.
“We can think of something together. Soon though because he’s going to notice,” I tell her.
“It’s hard to believe that he’s going to notice when I’m still unsure if his change is permanent,” she tells me.
“I think it is. I know that I haven’t known him for long, but I can see he genuinely wants to do anything to have you back,” I tell her.
“I know, but it’s not something I can just get over in a matter of weeks,” she whispers.
“It will take time. Just be open to letting him show you who he is now,” I whisper back.
“I will,” she says softly before falling asleep.
It takes me a little longer to fall asleep, but I enjoy the feel of having her in my arms. It’s like it was always meant to be.
Maverick “Viking”
I’m exhausted by the time I get home. I hated being away from my wife. I have this fear that she will change her mind about us if I spend too much time away from her.
It doesn’t help that she has been acting strange lately; ever since she got sick from the food her sister brought home.
She will let me kiss her and hold her as we cuddle on the couch, but I’m still sleeping in another room which doesn’t make for a good night’s sleep since all I want is my wife in my arms. I did, however, promise her space, so I won’t pressure her into letting me back in our bed.
I’ve also become addicted to kissing Ice. When we are at the club, I have to stop myself from pulling him into my arms and kissing the fuck out of him all the time. I know most of my brothers know now, but it is one thing to know and another to see.
I haven’t seen either of them all day, and I was too busy to text or call them, so I head to Ana’s room first before I look in on Ice.
When I walk into the room, I suck in a breath at the sight.
Fuck me. Seeing them sleeping together with Ice holding her like she’s something precious does something to me.
I don’t think about my next move as I strip down to my boxers and climb onto the other side of Ana.
Her eyes open briefly, and she smiles softly as me. “You’re home.”
“I am. Go back to sleep, baby,” I whisper.
She moves out of Ice’s hold and places her head on my chest, but he just follows her and keeps her close. I can reach both of them like this, and I fall asleep with a smile on my face.
Maybe everything will work out after all.
The next morning when I wake up, it’s just Ice and me in bed. He’s awake staring at me, which startles me for a second.
“Fuck, why are you watching me sleep like a fucking creeper?” I grumble, rubbing my eyes with my hands.
He chuckles and the sound goes straight to my cock.
“You talk in your sleep. I was enjoying the entertainment,” he says.
“I do not,” I mumble, but I know I do. Ana has told me many times the ridiculous things I’ve said. I don’t even remember what I dream about to come up with that shit though.
“You do. You were saying something about the raccoon being in charge, and no one was allowed to eat him,” he says with a light laugh.
“Well, you better not eat my raccoon,” I mutter, looking over at him.
“Oh I’ll eat your raccoon alright,” he rasps.
I look over at him in horror at the same time that a laugh comes from the doorway.
“That was the worst. It was not even a tiny bit sexy,” Ana says while laughing.
“Yeah, I know. I heard it as soon as I said it out loud, but then it was too late to take it back,” Ice says with a laugh.
“And I want to know what part of me was a raccoon? Because I’m a little scared now,” I tease.
“Fuck I don’t know,” Ice says. He throws an arm over his face and laughs, but I don’t miss the blush on his cheeks.
I gesture to Ana to come back to bed, and she moves forward without any hesitation.
“Morning, Button,” I rasp, pulling her into my arms.
“You got in late,” she says.
“Yeah, I tried to be back as soon as I could; but shit took longer than I thought it would,” I tell her.
“It’s okay. I liked waking up with you and Ice in bed with me. Best night sleep I have had in a long time,” she admits.
“Me too,” Ice chimes in.
“Fucking rights. I didn’t sleep for long, but it was a good deep sleep and I know it’s because you both were in here,” I tell them.
“Well, I don’t know when I’ll be ready for more, but I would like it if you two wanted to sleep in here every night,” she says, avoiding eye contact with us.
“I’d be fucking glad to,” I tell her. Ice nods in agreement.
“You can’t take it back now. I’ll be here every night that I’m not working or on a run,” Ice says.
“That’s good. The bed won’t feel so empty now,” she whispers.
Fuck, maybe everything is moving in the right direction.