14. Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fourteen
Tucker
I heard her coming down the hall but didn’t look away from the pancakes I was making.
“Tucker? What are you doing here?”
I looked over my shoulder and used the spatula to point at the table. “Sit. I’ll bring you something to eat.”
“Is Levi around?” she asked as she sat.
She was trying to sound casual, but the way her cheeks were turning red told me that what I’d suspected after talking to Levi this morning was true. Well, talking to him and finding a used condom in the bathroom garbage.
“He was up all night making sure whoever broke in didn’t come back.” I slid three perfectly golden pancakes onto a plate. “Did some cleaning up too.”
“I was going to do that,” she said, her blush getting darker.
“Well, I finished what he didn’t get done by the time I got here at dawn.” I sat down next to her with my own plate. “Then I figured I’d make breakfast.”
“Thank you,” she said quietly before starting on her food.
“I figured you’d need to replace all the calories you burned up last night.”
Her fork hit her plate with a clatter. “What?”
I grinned at her. “Come on, did you really think I wouldn’t figure out that something happened between you and Levi? I might not be Jenna, but I know you, Evie. And I know Levi.”
“Did he tell you anything?”
I shook my head. “Not a word.”
“I’m sorry,” she blurted out.
“For what?”
Confusion replaced her guilty expression. “You and I…well, you know.”
“Yeah, but it’s not like we made any promises,” I said. When I saw a flash of hurt, I hurried to explain better. “I don’t mean that in a bad way. Just that you didn’t break any promises.”
“And you’re not mad?” she asked.
“Nope.” I ate a bit of pancake before I decided to take the plunge. “I’m actually kinda relieved.”
“Relieved? I don’t understand.”
“I love my brother, but he can be a real moody bastard sometimes.”
“I’ve noticed,” she said dryly.
“Well, if he had to stand back and watch Mason and me getting all of your attention, he’d be pissed.”
“What makes you think that?” she asked.
I gave myself a mental high five when she didn’t even blink at the “Mason and me” comment, and then I answered her question. “Levi clearly has a thing for you.”
“What?!”
The shock on her face was even funnier knowing that they’d fucked.
“I would’ve thought what you two did last night made that obvious.”
“Nothing with Levi is obvious,” she pointed out. “And it’s not like you guys don’t have casual sex. I figured it was all the adrenaline from the break-in, and not getting any while you guys have been looking out for me. I never thought it actually meant anything.”
“Yeah, we’ve fucked our fair share of women,” I admitted. “But none of us ever mess with people who are important to our family. And you’re important, Evie.”
“But you’re not jealous?”
“No,” I answered honestly. “And before you think that means I don’t care enough to be jealous, that’s not it at all. That might’ve been the case for women at the club, but it’s not with you.”
“Then what is it?” she asked. “Mason and I made out. You went down on me. Levi and I…” She looked away, her entire face pink.
“You fucked.”
Her lips pursed as she flared at me. “Yes. We fucked. Happy?”
“I could be.”
She frowned. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means my brothers and I care about you,” I said. “And we’re attracted to you.”
“I don’t want to come between any of you.”
“You won’t,” I promised.
I reached out and lightly touched her hand, giving it a comforting squeeze before pulling back. I wanted to hold her hand, but that would be too tempting. We needed to finish this talk before her mom woke up, because I had a feeling if we let things lie, she’d talk herself out of even considering what I was about to suggest. Right now, she was still struggling with her attraction to all three of us, and I needed her to be in that headspace to see the appeal outweighing the negatives—namely, what something like this would look like to the rest of the world.
“You’re right,” she agreed. “Because I’m not crossing that line again.”
“Or,” I suggested, “you could cross a couple other lines.”
“Like what?”
“We talked, and we’d like to share you.”
Technically, Levi hadn’t been a participating part of the discussion Mason and I had, but after having sex with Evie, I doubted my oldest brother was going to want to let her go. And it wasn’t like the three of us hadn’t shared the occasional club slut. The only difference here was that we didn’t want to just use Evie to get off and then go on our way.
“Share me?” She stared at me. “What, like I’d have three boyfriends or something?”
“Or something,” I said. “Just think about it, okay? Don’t blow it off because it’s not the norm. Try to picture what that could look like with us. And if it freaks you out too much, fine. But if you think it’s something you’d like to try, just say the word.”
I pushed back from the table and took our empty plates to the sink.
“Why don’t you go wake up your mom so we can get some breakfast in her before we figure out the best way to handle this new shitstorm we’re in.”