And the conversation we had when they got back is how we wound up here a few days later.
The three of us moving the last of our shit into her loft, finally making itourloft a short while after Pete and I turned the keys to my condo into my realtor.
Things are coming together nicely, but all this weird shit going on has me starting to think like my boyfriend. Well, the skeptical brooding one, anyway.
I like having to differentiate between my boyfriends because I have two, and I really like how eagerly our sweet boy jumped at being with all of us. I liked it even more when I got to watch Norm fuck Leonor from behind while they watched Pete fuck me, our girl’s enthusiastic way of extending awarm welcomeinto our relationship.
It’s been really good ever since then. Leo’s new stalker has even given us a break from the morbid gifts, but I’m definitely channeling Pete because I’ve started waiting for shit to hit the fan at any second.
“Who is she talking to?” Mark asks as he stares out the window at Leo, running a hand over his face and beard.
I shrug one shoulder while adjusting the mattress and box spring by about a half inch. “I think she said it was Justine.”
“She’s getting mad,” he says, walking toward the French doors and drawing my attention his way. “She never gets mad at Justine.”
Thats true.“Maybe they’re talking aboutLex,”I grunt. “He makes her mad.” That douchebag makes us all mad.
I’m counting down the days until Leonor decides to play music full time again because the second that happens, I’ll happily help her give that asshole her two week notice.
“I know Leonor is very pretty, and she’s scary as hell when she’s mad,” Pete says, finally getting Mark to pay attention to something other than her. “But we still have a bunch of shit down in our cars to bring up, and I’d really like to do it before I turn forty.”
“But you’re such a sexy silver fox.” I grin and wag my eyebrows as I walk over to where Pete is waiting for us. “Especially with those long silver dreads I can wrap around my fist and…”
Just as I go to show everyone what I’m talking about, the balcony door whips open and Leo’s cell phone comes sailing through the room before it collides with the bathroom door, basically exploding a mere foot away from my head.
“See?” Mark says as the three of us quickly start down the spiral staircase before Leo’s boots follow her phone. “Let’s go get the rest of your shit while Norm talks her down.”
“Motherfucking cock sucker,” Leo growls as she stomps back into the room and slams the door.
I can’t help but smile over my shoulder at our sweet boy, who is giving me thethanks a lot assholeslook before putting his game face on. One that cracks the tiniest bit as I blow him a kiss, then falls almost completely when I lift my fingers to my lips, spread them, and flick my tongue between the index and middle.
It earns me a scowl and a blush but Norman doesn’t have anything to worry about. Leonor can’t stay mad around him and if she does, I’m sure she’d just make him take his pants off and work it out a different way.
He’ll be fine.
23
NORM
Iwatch Lucky chuckle to himself as he leads Pete and Mark downstairs, conveniently leaving me with an incredibly angry Leonor Allan.
It’s not the first time they’ve done it and I know it won’t be the last, but all three of them are tougher than me so why they seem to think I’m the right choice for this is a mystery. Regardless of the six inch height advantage I have over her, our girl could snap me in half with the right amount of rage.
“That asshole has some fucking nerve,” Leo growls as she shoves her hands on her hips and starts to pace. “Fuck that guy.”
I walk over to the much larger dresser I bought for us, the one that has enough room for most of our combined clothes because the piles were starting to get to Lucky, hop up on it and crack open a beer.
“Yeah, fuck that guy,” I say before I take a drink, arching a brow as Leo stops mid-step to scowl at me. “What guy?”
“Collinsworth,” she grumbles. “He wants me to go out to his house and appraise some new art heacquiredover the weekend but I told him I didn’t do that sort of thing when he asked me out.”
The words are barely out of her mouth when I start choking on my beer, coughing into the neck while my eyes water. “When he… he what?”
For all the extra attention he’s been paying her, I didn’t think that guy had the balls to actually make a move on Leo. Not when the four of us have been at that damn mansion as much as we have been lately. He’s real stupid if he didn’t think at least one of us was in a relationship with her. And it really sucks for him that it’s basically all of us.
“Oops,” Leo says, her cheeks going a little pink as she starts chewing her lip. “I guess I forgot to tell you guys about that.”
“No shit. When did this happen?”
