That was news to Jake, and from the look on Maya’s face, it was news to her, too.
Border’s phone buzzed, and he sighed before looking down at the screen. “I need to go, but once I get back, the three of us need to talk. About a lot of things, including the fact that I happen to know Wes and Storm from when I was here before. It’s nothing bad,” he said to the two of them. “But the whole ‘no secrets’ thing means I should tell you everyone I know.”
Maya licked her lips, her tongue ring coming out slightly. “Okay. Yeah, we should all talk. Tonight even. I have a late evening appointment for a client that I can’t move around. I’m staying open late to accommodate his work schedule and I can’t cancel on him. Frankly, I don’t want to since he’s a paying client and all that. But when I get done, I’ll come over here and we can…talk.”
Jake nodded. “I have a family thing tonight,” he added. He looked up at Border. “I forgot to mention it. I told Graham I’d come over for pizza and the Avs game at his place. All my brothers are going. I’d uh…invite you, but I think they want to talk about you.” He snorted, and Maya and Border laughed.
“True enough,” Border said. “I need to go and deal with something, and I probably won’t be done until ten or so anyway. So let’s meet after that? I know it’s fucking late, but hell, we can’t keep putting this off. It’s getting ridiculous at this point.”
“Sounds good to me,” Maya said as she doctored her coffee.
“Me, too,” Jake answered. It was past time.
“Good.” Border leaned forward and kissed Jake softly on the lips before going to Maya and kissing her on the cheek, close to her lips. And with that, the man left the two of them standing in the kitchen looking like idiots.
“That man,” Maya said with a shake of her head.
Jake laughed. “Yeah, I know.”
This time, Maya joined him in the laughter, and he leaned against her. “I’m glad you’re here,” he said softly. “I’m happy you didn’t stay away for too long.”
Maya turned so she could kiss his jaw. “I can’t stay away from you, Jake, and I think that’s the point.”
Jake lowered his head and kissed her softly. She moaned into him, and Jake had to pull back before he did something stupid like strip down her pants and eat her out in the kitchen. While that would have been a damn good breakfast, he didn’t want to do anything without talking with Border first. The three of them needed to work out what the hell they were doing before they let sex cloud their minds more than it already had.
Maya pulled back and licked her lips. “You sure can kiss, Jake Gallagher.”
He grinned. “You’re not too bad yourself.”
Maya moved to the other side of the kitchen, putting distance between them, and Jake was glad for it. From the way her chest moved as she breathed deeply, he wasn’t the only one affected by whatever was going on between the three of them.
“So, yeah, sorry for blurting out all of that over the phone last night,” Maya said after a moment. “I didn’t mean to make things difficult for the two of you.”
Jake shook his head. “Don’t be sorry. If anything, it made things…easier for Border and me once you hung up.”
Maya’s brows rose, and she grinned at him. “Oh, really? What happened last night?”
Jake shook his head. “Nothing.”
Maya just stared at him.
“I mean nothing in terms of sex. We didn’t even touch each other’s dicks. I promise.”
Maya chuckled. “Poor Border, because your dick is sure nice to touch.”
Jake winked and ran a hand over his now very hard cock. “Why thank you kindly.” He shook his head. “We kissed, but you just saw him kiss me like two minutes ago, so that wasn’t new.”
“Not new, but sure as hell hot.” Maya shrugged. “I’d probably be jealous of you with another person, but this is Border, you know?” She shook her head. “We’ll talk about that tonight after I try to formulate my thoughts.”
“Sounds like a plan. So, yeah, Border and I only kissed. Oh, and I gave him a massage since his neck and shoulder were hurting him, but other than his shirt being off for that, we didn’t do anything. And we only had two shots of tequila so we didn’t do anything stupid.”
Maya smiled at him. “You always think so much, Jake.”
“Well, you think just as much as I do, so I don’t know why you’re saying that.”
“True.” She paused. “Remember the time we used cotton candy as our chaser with the tequila?”
Jake laughed. “You used cotton candy. Not me.”
Maya snorted. “Uh, no honey. You let that candy melt on your tongue after the shot just like I did. And, if I recall correctly, you said it was damn good. You liked it. A lot. And then we watched Youtube videos of Adele singing Spice Girls and ended with One Direction videos.”
Jake pressed his lips together to keep from laughing. “Liar,” he lied.