34. Three Player Twister

THIRTY-FOUR

Iwas expecting to be shut down when I asked Del about the wedding in Seattle again. I wouldn't have blamed her with everything that had transpired, so I was thrown off when she knocked on my door the next morning. I opened it in my boxers to see her wide awake and already dressed for the day.

Her mouth parted in surprise, but she didn't pull away when I gently backed her into the doorframe. I took my time memorizing the shape of her lips with mine until I felt something wet touch my ankle and retreated.

"What are you?—"

I looked down to find Lily smiling up at me before slobbering on my leg again.

"How did you get in here?" I'd pulled Del farther into my room when I kissed her, and Lily hadn't been there when I opened the door.

Del laughed. "That's what I came to tell you! She's doing this weird little roll/crawl thing and she's pretty quick. She followed me from my room. Watch!" She tugged my arm to pull me with her as she moved across the room and waited for Lily to see. I watched her maneuver her way to us and collapse on my foot.

I picked her up and spun around. "Baby girl! You're getting too big, Lily Rose. Don't you know crawling is for girls twice your size?"

"I also came in to tell you that we want to go to Seattle with you. I talked to one of my publishing friends who lives there and she'd like to meet up while we"re in the city."

"Really?" I couldn't contain my smile. I wanted it to be on her terms but I was also dying to have my two worlds finally collide.

"Yes, I want to meet your friends before anything else comes out in the media. So they can make their own mind up about me."

"About our family," I corrected. "They're the most chill people I know. You have nothing to be worried about."

She didn't look like she believed me, but it was evident that she'd made up her mind. She was sure she wanted to go.

"When can you get away from work?"

"I can pretty much work from anywhere, so I guess we can go whenever you get the flights."

This was going to be great. I would have both my girls in a city I loved. I couldn't wait to show Del around and introduce her to my friends.

I had no idea how much extra baggage came with flying with an infant. We had a stroller, car seat, diaper bag, and three suitcases. We chose a late night flight and hoped Lily would sleep through most of it.

When I flew alone, I dealt with the layovers and hung out in the private lounges to pass the time, but with Lily we decided it would be better to drive to Chicago to get a direct flight.

I was so distracted about making it there on time that it didn't even cross my mind to think about people recognizing me at the airport, or Del, now that her face had been plastered on magazine covers without her permission. It was already dark out, and Del was prepared. She looked stunning in her comfy airport outfit with a baseball cap slung low over her blue eyes and Lily sleeping peacefully against her chest.

I, on the other hand, looked like more of a pack mule than anything, wrangling our luggage. It was worth it when we made it on the plane and Lily was still sound asleep. I'd do anything to keep her content and happy.

After takeoff, I held Lily and relaxed back in my seat while Del worked on her laptop. I must've drifted off because when I woke up Delilah was typing and I caught the word "cock" on the screen before she scrolled up.

"What are you working on?" My voice was rough with sleep, and it caused her to jump a little.

"Oh, just getting some editing done." She closed her laptop and turned toward me. "Did you have a good nap?"

I stretched my hands over my head as far as I could in the compact space. I upgraded our seats to business class, but flights within the U.S. never offered much extra room. Del, however, looked comfy as hell with her seat kicked back and she was sipping a cocktail of some kind. I angled her face to mine and pressed a kiss on the corner of her lips. I thoroughly enjoyed the smile that crept across her features. She only looked a little tired, but I knew she wouldn't be able to sleep on the plane.

"Yeah, how long until we're there?" I rubbed up and down Lily's back when she started to move around. I pushed the silky curls out of her face and watched her eyelashes flutter on top of her cheeks.

"About an hour."

"Can I read what you were working on?"

Her forehead wrinkled in suspicion. "Why?"

"I don't know. You looked really focused, and I'm a curious bastard."

Her laugh was slightly off, like it was forced. "I can't just let you read unpublished work, Parker. That would be in breach of my contract."

"Come on, live life on the edge, Dellie Girl."

"You won't convince me." She schooled her expression into a look of stoicism, but a smile slipped through the cracks. I knew all she needed was the right motivation.

"What if I promise to take you on a book shopping spree while we're in Seattle?" I leaned in close. "And we can get ice cream."

"Parker!" she mocked. "You can't talk dirty like that in public." She looked around like she was worried people might hear the "dirty" plans I had for her. If only she had a direct line to my thoughts. She'd really be worried then. Or intrigued, since my girl was plenty open-minded.

"Do we have a deal?"

She hummed in thought. "As many books as I want?"

I scoffed. That was way too dangerous. "How about as many as you can carry in three stores."

She flexed and kissed her bicep. "I knew I was working out for a reason! You're going to have to build a bigger library, buddy."

"You have two full walls of open shelves," I pointed out.

"You underestimate my strength."

"Alright, now hand over your laptop."

"Hand over the baby."

We switched, and I watched Del tug a blanket out of her duffle bag and wrap it around her and Lily.

"Where was that when I was sleeping?"

She stuck her tongue out. "In my bag."

Del was a blanket hoarder who never shared unless it was with Lily. I usually got too hot anyway, but an offer would've been nice.

Turning the brightness down in the dim plane, I scrolled back a few chapters and lost myself in the words. It was easy to be drawn in when I had unknowingly stopped on a chapter that was mostly smut. The writing was different from Aurora's last book, but it wasn't labeled and I knew Del worked for other authors as well. I'd read Del's favorite why choose series and a couple others that were marked as finished in her Kindle library, so I wasn't surprised when there was more than one male included.

I couldn't focus on the movie, sandwiched between Jake and his best friend, Dom. The commercial played and my eyes practically crossed as I thought about anything other than Happy Gilmore. It was the stupidest movie I'd ever seen. I hated anything where Adam Sandler did that ridiculous voice.

But that wasn't the thought running through my mind when I felt Dom's hand shift under the blanket and brush against my upper thigh. My sleep shorts had ridden up from shifting uncomfortably while wondering how close was too close for Dom to be sitting next to me. There wasn't anywhere to go because Jake's leg was pressed to mine with his arm thrown around my shoulder. I knew I wasn't the one closing the distance between us.

I shrugged it off and recited dead presidents in order to distract myself.

Then it happened again, but this time Dom's hand lingered and squeezed the very top of my thigh. He didn't remove his grip, and when I looked up to see what the hell he was thinking his gaze was locked on the TV. The only tell that he saw me looking was the slight tilt to his plump bottom lip.

I'd always thought Dom was hot but never acted on it. I loved Jake, and he made me happier than I'd ever been. We were going to get married, and I was more excited for the marriage than the wedding. That's how I knew we were supposed to be together.

But there was always a knee jerk reaction I had when Dom was in the room with us like this. A feeling that made my chest tighten with anticipation and butterflies I knew I wasn't supposed to feel. I pushed Dom's hand back into his own lap as subtly as possible. I didn't want to ruin their friendship just because Dom was getting the wrong impression.

Jake bent to kiss the top of my head and then slid his arm out from around me. His warm palm drifted under the blanket and snaked along the inside of my leg. He took the tender flesh in his grasp and dragged my legs apart.

"Open for us, baby girl." His husky murmur filled my ear and the stubble along his jaw kissed the shell of my ear.

I looked at him in shock. "What are you doing?"

"We know what you want, Sarah. Wipe that surprised look off your pretty face," Dom rasped as the rough pads of his fingertips turned my chin to face him.

Something must have been really wrong with me because I was caught up in the fact that Dom had called me pretty. I'd like to say I was immune to his playboy charm but I wasn't. Dom was walking sex. He oozed the appeal, and I saw it just like every other girl with eyes could.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but someone needs to start explaining."

Jake chuckled while his hand slipped into my underwear. "I promise I'm not mad. You want him to fuck you. Hell, I want him to fuck you. It has me so hard just thinking about it."

"You want that. Right, princess?" Dom watched my expression while Jake brushed over my clit with the faintest touch. It had me pushing my cunt into him like a desperate whore.

"You don't need to be ashamed, Sarah. I see the way you look at us. It's okay. We talked it over. Let's just give it a try. You can tell us to stop at any time."

"We just want to make you feel good," Dom explained.

If there was any resistance left in my body, it was about to wave a white flag because I did want this. I wanted these two gorgeous men and all their attention on me. I wanted them to touch me, fuck me, anything they were offering.

So I leaned in and kissed Dom, full on the mouth. He tasted like sweet chocolate and the buttery popcorn we'd finished 30 minutes into the movie. He cupped my chin in his big hand and guided me to him, coaxed me with his tongue.

My resolve was weak, if not nonexistent when Jake's finger entered me. I was slick and ready. He slipped in so effortlessly that it made me grind into his palm for more friction.

"Needy girl," he whispered against my neck. "You've been wet this whole time, haven"t you?"

I couldn't respond, couldn't breathe when two sets of rough stubble sucked on either side of my neck. Every inch of me felt like it was on fire as they nipped at the tender skin in tandem, and Jake's fingers fucked in and out of me. I relaxed back into the plush couch and let them overwhelm my senses.

Dom's hand traced a path down my rib cage and stopped just above Jake's to rub small circles over my sensitive clit.

"Yeah, like that. I can feel her clenching around me."

A dinging brought me back to reality, and I saw the seatbelt light flashing at the front of the plane. Del's cheeks flushed a deep shade of pink when we made eye contact. She flipped her computer closed and snatched it out of my lap. I was left with a massive boner tenting my pants. She threw her blanket over my lap while simultaneously putting her laptop away and holding Lily.

"You wrote that." It was a statement, not a question. I'd proofread many of Del's papers in high school and even while she was in college. I knew her voice and it was very obvious that it was her writing. "Why do you edit when you can write like that?"

"I write," she said simply, shrugging.

"Are you going to finish it?"

A suggestive smirk crossed her features. "Why? You wanna know if there's a happy ending?"

"I'm sure there"s a happy ending." At least, my hard dick was hoping so. Del always turned me on, but holy shit this was something else.

"For Sarah? Yeah, I bet there are at least a couple." She winked, but we were interrupted by the flight attendant making announcements before we landed.