How
close are you to being done?
“Not
close enough,” Gabe muttered, rubbing his eyes. From the way he kept shifting
positions and adjusting his materials, Aiden could tell he was growing
uncomfortable. Finally, he lay on his side, the papers in front of him, trying
to work on it that way, even as Aiden rolled back over so he could lick Raine’s
ear, the red wolf cracking one eye open to look at him.
Gabe
is drowning in edits,
Aiden thought to him. I think he should take a break and enjoy the sun, but
of course, he won’t listen to me. Said the client wants it done and is getting
on his case about it.
When I
woke up at three this morning to get a snack, he was sitting by the lamp
working on them instead of sleeping in the nest with us, Raine said. He’s been worried about me
not getting enough rest and sleep, and now here he is doing the same thing.
Exactly, Aiden thought. I think he needs a
distraction.
Okay.
And I
have just the thing to get him out of that chair and over here with us, Aiden insisted, growing more excited as the
idea took hold. Recalling the heat and desire in Gabe’s eyes two nights before,
when he’d walked in on Aiden and Raine making out in the pillow nest while
waiting for dinner, he shifted, sitting naked in the grass.
Talking
about getting someone to sit up and take notice, Raine sat staring at him with
his tongue lolling out. He could practically feel Gabe’s eyes on him too; now
if he could just up the ante a little.
“Shift,”
Aiden urged Raine. “I want to kiss you.”
Raine
inched closer, looking Aiden dead in the eye. You mean you want us to tease
him into coming over here.
“Yup.”
Aiden
could read the hesitation in Raine’s eyes and wondered what was causing it. It
wasn’t as if they hadn’t made out with each other and Gabe over the course of
the past several days when they’d all been cozied up in the nest together. The
only difference was that they’d been inside and clothed. Aiden was about to ask
what was wrong when Raine shifted in a blur of red and then kissed him roughly,
a low growl accompanying Aiden’s moan when he did.
Despite
a week and a half in bed recovering from his injuries, Raine was still all hard
angles and planes, a body that could only come from time spent actively
running, leaping, climbing, and swimming. It was easy to see why he disliked
being stuck indoors. His body was built for hunting and prowling.
Aiden’s
fingers slid into Raine’s hair, tipping his head back so he could kiss Raine’s
neck and throat. Gabe was watching, the papers held limply in his hands as he
stared at them. Grinning, Aiden grazed his teeth along Raine’s shoulder, heard
his growl mix with Gabe’s and knew their mate was close to breaking. Pressing
Raine back to lie in the grass, Aiden kissed his way down Raine’s chest, felt
him shiver, his abs clenching while Aiden kissed over them.
He glimpsed Gabe shaking his head. Then the bastard had the nerve to turn his back on them and try to
go back to editing.
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