1| Met

Met had probably a thousand files to go through and maybe a bit over a million letters to approve. Apart from the billion reports he had to read.

He was glad it was all he knew how to do, well that and a few other things. But not tonight. For there was a very disturbing image in his head. An image planted by the only person who could.

Jade had sent him a picture of himself, a picture that suggested he leave everything he was doing and go attend to the little minx. He looked so wanton in the picture, so sexy. All Met had to do was look into his eyes, the lust, the want, the desire. And that had been his undoing. A single picture threatening the entirety of his unyielding self control.

He wouldn’t be responsible if he did anything rash right now. And so considering all this, he had probably only five papers to sign and he’d be on his way.

He adjusted his tie as he signed the papers, calmly harbouring an erection the size of North America.

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There weren’t many things that could distract the great Met Lancet from his work and his company. The successful Met Enterprises needed it’s boss twenty-four-seven and it was that thinking that had got him to the top. At this time, betrayals and backstabbers were all behind him and work became his lifeline, his distraction and plausibly a drug.

It didn’t mean he was a shitty boss or anything of the sort, he just asked for work to be done and efficiently. That was all. People who couldn’t follow this one simple guideline often found themselves escorted or not, to the exit.

His world turned on its axis the night he met Jade.

There Met sat, totally out of his element. Nights like these when he came to the bar, he always thought he knew what he was looking for. A one night stand, maybe a decent guy—no one made his heart flare anymore, or even just amazing sex.

All these were lies formulated in his mind. Because at the end of the night, he always left alone. One could think he always had his fill of men but that wasn’t the case. No one cut it for him.

He’d seen the disappointment flash across the faces of countless bartenders, and people he’d bought drinks for when he coldly left them. Even after flirting and leading them on.

Whatever it was, he was searching for it in the wrong place and he knew it. Still, he kept looking.

The bartender that night had looked decent, in fact, very decent. Met thought that finally, finally he was going to take someone home.

It was on the tip of his tongue to ask for the guy’s name when the corner of  his eye caught something—a flurry of clothes, a flutter of hair—someone.

The someone sat two stools away from him. What grace, what poise! Met observed. He was sort of tall and looked like the kind of guy he would love to hold down and fuck through to tomorrow.

Seconds later, bartender forgotten, he had already settled on the stool nearest to the guy. “Hey there,” he said and the guy finally looked at him. Everything about him resonated with Met. “Let me buy you a drink.”

God how cliche he sounded.

The young man didn’t smile, he only gave Met a once over and did the boldest thing a stranger had ever done to him. He cupped Met’s chin and stared him down. How he did it with Met being taller and bigger, no one could know.

“No,” he said as his thumb traced Met’s lower lip. “I like people who get to the point. What do you want?”

Met couldn’t speak as the guy touched his face. There was too much desire coursing through his veins.

Fuck… he thought. He hadn’t even realized he’d said it out loud. Who the hell was this guy?

“Hm, I wonder how you’ll sound when you beg,” said the beautiful male.

“Excuse me?” Met asked. Of all things, he had not seen that coming. The stranger looked him in the eye, very confident.

“I said, I wonder how you’ll sound,” Jesus they didn’t even know their names yet! “When you beg.”

The same hand that had brushed Met’s lip now brushed his inner thigh, he went still.

“Follow me…” the guy said, his hand trailing further. “Or don’t.”

Without even so much as a glance back, he walked towards the exit of the bar with the grace of a thousand swans. And that was it. No compliment, no guarantee and no promises, that was all it took.

Met came to his senses to realize that he was as hard as a rock. No one had ever talked to him like that. He was always the man in charge, the man who made the decisions and for God’s sake the man whom guys quivered under. But not once did those thoughts cross his mind as he followed the smaller man out the door.

And that had been all there was to it about their first night. That and a few other things he’d discovered.

And they’d been at it ever since.

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Jade now watched him with amusement dancing in his eyes. He always watched Met, as if to see into the soul of the other man, then wreck everything in unimaginable heights of pleasure.

He didn’t even have to try, for Met,  even standing a few feet from Jade aroused him. Especially if he knew what was coming next. The knowledge seemed to only make his dick harder, if that were even possible.

“Come here daddy,” he was already moving before his mind wrapped around the words.

“You’ve had a tough day at work today haven’t you?” he close-to-whispered it in his ear as he let his teeth lightly graze his earlobe.

Like many other things, Met realized the picture was meant to put him on the edge. He wanted Jade to push him, he wanted to fall. It was becoming a weakness he couldn’t control but there was nothing he could do about it.

It was either the fact that he was fully clothed and Jade stark naked or the fact that he had not yet been touched, but whichever it was, had him leaking like a broken tap. For all he knew, it could have been just the talk. He nodded, he couldn’t find his voice.

“Do you want me to take off your pants?” Jade had called him daddy, but he spoke as if Met was a child sometimes… that was fine. What bothered Met was why he always responded like a dog eager to play.

Met nodded quickly, anything to free his cock. He couldn’t wait to be buried in that warmth, thinking of it alone made him shudder. Jade…

Jade didn’t take off his tie, he was one kinky devil and Met… well Met lived for it.

As if to answer him, the tie was yanked so hard he was flush against Jade’s body, excitement dancing inside him upon finding Jade as hard as he was. 

Jade strained the tie enough to almost choke him but let air in at the same time. “You’re hard daddy, so am I,” his hot breath fanning Met’s face.

If only Met could just taste those lips… but he knew Jade didn’t like it. They kissed only when Jade wanted to, which was almost never.

Jade rubbed their dicks together until they were both breathless, pulling Met’s head down to kiss his exposed neck. Met attacked it.

“Someone’s greedy tonight,” Jade said, and Met knew he wasn’t complaining.

“Yes, Jade…please…”

“Please what?”

“Please let me take you, I… I want to fuck you,” Met said.

“Such a cute mouth,” Jade smirked. “Let’s get it full first.”

When Met’s heart started beating erratically, Jade gently pushed him away and walked over to the bed. He sat down, spreading his legs slowly.

“Come here,” he said to Met who had lost all ability to speak, who just stood watching him. “You can hold back if you want.”

His eyes then turned evil. “If you can.”

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2| Sean

Sean had just come out of a month long meeting or at least that’s how it felt. Trying to talk sense into investors and stakeholders who thought the company belonged to them. He held the biggest part of shares for heaven’s sake. It was his lunch break anyways, maybe he’d eat away all the irritation he was trying to keep in check.

Skyward was built on hard work, sweat, and most peculiarly, a life gone wrong. Something Sean hated reliving.

There was a difference between him and basic people. While some people drank away their lives and used crucial hours for pointless things like partying, Sean had built himself a thriving company and secured his life as it’s CEO.

He didn’t have anything against those who just wanted to have a good time but he pitied those who made it their lifeline. In fact, trying to have a good time was how he met one of the most beneficial people to his life.

Now standing outside a white door that was almost becoming routine, Sean took a deep breath. Even to this day, he still got nervous.

The person who responded to the name Jade wasn’t someone you just relaxed around. Thoughts of the company were put at the back of his mind as his blood danced in anticipation.

Despite all this, he stepped in like he owned the place, eyes quickly scanning to find the antidote to all his irritation. He saw the tall figure regarding him like a tiger locked onto his prey.

Tall, because right under his chin was considered tall. He was very tall, not the average height by all means. The figure he searched out was also lean and wiry, not particularly skinny but thin nonetheless. Dark hair that was brown and almost, but not quite black. Hazel eyes that mirrored his own if that didn’t make him giddy every time he came to the realization. A little cute nose that rested just above two full and rosy lips that let out the most vile things he’d ever heard and made his mind go blank every time they met his.

There was just one word for him. Jade was hot, from the tips of his toes to the strands of his hair. Damn.

The weird part was that with someone like Jade, he was sure he was supposed to be the tiger. But he’d been so so wrong from the time they first met. Jade had prowled and marked and caged him, rendering him powerless even before any words had been exchanged.

Sean had been pretty sure it was the alcohol but a mythical creature had sat next to him. The creature had looked at him and Sean was so enamored with him that he’d kept on looking at him, even smiling a little.

He made no move forward, no initiative, just stared.

Jade had looked back and he thought he recognized a mischievous glint in his eyes. Still, Sean stared.

Jade now gave him all of his attention, eyes holding Sean’s without even an ounce of hesitation in them. Very intriguing…

By this time, Sean’s breath had already hitched. Jade then let his fingers dance around where Sean’s hand was resting, all the while keeping his gaze on Sean’s face. The one which Sean kept focused on his hand, unable to guess if Jade was going to touch him or not.

The tiger prowled.

The marking had come with the sensations when Jade had finally touched him, like he knew the exact amount of time it would take to make Sean sensitive for his touch.

Ahh, now if he could only do that with no modesty…

Sean was quickly stunned by his thoughts. Just a while ago, he was thinking of how Jade was absolutely lovely and how he’d like to take him home and slam him against the wall and fuck his brains out.

And yet now he wanted to be played with, wanted to be teased? By someone who was obviously a bottom? Oh wow, the wonders of alcohol.

The tiger caged him when Jade’s hand slid up beneath Sean’s shirt, causing unnecessary tingles everywhere. Sean could not move.

Jade did not rush, he did everything at his own pace and was completely patient while Sean’s mind was in turmoil. How could a few touches from a stranger have him second guessing who he was?

By that time, Sean was already powerless to the man whose voice he hadn’t even heard yet.

When Sean found a few brain cells that tried to do their job, he used them to ask to take Jade home and soon the deal was sealed, they were gone.

A night like no other. Indeed, Sean had fucked his brains out, but between them, he would never question who was in charge the entire time. Or all the times after that.

Now Sean cursed inwardly as Jade’s attention was on him. By the door, Sean remained rooted because now those eyes held his own. He was already beginning to feel intoxicated.

Jade moved closer and Sean’s cock twitched in his slacks, it was all kinds of uncomfortable, he had not realized yet, how hard he had become.

Jade couldn’t reach him fast enough and there was nothing he could do about it, but when he got there, all he did was slide the door shut without ever breaking eye contact.

And then Jade sank to his knees and Sean could hear his heart hammering in his chest.

It felt like eternity before Jade had finally freed his cock and when his tongue touched only the tip, Sean hissed violently. It was always like this. Something about Jade’s mouth was out of this world. And Sean was always a slave at his mercy.

This wasn’t going to take long, not when Jade looked at him like that as his tongue slid up and down, rapidly driving him to the edge.

When he couldn’t take it anymore, he held Jade’s head away as he struggled to catch his breath.

“Fuck, just…fuck!” Sean exclaimed, rapid, shallow breaths causing his chest to heave.

Jade looked so smug, clearly proud of the distortion he caused. On other days he wouldn’t let up until Sean begged, it was so wicked… so good.

He stood up then, and Sean didn’t miss the lining of his full blown erection. Good, he wasn’t the only one losing it then.

As Jade patiently walked to the bed, Sean found his voice, “I want to fuck you Jade, so hard…so hard.”

Jade turned around then, the fire in his eyes unmistakable as he looked up at Sean who had followed him and raised one mock eyebrow.

“Please,” Sean begged, anything for Jade. Jade only crossed his arms. “Please Jade, I…” this time he had sank to his knees.

Jade looked down at him then, a smirk on his beautiful face. Reaching down he lifted Sean’s chin to look up at him. “That’s a good daddy,” he said. And Sean’s dick for the love of God got harder.

“On your feet,” Jade said and Sean immediately obeyed. He stood there as Jade got onto the bed on all fours.

He looked back at Sean and said, “Come here,” as he sucked a finger into his mouth and slowly lowered his head.

Sean was a puppet on a string, a man with a rock hard cock starved for sex, and the most beautiful hole right in front of him.

Sean tried to keep sane, he really did. Even as his vision went red as he got closer. Even as a trembling hand landed on Jade’s ass cheek and pulled it further apart from the other.

Sean ceased to be an intelligent creature. And the only proof that he might actually know the English language was the only word that was constantly in his head.

Fuck.

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3| The ‘Bottom’

Jade looked out his window. He exhaled deeply as he watched cars down below hustling and bustling with the sounds of traffic, basically white noise.

He wondered of another life, what would he be doing? How would his life have turned out? Maybe he’d still love it when men bigger and stronger than him begged him for things they knew only he could give. He didn’t remember how long the sound had been music to his ears, he just knew it was.

For someone with Jade’s character, his life had been a bit unusual. He was always as insignificant as they came, a thorn on a rose to the people he called siblings, a foul sight. His grandmother—God bless her soul—was the only anchor he knew of, the one who always collected the pieces of his heart when his family shattered it. She loved him with everything, and she was everything to him.

Jade didn’t even know, or even find out for that matter that he was hot until he’d gotten older.  He noticed the attention he got from time to time, from boys and from girls. Weirdly, he was never interested, he just assumed that that was the norm, it was no biggie. He’d had a few flings but all they helped him realize was that he preferred his own gender.

Maybe he was naive, or maybe he was focused on other things, but he was only sixteen.

At the not so tender age of twenty-one, Jade found out that he was actually hot.

The night was just like any other, the timing was as good as any, and Jade was as ready as he would ever be. That was the night he walked into a bar and turned heads unexpectedly to him.

He was a bit nervous but he feigned confidence. If he’d accepted every single offer to buy him drinks, he’d have a hangover though to the next week. Inwardly, he was baffled by how desperate people could be. With one hand after the other on his thigh he recalled their words.

“Do you maybe wanna get out here?” one said.

Jade didn’t say it out loud but he was going absolutely no where with him. From the way his words slurred to the monotone of his voice, he was high as fuck. And Jade just didn’t like that.

“Sexy,” a guy said, giving Jade a once over and biting his lower lip. “I’m going to buy you a drink and it’s going to be the best thing that happened to you tonight.”

The cockiness this guy had was beyond the roof, maybe on another day, Jade would have liked to spar with him, see how much that cockiness would last, how much of it was real. That day was not today.

“Hey baby, I’ve got a beach house over at Miami and it’s been really lonely lately. You, me, what do you say? I’d like to take you if you’ll let me, no?”

The man had a thick Mexican accent and an easy smile. Jade had to admit, he was hot.

Jade only smiled, and kept sipping on his drink.

To them, maybe it seemed like Jade was the type of guy who was always being hit on by other guys but what they didn’t know was how hard he was trying to take it all in. And then the force of the realization hit him, it was almost like they would move at the flick of his hand. It was just absurd.

Growing up, Jade didn’t know affection, apart from his Nana of course, but other than that in a house full of siblings, one would think he received at least a tad bit of whatever every child should receive but that wasn’t it. His was fucked up but he wasn’t complaining. Other people had it way worse. That sort of denial only fueled a kind of anger deep inside of him that no one could understand. And here was a potential outlet, a plausible solution and way, to soothe the burning edges of his frayed inner self.

Mike or Mich or Bob, with the beach house in Miami was Jade’s choice for the night. He was the only person who seemed to have a brain compared to the others whose heads seemed filled with testosterone.

The most important thing to Jade was that he didn’t just assume, he had asked. He hadn’t forced or insisted, he had waited for Jade’s answer. That screamed safe to Jade, he kinda liked it, he liked his easy smile too.

Mike or Mich or Bob seemed impatient for Jade, but before he could grab him, Jade caught his wrist in his.

“No,” he shook his head. “That’s not how we’re doing this.” Jade’s own words shocked him. Of course the alarm, expertly hidden behind the entire facade.

And there was the easy smile again. “Well, please, enlighten me,” he caressed Jade and kissed the side of his neck. “What did you have in mind?”

From then on, Jade knew, he’d have to operate purely on instinct.

“First of all, take off all your clothes,” Jade said.

The amount of time it took for this particular exercise was worthy of a world record. “What now?” the guy asked.

“How about now, you get on your knees before me?” Jade asked, sounding cocky as hell, almost as if he wasn’t asking.

An unsure look crossed the guy’s face but he complied and Jade nearly laughed out loud in disbelief. What the hell was this? What was it called? Although through it all, it was very evident, the guy wanted him. Badly.

“I know you want my cock. You look good where you are, so I’ll let you suck it,” Jade’s fingers had been trailing the man’s jaw and now he put his thumb to his mouth, which was suckled on very hungrily. Good, very good…

“Then, I’ll give it to you,” Jade continued. “I’ll fuck you so good you won’t be able to decide whether you want it to last or you want it harder.”

“I don’t usually bottom,” said a voice in a rich accent.

“Key words, ‘don’t usually’,” Jade never faltered. “A beach house huh? Did you just think you would take me, then fuck me whenever you wanted to? How nice of you to assume that I always want to be topped.”

The guy was big enough, he could have easily got up and forcefully taken Jade against his will but he hadn’t. He didn’t. For the first time Jade was the one in charge, power rippled through him.

When the guy didn’t say anything, Jade continued, opening his zipper and freeing his hard cock. “Remember, if you beg hard enough, I just might let you fuck me, do you understand?”

“Fuck yeah,” came the answer.

Jade had made this man succumb, he’d broken his will to dominate and taken charge like he’s never before. That was the most satisfying feeling. When he looked down, the guy’s cock stock stiff. A line of precum, connecting him to the floor. He looked like a match close to a flame and ready to explode. Jade was so proud.

And that was it, that was the moment he knew there was no going back from this. Later, when all had been said and done, Jade was sure the guy was going to be sore. Jade was sure he too, was going to be sore. Part of it, his fault obviously. He’d fired up a monster, he’d loved it.

It had been one hell of a night, one of discovery, pleasure and a truckload use of the word ‘fuck’.

The guy gave Jade his number, his card to be specific. He’d looked desperate, and that was understandable. But Jade was going to make sure that he was untouchable, he wouldn’t be anything but.

Jade only smiled and kissed his jaw before flicking his tongue at his earlobe and walking out. “I don’t do seconds,” he’d whispered.

The guy had looked hopeful when Jade didn’t give him back his card. He was wrong. He was going to do this, but he really wasn’t going to do seconds, certainly not his first time. He lifted his hand up and let the card go, let the wind carry it wherever the night would take it. Jade walked away.

Jade wasn’t going to do seconds, that was until he found a challenge. Two challenges to be precise. They weren’t like any other people he’d slept or played with. Definitely not like other rich people he’d tried. They didn’t flaunt or run their mouths about whatever they possessed. To cut it short, they were interesting new playthings. Smart too. For them, Jade had made an exception.

Jade still saw other people, played with numerous others. That went without saying but he knew he wasn’t the type of glue to stick for long, he was going to get bored of them soon enough. And life would be as it had always been.

For now maybe… maybe it was time they met.

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4| A Meeting Of Sorts

Jade didn’t really care who he brought back to his small but neat apartment, just as long as they didn’t become clingy and do anything absurd, like try to come back.

Sean and Met though? That was a thing of its own. They came as often as they liked and whenever they saw fit. But he’d always made sure their paths never crossed simply because of one thing, he was always to know if they wanted to see him, no matter what time it was.

For now, he was going to switch things up a little.

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Zoning out was a thing Met didn’t believe was possible for him during work, but he was sure he might actually pull it off for the first time.

That was until he noticed a package sitting undisturbed right at his desk. Right in front of him. Before he could question anything, whoever did it was already closing the door behind them, it could have been anyone. He decided to let it go.

The contents of the package only surmised of a thin black strip of cloth which he came to understand was a blindfold after further inspection when he held it up. Then the air around him suddenly charged with electricity as a single piece of paper fell out.

‘9pm, wear the blindfold’

Short and precise. So very arousing. So very Jade.

Since when was he so eager to follow orders? Met wondered. All it would take was a little attention from Jade and he’d do anything he asked of him. He was starting to question what his true nature was like. With the way things were moving lately, he was pretty sure this was it.

Something twitched violently in his pants, at the audacity to do such a thing while he was in the middle of work. More accurately, he’d call it a day soon, because he’d be leaving like someone had lit a fire under his ass.

Just as his personal assistant came in, he quickly pushed some papers over the package to cover it up. She didn’t notice. Also, he knew he didn’t want to hear whatever she was going to say.

“Sir, you have that dinner with mr Alfonso to talk about that new business venture, it’s half an hour to nine so we need to be there now,” she said.

Met’s jaw hardened.

“I’ve already reserved a table and after some research, I’ve set the menu to both your tastes. Everything things been paid for and we’ll be arriving in style,” she dangled the Ferrari keys in her raised hand. “Your chariot awaits.”

God, why the hell did she have to be so damn efficient?

Ruby, his PA, was one of the few people he could admit were important to him and undoubtedly vital to his company. She could singlehandedly keep his entire enterprise in check for at least three months running if it so happened that he had fallen in a ditch somewhere. She was that good.

He’d asked her a couple of times why she didn’t just start her own thing and she always laughed it off saying she liked him too much to bother.

Met gritted his teeth, not because this was an inconvenience, but because he knew Jade would win this. He did anything he wanted and Met was always powerless to stop him.

The Mr Alfonso she so proficiently mentioned was a potential partner and according to Met’s instincts would become an indisposable asset to Met enterprises in the future. And the company was everything to him, apparently until now.

“Met?” came her hesitant question.

“Cancel it, move it to another date Ruby, I don’t know, just not today. Not tonight.” He knew he was being very unprofessional. He hated it and hated that he couldn’t help it.

“Met–” she began to protest but he cut her off.

“Shall I do that for you then? I don’t know maybe I’ll find someone more reliable by tomorrow morning, how about that?” Met said in a way she wouldn’t know if he meant it or not. He probably did, but he wasn’t thinking too clearly.

“I’d like to see you try,” Ruby said although clearly the matter was closed, he knew she’d somehow take care of it. “Whatever you’re dealing with, just get yourself together. It’s not everyday you’re going to meet a Mr Alfonso.”

She had another superpower. No matter the situation, she never crossed the line.

Ruby walked away and Met rolled her jabs over in his head. She was right,but he needed to be somewhere right now, and by all means he was going to make it.

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Twenty minutes later he was putting on his blindfold before knocking on a door. If anyone saw him right now they’d think he was crazy. Or a psychopath. Yeah probably the latter.

Just then he heard the door open.

A shiver ran down Met’s spine at the excitement of knowing Jade was looking at him while he was so defenseless.

“So effortlessly on time,” Jade said then Met felt teeth grazing around his ear lobe.

“It keeps me on my toes,” added Jade as all of Met’s blood flowed southwards.

Met was dying to see Jade, but the fact that he could only hear his voice aroused him to no end, it was so kinky. He wondered what came next. A touch? A smack? Whatever it would be already had his mind racing.

He was pulled in before he could ponder upon the matter longer. He knew immediately they weren’t alone, something about the ambiance of the room was different. And it thrilled him to no end.

His eyes might have burned if the blindfold was taken off at that moment.

With Jade always came a promise of something as hot as sin and tonight it seemed he planned to deliver more than usual. More than enough.

“You want me to take off your clothes?” Jade asked and Met nodded immediately.

“Ask nicely.”

“Please take off my clothes, please.”

“That’s good,” said Jade before he began to discard of every piece of clothing on the bigger man.

Met couldn’t see Jade but he felt the littler hands squeeze his shoulders momentarily before sliding his shirt smoothly off him. A wet tongue circled his navel as it slowly found its way to his throat. Met stiffened in tension, every single hair on his body was alive and so aware of jade touching him that he thought he might burst.

Jade rarely kissed him but whenever he did, it was all he could do not to grab him and fuck him right there. He couldn’t think so all he did was moan.

The kiss was nothing short of dirty, erotic and perfect. And Met couldn’t help but think Jade really ought to kiss more often, he just might control the world with his skills.

He had a moment of uncertainty when jade walked away after pushing him down on the bed. It cleared up right after another weight dipped the bed, just next to him. He was right.

Suddenly, a tongue touched the head of his cock and instinctively his hand grabbed the other man’s thighs. So much muscle.

And then Met went rigid, his heart threatening to beat out of his chest. His head working on hyperdrive to push out all memories he’d rather not let resurface. He felt Jade slow down and tried to focus on only that.

The same gesture was reciprocated a few moments later when he felt Jade’s tongue leave his cock. Jade let him go didn’t leave him unattended. He heard a sharp intake of breath as his last functioning brain cells tried to figure out what was going on.

Jade’s hand closed around Sean’s cock as he took Met into his mouth. He decided to tease the head first to get him all worked up, and it seemed to be working with the way Met’s chest rose and fell.

Jade circled his tongue around Met’s head and then with no warning took him whole into his mouth, gagging when the head hit the back of his throat. Met shuddered so violently and gripped the sheets like his life depended on it. Jade then proud of himself, settled for slow strokes on the man’s cock to try and calm him down, right when he knew Met might have exploded. While he shifted his attention to Sean.

Jade gripped Sean’s shaft and fixed his balls into his mouth, sucking hard while his mouth ran up and down the length. A hand then grabbed his hair and pushed him down further. He loved the pressure it added to the exercise.

He felt it then, the telltale signs before Sean always blew. The tightening of his body and the slight tremors across his skin. Jade had felt it several times. With his lips, with his hands and most vividly with his hole. He stopped and pulled away from Sean’s crotch. The best was yet to come.

“You can’t talk unless I say so. Get further into the bed, both of you,” said Jade.

Jade climbed in after them and wasted no time in rolling the rubber onto Sean. He whispered to Met to kneel next to him while he slowly rubbed his hole using Sean’s hard length.

Slowly, Jade impaled himself on Sean’s cock. Sinking almost sluggishly to disorient Sean. He’d prepped himself earlier but accepting all of Sean took some effort. For whatever little he lacked in girth, he more than made up for it in length.

He began to move and after a while, Sean’s breathing became extremely hectic, Jade pulled away. Or almost did because the other male’s hands tightened on his waist. ‘Don’t you dare go’ was what he seemed to be trying to say.

“Patience,” said Jade in a calm manner, “I need you to be my good boy then I’ll give you what you want.”

Sean was a mess but he had to obey. With that kind of promise by all means he would be good.

Jade positioned then so that he was in the middle of two pieces of hotness and he settled on his knees with one cock in his ass and one well on it’s way to his mouth.

“Fuck me daddies,” he demanded. They performed.

Met was fucking him so hard thrusting him forward with such great force his ass cheeks made loud slapping noises when they collided with his thighs. While Sean fucked his mouth with absolute abandon. At that moment they used his body and he fucking loved it. Met was whimpering. Sean was moaning. And he was losing it.

When they’d gone quiet, Jade looked up to see them kissing, so desperately despite the fact that they didn’t know each other. There was so much chemistry, so much that Jade watched as a single tear escaped through the space in Sean’s blindfold. It was so intense, and he really wasn’t interested in that kind of thing.

Albeit the sight still drew him to the edge and had his body shuddering in release as his load painted the sheets.

Just then, Sean’s release was was shooting straight into his throat and he was swallowing every drop, and even the ones that escaped his mouth, he sucked it all up.

Met was coming too but moving faster with every squirt of cum till he was spent.

They fell back on the bed then, totally spent, their cocks slowly going soft. Jade stared down at his handiwork. Tan and brown skin, side by side. At his mercy, always at his mercy.

With Jade’s help, even something as simple as dressing up felt sexual. And after the ordeal, he smoothly slid off their blindfolds. What he wasn’t prepared for was their reactions.

“Fuck- shit! Is this some kind of sick joke?” Met looked like he couldn’t believe what was happening, so much annoyance on his face.

“What the actual fuck?” came Sean’s reply.

Jade went to stand by the wall and regard the entire scenario with his arms crossed. It was interesting, but he couldn’t find it in him to care.

“Hi,” Jade raised his hand, as if in a way to quiet them. “Maybe it didn’t cross your mind in the past but I’ll lay it down for you again in another way. I don’t give two shits about whatever divine revelations you’re experiencing right now or any other time in the foreseeable future. You keep your business out my door, do you understand me?”

The look Met sent his way could have made a lesser man’s cheeks go pink. But Jade was no lesser man, he’d made sure of that. He held Met’s gaze and aimed his own towards him, even when he saw something like emotion flicker in his eyes he didn’t falter. Finally, Met looked away.

“Now, the door is right there, I’m going to take a shower. Get out,” said Jade. If he was surprised or better yet shocked, he hid it effortlessly.

Only Jade had the ability to dismiss someone so coldly in such a situation after sharing moments of mind blowing sex.

Sean spared no time in stomping out as he slammed the door behind him.

Met left too, after he was sure they wouldn’t run into each other, using every ounce of his willpower to slowly close the door behind him.

Sean, he thought in disbelief. Sean fucking Williams.

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5| Futility

Jade stood motionless in the shower as he let the rivulets of warm water cascade down his body.

He couldn’t stop thinking about whatever the hell just happened. What are the odds they knew each other? It took a lot to surprise Jade and this was just a little exception. He got over it in no time.

All he’d wanted to know was their reactions when they first saw each other. To see if their chemistry would intensify.

He found it fascinatingly stupid when people got attached to themselves. So far, people weren’t worth it. And they never really cared, it was the biggest waste of time.

To see anger on both men’s faces was something Jade had never experienced before. Met always had that intense gaze which seemed to come naturally, to anyone it would be extremely intimidating, but Jade loved that he could reduce it to nothing without lifting a single finger.

Sean’s eyes were always filled with mirth, almost like he never took anything too seriously. But something about him always screamed a warning to be careful around him. And Jade loved that he turned that warning around with no effort.

Both men radiated power with every move they made, until Jade brought them to their knees. He reveled in the knowledge.

If Jade had a list of superpowers, one of them would be reading people. He knew exactly what they would do and that entirely consisted of their coming back. Maybe he was being cocky but people seemed to think he was irresistible. His bed never lacked fuck toys for his satisfaction, he wouldn’t admit to something as corny as calling it release. He’d just call it as was, sex was control to him and that meant everything to him.

He only hoped they wouldn’t expect something as stupid as choosing between them. Them together climbed different heights of pleasure, and he was either having that or never seeing them again. It would be a pity if he didn’t see them again but he truly didn’t care whichever happened.

Moving on was how he was forced to live his life and it became the norm.

The only way they’d get what they wanted, was if they could resist him. That of course, was impossible.

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Sean stared at the floating art in his office. He enjoyed several idiosyncrasies as president of his company and space was something he really liked. Unless it was Jade, then he didn’t want to know what space was.

And now that the day was wasting, Sean found that his heart wasn’t in it. It was exactly half a week since he’d last seen Jade and it was starting to bother him. He had so many urges lately and all of them had Jade written all over. So he figured if he got laid, it would be okay.

He decided he was going to take his mind off Met because it was affecting the way he functioned recently. He released the fists he hadn’t realized he was holding and adjusted his tie. Just fucking great.

After a short while, Sean decided he wasn’t doing this. He was going out tonight. He was going to fuck a lucky guy through the mattress and then he’d be back to his usual self. He just didn’t understand after all had been said and done, why he was driving towards Jade’s apartment.

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“Martini on the rocks,” Met said to the bartender and tried his best to avoid the not so subtle flirtatious hints he was being given.

This was going to be an extremely long night. For one, he couldn’t seem to find a suitable hook up. Quite frankly, nothing compared to fucking Jade. So much that his pants tightened even as he thought about it.

He couldn’t figure out why his mind always pivoted to his direction. It wasn’t like they were in a relationship or anything. He drained the contents of his glass and asked for another. Whatever look was on his face stopped the bartender flirting with him.

Their arrangement was the simplest thing ever. As long as he was obedient, he’d see Jade whenever he wanted to hook up and that was perfect for him, even including the fact that he wasn’t allowed to stay the night, ever.

On the rare occasion that he took Jade home, Jade never stayed either. No matter how much he’d worn him out, Jade would always and always leave.

And then a thought popped into his head and he realized he knew nothing about Jade, absolutely nothing. It was weird because he’d known him for a while now and even though Jade gave nothing away, he should have been able to tell a few things. But he had nothing. He let it go despite everything because that was exactly how it should be.

There were no feelings attached completely. It worked for everyone. He was guessed it was the same for Sean.

Thinking of Sean made him grip his glass tighter as he once again forced back the memories. Knowing that… He made a decision then. He wouldn’t let Sean have Jade. He couldn’t always be taking everything. So before he could change his mind, Met headed for the exit.

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Good, Met thought as he noticed lights were on, Jade was somewhere in there. He didn’t want to think of what he was supposed to do if he wasn’t.

Quickly moving, he got closer to Jade’s door and the sounds got louder. Met heard a voice that was practically dripping with sex despite how muffled it was due to the door acting as a barrier.

Met’s blood quickened. Could Sean already have beaten him to the chase?

Met had never been jealous or cared about whoever Jade decided to fuck with but something about this felt wrong to him.

He still didn’t care, but he was going in anyway. Even if it meant interrupting a climax. This shit, they had to get over with it.

Steady fingers turned the door knob.

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6| All Or Nothing

The sounds were now clear as day as Met came to learn that the door to the bedroom had been left open.

Classic Jade.

Met’s eyes quickly peeked in to find Jade, and find him he did. In the throes of passion, Jade had thrown his head back and closed his eyes, his dark hair bouncing with the efforts of their fucking. Why did he have to be so goddamned hot?

Met ogled his lean muscles which looked more defined as his nearly sweaty body caused his skin to glisten. It hadn’t been that long but he already missed having that body under him.

He wasn’t going to stand there and watch because one, that would be very creepy and two, he’d get a boner and lose his common sense in a jiffy.

Not that he wasn’t struggling already, as it was.

Met just walked in and made his presence known as he finally got a full look on the other man. Blond, flushed skin, clearly out of this world as Jade rode his dick.

I mean, who wouldn’t be, he thought.

If he stood up, Met was sure he’d be a few inches shorter than Jade and that made him a little giant compared to him. He was really buff though, he’d give him that.

Met suddenly didn’t want to watch.

“Jade,” he said, never taking his eyes off the addressed, screw whoever the heck the other guy was.

The blond guy’s eyes flew open at once, very shocked and fairly not happy that they were being interrupted.

Jade on the other hand, opened his eyes slowly, like he knew Met would be there and say his name at that exact moment. Like he was expecting it. Glazed hazel eyes met his own before Jade smiled or smirked, Met wasn’t sure. He just knew it was too inviting and he tried to get his thoughts in order.

Jade didn’t even stop riding Blondie’s dick when he answered, “What Met? Like what you see?” he asked in all senses of the word erotic.

Unbelievable! Just so… Met had never seen anyone like Jade, someone so comfortable in their own skin it was almost ludicrous. Even his fucker seemed taken aback.

“No, I don’t—” Met started but was stopped halfway as he got distracted by dark skin and hazel eyes the exact same shade as Jade’s, invading the space in the room.

Sean stood coolly and whispered Jade’s name. His deep voice sounded so needy, and so sexy. He had Jade’s attention, he had blondie’s attention, fuck he had Met’s attention too. He was so—

Met didn’t dare finish whatever or wherever his thoughts were going. Coming back to his senses, he stiffened at the sight of Sean, then his hands automatically balled into fists, his mind going places that weren’t convenient at the moment. His presence seemed to have the exact same effect on Sean and in no time, they were staring daggers at each other.

Only Jade’s exasperated voice brought them back to the present. “Jesus Christ I’m not running a brothel here for crying out loud!”

Met could relate with the look on the other guy as Jade got off him, he didn’t look like he was taking the loss nicely. In fact, he looked sour at it.

“We need to talk,” Met said.

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As always, it didn’t come as a surprise to Jade, he knew this would happen sooner or later.

He watched them expectantly, waiting for elaboration when the devil tempted Vin to speak. He was the blond guy with whom Jade was having a heated moment not so long ago.

“If you don’t mind, we were kinda in the middle of something here,” he said.

Met and Sean both snapped their heads towards him at the same time. They looked irritated as fuck.

“Go find somewhere else to stick that little dick of yours, seeing as your services are no longer required here. Clearly,” opening his hands wide, a very irritated Sean said.

His dick wasn’t little however, Sean did not find a liking to this man.

Vin was about to snap back when he stood and glanced at Met. Met only raised an eyebrow and looked down on him. He looked very menacing with his arms crossed and muscles straining his shirt at the arms. He frowned, like he was looking at gum stuck at the bottom of his shoe.

Vin was across the room from them but the way they pinned him with their looks made it seem like they were towering over him and it had him looking as timid as a mouse.

What they seemed to embody were two alpha males, guarding their territory. And Vin didn’t even look the part of a threat, he looked more like prey.

Only Jade was there to put him out of his misery. “Vin, leave right now,” he motioned to the door, finally breaking the tension in the room.

A very reluctant Vin sent pleading eyes Jade’s way as if to say this is so unfair but unwillingly stomped out when jade narrowed his eyes. Leaving the three men alone in the room.

“We need to talk,” Sean said, unaware he was just repeating what Met had said.

“We’ve already established that now what do you want?” Jade was pulling on his clothes when he said this.

“I want you,” Sean said, then added, “for a start.”

For a second Jade’s heart beat twice as fast, then he reminded himself that all the men he fucked with obviously did and it wasn’t just the way Sean had said it. He calmed and brushed it off when he realized it was nothing new. Of course he wanted him.

Before Met could say anything, Jade spoke.

“For a start?” Jade almost rolled his eyes. “So demanding aren’t you? Here’s the deal, the other day was fun, so I’m not having one of you without the other, so it’s either both of you or none of you. Save whatever pity stories or history between you two, I’m not interested, I’m only here to play and if that doesn’t sit well with either of you then I guess we’re done here,” Jade gave them time to think about what he said.

“If we make this fast I might still find Vin pissing his pants by the staircase, I’m guessing he’d be happy to see me,” he didn’t need to explain who Vin was and this was of course untrue, he didn’t run after people. It seemed to do the trick though.

After moments of saying nothing, it seemed like a battle of wills before Met sighed. It sounded like compliance. Good.

“Fine, if that’s what it takes,” Met clarified.

Sean didn’t seem too thrilled about it but eventually nodded.

“Can we…” Met started.

“Fuck?” Jade suggested.

Met nodded. “You sound so bossy right now and it’s been long—”

“And today will be no different,” Jade’s voice was final before he went to pick a piece of clothing off the floor, sculpting and accentuating his tight ass.

He could have sworn he heard Sean gasp.

He turned around then. “Oh?” he said as he cocked one eyebrow.

As he walked away, Jade grabbed a handful of his ass, “Go jerk off to this if you like, because you’re not getting it tonight.”

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7| Nana

Just like he did everything else of importance to him, Jade studied passionately. Whether he looked it or not, he had plans and that was to make a comfortable life for his grandma. He really didn’t care all that much about himself.

He kept going even if he didn’t need to study as hard as he did. He was smarter than the average human and could afford to slack off a few times but he never did. In less than a year, he’d be legally practicing and working as a lawyer and he intended to rise to the top of the food chain. Eventually. It was the little ambitious streak in him, fueled by the need to carry out a plan.

He had to do exceptionally, even as he was already doing the most.

As he lay on his bed that night, Jade’s mind shifted to a time in the past.

“All you have to do is sleep with him once Jade. Remember, this is for our family,” his eldest brother Josh said. “It’s actually perfect, you’re gay, and he likes to stick it up teenage boys’ butts.”

This was of course, very disrespectful but Jade knew better than to call him out on it.

He’d learned that the hard way, nursing a few bruises and keeping at least two scars.

Josh was the most toxic person Jade knew and it was unfortunate that he was his brother but he had

to

live with it.

He liked to speak of family yet it clearly meant nothing to him. Jade

only got some relief when he moved out for college.

His brother treated him like he was an object, a means to obtain whatever he wanted. He’d always abused, manipulated and bullied Jade. He hated him so much, but somehow he couldn’t do anything about it.

It was the hardest thing to wrap around his head, the hold that Josh had on him.

“You know we all need this,” he said, coaxing Jade and appearing to cajole him yet they both knew it was more like an order. Or more like a threat.

Every time

Jade spoke to Josh, he felt like

it

drained his soul and chipped at his heart.

“Think of how much more comfortable Nana’s life will be once the deal is sealed.”

Josh knew all the right buttons to push, and he knew saying that was the biggest weapon in his arsenal.

He wasn’t ashamed to use it.

How Jade wished his parents were still alive. His mother had

doted

on him like he was the rarest gem and his father had loved him, he would never doubt that. But the world is a c

ruel

place and took them both from him when he was only nine.

The

things he

’d

ha

d

to put up with since then weren’t for the

faint of

heart. It was one of the reasons

he

never got attached to people. It

had

hurt too much

when they’d left, and they let him shoulder it like an adult and not a child.

Jade had glanced at Josh’s so-called business partner a few times over dinner and had caught him looking every single time.

It was creepy in his opinion, the man looked like he’d wanted to hang him up like a piece of meat. Ja

de didn’t like his eyes

, he felt unsafe every time that

their gazes

met and

dreaded what

the end of dinner would hold for him.

Everyone else seemed oblivious to this,

but

more accurately, no one cared.

It was

the

crushing realization after his parents were gone, the hostility

he’d

never noticed was there. He was alienated faster than he could keep up

with

and he had to adjust

.

Jade sighed and nodded to Josh. He wouldn’t admit he was scared, but he was. Not that it would have mattered.

“I’ll do it.”

“See I knew-” Josh had started but Jade didn’t stick around to hear the rest of what an asshole had to say.

He had no idea what he was doing because it was going to be his first time.

It wasn’t the ideal first time he pictured but it was a sacrifice he had to make. ‘It’s okay’ he told himself over and over.

Josh’s

business

partner didn’t respect Jade, h

e had

not been gentle and he had hurt Jade over and over when he rammed his average sized dick into him.

When Jade

had

screamed and cried for him to slow down, he’d laughed and gone harder

.

Jade

had absolutely no control of the situation, it wasn’t a good place to be. Jade always held out hope that

Josh

might have some good in him but that night, he accepted that

what his brother did was

criminal.

And there was no such thing as good in his black heart.

The next morning when

Josh

had smirked at him, Jade was surprised it sparked no anger in him like it should have. He didn’t feel broken inside, he felt dead.

And no one could  hurt a dead person.

What had kept him going that night was just a single constant thought, ’ for Nan

a’.

Coming back to the present, he wondered why he was thinking of such things now. They were totally irrelevant. Shaking his head as if to clear his mind, he turned on his bed to his side.

Sleep wasn’t a long way off and when it came, he let it take him.

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8| Lesson Learned

A shiny black Mercedes-Benz was steadily making its way towards a cafe and came to a stop just along the sidewalk.

When the front passenger door opened, a leg clad in black netted body stockings that disappeared into a red high heel, made to step down. Quickly retreating in haste, the door forcefully shut with a bang. Quickly enough to rouse suspicion.

But Jade didn’t notice this, he walked straight into the cafe, fat book in one hand and the other carelessly raking through his wind ruffled hair before pushing the door open.

He looked so harmless,

And beautiful.

Sean pushed the thought aside. He had yet to explain to his shaken secretary why he’d basically manhandled her yet all she was going to get was their morning coffee.

“Hey what the hell gives?” she asked, confused and a little bit angry.

Sean said the first thing that came to his mind. “I saw a snake on the sidewalk, I didn’t think you’d mind if I saved your life.”

“At least try to sound convincing!” she let out a sigh. Like she’d been putting up with shenanigans all her life.

“Renee! I literally just saved your life! Jeez, women these days huh?” he unlocked his door to get out.

“Where are you going?”

Sean stepped out of the car. “Making sure you don’t actually die. Don’t leave the car. I’m going to get the coffee.”

“What? Since when?”

He didn’t stick around to let her interrogate him. He walked into the cafe, a little chime announcing his entrance.

Once inside, Sean automatically scanned the place for Jade as he got into a queue, it wasn’t even long but it wasn’t Sean’s cup of tea. Standing in lines or waiting for stuff.

And yet here we are.

Under false pretenses of chivalry towards his secretary of course.

He didnt remember giving his order because then he saw Jade. Thankfully, his back was to him because he would have been noticed. Not only because he was taller than most people at the moment, but the man had a strong presence, not to mention he looked really out of place.

You didn’t wear a ten thousand dollar suit and stand in line for coffee, like it was a casual thing.

At a table, Jade sat across a guy who looked his age and they were both engrossed in whatever they were talking about.

Sean had never seen Jade this way, or any other way. He didn’t just chat with people…no, he really didn’t.

In fact, he knew nothing about Jade, not that he wanted to.

Then why are you picking up the morning coffee?

Jade wore a navy blue shirt that stretched and showed more skin as he leaned forward, like he was trying to get a point across.

A light tap on his shoulder was the only thing that pulled his attention away from the pair. He took his coffee and walked as slowly as possible.

Leaving the cafe a little amused and not quite believing that that was Jade.

Sean decided to do something stupid when he got to the car, he texted Jade.

How’s breakfast? Who’s the guy? Oh and nice jeans.

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Jade was carried away in his discussion with Brady. Brady was the only person who was always around Jade, claiming they were friends. So many times, Jade had assured him they were nothing of the sort but he’d never listened and always smiled and brushed it off with ‘sure we are!’.

They studied together many a time and right now, Brady asked him question after question, keeping his mind sharp as an exercise they both liked to do. He’d  reciprocate the act right after his turn was over.

That’s when his phone pinged with a message. Leaning in momentarily to glance at his phone, he saw that it was from Sean.

“Hold on Brady, just a second,” he’d read the text and it seemed one of his daddies was getting out of line, he had to do something about it. His reply was short and to the point.

Tonight.

“Now Brady, what were we saying?”

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Later on, when the world was turning in for the night, Met was on Jade’s bed slowly getting aroused while getting undressed.

He’d gotten a text with a single word and he’d known what to do. Here he was.

First, off came the shoes, then his tie. “You always make this way too tight, you like me getting it off don’t you?” Jade said before kissing his neck with more tongue than adequate.

“Yeesss,” Met groaned. Jade’s hand went to his crotch and his cock was all too aware of it.

Jade also kissed that. Through his pants. Met couldn’t remember reacting but he was already grinding his clothed cock against Jade’s face. He could feel the cocky smile before gently being pressed back onto the bed.

“Patience grasshopper, you’ll have this ass, I can assure you of that.”

“With you, patience is impossible Jade. It nev-”

“Shhh,” Jade put a finger to his mouth, “Less talking, more doing daddy, now let’s get the rest of these clothes off you.”

Sean came in when both men were fully naked and Jade was straddling Met facing his feet, Met’s cock standing tall and proud, a little moist and just waiting to be covered.

Slowly Jade sat on Met’s face who whimpered but the sound came out muffled. The sight before his eyes did things to him he’d rather not admit.

“Take off your clothes Sean,” Jade practically moaned the words out and Sean was already halfway there, discarding all his clothes.

Once they were off, Jade got off Met and came up to him, “On your knees.”

He went almost immediately, something about Jade’s voice always had electric sparks racing to his dick.

Stark naked on the floor, Jade joined him, looking him confidently in the eye.

“Hands crossed behind your back, we have a few rules don’t we Sean?”

Sean did as he was told while wondering what Jade was getting at. Of course they had rules, so what was he trying to say? Then the realization hit him and his eyes went wide.

He couldn’t mean…

“Yes Sean, were the rules complicated? Let me elaborate one of them in particular.” He got closer to Sean, hand caressing his neck while his head dipped and he took a nipple into his mouth.

Sean hissed at the warmth engulfing his nipple and causing it to harden like a rock. He resisted the urge to roll the other one between his fingers.

Jade was in his face again, “We don’t pry, do we?”

Jade waited for an answer before Sean slowly shook his head. That wouldn’t do. “I want to hear it,” he demanded.

“No Jade,” quietly Sean said.

Jade then took his other nipple in his mouth, licking and sucking till Sean started to squirm. “Do we ask questions?”

“No Jade.”

Jade was now biting his earlobe lightly before whispering, “We don’t do casual texts either, and you won’t do that again, will you?”

Sean shook his head again.

“What did I say?” Jade gripped his jaw and forced him to look him in the eye. Sean couldn’t hold his gaze for long, he didn’t even want to. He felt so vulnerable as Jade looked down at him while he was so powerless, so why was his cock so needy all of a sudden?

“No I won’t, I won’t—”

“Of course not, not after tonight. Get on all fours now.”

Met. Fucking. Watched. His hand stroked his cock as the scene unfolded before him, he felt so hot as his chest rose and fell.

“I’m borrowing this okay?” Jade said to him as he took his belt from his clothes. He could have asked to borrow his life there and then and Met would have agreed.

Sean remained on his knees with his ass exposed while he waited for whatever came next.

Jade came back and crouched down briefly to put a cloth in his mouth, “Bite,” he said.

Sean bit down on it and Jade walked away again. And then Sean almost lost his mind as hot searing pain flashed across his ass. He groaned in pain as he bit the cloth harder. And then another.

“This feels good doesn’t it?” Jade asked as he landed another hit.

Sean wanted to shake his head no but he couldn’t, not when his cock got so hard it leaked. Another hit.

Jade didn’t slow down until Sean’s arms almost buckled under the pressure. His ass felt hot, so Jade’s cold hand right where he’d been hit was like balm to his soul.

“You took that pretty well,” said Jade and Sean wondered why he reveled so much in the praise.

Then Jade was coming back in front of him to remove the cloth from his mouth.

“Get back on your knees,” he said and Sean obeyed.

This time, it was Jade who got on all fours as he placed his hands on Sean’s thighs, almost like he was going to kiss him.

Sean was worried about one thing more than any other, his cock was straighter and harder than ever and Jade had not yet touched it. He really wanted to touch it but couldn’t. Just one tug, and yet Jade wouldn’t let him. He was slowly starting to realize the torture this was becoming.

Sean seemed to be out of it because when he came back to his senses, Met was penetrating Jade slowly from the back.

When he began to thrust, Sean felt the effects because he was supporting half of Jade. They both moved back and forth at the same time but no one touched Sean’s cock.

“Please Jade, at least let me touch you,” Sean was pleading.

Met groaned loudly which only fed Sean’s jealousy further.

Jade’s reply didn’t help either. “Someone. was. a. bad daddy. So… no,” he said between thrusts and pants.

Sean had precum coating his balls now and if anyone touched him, he would fucking explode. But if they didn’t, he would die. There was no defying Jade and getting away with it. He knew that now.

“Oh daddy! That’s really deep! Harder!” Jade moaned, not caring how loud he was.

“Your ass Jade…..so perfect,” Met was basically worshipping Jade as Sean watched, he was getting nothing. He was a kid who didn’t get anything on Christmas and he wanted to cry.

It wasn’t long before Met stiffened and generously came inside Jade, grabbing his cock as he continued to pound inside Jade until he started to come too, warm strips of come landing on Sean’s thighs and flowing onto Met’s hand, that he brought up to his mouth, clearly loving the taste of Jade.

“You liked this ass daddy?” Jade asked when he turned around to face Met.

“Fuck yeah,” Met growled and pulled out of Jade then, watching so openly as Jade’s hole spasmed.

Sean’s hands were now shaking behind his back, close to where his ass was still on fire, praying for anything to touch him. “Jade,” he was breathing unevenly, “I think… I can’t… Just please Jade, I’m sorry.”

“Oh I know you are Sean, its written all over your cock. Just look at how it’s weeping.”

When Jade brought his face to his and looked him in the eye, probably half an inch apart from his face, Sean thought he was going to kiss him. But Jade only said the one thing that would break him, so much authority in his voice, carried in one single, measured and absolute command.

“Come.”

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9| Family Parties

There are nights when the moon shone and set everything aglow, and there were nights like these, when the lights got there first, and her beauty was ignored.

It happened to be a party at Jade’s house. A party to celebrate a new business partnership between a Mr Steve Cross and Josh Wyatt. A partnership that was literally sealed with his virginity.

He couldn’t look Steve in the eye, even if he tried to.

He’d made sure to keep his distance the whole time, and never be alone in the same space with him. That was how he ran into one of the guests.

He had the whole ‘I’m rich and really young’ look going on.

Hair swept to one side, piercing grey eyes and a permanently smug look. A suit to cloth it all up and there you had it.

Disgusting. Jade thought. Something was just off about this guy.

He would have walked away if the man wasn’t clutching his hand like they knew each other.

“What? Do I know you?”

“You could if you wanted to. My name’s Brian. Chat with me?”

Jade decided there was no harm in that and so he did. Besides, it was the best way to avoid Steve.

The man didn’t even have the decency to start a proper conversation.

“June’s dress is quite sexy. I wish it could go just a bit higher,” he said, ogling June and trying Jade’s patience.

“Watch it! That’s my sister. What do you want anyway?”

“You could get her in my sheets right? I could pay you.”

“What?!”

“Oh come on now, if you love cock as much as I hear you do, then I bet it runs in the family, I’m a very kinky man and we both know she’d spread those legs like the wh-” Jade was already lunging at him.

He had broken his first nose that night.

He’d break a hundred more if they were stuck to the faces of assholes like the one in front of him. Blood gushed out and stained his pretty suit.

Insulting him was one thing and then there was insulting his family. He couldn’t stand it.

Soon he was being pulled off by Josh, leaving a struggling Brian on the ground.

“He came on to me and I’m not even gay!” he practically shrieked.

There were whispers now as all the attention turned to them. Why Jade didn’t stand up for himself at that moment, he didn’t know.

Jade heard their words loud and clear, “Oh yeah I heard he’s such a slut for cock.”

“He even slept with… “

“Shameless”

The words had stung, especially because his family didn’t bother defending him.

He couldn’t care less if the whole world thought him a cock slut, just as long as his family didn’t. But June had snickered at their comments, and all he’d tried to do was be a good brother.

Maybe he should try better. Family didn’t dislike you for nothing, there had to be something he was doing wrong.

“Stop embarrassing us for once and go somewhere else,” Josh whispered aggressively in his ear before releasing him.

The desire to shut out all the hatred was stronger than anything at that moment, so he stormed into the house. Leaving them to stare at his retreating back, doing a pretty good job of keeping his composure.

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At the side of the house that faced away from the party and commotion was a balcony.

And at that balcony was a chair. A chair that rocked with the weight of his only refuge.

Nana.

Jade silently sat at her feet, forehead resting on the side of her lap and hand draped across it.

He’d sucked in a deep breath he didn’t know he was holding, releasing it only when her hand came up to pet his head, smoothing out his hair and breaking all the tension.

Using her other hand, she’d intertwined her fingers with his and suddenly the night had grown wings and lifted off some of his weight into the dark.

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10| Firsts

They were almost inseparable. the window and it’s boy. Practically married and literally joined at the hip, Jade was looking out the window again.

He’d stand there sometimes for no reason at all, just looking out at a world oblivious to being watched.

It was at such times when random thoughts jumped into his brain.

Like how it would feel to fast forward  all this, how it’d be like, outsmarting all the other lawyers in court—not that he needed to imagine that to know—how it would feel like to have a proper conversation with Sean and Met…

And just like that he was away from the window, ridiculing himself for thinking such thoughts. It was always the downfall of humanity when people couldn’t control the thoughts that filled their heads. He pushed it aside and tried to focus on something else.

He’d even schooled Sean on how that wasn’t an option. He wasn’t going to go back on his words. Infact, he wasn’t interested.

He could think about sex another day, another night. Right now, he had to study. He was patient, he could wait.

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“I wonder, what it would be like… to watch you two,” the little devil said. “So tonight I want to watch you fuck each other. You can fuck me only after that.”

He had not waited for tomorrow, nor had he acted like a patient person. He’d let his cock think for him and now here they were.

“I’ve never bottomed before and hell if it’s going to be for him,” Met said, throwing a dirty look towards Sean who quickly flipped him off.

It was always cute how they’d forget who really held the power. Them thinking they had a choice was very amusing to Jade. Technically of course they did have a choice, but it wasn’t in their favor.

“Fine then,” Jade said, “Come here Sean, this hole is hungry for a nice big dick. You can leave if you want to Met.” He was playing mind games and he knew it.

He beckoned with a sinful finger that disappeared between his lips. Two different voices cussed at the same time.

He smiled and looked down, but it had nothing to do with shyness. He looked up then, only to find that Met had flipped Sean over and was fucking his brains out in long, deep strokes.

Oh yes. He thought. The sight of them together was oddly beautiful to Jade. So much that all he needed was a few tugs and it had him swelling nicely on his hand.

He watched as Met fucked with no mercy whatsoever, it was like he couldn’t pick between wanting to get it over with and wanting to make it last longer.

And if Jade didn’t know any better, he’d say Sean was actually enjoying it, contradictory to how he had reacted earlier.

No matter how much they seemed to hate each other, the chemistry between them was undeniable, but it wasn’t Jade’s place to intervene.

Soon Met was kneeling on the couch as Sean closed in behind him.

Dick at the ready, he bent briefly to grab the lube with his other hand and poured a generous amount onto Met’s hole, inserting a finger and waiting for Met to calm down as he fought to accept him.

He took Met’s moans as a sign to continue. He inserted another finger and began to slowly scissor Met, loosening him for his dick.

He did it so slowly and calmly that Jade did not understand what was going on but he watched nonetheless.

It wasn’t until he saw how slowly and carefully Sean entered Met that the truth dawned on him.

To Sean this wasn’t about winning, it was about making Met’s first time as comfortable as possible.

If he had turned around right then, he would have seen Jade’s eyes go briefly wide with mild surprise. But just as it came, it left.

Sean actually cared. Whether he tried to hide it before didn’t matter, because now he handled Met so gently, so intimately it didn’t make sense.

Jade watched as lost in the moment, Sean briefly intertwined their fingers with Met, whispering sweet nothings to his ear as he moved in and out of him then as if he’d realized it, snatched his hand back.

It had lasted a while and then Sean was coming and slumping on the couch. Spent and quite still in shock. Perspiration the evidence of his endeavors.

And then there was Met… for some reason Met was angry. He approached Jade with a storm brewing in his eyes.

If he was in any sort of pain or discomfort he didn’t show it. He turned Jade’s back to him and made him bend as he quickly entered Jade with no warning.

Jade sucked in a breath from the impact. He groaned as Met got in deep with the first stroke. Jade was pushed vigorously forward with the force of the second stroke and the ones after that. Met’s thrusts didn’t slow down even as he rubbed his prostate. He rubbed it over and over till Jade’s hand nearly latched onto Met’s strong arm to steady him but he thought better of it and kept it on the floor.

Met’s strokes became faster as Jade cussed out loud.

“What is it Met? You like pounding all your anger into me? You’re angry because you got fucked tonight? That it was your first time?… Fuck!”

“Not quite,” Met answered coolly, his fucking relentless.

He found Jade’s prostate again and rubbed against it several times until Jade was a whimpering mess beneath him, they came at almost the same time.

Met then slowly leaned forward till his lips were at Jade’s ears.

Still buried within Jade, he caused him to turn as he claimed Jade’s mouth in a bruising kiss.

He would never have done such a thing if he hadn’t earned it, if Jade hadn’t said so, but Jade had in fact given him free rein. And he was going to take advantage of it.

He slid out slowly, but there was still no mistaking the anger in his voice just before he got up and walked away. When his mouth was still close to Jade’s.

“I’m angry because I wanted you to be my first.”

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11| Well Shit

Jade regretted why he got up so fast from his bed the next morning. Apart from the subtle dose of vertigo, there was something else.

“Fuck!” Damn Met and his big cock he was so sore. It also sent a shiver up his spine thinking of how he’d been fucked the night before.

He took it slow and carefully after that. After a hot shower, he went to make breakfast.

Brady was coming over and they were going to plan their argument against lawyers they didn’t know. Well, to be more accurate, they were pretending to be real lawyers.

He made his breakfast and ate in silence, wincing when he shifted briefly. Cursing momentarily when he went to open the door for Brady.

“Sup’ Jade,” he nodded and went ahead to help himself to breakfast. He knew where everything was and Jade had never even told him.

Truth was, Jade was actually comfortable around him. Brady was as honest as they came. He was one of those people oblivious to their charm, they just went on with life as it was.

Maybe that was the reason Jade just wouldn’t really push him away. He didn’t know what it was but part of him was a little glad, even if he didn’t deserve it, and probably didn’t deserve to be.

He also didn’t understand why he still stuck around. He’d warned Brady already not to expect anything from him ever since they were paired as partners from the beginning of their final year. Certainly nothing as fancy as friendship. Brady had simply looked at him and said a curt ‘okay’. And yet here they were.

He pulled away from his thoughts to find a pair of confused brown eyes looking down at him, way too close for comfort.

“Are you okay dude? You keep wincing every now and then, sprain a muscle in your sleep or something?” Brady asked.

Rather nonchalantly, Jade answered, “Let’s get started.”

Brady wasn’t even fazed by the dismissal. For some reason, he didn’t find Jade repulsive. Another thing Jade couldn’t wrap his head around.

It was like this every time. No matter how many times Jade dismissed his remarks, replied coldly, treated him indifferently, he didn’t stop talking to Jade. If anything, he got louder.

He kept asking how he was doing, he gave advice unconsciously, he talked… he talked so much Jade could swear he knew his entire family tree and so many conspiracy theories he could write a book.

He also knew the name of every single girl Brady had ever had a crush on since before he could even speak, if that were even possible.

Brady trusted him so completely, even when he offered nothing in return. He just couldn’t get it.

“Dude, seriously what’s wrong,” there he went asking again.

“Fuck off Brady, I said let’s get started.”

“That would require you to be in the right headspace.”

Ugh, smartass. He didn’t resist the urge to roll his eyes. Brady wasn’t human, maybe that could be another conspiracy theory added to the list. He ignored every sign of hostility and never showed any sign of hurt for that matter. He’d never Met anyone like him.

“Right, so I was thinking you could be the witness, and I’ll be the lawyer. We don’t know who we’re up against but we could win the case. We just need to play our cards right.”

“I argue better than you do,” Jade said matter of factly.

“Yeah well that means I need all the practice I can get right? And as the witness, you can practice how to show emotion.”

“The fuck would I need that for?”

Brady hurried on like he hadn’t heard Jade’s question. “Don’t worry, I’ve thought up ways to be more convincing.”

“Fine, whatever.”

They began to plan their argument then, and somewhere in between it all, Jade’s mind began to drift off again. Something itching at the back of his mind.

He had to meet them, somewhere different this time, and it had to be tonight.

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They sat at a table, and looked at Jade, expectant and confused at the same time, they just didn’t meet like this. Ever. So they obviously knew something was amiss. Jade couldn’t read any of them nonetheless, they seemed a little out of it.

“We’re not doing this anymore,” Jade looked, from one man to the other. He didn’t stutter or murmur, he’d said it clear as day. He tried to be subtle but it was like something that didn’t just come naturally to him.

It seemed to catch everyone off guard.

He noticed how Met went still as Sean decided to ask, “What do you mean?”

Surely Sean knew what he meant, but he didn’t want any confusion so he said it again, and he might as well have spelt it out.

“Fucking, we’re not fucking anymore,” Jade said.

This time, Met’s hand sought out his but he pulled away before there was any contact. What the fuck was he thinking?

“Is it what I said yesterday?” He looked alarmed before he added, “Did I maybe hurt you in any way?”

He looked ready to apologize but Jade didn’t let him get there. There shouldn’t have been so much concern just at the mere thought of hurting him.

“Do I look like someone who isn’t capable of stopping when it gets too much? Not that it has ever been.”

“No, but-”

“But nothing, it’s done and that’s it. We won’t see each other anymore so I suggest you start looking for other partners or hookups or whatever. You didn’t think this would go on forever did you?”

They didn’t know this but Jade had been thinking about this for a while now. They were smart enough, and so they must have known better. Nothing in itself was permanent.

And Jade wasn’t getting bored with them as he should have, hell it was like they got sexier everytime he saw them. They got so eager to obey sometimes it got Jade drunk. They begged for him most beautifully, then topped him like the devil himself.

And he was having none of that.

They had played way too long and they had to stop sometime. Sometime like now.

“Why? Why are we stopping now?” Met asked.

As Jade answered, he got up to leave. “Because I said so.”

Met was clenching his jaw so hard while Sean blew out a frustrated breath, “Well shit.”

He didn’t get far when his phone began to vibrate. He answered before he knew who was calling.

“I figured it out!” The cheerful voice belonged to Brady. “You got laid!”

Jade groaned loudly before hanging up.

No pun intended but Brady was one big pain in the ass.

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12| Dull-ish Days

Met sure wasn’t having the time of his life. The view from his office was always amazing, the skyline and probably hundreds of other tall buildings, stretching out as far as the eye could see. Some preferred hills and maybe a sunset or some shit like that but to him… this? This was good.

Lately it was becoming so dull. And the ache in his chest did not ease by the day. He’d snapped at everyone until that too, didn’t do anything to ease his pain. Only work seemed to keep him sane. What the fuck was he going to do?

“You wanted to see me Met?” asked Leo as he closed the door behind him.

He was head of his entire IT department, extremely smart and unforgivingly efficient. Leo had eyes that couldn’t decide whether they wanted to be blue or grey, behind glasses he probably got as a child spending hours on end behind his computer.

Met motioned to the chair telling Leo to sit as he went on. “Sean Williams, heard of him?” He asked as Leo settled in the chair.

Leo paused and looked like he had caught his breath. “Do you mean the brown skinned half god of my dreams? CEO of Skyward, the company that could so easily rival yours tooth and nail? Nope, never heard of him.”

Leo looked ready to drool on his table and Met couldn’t help but send him a disapproving look.

Leo smirked back at him. Over the years Leo hadn’t just made his company a lot of money but also given him an indispensable friendship. He’d gone out of his way to pick him up when he was down, listened to Met rant and got comfortable enough to call him out on all of his bullshit and through it all, never once had he slacked off on his own.

He knew Leo was bi, but this attraction to Sean wasn’t something he saw coming, he told himself it didn’t matter but then again, he was the one sending him a disapproving look.

He didn’t think he’d ever seen Leo so excited before. The man never even liked to smile and he was beginning to accept that maybe he just wasn’t that type of guy. But Met knew better, he didn’t know who she was exactly but he knew she had hurt him. Really badly by the looks of it. But never once did Leo want to talk to talk about it, always claiming he was fine.

But he was tired and anyone with two eyes in their sockets could see that, but why Leo continued to push himself, he didn’t know.

Knowing that Leo had it in him to sound so carefree was so refreshing. And of course it was all Sean’s fault. The man was too attractive for his own good.

“I need his contact details, everything. Preferably as soon as you can get them,” said Met.

“You got it. I won’t question why you’re going all mafia on my man, but okay.”

“Well I need some answers, and your ‘man’ is going to give them to me.”

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Sean woke up to a call from an unknown number.

He would have ignored it if his curiosity wasn’t peaked by the fact that it was his personal number.

“Yeah?” he answered, not really knowing what to expect and a little irritated.

“Sean,” the voice said.

A heartbeat, and then another. Weird things fluttered somewhere in his stomach. It was that feeling you always got when your crush said your name and they had no clue what it was doing to you.

Maybe it was the way he had said his name, he almost missed the subtle hint of devastation. He was focusing on the fact that for the first time in a really long time, the other voice didn’t ooze hatred for him.

“What do you want Met?”

“Let’s talk?” Met’s poorly hidden desperation mirrored his own neglected one.

“Yeah because we’re not doing that right now,” Sean had a habit of being sarcastic whenever he didn’t know how to handle his emotions. Something he prayed Met had never noticed.

“Sarcasm–” Met started.

Yeah he knew him like the back of his hand. “Yeah whatever.”

“Fine. Let’s talk in person Sean, you know what I mean.”

“And why would I do that? I’m pretty sure you don’t want anything to do with me, just the same way I don’t,” It was a lie, a big fat lie and he knew it.

“I want you to look me in the face and tell me you really mean that Sean. Something doesn’t add up, and we have to figure it out. You must have felt it too. Like it doesn’t make sense that we’re both mad at each other don’t you think? There’s also the fact that you haven’t hung up on me yet.”

Sean let out a deep sigh. Met was right, he just didn’t think he had given it as much thought as he had. He’d racked his brain over and over trying to look for answers but finally here was a chance.

“Why do you want to figure it out?” Despite himself, Sean asked.

“Will you meet me or not?” He sounded almost panicked. Sean was tempted to go further, to see if he could rile him up in some way. He didn’t.

“Fine. Just text me when and where,” Sean finally gave in.

“That won’t be necessary, get to your front door. I’m waiting.”

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If you read this book before the edit and still remember it, you will then notice that Leo’s cameo is now a little different and because it fits his story (for your heart) better.

The next chapters will have some changes too I guess but nothing major other than maybe a few additional chapters. Maybe.

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13| Dull-ish Days II.

Nothing could have prepared Sean for what Met said then.

It had him jolting out of bed like a firecracker was set off under his ass.

He’d only managed to reply with a ‘what?!’ before Met had immediately hung up on him.

He was in the bathroom now, washing his face and cleaning his teeth and fixing his short hair that was probably fine.

He paused momentarily to ask his reflection what the hell it was doing, acting so nervous. This wasn’t like him. Besides, it’s not like he hadn’t seen Met in a long time, it was only  like a week or so. Why was this so different.

He pulled on black sweatpants before going down to open the door. He tried not to focus on the fact that he was taking the stairs two at a time.

Met was still in his car when he hung up on Sean. It was parked at the front of the house.

He glanced at his rearview mirror and looked away. He glanced at it again and this time checked his teeth. He fought the urge to look again and find something else to fix that didn’t need fixing.

Met got out of the car and went to the front door. His hands needed to find something else to do before they ripped his hair out.

Sean opened the door to a pristine looking Met. Suit and tie and a dark tendril of hair that escaped its confinement only to fall rebelliously against his forehead. He looked gorgeous. He always looked gorgeous. Sean didn’t even want to begin on the body that was beneath all the multiple layers of cloth, the toned muscles, the broad–

Nothing, the broad nothing. He didn’t continue because that was the wrong train of thought. He found Met looking expectant and he realized he had yet to let him in so he stepped aside, letting the expensive dress shoes carry the man into his house.

Met settled on a table across from Sean. Elbows on the smooth surface, he was so tense and Sean himself was scared to get to the bottom of everything. The fact that they were both in the same room unsupervised and trying to find common ground spoke volumes about how much they ‘hated’ each other.

“Can I get you—” Sean tried to ask out of hospitality and to try to make things seem less awkward but Met only shook his head. It was going to be a long morning.

He only saw one way everything was going to go down after this. They would be damaged beyond repair.

So why was he still holding on to that rainbow in the hurricane. The nonexistent silver lining that lived in his imagination.

His nerves got the better of him before he could form a decent answer, he didn’t understand how Met could be so calm at the moment. So many things were running through his head. Internally, he was in disarray. Now, he couldn’t help it.

He was going to be the one to break the ice. The words came tumbling out.

“I couldn’t find you Met. When I was supposed to pick you up after that meeting, where you sold our ideas out to those money hungry scavengers. The dreams we’d spent sleepless nights working on. you gave it all away like none of it mattered.” Pathetic as Sean felt, it didn’t stop Met from looking at him like he had grown two heads and a third one was on the way.

“What the hell are you talking about?! Look at me Sean.”

Sean had not realized that he was looking everywhere but Met. A warm hand rested on his and he pulled back. Good, at least his pride was still intact.

He looked up though, hard eyes stared back at him. He could tell Met was trying to keep his emotions in check, he seemed shocked.

“Don’t even act like any of this baffles you Met! You rejected me and pushed me away, you discarded–”

“Sean!”

Met’s voice was sharp and firm, silencing Sean with the one syllable that was his name. It was even laced with concern. But that shouldn’t make sense, Met wasn’t this type of person, a backstabbing prick even if he told himself that every single day. Deep down he knew it wasn’t true.

Sean had always thought that when this moment came—if it ever did—he would look Met in the eye and give him a piece of his mind, just not sound so fucking hopeless. He’d played the scenario so many times in his head, and he was always destroying Met with his words then walking away strong. But now, all the pain and emotions he’d suppressed came up on the surface, and he was the one struggling not to be pushed under.

“I understand that there’s something really wrong here, what you’re saying—it’s not making any sense. Let’s do this the right way. Tell me what happened that day, tell me your side of the story, and I’ll tell you mine, please?”

Sean did not know what his face was doing because Met suddenly added, “I just need us to be in the clear, I’ll keep out of your life after this if you want, just, let’s get it over with.”

“Fine, no problem. While I waited for you to join me in the car, waited for the good news that was supposed to shape our future, I received a message. A message thanking me for offering up my part of our to-be-company. My fifty percent gone, just like that. There was even a picture attached to it, a contract that confirmed you were the legal owner and had signed it all away to this anonymous person. I guessed it was the number that had texted me,” Sean hated this, he was getting to the part he hated the most.

“I tried to call you immediately because obviously something was wrong, it went straight to voicemail, I didn’t want to overthink it because you’d explain, you’d give me a reason for the mind fuckery I was having at the moment, but you had just vanished, you weren’t there. I got to your apartment and you were gone, with all your things, it was clean and empty, you had disappeared, for whatever reason, you had screwed me over, you left me… just like that Met, like I meant nothing to you. I started off Skyward on my own, just to prove to myself that I could do anything by myself and I didn’t need you for it, somehow it was a success,” as much as he hated to bring it up, he had to get it out, at a cost of course. The old feelings came back like he was reliving the day, loss, hurt, betrayal among them.

“Of course it was a success, you’re way too smart to fail,” Met mumbled mostly to himself but Sean had caught it.

His hands were shaking slightly now, mostly from talking about the worst day of his life. He’d been harboring all the feelings for so long and now, it was like he’d been cut open.

Met was furiously shaking his head. “And no, no such thing happened! I didn’t leave, you have no idea—”

“You think I have the time to make up something like this?”

“Not quite but–”

“What do you mean ‘not quite’?!”

“Just hear me out, the meeting took a way shorter time to adjourn than I’d thought, and then I got a text from you, it said to meet you at our favorite diner, you apologized for not picking me up because there was something urgent you had to take care of first and then we’d celebrate. And so I did, I took a cab and went to wait for you, I waited for three frustrating hours, trying fruitlessly to call you in between, you never picked and I got so worried I rushed to your place to check if you were there, no other place came to mind,” Sean thought he was taking all this rather well. What the fuck was Met talking about?!

“I called you once more and it went straight to voicemail, I ignored that for the moment and tried to get in but you had changed the locks, the key didn’t work. I don’t know how loud I banged at your door but it had your neighbor coming out, I’d never seen her before but she told me about an hour ago, you had left with bags, you’d told her you were traveling for a few days when she asked you,” Met paused like to continue meant to hurt.

“I didn’t believe her, couldn’t. I went back to the restaurant, somehow you’d come back to me I thought, I’d wait till you came and explained everything. That’s when I received the same message you were sent, only this time, it was your signature and you had sold it all. You never came, even after I’d waited until the diner closed. I went back home and drank myself to sleep. I’d been royally screwed over by the person I held closest to my heart,” the last part had Met sounding so broken Sean couldn’t take it.

He couldn’t believe what Met was saying, “That can’t be true, you know I’d never–”

“Just like I’d never do the same to you?”

“I’m sorry that you thought I could do that to you, you must loathe me, but I just want you to know that I didn’t,” his eyes glassy as he began to walk away, he just couldn’t do this. “And I’m really sorry for being your first and taking that away from you.”

“Sean wait!” Sean did not wait. He kept walking away and only stopped when a broad chest engulfed his back and strong arms caged him, trapping him and his heart that was currently trying frantically to break free.

“Don’t you dare apologize for that,” said Met after locking Sean in his embrace, remembering the night Sean had taken his virgin hole.

“But you said–”

“I know, but that didn’t mean I didn’t want it to be you either. I wasn’t going to admit it but it was special to me. I just didn’t think you felt the same. It threw me off balance Sean, you threw me off balance.”

“And I know you didn’t do that to me. I know that now,” his breath was warm against Sean’s neck, “I should have known all this time something was up and I’m sorry for that. You do realize what this means right? That someone has been watching us and keeping tabs, so accurately enough to know our routines and even favorite places. That’s just too personal.”

“It’s now clear that all this was a ploy, a plan to steal everything we had and maybe keep us apart, it might not be much but I’m going to get to the bottom of it, I promise you that,” finished Met.

Sean turned around and Met’s hand closed protectively behind him. He looked at Met and tried to fight the doubt in his eyes.

“I want to believe you so bad, I’d even be lying if I said that I wanted you to stay out of my life now,” Sean confessed.

“I’m not going anywhere, I’d readily beg you to stay if I had to,” his admission had Sean gasping.

“Can I kiss you?”

Sean nodded despite the fact that he was already leaning forward, they met halfway in a heartwrenching kiss.

Met’s hands on each side of his neck, holding him in place as he ravaged his lips. Taking everything Sean had to offer. They were breathless when they pulled apart, Sean took to  breathing in Met’s neck and he was feeling like he could float.

“Sean,” Met quietly called.

“Yeah?”

“You’re shirtless, you know that right?”

“Yeah, so?”

“It’s very distracting.”

“Oh,” he chuckled softly and felt himself still, he wasn’t shy or anything, but Met was Met.

“I forgot to put on a shirt, you didn’t give me much time if you must know,” Sean retorted, peeling himself off Met to look at him.

“Oh I don’t know, probably takes a second to throw one on but what do I kno–”

Sean’s lips cut him off, they were soft against his, it was a different sensation this time, teasing and coaxing him to deepen the kiss only for Sean nip his bottom lip with his teeth, then look up at him with a little victory smile playing on his lips.

“Where’s that smart mouth now huh?”

Met groaned, “Fuck. Do that again.”

Sean’s whole demeanor changed and for a moment Met was scared.

“Met,” Sean’s voice had gone almost too quiet.

Met tensed and looked at him but didn’t say a word despite the fact that he was inwardly holding his breath, indicating that he was ready to listen to whatever Sean had to say.

“There’s something you have to know, it’s Jade, I can’t get him off my mind, no matter what I do, I know that’s weird but–”

“Right here,” he said as he placed Sean’s palm right over his heart, “I’m not sure what it means but every time I think about him, it hurts right here.”

Sean nodded in understanding, “In it’s way, that night felt like a breakup,” he laughed bitterly, “One I can’t get over, the scariest part is that it has nothing to do with the sex, what am I going to do?”

Met pulled Sean to his chest and held him tight, his head leaning against him, “We, what are we going to do, and we’ll figure it out.”

“We’re not letting him go,” Sean said.

“No, no we’re not.”

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The first time I wrote this chapter, I couldn’t believe it was possible for me to write so many words. But I guess you grow as you keep writing

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Thank you so much for reading!

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14| Heartstrings

“What the fuck are you doing here?”

Jade looked at two monoliths of men who stood before him. Although he wasn’t that far off, they were sort of exceptional. And now he wanted to pull them by the ears and drag them out of his apartment.

“What part of we’re not doing this anymore wasn’t crystal? Because I’ll be happy to repeat it for you.”

“We wanted to see if you were alright, and we just… we wanted to see you too.”

All of Jade’s walls went up in that instant. He did not miss the way Sean had said ‘we’, it was like their whole demeanor had changed. Just a while ago they couldn’t bear to be in each other’s presence and now it was almost like they couldn’t bear to be a few feet apart.

They also looked scared of him, not exactly scared but he couldn’t quite  put a finger on it, it was almost like caution.  Usually when people thought twice to cross the line, it made Jade feel wonderful. But now that it came to Sean and Met, he hated it.

“We. Are. Not. Going. To. Have. Sex.”

“We’re not here for sex Jade.”

“Then fucking leave, there’s possibly no other reason why you could be here. I don’t have the time for either of you, nor do I want anything to do with you. I meant what I said, what’s done is done.

Sean flinched slightly at the venom in Jade’s voice but Met gripped his hand in his and drew slow circles with the pad of his thumb. Jade couldn’t for the life of him figure out why Sean looked genuinely hurt.

Jade unconsciously raised an eyebrow at the display of affection. He wanted them out, as fast as he could. All his life he’d looked at people who held each other in public, kissed and shown each other acts of love. All they taught him was to accept that he would never be a part of that. Maybe he was scared or maybe he didn’t deserve it but either way it was never going to happen. And right now, this was really making him uncomfortable.

“We’re here because-”

“Why you’re here is of no importance to-”

“Jadey-Jade!” the damned cheery voice drew closer. “Guess who freaking aced-” Brady stopped short because he came into view of three men in the room, when he’d only been expecting one.

The two strangers stood side by side and a little distance away from Jade. One was slightly taller than the other and had a really intense look on his face. The other one stood at almost the same height with extremely defined features and a look Brady couldn’t place. And Jade…well Jade looked like he was schooling them with his stare alone, there was clearly a connection between the three of them, and it was nothing near the surface.

Three pairs of eyes now turned to him, adding to the tension in the room, the other two made him feel like he was in an interrogation. They had him questioning whether he had any lucky stars. What in the world had he walked in on? Brady’s words got stuck wherever they were coming from. He had a moment while everything was still, he only spoke when the shock wore off.

“Woah okay,” Brady cleared his throat. “Got it, bad time,” he said as he raised his hands in mock surrender and retreated. Slowly walking backwards till he disappeared where he’d just come from.

He might have asked but Jade wasn’t going to say or give anything away other than the next thing they could talk about. He just hoped with all of his heart that Jade was okay and not just physically.

Brady didn’t have much insight into Jade’s life but he believed deep down they were meant to be friends. Maybe it was a hunch or just his awesome intuition as he liked to call it but that was it. And he believed it, he just had to be patient.

It didn’t take long before the strangers were walking out. They didn’t look happy, they looked like a mixture of worry and sadness. Normally this would the part where Brady would say hi and probably a hundred words at once. But he watched in silence as they made their way out, slowly closing the door behind them. The mystery that was Jade only got deeper.

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The days went by after that, as they always would. Except this time they were different for Jade. He couldn’t go on as he normally did, not with the way Met and Sean kept pestering him.

They were the embodiment of what he disliked the most, lovers who got attached.

Relentlessly so, he heard from them every single day, sometimes out of the blue, They were so persistent. All up in his business, they didn’t for one day stop checking up on him, and it was always out of no where, always unexpected. Sometimes Met would come without Sean, and most times they were there together.

And sometimes they’d text him, at different times, but they always did. He never replied, but they always did. They apologized if they couldn’t make it as if Jade had asked. As if he was dying to see them.

‘hey i’m coming over’

And before Jade could escape, either Sean or Met would be there.

‘sorry i’m running a little late today, but i’ll definitely see you’

And they definitely did. Then Jade did something that surprised even himself. He called Sean.

“What do you guys want from me? How difficult can it be, to just stay away?” Jade asked immediately he picked up.

The goal had been to ignore them and eventually their madness would die out. But they proved his thoughts wrong with their undying diligence. Never once did he allow himself to imagine what if. He didn’t want to know and he really needed to do away with this.

“It’s not difficult, it’s impossible. We might not mean anything to you, but you mean a lot to us, more than you can imagine.”

“Then I suggest you get over it, because that’s how it’s always going to be, I’m never going to care about you guys.”

There was some silence on the other side before Sean spoke and Jade thought he had finally struck a nerve.

“It still won’t change the fact that we care about you.”

Jade didn’t reply, he hung up immediately and sighed. There was nothing he could do. It wasn’t like they were not giving him space to breathe, he had plenty. It was how they threatened to disorganize the perfectly peaceful world he had created for himself.

No one had ever even come close.

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Jade paced back and forth in his apartment, his mind in a jumble. He remembered the phone call he’d received just the same day. He’d ignored it just like Josh knew he would. And of course Josh wouldn’t let it go, he’d sent a message instead.

‘ignore me all you want but i’m coming over and you better be there’

It was a threat. With Josh, everything was a threat. And he always brought out the weak side of Jade.

What was it that he couldn’t just have texted. Being in the same space with his brother was one of his worst nightmares. He hated it and found him utterly revolting.

The door bell rang and Jade flinched. He tried to ignore the moisture in his palms as he went to open the door.

“Jade, hey!” Josh tried to hug him but he moved out of the way, pretending he hadn’t seen his attempt.

Sometimes, his brother acted like a psychopath. He could be smiling one minute then get really serious the next, serious enough to even hurt someone. And now he tried to hug him as if he’d always been a loving brother and Jade ought to miss him. Sometimes it was almost like he thought himself a saint. Jade was ever disgusted and creeped out.

I hate you so much just fuck off.

“How are you doing Josh?” Jade asked despite feeling otherwise.

He couldn’t care less how Josh was doing, in fact, Josh didn’t even deserve such a question. But Josh had demanded he be asked every time.

“Aw, you don’t sound happy to see me, but never mind that, you must be having a bad day. You haven’t come home in a while, are you sure that Nana is okay?”

Concern tore through Jade, “What is it? Did something happen to her?” Jade knew she had to be alright, they talked regularly after all, or was she hiding something from him? It was not likely that she would, then he noticed it was one of his sick jokes.

Josh’s smile was slow as he answered. “Nothing,  well nothing yet.” Jade stiffened.

His brother seemed to revel in the fact that he could say a few words about Nana and it would get a reaction from Jade. It amused him to no end, he always and always used it. And because it was Josh, it got to Jade every single time.

“What the fuck a–”

“Keep your dirty mouth shut when you talk to me!” Jade momentarily saw the psycho come out, then go back in less than a minute. “I’m almost at the end of my rope Jade and Steve has no patience. He’d like to see you soon you know, some unfinished business you have he calls it.”

Hazel eyes widened in fear, fear that was hidden right before Josh looked at him.

Even while looking at him, Josh didn’t notice that Jade was so slowly beginning to faze out and trapped in his mind, memories of that awful night coming back to him. He had to steady himself, he hated Josh seeing any weakness he had, he’d use it against him, just as he used his grandma. But that couldn’t have been helped.

The sound of more than one voice brought him back to the present. It wasn’t Josh, it was Met. The timing couldn’t have been worse.

“Hey,” Met said and worry etched all over his face when he looked at Jade. “Hey what’s wrong?”

Met had ignored the fact that Jade wasn’t the only person in the room. He’d just walked in directly and Jade was all he could see.

“You can’t be here right now Met, get out,” said Jade.  And then it finally seemed to strike him as he looked over his shoulder.

“Who the hell are you?” Met spat the question at his biggest brother.

“His brother, who the fuck are you? No, wait I can guess,” he gave Jade a knowing smirk before turning back to Met. “I always knew he’d like them built like you.”

“Is this why you don’t seem thrilled to see Steve? I should have known,” he turned to Met. “Has he told you all about his night of passion with-”

“Shut up!” Jade had to shut his brother up and at that moment he didn’t care about the consequences.

The first time Jade had told his brother to shut up, he’d earned a split lip, a black eye and a cut on his hand, thankfully the scar had faded. But the memory was alive and perfectly vivid in his head.

Their heads both turned towards the weak and shaky voice, Josh was already walking towards Jade.

“How dare you say that to me… I’ll teach you–”

“How about I teach you something?” Met blocked his path. The defeated look he’d seen on Jade’s face was more than he could stand. He’d never seen Jade that way before and he never wanted to, not ever again.

“You don’t talk to him like that, get that through your thick skull before I do it for you!”

“You don’t tell me what–”

In one swift motion he grabbed Josh by the shirt till he was facing him, then using both hands, he vigorously pinned him to the nearest wall.

“Okay let’s hear it,” Met pressed him harder against the wall. “Fucking say that again. Disrespect him one more time and brother or not I’ll bash you through the fucking wall.”

Josh’s cowardice was the thin line separating his face from Met’s fist.

“Let me go!” He almost shrieked. “What’s your deal anyway?”

“You make him uncomfortable,” Met answered calmly. “I don’t like that.”

Met let him break free but stayed in his way, he wasn’t getting anywhere near Jade.

“Jade I’ll call to finish this,” he angrily left, fidgeting to right his clothes.

Met couldn’t spare anytime for him, or any time to ponder upon whatever had just happened. His attention was for Jade alone at the moment, and he noticed that he was already trying to get away.

“Jade…”

“Leave me alone Met! Just leave, please.”

Please? Met couldn’t remember a single time and space where Jade had said please.

When Jade got to his room, he slammed the door shut, closing Met out.

Frustration caused Met to repeatedly run his fingers through his hair. He’d take a pissed off and rude Jade any day. Just not the current one, it pulled at his heartstrings. And he felt closed out in more ways than one.

When Met cared for someone, he did it totally, gave it one hundred percent, no matter the reason. Jade had never let him, and that truth hurt more than he let on. Especially now that he was sure Jade needed it, needed someone. Met hid it, but he hurt so badly.

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In his room, Jade stared into space with his arms crossed, jaw set so tight he was grinding his teeth. He was so angry he felt weak with it. Why did he have to have a brother like Josh?  Why did Met have to be there?  To see him like that? No one had to know he could be vulnerable, it was how you got taken advantage of.

Nana is perfect. He silently recited.

Somewhere deep down he knew she was, he knew he was just being paranoid. But he couldn’t help it. As far as he knew, there were high chances that Josh was an unstable person. He could do anything just to rile up and get a reaction out of Jade. To a point where it was ridiculous.

The sound of his front door opening and then closing pulled him from his thoughts. He might have stood there for an hour or something.

Finally, Met had left.

Jade let out a deep breath paced a little more. His anger subsided slowly and he could finally think clearly enough to call.

“Buttercup,” his grandma said after picking up on the second ring. Relief washed over Jade at hearing her warm voice.

“Tell me you’re okay Nana,” said Jade.

“I’m perfectly fine baby, you really have to stop worrying about me. Sure I’m getting a little old but I bet I could still disarm two men in ten seconds if I tried to.”

Jade smiled at her words, he knew she had joined the army in her younger days and from the number of times she had survived near death scenarios, she had obviously been an exceptional soldier.

“I know, love you Nana,” he said.

“I love you more buttercup, and you know what?”

“What?”

“As impossible as it is, I’d love you even more if you snatched yourself a dashing man and brought him home.”

Jade sighed. This was Nana being herself. She never missed a chance to always bring up Jade’s love life. As non existent as it was.

“You know that isn’t my cup of tea Nana, you are enough.”

“And it breaks my heart to hear you say that. When did you get like this? You were always my happy little boy and now you don’t even smile anymore, tell me who Nana has to beat up.”

“I love you, bye,” Jade hung up the phone.

He could finally breathe right. As much as he didn’t want to, his mind travelled back to what Josh had said about Steve. It suddenly made him feel dirty but he shook it off. He wouldn’t let it get to him so soon.

Instead, he went ahead to open the door. Maybe he could fix himself a drink or something.

What he didn’t expect was two men right outside his door. They sat quietly on the floor on one side of the door. Sean’s head leaned against the wall as he moved his fingers through Met’s hair, the other man’s head on his shoulder.

Jade was almost tempted to close the door again but he didn’t, he had to take care of it eventually anyway.

“Jade what happened? Are you alright?” Sean asked immediately his eyes fell on Jade. They got up and he took Jade’s hand in his and he immediately snatched it back. Holding it with his other hand against his chest like he’d been hurt.

“Noth-, none of your business,  but I’m sure you already know. I’d really like to be alone right now so…” Jade cocked his head towards the door.

Sean nodded, which was a surprise. Then he spoke.

“You know you can push us away all you want Jade but that won’t stop us from coming back to you, it won’t change the fact that we actually care about you or perhaps more than that. So we’ll leave, but if you need us at any time we’ll be here, you don’t have to always be alone and don’t you forget it.”

“It doesn’t feel great you know, being apart from you. Going to sleep knowing you’re somewhere out there on your own, what are you so afraid of?” He looked like he was about to touch Jade and the latter took a step back, Sean let out a sigh. “We’re not giving up on you Jade.”

And with that they left. Jade stared at the closed door even long after they had left.

It was the first chip in the ice block.

15| Prince Charming

Jade had barely got off bed when he heard the doorbell ring. He hurriedly finished brushing his teeth because the ringing wouldn’t let up. People have no decency these days.

When he got to the door, he was not prepared for what was on the other side.

“You have the wrong address,” Jade said.

“Already double checked. Sign here please, um…Jade,” the delivery guy said.

A dumbfounded Jade signed on the paper, his question died in his throat when he noticed the delivery guy had left, he didn’t remember taking his ‘package’ but there they were, probably a hundred pieces of red staring back at him.

Why the fuck would anyone send me roses!

He walked back in with his rather huge bouquet cradled in his arms. He set it on the kitchen table while he opened the note attached to it.

’

Can’t seem to stop thinking about you’

Jade was thankful that he was alone because his heart beat so hard that if someone else was in the room, they might have heard it.

His mind was in a jumble and he couldn’t stop glancing at the roses, almost as if they were something he was trying to figure out.

Roses, he thought. Ew.

He made his way back to the bathroom because the heat in his face was becoming bothersome.

Before he could flick the tap open, he caught sight of his reflection in the mirror and his eyes widened because of the undeniable flush on his cheeks.

“Pull yourself together Jade,” he said right before he splashed water onto his face, the cool welcome against the mild heat. Unfortunately it couldn’t do anything for the thudding in his chest.

Right after that, the flowers kept on coming, and soon enough Jade was going to have a greenhouse instead of an apartment.

The second time came tulips with a read color that faded to orange. They looked lovely.

Third time was another type of flower he didn’t know, attached to it was a note with an explanation.

‘we don’t know your favorite, so we’ll buy you every species we can get our hands on, hopefully one will make you smile’

Jade found that his fingers were tracing the words for longer than was necessary. He’d almost allowed himself to imagine but ever so quickly, shook the thought off.

Then came the peonies that fluttered every time a little breeze passed by. They said he was beautiful.

The lavenders said they’d woken up thinking about him. He even got freaking bougainvilleas!

Jade couldn’t take it when the daisies came. They were beautiful, but it was what they said that got to him.

‘life is brighter with you in it’

He actually gasped, the back of his hand flying to cover his mouth as emotions rolled through him.

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It was weird for Jade to have a peaceful morning like this one. He picked up his ringing phone.

“I’ll meet you there in thirty,” said Brady.

He freshened up as fast as he usually did. He had plenty of time anyway. As Jade sat at the cafe waiting for Brady, what he didn’t expect was Sean casually sliding in the seat opposite him, with Met following suit. His heart skipped a beat at the surprise. It was so unexpected it got Jade speechless for a while.

“Surprised?” Met asked, an easy smile on his face. Although there was nothing easy about what it was doing to Jade. His insides folded and twisted, although he kept a cool, hard exterior.

He rolled his eyes.

“Morning!” said Sean in his cheery voice.

“Infiltrating my place was not enough?”

They didn’t get to answer because that was the moment Brady decided to grace them with his very loud presence.

“Oh hell no! This time I’m third wheeling or fourth wheeling whatever, you guys can’t have Jade all the time.”

He slid in next to Jade so that they were both facing Met and Sean.

“I remember you,” Sean said. “Who are you to Jade though?” He wasn’t rude, he just asked it like the sky was blue so Brady answered.

“Only his best, most amazing, hottest and most awesome friend that he can’t get enough of for some reason.”

The way Brady said it, made it seem like he was talking about another Jade, an entirely different one.

“How do you even get along?” Met asked in wonder.

“The thing is, that’s a secret but I guess I’ll tell you because I already seem to like you guys, it’s about my true identity,” he motioned for the two men to lean closer and they did, after looking around to make sure no one was listening he said, “You know that guy that Cinderella falls for, even when he barely says one word the entire time?”

They nodded. He continued by whispering. “I’m that guy, I’m prince charming!”

“Oh my God,” Jade ground out.

Met looked amused while Sean threw his head back laughing and Jade couldn’t help but stare, he looked hot, he looked sexy. And his laughter was a caress on Jade’s skin. He kept on staring, unable to turn away until their eyes met and he had to look for other places to stare at.

“You guys are making us feel a little underdressed jeez!” said Brady. It was true, the two men wore three piece suits that looked expensive as fuck, while Jade and Brady looked as casual as ever.

They continued to chat, Brady doing ninety percent of it of course. The other ten, both Met and Sean.

“So which one of you likes Jade?”

“We both do.”

“No you don’t,” say Jade firmly.

Brady on the other hand, seemed excited to hear it. “Come on Jade, a ménage à trois? You can’t complain about that.”

“I couldn’t agree more,” said Met.

“Whatever,” he replied.

“Well, you have my blessing,” Brady flashed them his wide smile.

Jade was all about reading people and as far as he could tell, they liked Brady. And that calmed something in him. Almost as if they’d passed some sort of test.

Finally they decided to go.

“We’ll see you later today Jade,” they rose up to leave. “Brady you were a delight, see you around,” Sean added.

Jade knew that the pair had not just come for a friendly chit chat with him and his friend. It was clear they weren’t saying something. Eventually, it came out.

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“Okay down to business,” Sean hesitated. “We um… we’d really like to take you out… on a date. It could be dinner or lunch…” Sean’s hand went to rub something at the back of his neck and Jade fought the urge to tell him to relax.

“I love what you’ve done with the place by the way,” he added. Jade took it back and rolled his eyes. He knew Sean had just said it to ease the tension, but the fact still remained, he never threw out any of the flowers. He’d kept each and every one of them and he still didn’t know why.

“You know, you really roll your eyes an awful lot. It’s kind of sexy.”

“Just stop. All this,” Jade motioned around him. “I mean, it’s going to get no where. Three people can’t be together and you know it.”

“And why the fuck not?” Met asked.

“They can’t, it doesn’t work, not unless they just want to have fun,” Jade looked thoughtful a moment. Then it seemed to strike him.

“I’ll make you a deal,” the silence was indication for him to continue. “A week. I’ll prove you wrong, and you will stop all this. No texts, no flowers, no sneaking up on me, or following me to places. But if I can’t prove you wrong, then I’ll let you take me out for lunch, dinner is too sappy.”

“How do you mean?” Sean asked, clearly interested because of the chance to take Jade out.

“All you have to do is resist me, it’s not that hard is it?” They looked skeptical. “Well since all this has nothing to do with sex right?”

“Resist all my advances, no sex at all for the entire week, I can come on to you if I please and if you even kiss me or touch me in a sexual manner, then it’s over, you lose.”

Jade crossed his arms and waited. It would be smart if they said no, because he wasn’t going to make it so easy.

“It’s a deal, we’ll prove you wrong Jade,” Met said. “You may be tempting as sin but we want this too much, we will not fail.”

“I guess we’ll see.”

“Oh and um…” he brought his face less than an inch from Sean’s, teasing him while he let his fingers brush lightly over Met’s crotch. “Come whenever you like,” he felt Met shiver as Sean caught his breath.

“To my apartment of course.”

Met caught his eyes and saw the mischief in the hazel. Fuck.

They were fucked.

16| Mixed Signals

Met was right to think that they were fucked. Jade was not going easy on them, not even a little bit.

Met wondered how he could be so calm about everything, not a hair imperfectly out of place. He was so collected all the time.

He was way too calm which either meant he had a PhD in the performing arts or he really wasn’t interested.

Met was not the type to force anyone into something they didn’t want but he wasn’t taking the latter for an answer. It was in the way Jade stared at them when he didn’t think they were looking, he saw the curiosity and the longing that was always masked when he was in control. If there wasn’t any indication at all that Jade was interested, it would have hurt a whole lot more but they would have left him alone. Jade wanted them, his eyes gave out way too much, and that was their ray of hope. Please just give us this chance.

Well, after they escaped this torturous hell of a week of course. Jade had been pushing all the buttons they didn’t even think they had, at least Met was sure of that of himself. What he walked in on today would have his blood hot like a furnace, he was just going to watch it unfold.

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It was the middle of the week and dusk had already done it’s bidding. Sean’s poison and cure sat in front of him, regarding him like a tiger would, its prey. Jade’s eyes alone so lethal they knocked the air out of his lungs.

“Come here,” Jade’s index finger gestured his words.

Sean knew he was powerless. He also knew he had no memory of taking a few steps forward until he was right in front of Jade, awaiting instruction. It had been this tantalizing game of push and pull for half the week. It was so fucking hard. Just like he was right now.

Jade slid off the chair and drew up his hands from Sean’s torso to his shoulder, squeezing gently where he stopped. Sean went rigid in a second as he did this.

“I won’t succumb Jade, I won’t,” he said, sounding like he was trying to convince himself  instead.

Jade was slowly circling him now, touching everywhere but where he wanted it the most. Slowly pitching a tent and yearning for a hand that completely ignored him.

“I admire your resolve Sean, I really do, but I’m not done with either of you yet, not by a long shot,” he paused. “So many cards up my sleeve, you’d like to see them wouldn’t you?”

Sean inwardly cursed himself for nodding despite agreeing with his mind that the safest option would be the opposite.

Jade closed his eyes and hummed so low it warmed Sean’s blood. “Mixed signals, mixed signals. That’s okay too, you’re so beautiful when you yield for me.”

The whimper that escaped Sean had him reaching out to grab the closest thing that wasn’t Jade. If Met wasn’t blowing away this chance then he sure as hell wasn’t going to be the one to fuck it up.

Even now that his knees had been turned to jelly with a few fucking words, he’d hold his own. And so he reached for the chair where Jade had been sitting.

He didn’t hear the sharp intake of breath as he settled himself, but Jade did, and caged him in his seat.

“We’ve got company,” he sounded delighted and Jade sounding delighted meant more trouble for him.

Here was the thing about Jade torturing you. You were hanging on by a thread and extremely close to losing but heck if you didn’t want it, didn’t want more, didn’t want him teasing you until you couldn’t see straight. It was frustrating not to come but it was the most addictive thing, only after Jade himself and he couldn’t help himself.

Sean tried to catch his breath as Met made his way to them. How he’d made it to Thursday, he couldn’t understand. And now he watched as Met was slowly being seduced to submission. Met had always been better at control than him but once again Jade was well…Jade. He wasn’t an easy one. It was one of their favorite things about him.

“There’s always been something about you on your knees Met, I’d like to see it again. Kneel.”

Met obliged in what seemed like half a second.

As Sean watched, he sent up a silent prayer, words he thought he’d never say. Dear God, please help me not come tonight.

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It had been a week of so many trials and Jade had to hand it to them, they really held out. No matter what he tried, they were so close. And now the final day was here. Jade had never seen anyone who wanted him succeed in resisting him. It was a first.

He thought there’d be a bruise to his ego but there was no such thing. In fact, he tried to quiet the part of him that was a little too happy with it.

There were strange emotions lately every time he saw them. The way his heartbeat would spike whenever they entered the room. He was feeling things he’d never felt before. They made him want things foreign to him and it was almost to a point he couldn’t take.

Technically he still had time, but one look at Met was enough to break him, he wasn’t going to take his eyes off him this time.

Met had just walked in and suddenly the room was twice hotter than it was just moments ago. He was across the room from Jade, slowly turning to face him and oblivious to Jade. Jade who took a step forward and another towards him, each step faster than the last.

“It seems Jade, we’re close to th-”

Jade had suddenly lunged at him and crossed his legs around Met’s waist.

Met only had so little time to register and reflexively put a firm hand around Jade’s waist before his back hit the wall and his mouth was claimed in a ferocious undertaking.

Jade demanded entry and all he could think was one thing. Fuck it.

He opened up for Jade who searched out his tongue with his own. Neither could suck or nip hard enough, or long enough. Met needed to find some oxygen but not more than he needed this moment.

Jade pulled away and circled his arms around his neck, burying his face on one side, heavy breaths fanning Met’s neck.

Met didn’t realize how tightly he was holding on to Jade, the weight so natural to him like he would say no if Jade wanted to be put down.

“I don’t know what I’m feeling Met, but…” when Jade couldn’t continue, Met was more than happy to step in.

“It’s okay baby, there’s plenty of time to find out, and we’re going to be here for it,” the hand that Met kept running through his hair melted his heart, he could float in his arms but it was not enough. Something was missing.

Only when Met set him down did he feel complete. Because there was Sean, embracing him from the back.

“About time,” Sean couldn’t filter how elated he was feeling.

“Ugh shut up and kiss me,” Jade turned and Sean showed him how willing he was to obey.

They both pulled apart for air and Sean just held Jade tight, savoring the moment as their foreheads rested against each other.

“So beautiful,” came Met’s voice. Right before he hugged the other two, squeezing Jade in the middle, he could have sworn he heard him coo.

Jade was more than content, and he couldn’t wish to be anywhere else.

“I don’t care I’m calling this the Jade sandwich, also it’s my new favorite,” Sean said, rather proud of himself.

“Mine too,” Met confirmed after a low chuckle.

Jade was glad people weren’t transparent because if they could look inside him now, they’d see the thousands of butterflies that had replaced all his organs.

“Let’s do dinner,” Jade said.

“But dinner’s too-”

“Exactly,” Jade agreed before Sean could finish.

Jade would be lying if he said he wasn’t scared of what lay ahead, but he was willing to find out. Because somewhere along the line, he was beginning to trust the two people who couldn’t seem to get enough of him. His heart squeezed at the realization that he couldn’t seem to get enough of them either.

But now, how was he going to do this? He had no idea. Where would it go? He wondered. He had so many questions running through his head but he decided to quiet them.

Maybe it was the first time, but it was here, and he was going to try and trust.

17| Perfection

I’m going to give them a piece of my mind.

What part of efficient do they not understand?

Oh when I’m done with them…

These were the thoughts swirling around Leo’s head when he reached his department’s lab.

“What the hell is this?” he asked a brunette in way too much lip gloss than was necessary, her name was Amanda. holding out a bunch of papers. “What are you? The intern?!”

She had given him a crappy report on everything that wasn’t vital at the moment, everything that wouldn’t be of importance anytime soon.

Met had told him what had happened, how he’d been played, actually trusted him with something so close to personal and set him on a task he would have done even if he hadn’t been asked. He wasn’t having his team mess it up.

“I…” she began.

“Do it again, and this time I need information I can actually work with, not some words strung together by a clueless fifth grader,” he didn’t even wait for her answer.

“Markus. Research huh? This is what you call research? Were you hired yesterday? Are you the new guy? Because this is not how we do things at Met enterprises, anyone who’s been here a week would know that. How long have you been here?”

“Five-”

“Five freaking months! I’m not your father but at least try to make me proud, I need you at your best and this doesn’t even come close! Five hundred times better, do I make myself clear?”

“Crystal.”

He turned to the rest of the room. “I need facts, figures, stories, any fishy activities in the market in the past two years, every useful detail, and you!-”

Shit

One of his team was getting off easy again. Because right next to them, fixated behind a computer screen sat his fantasy. How had he not noticed he was here? Sean Williams.

And now he was looking at him. He was amused, and Leo was at a loss for words. What was he doing at Met enterprises? Never did he imagine that the first time they met would be at his lab.

“Let’s talk outside?” Sean said.

Absolutely. He only managed to nod, before walking out.

Once the door was shut behind them, Sean spoke.

“I’ve seen what you’ve been doing, that’s some pretty amazing work, I see why Met speaks so highly of you,” Sean put a hand on his shoulder and gently squeezed, oblivious to the mental nosebleed Leo was having.

As if that wasn’t enough, he flashed Leo a smile of pearly white. “Thank you for this, it really means a lot to us.”

Leo watched as the graceful figure walked further away from him and readjusted his glasses. He balled one hand into a fist and closed his eyes.

“Perfection,” he muttered under his breath.

---

“I saw that, what exactly did you go and tell Leo?” Met asked Sean when he got to his office.

“My thanks and appreciation of course.”

“Oh shit, this is going to be fun, the effect might last the whole week.”

“What are you talking about?”

Met sighed. “I hate to be the gossip queen but Leo has got like the biggest thing for you. You should see him swoon whenever you come up, oh my God!”

Sean let out a small laugh. “Well I didn’t expect that.”

“That’s because you keep forgetting how impressive you are.”

“Are you flirting with me Met? That’s inappropriate, I do have a date tonight after all, and he’s smoking hot,” Sean smirked.

Met rolled his eyes then smiled. “I’m so excited.”

“Me too! God we’re like high school kids.”

“I hope we nail it.”

Sean nodded, “I haven’t seen him in like five hours, it’s been too long. Do I sound desperate?”

“Very much so, but so am I,” Met said, dropping a quick kiss to Sean’s temple.

18| Right Somehow

Jade didn’t know what to wear. This shouldn’t have been a problem. It would have been so much easier if there weren’t any feelings involved. Jade was sure he’d never changed so many times in his life.

Blue? Black? Or grey? He pondered. Then threw his hands up in resignation, he’d pick whatever.

---

Three hours later in a car outside Jade’s apartment, were two men.

“Quit fretting and fussing,” Met said accusingly. “It’s going to be alright.”

“Fine but what if he doesn’t like it, or what if it’s too much?” Sean countered.

“There’s no such thing as too much when you’re helplessly in love with someone. I know for sure I don’t regret anything I did to get your attention back in the day.”

“You were really persistent, and a little crazy.”

“Still am, for the both of you. The thought of making a wrong move scares me too, but we can do this.”

“Yeah you’re right.”

Met hummed.

---

An hour later, they were at one of the fanciest restaurants Jade had seen.

Everyone was nervous, he couldn’t imagine why Jade was, because he never was. But Sean knew he and Met were nervous for the same reasons, namely the person sharing a table with them.

“Do you like it? Are you comfortable?” Sean glanced around briefly. “We could have the place cleared out if you want.”

Jade raised a brow and gave Sean a tiny smirk. “Why would I want that?”

“Or we could leave, go some place else?” Met added and this time Jade frowned.

“You’d know if I didn’t like it. What makes you think I’d want to leave?”

“I…we um…well you looked nervous and that makes us even more nervous.”

“Oh,” he seemed to be thrown off guard. “Well that’s because…”

When he didn’t continue, Met and Sean both froze waiting for his next words.

“Because it’s my first time.”

“First time on a date?  This is your first date?” Met was in shock.

Jade gave a small nod and looked away, color creeping on to his cheeks. What he didn’t know was the fire it set in Met or how it made Sean’s blood sing.

To them, he couldn’t look more appealing. Met got his phone out and angled it at Jade and took a few pictures, when Jade looked at him quizzically he took a few more just for good measure.

“I’m sorry Jade but I’m never deleting those, you have no idea how adorable you look right now I could kiss you.”

“Oh my God he’s blushing.” Sean said gripping Met’s hand under the table and squeezing.

Jade seemed to get redder.

“Jade?”

“What?”

“The fact that we get to take you out on your first date, you don’t know how good that feels.”

Jade rubbed his neck and said quietly, “Whatever, let’s just eat.”

After chewing and swallowing a bite of his food, Jade leaned on his chair and crossed his arms, letting out a long sigh. “I’m not eating with you guys looking at me like that.”

The two seemed to catch themselves then. Jade was used to getting attention, he didn’t care if people looked at him or not. He always did what he wanted, so he now wondered why these two could affect him so much.

“Like what?”

“You know, like I’m the meal. And you can’t wait for me to finish eating mine so you could…” Jade shrugged, leaving enough room for imagination.

The image did exactly what Jade thought it would. It was evident in the catching of their breaths and their eyes filling with desire.

“Yeah let’s just eat fast,” Sean said.

---

After a delicious time, they stepped out into the cool night.

“There’s a beautiful breeze tonight,” Met said as he extended his head to Jade and looked back. “Would you like to go for a walk?”

Sean turned too and held out his hand. Jade’s heart seemed to be skipping so many beats lately he might actually have a problem. He took both their hands in his as they started their walk.

They talked about the smallest of things and just partly walked in silence. Jade prayed all the way that they didn’t notice how sweaty his palms got with each step.

---

You sleep easier when you’re happy…

Jade remembered Nana’s words as he got drowsy on the way back to his apartment. But maybe he shouldn’t read into it, for all he knew it could have been the walking. What he did know was that everything about this felt right somehow.

Met carried Jade in his arms while Sean got the door. And while he set the bundle of warmth gently on the bed, Sean took off his shoes.

“I think we did good tonight,” said Sean.

“I think we did, he looks so content,” replied Met.

“Have you ever spent the night over with him?” when Met shook his head Sean went on. “Me neither. Do you think we should go?”

“Maybe we should, he’d probably want that,” Met couldn’t keep the sadness out of his voice.

“No I wouldn’t,” their voices must have woken him up but Met couldn’t be happier. “Stay?”

“Well since you asked so nicely,” Sean knew he wasn’t fooling anyone with the way his voice cracked. Jade wanted them to stay over? What could be more intoxicating than that at the moment?

---

Night turned into morning really quickly, the transition hidden by the curtains that weren’t drawn but obvious by the light that seeped in.

Jade opened his eyes to meet two different pairs that were staring at down at him. Like he was a baby in his cot.

“Jesus you guys are so creepy,” Jade pulled the covers up to cover half his face.

“Good morning to you too,” Sean sounded way too relaxed.

“Am I still pure?”

“What?” Met asked.

“Well I woke up naked with two sexy beasts on either side of me and they’re naked too, so, am I still pure?”

Met chuckled, “Sorry but cuddling with you was more appealing than sex at the time.”

“We cuddled?” Jade wouldn’t have believed it if anyone else was telling him this.

Sean took his hand in his and brushed his lips lightly over his knuckles, sending little sparks up his arm while Met answered. “You were practically a leech overnight.”

“I’ve got to tell him Met,” Sean said and got a nod as response. Suddenly he was both serious and nervous when he looked at Jade.

“So Jade…God who even speaks like this anymore, I didn’t think anyone else could make me feel so shy. Okay to the point,” Sean cleared his throat as he squeezed Jade’s hand. “I love you Jade. I’m so in love with you it aches, no pressure at all, I just couldn’t keep it in anymore. I wanted you to know.”

At the moment Jade’s mind was being wrecked so aggressively but before he could react, Met grabbed his other hand too, kissing and then inhaling so vehemently.

“Same goes for me Jade, I am madly in love with you, I love you,” he looked directly into Jade’s eyes as he said it. “We’re both way in too deep at this point so just, please, be ours.”

19| Worth the Wait

Jade stared at two manifestations of everything he’d never dreamed of, his brain struggling to still catch up to what they were asking him, his heart already way ahead, pumping blood so violently he might pass out.

The hands holding his, so distracting, so warm. Could they really do this?

Sure they didn’t look like the type that didn’t want something genuine. But he couldn’t be too sure now, after all, Steve only wanted him according to his urges and his brother was more than willing to give him away all the time.

“Shit, I…what if…maybe it doesn’t work out, aren’t you worried I might come between the two of you or something?”

Sean’s smile was soft. “You still don’t get it do you? There’s no us without you, so just please,” Sean kissed his way up his arm. “Be ours.”

Yes.

The single thought running through his head ever since Met asked the first time. That’s how he knew he would do this.

Jade nodded several times. “I’m yours,” he said before pulling them both in and crushing their lips together.

---

Jade made a simple breakfast, reminding himself in the process that it wasn’t for one person. He had his two men to feed. Their chests were so distracting but he had work to do. And when they were done eating, Met spoke first.

“From now on, as long as I’m around, I do the cooking.”

Jade knew he wasn’t a chef or anything but he wasn’t expecting Met to be so blunt. Was he that bad? As far as he knew, Brady had never complained about his food. And he was very mouthy.

“Is it really that bad?” he asked. Something deep down didn’t want to bear the thought of not being able to please them with such a tiny thing.

“What? No…no!” Met replied.

“It’s just Met for you. Don’t fight it, believe me I’ve tried. You’ll lose this one,” Sean went on to put his last forkful of food in his mouth. Jade couldn’t take his eyes off his mouth as he chewed. Just one of the indications that he was going insane.

Jade walked over to where Met was. “You had me worried for a second there you know, I expected a little appreciation.”

Do you know what it’s like Met? Cooking with a hard on?“

“Strip,” he said and the two men got high.

There it was again, the control, the power, the command doused with ample amounts of need.

There wasn’t much to strip, only underwear. A curse and a blessing. It meant no teasing, but then again, Jade’s hands would get to skin faster.

Jade didn’t finish looking his fill before his body was already reacting.

“You both make me so hot,” Jade said between kisses from one set of lips to the next one, breathing rugged.

Sean thought he couldn’t be more wrong, Jade himself was a freaking furnace.

“Couch. Now,” Jade managed.

Sean who was kneading his ass and stealing kisses and struggling as Met rubbed their members together lifted Jade and headed to the couch. Never breaking the kiss.

Met began to explore Jade’s body. Kissing his way up his arm to his neck, which was arched to give him better access. All the while Sean ground their dicks together. Jade needed to breathe. It was overwhelming and it was too much. Too much wasn’t nearly enough.

“Fuck…I need…” Sean didn’t need to finish, Jade knew what he needed, what they all needed.

“In that drawer,” he told Met who was closest to the small table on the side. Fishing out the condoms and lube, Jade didn’t miss catching the expression on his face. It seemed to say, ‘freaking finally!’

Forcing himself to find control, Jade loosened his hold on Sean, who was beneath him, who clearly didn’t want to let go.

“Head on the armrest,” Jade said, so that Met would have enough space to get behind him while he could still lie on top of Sean.

Met who had already rolled on his rubber, inserted a lubed finger into Jade’s hole. Before Jade could fully arch his back, Sean’s mouth had already sucked in a nipple while his thumb flicked over the other. Jade was on fire.

As if it wasn’t enough, Met added another finger and began to scissor him. This time he pushed back against the skillful fingers. He briefly took Sean’s leaking cock into his mouth before turning his head to claim Met’s mouth, who groaned at the pleasure of tasting Sean. Jade needed more.

“Your cock, in me now Met. Fucking now.”

When Met finally entered him, inch by inch, his nails dug into Sean’s shoulders where he was sure they’d leave proof. Sean grunted in pleasure.

Met began to move at a very slow pace.

“You are so fucking tight!” he said, despite having prepped him earlier.

Jade tried to make his voice sound even. “I haven’t had sex in a while. Ever since I broke things off with you guys.”

He knew they didn’t expect that. He couldn’t bring himself to do it. No one appealed to him, no one seemed good enough. It seemed even as he had tried to hide it, it was only Met and Sean that he wanted.

“Fuck! Don’t say such things just like that,” Met groaned. “I’m trying to take it slow.” And with that he began to move, dragging himself all the way out until only the tip remained inside, then slamming right back in.

“Faster! Damn…” Jade struggled to speak. “And do it real hard.”

The more hurried strokes were all the stimulation Jade needed but the faster Met fucked, the harder Sean ground their cocks. And he couldn’t take it anymore.

Met worked his hole like he was born to do it while beneath him, Sean set him ablaze. He was climbing so rapidly it was hard to breathe. And then he suddenly reached the top.

Fuck control.

In a jumbled mess of words he kept on calling out the two people responsible for the destruction of his body. Rope after rope of come shot out of him as he shuddered, and that was when Met stilled and began to shudder too. The warm liquid that trickled down his stomach was evidence that Sean too, had come undone. They were right there with him.

“How I missed this,” Met said in a flurry of kisses between Jade and Sean. The former wouldn’t admit it, but he probably missed it more than they did. And he didn’t want to appear desperate.

“Worth the wait,” Sean said and Jade’s eyes widened for a very short while. Sean caught it. He kissed him deep and hard. “Yes, we waited too.”

Jade used what he always did to hide his emotions. “In the shower,” he told Sean. “I want you inside me.”

He got up as Met discarded the condom, dropping a quick kiss to his lips before walking away. All he heard was ‘fuck’ before footsteps followed him.

From then on it was just sex, more sex and a little bit more. Jade didn’t question how they had a change of clothes, these guys could do anything. They fucked anywhere, anytime and for the smallest reasons. Like staring at Jade longer than was necessary, or the other way round. On the counter, the floor, or slammed against the wall it didn’t matter. Not even when they tried to watch a movie and they couldn’t stop touching each other.

“So how did you two meet?” Jade asked when they sat lazing around.

“It all starts with the brightest orange jacket you’ve ever seen,” said Met.

“Oh come on! It wasn’t that bright,” Sean laughed so hard and threw his head back, then laughed some more. Jade couldn’t help but smile.

On the list of things Jade loved the most, Sean’s laugh easily made it to the top items. It was so rich and beautiful he could listen to it all day.

“Yes it was! And you wore it all the time!”

“You weren’t raised by a black mom so you don’t know but they drill it into you,” Sean chuckled. “If they make or buy you something, you wear that shit.”

“She sounds delightful,” said Jade.

“She’s really mean Jade! Don’t let Met try to tell you otherwise.”

“No she’s not! She’s the sweetest angel on earth,” countered Met.

“She told me her favorite son is Met. Him!” Sean pointed to Met. “ I’m her only son!“

Sean went ahead to casually lay his head on Jade’s lap without thinking twice. Complaining about everything he just said. Jade was becoming a mess because of the simple body contact. He didn’t know what to do, should he put his hands on Sean or would that be weird? Should he act like nothing just happened? Should he push him away?

Jade remained still until Sean held his hand and put it to his head. “There,” he said. “Now I feel better.”

Jade felt hot as he tried to avoid eye contact with any of them.

“You are so fucking cute,” said Met to him.

“I’m not cute!” Jade blushed. Before Met could go on, he added. “Now get on with the story. Wait what about your family?”

“My family is racist, among other things. And to bring Sean home, just rubbed them the wrong way. So I cut all ties with them. And I’m glad I did, because Sean’s mom has shown me more love than my entire family ever did.”

Met shook his head and went on. “Anyway, we were both business majors in college, but I didn’t know he was the guy in the brightest orange jacket around. I always noticed it but he was always speaking to his friends or something, with his back turned to me. Until one day I had a presentation to make and I saw him for the first time. It was like the entire room had faded,” Met seemed to be doing a lot of head shaking.

“He looked back at me and I only remember dropping my computer on my foot. I think I got a few snickers and quizzical looks but I’m not too sure. And then Jade, this demon smiled at me and I couldn’t function enough to get a proper sentence out. I cancelled my presentation by not saying a word and walking away.”

“You,” said Met. He was referring to Sean after boldly walking into his circle of friends.

Sean walked towards him. “Is there something you want?”

“Go out with me,” said Met, right there where everyone could hear him.

Sean got a few slaps on his back and a few whoops when he told his friends to go on without him.

Alone at last, he answered.

“Why? You want to get in my pants or something? Because we can just get straight to the point.”

“That can come later, I’m more interested in you, I think you’re beautiful and you fascinate me.”

Sean dropped his smirk and took Met more seriously. “Are you saying you like me?”

“I do.”

“Why are you being so straightforward and bold?”

“Because I’ve never felt this way before.”

“Right there he stole my heart,” Sean continued. “But I couldn’t make it easy, I made him work for it as I fell deeper and deeper.”

Jade was fascinated, he probably would have told anyone who’d done this to fuck off. He had no patience for people, apparently until now.

“Eventually it came to the part where we couldn’t hold out any longer. We wanted each other so badly, I wanted him so badly I ached with it. But it turned out that we both strictly topped and suddenly I was sure we wouldn’t work.”

“I thought that was the end of the line for us, I was so sure he’d walk away from me, just when everything was starting to get really intense,” Sean held Jade’s other hand and squeezed. “But he only looked at me and said we’d work it out.”

“That’s when I knew he’d never let me go, no matter what. And that was the night we had sex for the first time. The night I gave in and let him make love to me, I loved every second of it. I knew that night I would be his forever. Until they tried to tear us apart.”

Sean told Jade about everything that happened and tore them apart. By the time he’d finished, Jade couldn’t mask the anger in his eyes.

“So that’s why you guys hated each other so much,” said Jade.

“Maybe pretended to, there was so much hurt and misunderstanding.”

“But I’m really glad it happened,” said Met. “We never would have met you if it didn’t.”

Jade couldn’t believe it. Surely he couldn’t be that important to them?

“I can’t imagine life without you Jade, I love you so much,” Sean said before kissing the middle of his palm.

Met then knelt behind him and rested his chin on Jade’s shoulder as he wrapped his arms around him, “I love you too Jade, you make me so happy.”

As Jade sat there with Sean on his lap and Met around him, he realized that every moment spent with them warmed his heart that had been so cold for so long. It was alien, but a beautiful feeling all together.

The time for them to leave came way too fast and soon they were gone, kissing Jade at least one thousand times on the way out and reminding him that they loved him. He’d learned so much about them in the space of two days than he had any other time. And he’d loved it. The feeling of just comfortably speaking to people. Especially ones that he cared so much about.

The messages came that night too.

‘I miss you so fucking much, love you!’

Sean’s message bubble said.

‘Let’s just ditch work Sean, the offices won’t burn without us’

this one was Met.

Jade caught himself smiling and that’s when the realization hit home and shook him. If he hadn’t fallen already, he was doing it really, really fast.

20| Mama Brady

Brady had muttered a quick ‘i gotta pee pee’ before dashing off, now he was back to rejoin Jade at the couch.

“So spill the beans,” Brady said like that explained everything.

“What beans?”

“No way, you know exactly what I mean,” Jade cursed himself inwardly for how soft he had become towards Brady lately. Normally he would just ignore this or change topic. Whatever he wanted.

At the back of his mind, in places he didn’t care to admit, he knew whose fault it was. Because of two people, his heart kept opening each day. And now he was going to spill some beans, because Brady had asked.

“Fine, we kissed-”

“Bloody bullshit, you guys have done more than kissing it’s too obvious.”

“Okay whatever, we’re together,” Brady was nodding his head despite the fact that his eyebrows were still creased.

“Like together together.” His mouth then formed an ‘oh’.

“Yeah,” Jade combed his fingers through his hair, “They tell me they love me.”

“Do you think they do?”

Jade nodded three times before he answered. “I do…they tell me everyday, they always look out for me and put me first. Sometimes it’s almost creepy, they act like if I wanted the whole world they’d give it to me, so I really do.”

“Well do you love them back? Did you let them know? It’s kind of important.”

“I’m not so sure about my feelings…scratch that, they’re so overwhelming and all over the place I don’t know what to make of it. I just… I’ve never felt this way before. Why am I even bothering you with all this? Never mind me,” Jade rubbed his temple as he said this.

“No way in hell, I’ve been waiting for the day you’d open up to me and now that it’s here, you’re not ruining it,” Brady answered.

It all came back to Jade then, all the times he’d ignored Brady and dismissed the things he’d said, or the questions he’d asked. He hadn’t treated him like a friend, and yet here he was.

“Brady I’m so sorry, all this time-”

“It’s okay, you don’t have to feel guilty or anything, I could have walked away if I wanted to, you know that.”

“You deserve better,” after a beat, Jade continued. “Why did you-”

“Stay?” Brady asked.

Jade nodded.

“Because I know people like you, you hurt so deeply inside you begin to push everyone away. I just couldn’t not try.”

“Was I that obvious?”

“No, not at all. I’m just awesome,” Brady cheekily said.

Jade rolled his eyes before hugging Brady real tight. Jade couldn’t see his shock but he felt it, it was in his quick stiffening, then slow relaxation.

“I’m really sorry Brady,” the guilt seeped through Jade’s voice.

“Aw, I feel like a proud mama at the moment, look at my baby.” He had never held or been so close to Jade for that matter. And he could tell this wasn’t easy for his friend, with the slight way he trembled.

“Whatever,” Jade said while pulling away. He was smiling nevertheless. “How did you know?”

“Well that wasn’t easy, there were three toothbrushes at the bathroom counter so me being a descendant of Einstein and all, I put six and seven together and voila! I’m so smart, it’s like my thing.”

“Oh my God, here we go!” Jade rolled his eyes.

“Although, I just want you to know, I think you love them, no matter where those feelings are trying to hide, I just know it,” Brady looked him in the eye.

“It’s not loving them that scares me. I’m afraid of letting them know it.”

21| That Time Of The Month

Met sat at Jade’s kitchen table with papers before him, going through the agreements and signing where he was supposed to. Of course he could have done this elsewhere, like his office for example, but Jade and Sean weren’t there.

A merger. It was actually Jade’s idea. After they’d told him everything, he’d just said it like it was obviously the best solution. And he was right. A merger would double their profits, increase their sales and create more job opportunities for many more people. It was a brilliant idea. And Jade was wonderful.

And now he tried to focus as Jade sat next to him and Sean was across from him.

“Go on eat it,” Sean motioned to the banana he’d placed next to him. Which Met picked without a second thought.

He knew Sean was just worried about him skipping meals lately, but he had to do this, and do it perfectly. It was true he was skipping meals, but it wasn’t intentional, he was just really focused on something else. What he didn’t know was Sean’s hidden agenda.

He peeled the banana and put it to his mouth. “Ohhhh yeaaahh, just like that,” Sean said as he leaned further towards Met.

Met scowled and then groaned. “You will keep your horny self out of my thoughts Sean, I’m kinda busy.”

“Is it that time of the month or are you especially grumpy today?” Sean asked.

“It’s called being busy.”

“Come on, blow some steam off, I bet you’ve been staying up all night too because of this,” Sean said, a bit worried but still whining.

“I promised you didn’t I?” he turned to  Jade. “Help me here baby.”

“Oh I don’t know, I do like the idea of you blowing off…what was it? Some steam?” Jade answered slyly.

Rounding up the table like that was the only cue he needed, Sean hoisted Jade up and placed him on the table.  “Let’s show him baby.”

“Take my shirt off,” Jade said and Met sucked in a breath. Sean slowly discarded the piece of clothing, claiming Jade’s mouth as his own, in slow, sensual strokes.

Met was getting harder by the moment, he was sure it was their moaning arousing him but maybe the fact that he couldn’t tear his eyes away was also helping a great deal.

They had their eyes closed as their lips pressed together, little sounds escaping them as they moved against each other slowly. Met had never seen a sight more beautiful.

“You guys need to stop,” Met said through gritted teeth.

“Oh yeah?” Jade questioned, eyes filled desire. “Okay, right after you stop touching yourself.”

Met could not stop. If anything he seemed to grope himself harder, there was something about being caught in the act by Jade that made his blood run hot. And he was done.

Pushing all the paperwork aside he moved a little until was close enough to the pair, close enough to smack his hand across Sean’s ass and squeeze. Sean hissed and arched his back, head falling back onto Met’s shoulders as his hands trapped Jade in the middle. He shuddered as Jade’s hand snaked in and stroked his cock.

“Fuck,” Sean breathed out.

“Fuck, is right, do you know how tight this ass is?” Met asked, voice dripping with lust. “I want it, please say I can have it Jade, please,” he begged right before pulling the rest of the pants to his knees, revealing flawless chocolate skin.

“Is that what you want huh? Want daddy to fill that tight ass with his thick cock?” Jade asked Sean.

“Yeah, I want it so bad. Daddy wants to fill you up too, and stuff you till you’re dripping with his come.”

Jade seemed to go rigid at Sean’s raw admission. But being Jade, he recovered almost immediately.

“We can make that happen, I want you in me, now.”

In no time he was prepping Jade while Met ate him out before slipping a finger inside him, when it became too much he began to push back on the finger till another was slipped in. Next thing he knew, he was scissoring Jade at the same time Met was scissoring him.

Jade then guided his cock to his entrance and when he had swallowed him up inch by inch, he nodded at Met to do the same to Sean.

“Holy shit! This is unreal,” Sean said as the sensations flooded through him, he felt so full. Anyone would, a dick inside him and his own inside another.

“You asked for it baby,” Met said as he thrust hard into Sean’s ass causing him to almost lose his balance as the force drove him deeper into Jade who moaned.

“Yeah… fuck me hard,” Sean said to Met. Turned further on by his hard thrust.

Soon they were all moving. Met inside Sean and Sean inside Jade.

Sean bent to lick Jade’s sensitive nipples and soon they were all coming. Tremors racking through there bodies as they came down from the high of their release. Sean’s lips on Jade’s while Met’s was on his neck.

They remained quiet apart from their struggles to catch their breaths. When they began to pull on their clothes, Sean broke the silence.

“That was, a bit intense,” he said. “It was amazing.”

Met looked a bit worried and distracted, it didn’t take long for all the attention to be on him.

“That’s it. I can’t take this anymore,” Met said, pacing back and forth.

The other two didn’t know how to answer, what the hell was going on? The worst part was that Met looked… well, weird. Was it the sex?

“Met baby, what is it? What’s wrong?” Sean decided to ask.

“I just can’t,” he turned back to them. “I love you both so much, please move in with me. I don’t think I could handle it well anymore, if we’re-”

He stopped as he felt smaller hands thrown around his neck and he was pulled into a hug. “You had us worried for a minute there,” Jade said, dropping a quick kiss to his chin.

“Is that a yes?”

“Of course we’ll move in with you, just don’t scare us like that,” Sean said right before joining in on the hug. Met just rested in their embrace for a minute or two, it didn’t matter. Time always flew when it was the three of them. And he didn’t think he deserved any of it.

“I like this,” Met spoke. “Feeling complete.”

22| Ray of Sunshine

So many boxes to unload despite the fact that Jade had insisted Met go help pick up Sean’s stuff. Because he and Brady could handle his.

Jade and Brady had not yet arrived.

“Leo is supposed to come over with the final touches later on, maybe we’ll be done before that,” Met told Sean.

“He’s already here,” Sean replied.

“Oh really?” Met wondered how he hadn’t seen him.

“Yep, in fact, he said he’d help with the boxes right after he’s done with the documents. And then we’ll just have to sign,” Sean paused. “Wow it’s all happening at once isn’t it?”

“Hmm, it’s fucking perfect,” said Met.

---

Where Leo sat, he could easily see the front door. His head was bent down, looking at his work, the papers he’d come with.

His boss was having the two loves of his life move in with him. The lucky bastard really had everything. Not even one, but two people to love him. The other he hadn’t met yet.

He adjusted his glasses and went back to his files of paperwork.

A few minutes later the front door burst open and a guy sauntered in carrying a box, he didn’t saunter in actually, as his back was to him. It seemed he had opened the door with his behind.

So this is Jade, he thought. He was kind of tall, probably exactly his height. He didn’t know why he felt the urge to go help him.

“I’ll take that,” he told Jade.

Wide eyes turned to meet his, they seemed excited for some reason and he was soon flashed a very bright smile. He was like a ray of sunshine.

“Hi I’m Brady,” the kid said. “I haven’t seen you before though, are you related to Met in some way? I’m helping Jade move in, they’re in love!

He seemed to get brighter as he said the word love and Leo was amused. He was so bubbly.

But he was straight as an arrow. Leo couldn’t help but feel awkward at the realization. It was written all over him.

So this wasn’t Jade huh. “I’m Leo, now give me that box.”

“I can handle it, but th-”

“Sure you can,” Leo said before yanking the box off Brady’s arms and making it look like it weighed nothing. He walked away with it.

He felt a bit angry for some reason, like he was denied something that was right there where he had it. He also felt a pair of eyes stuck to his back.

Brady… he thought. The world really was a cruel place.

---

“I know, I know, this is the part when I’m supposed to put my tough guy act together but I don’t need to, you know, just saying the obvious. Don’t even dare hurt him,” Brady seemed capable of murder when he said that part. And just as it came, it left. “For your sakes too, I don’t want to have to pick up your pieces when he’s done with you.”

Sean chuckled, “There will be no such thing, I can assure you.”

“What are we talking about?” Jade seemed to come from nowhere.

Met answered, “Brady was just saying how happy he is for us.”

“And I was going to leave.”

“Thanks for today Brady,” Jade said.

“Anytime love, see you around!” And with that, Brady was gone, leaving the three in their house. Leo left earlier on, having finished his business, and staring at Brady with eyes that unnerved him.

Ruby—Met’s personal assistant—and Renee, Sean’s secretary, came with the sole purpose of completing the paper work.

“Sean can’t be as bad as Met if you look this gorgeous during work,” said Ruby. “It’s nice to meet you. I’m Ruby.”

Renee only nodded, “Renee,” she replied so curtly.

With nothing else to do, they parted ways and got into their cars without any more words, leaving the three men in the privacy of their own home.

23| Home

Met hugged them both once they had closed the door behind them. “Finally,” he said.

“Okay I think we all need to take a shower,” Jade said.

“You just had to ruin the moment didn’t you?” Met complained.

“You both have a point but let’s shower,” Sean chuckled heartily.

---

The water was hot, beating down the backs of three men. Three men whose dicks couldn’t seem to go down.

“We’re not having sex here and not now anyway,” Jade said over and over despite the constant whining of the other two. They tempted him so much and it didn’t help that his own dick was up, but he wouldn’t give in. He didn’t want shower sex to be the first sex they had here together.

After the most aggravating shower ever, they finally gave up and all got out of the shower.

---

The walls were beautiful, the walls that surrounded their new room. The three of them lay naked in bed just being comfortable in each other’s presence.

Sean was dropping kisses all over his right side while Met did the same to his left. His hands ran through their hair. The emotions were overwhelming, too much.

“Take me however you’d like, make love to me, please. I don’t want to be in control tonight.” Jade said to his two lovers. He didn’t know what he was doing, didn’t know how to do it, to let go. But he trusted them.

“Aw baby, open your eyes,” Sean pried Jade’s hands from his face.

“It’s okay we’ve got you,” Met added.

They kissed him every where. Met kissed his way down one leg until he reached his foot, hand running until the inside of his thigh. Met kept on kissing his way back up until under his rib where he noticed a little scar.

“How come I’ve never noticed this before, what happened?” Met asked.

Jade knew he didn’t care but somehow he always shielded that scar, the one Josh had given him for one of the smallest reasons. “It’s nothing.”

“Nice try. That doesn’t even sound like nothing,” said Met.

“What are you not telling us love?” Sean asked, looking up from where he’d been kissing Jade.

Jade squeezed their hands, a silent plea. “Not tonight.”

“As long as we can talk about it another time,” Met said and Jade nodded.

Sean took his lips in a bruising kiss that threatened to have him lose his memory, only letting him go to catch his breath. He gasped when Met slipped two cool fingers coated with lube inside him and at the same time took his cock into his mouth. In the next second, Sean’s mouth was back onto his.

Almost immediately Met found his prostate, which he rubbed over and over until Jade’s knees began to buckle.

Removing his fingers and releasing his cock, Met pushed Jade’s knees up and slowly sunk inside him. He began to move slowly, in and out in long strokes, never breaking eye contact with Jade.

Met leaned down to kiss him, still buried inside him. He sucked on his lower lip till he opened up for him, it was so sweet. When they broke apart, Met stared deep into Jade’s eyes, what he couldn’t believe was how his eyes were brimming with tears.

The first thing he did was panic. Was Jade about to cry? He only calmed down when Jade brought his forehead to rest against his. “I love you,” he said and Met’s world shattered. He shuddered physically as he felt the last shreds of control slip from him. He came hard into Jade.

He’d just finished what had not properly even started because of three words he didn’t see coming.

“I’m so sorry, I wanted it to last. I didn’t mean to come so soon.”

Jade was having none of it, he held on to him and shook his head, foreheads still touching. “It’s perfect, I love you.”

When Sean entered him, the flood gates opened. “I love you Sean, I love you both so much it’s scary.”

“Shhh baby, I love you too, you’re so beautiful even when you cry,” he replied.

Sean licked up the warm tears and kissed each eyelid closed. He resisted the urge to devour Jade whole. How could someone be so beautiful?

He began to move in and out of Jade. So slowly that his cheeks were wet again.

“Sean I can’t…I can’t… please, I’m going to- “

“Go right ahead love, come for us,” Sean whispered to Jade.

And with that, Jade was coming as Sean was doing the same inside him. He shuddered as Met kissed him over and over, whispering I love yous between each one.

Met and Sean joined Jade on the bed after they’d done away with all the evidence of their love making. Jade tried not to think about how gently their hands had moved, wiping his body with warm towels and kissing him in every sensitive spot. If hearts could burst because they were so full of love, he’d have been dead at the moment.

Now they lay all cuddled up, legs tangled and Jade in the middle.

He hadn’t known it at first but this was everything he ever needed and more. This was it. This was home.

---

The morning was perfect. Jade got up first and detangled himself from his men, even after they’d unconsciously tried to tighten their hold on him. It was cute and really sweet. He smiled a little.

He was only worried that the day might not end as beautifully as it had started. This time instead of a party, they had a family dinner and there was no way he could get out of it. It could turn out ugly, even Steve would be there, as if he was family. The only reason Jade would go, was Nana.

He was skeptical as he looked back at the perfect human beings on their bed. He turned back and shook his head. He shouldn’t involve them, he thought. But then again he couldn’t hide this part of him forever. They’d have to know his family one way or another. And besides, Nana had been waiting for this moment since forever.

“Is everything okay babe?” said a sleepy voice.

Jade’s eyes shut at the feeling of Sean’s touch, then Met’s.

“Yeah…”

“Nope. No lies,” Met nipped his shoulder. “No matter how small.”

Jade felt so guilty as he nodded. But he knew they’d never force him to say anything, especially if he wasn’t ready.

“I… uh… my family–” Jade almost stuttered. “There’s a family dinner.”

“It can’t be that bad can it?” Sean said.

“I’d like you guys to come with me.”

---

If you’ve read this before, I know, it was supposed to end here. But I think this story needs the next few parts so bear with me.

And thank you for reading always

24| A Dinner Of Sorts

The table was nearly set when the three lovebirds arrived. Jade introduced his men to Nana as soon as he could.

“You didn’t just bring home one, you brought two home!” Nana said. “I’m so glad buttercup.”

“Oh my! You’re such strong and beautiful men. Make yourselves at home, I’ve made delicious food for big growing boys like you,” she told Sean and Met as she pulled both their cheeks. “I’ll get the embarrassing baby photos shortly.”

Met and Sean beamed.

“Come on Nana!” Jade whined. He was so glad no one had arrived yet and the four of them could enjoy this moment in peace.

“Are you afraid we’ll see you in your diapers?” Sean teased.

Met chuckled and Jade pouted subconsciously.

“Aww! Look at you!” said Sean when the pictures arrived.

Jade turned away and pretended not to hear. His cheeks warming up so bad. Even worse after Met kissed one of them.

“I adore you,” he said.

“I’ve really missed that smile buttercup,” Nana said after glancing at Jade.

What could he say? He was head over heels in love with the people who had taught him to smile again.

---

Shortly after the four of them had set the food and the table and done a little bonding with Nana, everyone started to arrive.

Soon the table was full and everyone sat quietly eating. Only Jade felt how thick the tension in the room was. He was even tempted to cut it with his knife.

The way Steve kept looking his way when no one was watching ruffled his feathers. He was taken back to a time he shouldn’t be remembering. Even as he sat in between Sean and Met, it still felt like Steve was out to get him.

“Aren’t you going to introduce us Jade?” Josh asked him. “To your— people?” He finished with so much disgust.

“Josh.” Nana warned.

“These are my boyfriends, Sean and Met,” Jade said proudly. Despite how shaken and uncomfortable he was feeling, this was the one thing he was truly proud of at the moment.

Steve dropped a piece of his food, hard eyes pinning Jade in place. Although he didn’t reply.

Josh laughed. “Two?” Jade flinched. “Should have known you were insatiable.”

“That’s enough!” said Sean. “It’s not his fault you’re so unlikeable you can’t even hold one down.”

Josh turned pink with rage, while Nana hid her smile. June just sat quietly like nothing was happening.

“You’re going to let them talk to your older brother like that?”

I couldn’t give a rat’s ass–

“What older brother?” Jade asked.

Josh didn’t take it well. He got up so fast like he’d been shocked out of his chair.

Met’s hand flew to squeeze Jade’s on the table.

“I’m your brother! Take back those words or else–”

“Or else what?” asked Sean. He got up too.

It had taken less than a minute for everything to catch on fire. One minute they were calm and focused on their food, the next Josh wanted to flip the table over.

The only thing that took their minds off it, is what Steve said next. He looked angry.

“Take your hands off him. He belongs to me!”

Met looked at where their hands were joined with Jade’s on the table, then he looked back at Steve.

“What the fuck did you just say?”

25| Pain

“I own him!” Steve said defiantly.

Met wanted to control his anger, he really did. But some people were really begging to be put in their place.

“I’m sorry about this Nana,” Met said while getting up.

Then he pulled Steve forward from across the table, tie and collar, causing the man to displace a few dishes and cutlery as his weak form stumbled forward.

June got up so fast and left the table, fear all over her face as she went to stand by Nana’s side. Nana wasn’t shaken in the least bit. She just watched it unfold. There were two more siblings who didn’t attend because they were busy and out of the country, but Jade still wondered how it would turn out if they were present. It could have been worse, it could have been better.

Met landed a hard punch against his face. “Look at him,” he referred to Jade despite Steve’s grunts. “Does he look like an object?”

Steve didn’t speak.

Met punched him again.

“Maybe you can’t see him properly, let me help you with that,” he dragged Steve closer until he was now lying flat across the table. He looked pathetic.

“I’m going to need an answer before I bloody up your face. Answer wrongly and I will fuck you up.”

For the first time, the defiance left Steve’s eyes. He looked completely petrified of Met.

“Does he look like a fucking object?” Met asked.

“N-no…” said Steve.

Josh forgot about Jade and rushed to Steve’s side. “Let him go! Do you know who this is?”

Josh helped Steve off the table where he was lying like a fish out of water after Met had let him go.

Sean put a protective arm around Jade.

“This is Steve Cross!” Josh exclaimed.

“ The Steve Cross?“ Sean was amused. “The laughing stock of the business world? You’re a fucking joke!Do you know how many times I could have shut you down without lifting a finger?”

“You’re all talk! Getting cozy with his leftovers,” Josh laughed. “That’s right. Your Jade isn’t as innocent as you thought he was, not after he let Steve here bang–”

The slap echoed across the room and it went quiet. Everyone stared at Nana after she slapped Josh. He looked dumbfounded and shocked into silence.

“Get out! This dinner is over.”

“Nana–”

“Don’t try me tonight Josh. Take your spineless Steve and get out!”

“Stay June. The three of you, follow me,” she pointed to Jade, Met and Sean.

Her voice was so commanding they followed quietly behind her.

Jade watched as Nana closed the door to the study.

“You’re hiding something Jade,” she got straight to the point. She didn’t call him buttercup, he noticed.

Jade’s hands trembled slightly.

“It’s not that important N–”

“Jade, look at these men,” she motioned to Met and Sean. “I see love every time they look at you. You know I love you with all my heart, and I hate that you could ever keep anything from me. Especially if it keeps hurting you so much. The eyes my love, they never lie.”

“You’re in a room full of people who love you. You don’t have to be afraid,” she added.

A tear rolled down Jade’s eye as he looked to his two men. He searched for any sign that maybe he’d made a mistake, maybe they didn’t truly care. But all he found was warmth in their eyes. They rushed over and embraced him.

“It’s okay,” Met said and Sean gave him a small nod. Somewhere in that moment, they gave him courage. Courage to finally let go of his demons.

Jade finally turned to Nana finally, then he let every detail out.

Nana looked like she was about to have a stroke. “All these years! It’s all my fault!”

“He raped you?!” Sean bristled. “And Josh repeatedly hurt you!”

“It’s not your fault, and he didn’t rape me. I agreed to it.” Jade shook his head. The tears just wouldn’t let up.

“I can’t– there’s no way I can let this go!” Met said but Jade just shook his head.

“It’s gone now.”

“Not when you’re literally shaking like this, goddamnit I can’t stand to see you like this,” replied Met.

“Neither can I,” added Sean.

Nana cried too, her legs had given out after hearing it all. “I did this,” she wept quietly. “I’m so sorry Jade. You’ve been hurting for so long, I’m really sorry baby.”

Jade hugged her and shook his head. “Don’t say that Nana! It’s all me okay?”

And then Met and Sean joined in the hug, holding the man they loved and his Nana really close and letting them cry their hearts out. Some things couldn’t be helped with words. It hurt to see him so hurt, but all they could do was be there for them as they let go of an ugly past that they didn’t deserve.

---

On the drive home, Jade didn’t say a word. And as soon they arrived, he rushed off saying he needed to take a shower.

By the time Sean and Met had undressed and were only left in their underwear, Jade still wasn’t out.

“It’s been a while hasn’t it?” Sean asked Met as he got up to check on Jade.

“Hey Jade?!” Sean called.

The shower was still running but other than that, there was no other sound. Jade didn’t answer even though Sean was loud enough.

Met joined Sean. “Is everything okay baby?”

Jade still didn’t answer. But they didn’t push. After a while the water turned off. But Jade didn’t come out.

“Don’t you find me disgusting now?” he asked from within the shower.

“Aww Jade… Nev–”

“This is the real me,” Jade sighed. “I’m not strong like you think I am, I’m not the guy who’s so sure of himself. I’m not the same Jade you fell in love with. I’m just–”

“What are you talking about?” Sean asked as they got into the shower. Jade’s eyes were bloodshot as the water from his wet hair kept trickling down his face.

Sean cupped Jade’s face in his hands. “I fall in love with you every single day. I fell in love with you yesterday, I fell in love with you today…I’m falling in love with you right now as we speak.”

Met went to hug him from behind. “I learned something today.”

Jade covered Met’s hand with his own and closed his eyes. “What?”

“You have a very big heart. And I’m really proud to be yours.”

Jade felt so shy that all he could do was bury his face in Sean’s neck.

It had been a really long time since someone said those words to him. He was so in love he didn’t know what to do with it all.

26| Sexy Hunk

Met settled down between Jade and Sean on the couch, across from him was Ruby, Leo and Renee.

“Congratulations on the merger,” said Ruby. “You’re both going to be busy as hell for the next few months.”

“Music to my ears,” replied Met.

“Uh huh,” Sean added.

“Selfish bastards,” muttered Jade.

Met laughed. “You’re the only exception baby.”

Jade seemed satisfied with that.

“Regarding the issue of fraud. We might have a lead, but it’s complicated.”

“Okay explain,” said Sean.

Everyone was tense, this was really important and the suspense was thicker than mud. Met leaned forward and focused on Leo as he began to speak.

“The weird activity we detected,” Leo began. “We traced it back to Lancet.”

Met tensed but didn’t interrupt.

“It didn’t make sense because that would be you. I had to make sure so I tracked the sales and transactions to a computer with a peculiar IP address that was bought several years ago. It certainly wasn’t yours and it looked like someone had done a sloppy job of trying to hide it. So we hacked into it,” Leo adjusted his glasses.

Met suddenly had a dreadful feeling.

“The computer belongs to you Met,” said Leo.

“And the plot thickens,” Ruby said in a voice so low Renee looked over to her.

“How can it belong to Met?” Jade asked.

“This is frustrating as fuck!” said Sean. He squeezed Met’s thigh and Met covered his hand with his.

“How many computers do you own?” Leo asked Met.

“Like four? Why?”

“I checked all four, it’s none of them. So when I scanned the serial number and checked the sales info, the name Robert Lancet came up. Does that name mean anything to you?”

“That’s my…” Met didn’t realize he had stopped mid sentence.

“That’s his dad,” Sean finished for him. “Fuck.”

“I’m thinking he used Met’s home computer, one he left behind,” said Jade.

“That’s my best guess too. It’s actually clever,” said Leo. “But the truth eventually comes out. I’m sorry about this Met. That’s a cruel thing for a father to do.”

“He’s an asshole,” said Met. “And I’m going to pay him a visit.”

“Do you want me to start working on a lawsuit?” Jade asked. “I think I can get him ten years.”

“Thanks sweetheart, but I think I’ve got this.”

“I think you guys can take it from here,” said Leo. “I’ll see myself out.”

“Thank you, I won’t forget this,” said Met.

“It’s nothing,” replied Leo. “I like a challenge.”

---

“Where are we going?” asked Jade.

“Wait you’ll see,” Sean replied.

Jade’s mind worked thinking where his boyfriends were taking him. It sounded really fishy but after a while he let it go. It was futile, even if he wanted to, he couldn’t guess. They drove for fifteen more minutes or so and the car stopped.

What Jade saw was a beautiful house. The design was cozy yet modern. It looked like a home and not just a house.

“Do you like it?” Met asked.

“It’s beautiful, but what is this? I really hope you didn’t buy me a house because I’m not moving out of yours. I’m not living where you guys aren’t,” said Jade.

“Ours,” Met corrected. “And no, you’re not moving out of our home and certainly not without us.”

“This is for Nana,” said Sean.

Jade didn’t know what to feel, he should have felt a little anger but all he felt was relief, and where he should have felt bad, he felt happy somehow.“Oh,” he said.

“What’s wrong?” Sean asked at the same time Met spoke, “You don’t like it.”

“No,” said Jade. “This is great. I just… I’ve always wanted to do this for Nana one day. It’s what has always made me work… ahh never mind.”

“Shit,” said Sean.

“God, this is embarrassing,” Met said. One hand rubbing his neck.

“And uh,” Jade continued. “I’m not mad, thank you.”

Jade kissed them. “I’m really happy, my face is just taking long to catch up.”

“You promise?”

“I promise. Let’s show Nana, I’ve got a feeling she is going to love it,” replied Jade.

---

“Here’s the last box,” Met said as he extended it towards Jade.

They showed Nana her new surprise house. Jade was right, she had loved it. And now a week later, they were helping her move in. And they decided they’d be sleeping over for the first few days.

Before Jade could hold the box, Met moved it sideways and he grabbed air instead.

“Oopsies!” Met held the box up, out of Jade’s reach then turned around, causing Jade to turn till he was the one backed up against the car.

Met put the box on top of the car, caging Jade in between his arms.

He leaned in. “Kiss me first.”

God why did he have to make everything that came out of his mouth so sexy?

“Hmm? You want me to kiss you huh?” Jade was already turning the tables.

Jade kissed him and he was the one rendered speechless.

“Do you want another?” he asked.

Met could just nod.

“Give me the box first.”

Met handed the box in what seemed like half a second.

“Tonight,” Jade whispered in his ear before walking into the house. Leaving Met to stare after him.

---

“Who’s that sexy hunk?” Nana asked.

The older man walked out of his door and walked towards his car. For an old man, he really was hot.

“Your neighbor,” said Met.

“Hi there!” Nana shouted and got his attention.

He gave a curt wave, and proceeded to open his car door. He seemed to be in a hurry.

“Mi casa mi casa!” Nana shouted after him.

“It’s mi casa es su casa. And he’s actually Italian,” said Sean.

“Then I wouldn’t mind if he’d teach me,” replied Nana. “I’ll give him a week.”

“Please Nana, with your looks and charm, he’ll be begging on his knees by tomorrow,” replied Sean.

“Oh God you two! Let’s get ready for movie night,” said Jade.

They went to settle after a while.

“And no smooching!” Nana said then muttered. “No need to remind me I’m not getting any.”

“Nana!” Jade shouted.

“What? With the way you guys keep looking at each other, you have to be doing it like rabbits.”

Jade groaned and Sean howled with laughter.

“Where have you been all my life Nana?”

27| Where Does It Hurt

“Come on get off the bed,” Jade said to Sean whose grin touched each ear as he lazed on the bed.

The back of his hand on his forehead as his half awake eyes watched Jade. Shirtless, to Jade’s disadvantage as he was trying to keep his mind intact. All he saw was was biceps and rock hard abs and flawless skin on his boyfriend who got sexier than sin with every passing second.

Calm down you stupid ass dick!

“I’m kinda euphoric right now and I’m not going anywhere, I didn’t know how well you fucked. Fuck, only thinking of it is giving me goosebumps,” said Sean.

Jade didn’t have the time to raise an eyebrow and smirk before his hands were pulled and all of his weight fell on Sean.

Almost nose to nose he said, “I love you.”

Jade heard the words and in that moment he glimpsed forever. They did that to him, all the time. Riled him up, whispered words, held his hands and wedged themselves deeper into every corner and crevice of his heart. They made it beat harder, like now.

When Jade didn’t say it back, Sean frowned. “Aren’t you going to say it back?”

“Maybe if you get up, I will,” Jade said stubbornly.

“Then I’ll just have to make you say it,” he grazed his lips along Jade’s neck where he knew it would be ticklish. And then at both sides of his body he ran his fingertips.

Jade screamed and chuckled, a sound that he wasn’t going to be able to live without one of these days.

“I love you! I swear I do!” Jade screamed in between fits of laughter.

“Jade! Sean!”

Just then Nana came rushing in and they were both suddenly on edge. She was panicking. “In the backyard! It’s Met!”

The two stopped whatever they were doing and rushed past her. Jade looked a little presentable but Sean who had been reluctant to leave bed, rushed out in only his black boxer briefs. What had happened?

When they got out, there was Met lying on the grass a little secluded from the pool. He lay doubled over on his side like he was in pain. His men threw everything to the wind in that moment and rushed to his side, worry eating away at their faces.

“Met!” They both shouted.

“Met?”

“It hurts!” Met says in a voice laced with pain as he kept turning over.

“Where Met? Where does it hurt?!” Sean screamed.

“Right here…” Met said while clutching his chest right above his heart. “I just nee–”

“I’m calling an ambulance!” Jade shouted. “Please just be–”

“No…” Met managed, pain was etched all over his face. “I just need… I need–”

“W-what do y-you need?!” Jade stuttered, his heart was beating about a thousand times per second.

“I need you both to… marry me,” said Met.

The pain was gone from his face as he held open a box, in it were two of the prettiest rings Jade had ever seen. They glittered in the morning sun.

Everybody stopped. Jade gasped as both his hands flew to cover his mouth. Sean sagged with relief as he blew out a breath while his eyes widened. Nobody spoke.

“My heart can’t take it, when I see you both, it’s only forever that I want–”

“Yes!” Jade said, his voice was like a whisper.

“Yes?”

“Yes! A thousand times yes,” said Sean.

He adorned their fingers with the rings and kissed their knuckles. He couldn’t stop smiling no matter what.

“So now that the delicate part is over,” said Jade. “How the fuck could you scare us like that?!”

Jade pretended to wring his neck while Sean playfully kneed his ribs.

“You insensitive shit! Do you know how scared we were?!” Sean asked.

Met pretended to double over in pain, taking them both down with him in fits of laughter. They all tumbled over then rolled around till they were beneath Met.

“I’m sorry but,” Met laughed. “You should have seen your faces!”

“That’s not funny!” Jade punched at his chest.

“And to think I’m in my underwear on the grass, ready to drop my last name for you,” Sean folded his arms and sulked.

“Aww, you know I’d rush out stark naked for you,” Met licked a little bit of Sean’s chest and the man shivered.

“Not to mention that you look so damn sexy right now,” Jade said and stole a kiss from Sean. “But there’s no way I’m letting you drop your last name, I want it too.”

“Jade Williams Lancet?” Sean asked. He had the cutest puppy dog eyes Jade had ever seen.

“That sounds perfect,” said Met before dropping all of his weight on them.

“Get off!”

“But I’m comfortable.”

“You-”

“I love you too!”

“I’m going to bite you!”

“Is that a threat or a promise?”

“Okay this has to be the silliest sweetest proposal I’ve ever seen,” Nana said as she brought her phone closer. “Wait how do you turn this thing off? Oh wait… right!”

“You took a video?”

“Of the entire thing yes. How could I not? What will I show my grandkids? And Met’s acting skills are second to none. Up top baby!”

Met gave Nana a high five as he chuckled smugly, never getting off the other two.

“Now excuse me, I’ve got a date and I don’t want to be late!”

They stared open mouthed as she walked back into the house. Nana was a force to be reckoned with.

Jade and Sean both nodded before rolling Met over until he was on his back and they looked at him from either side of him.

“Do you know that my favorite type of eyes are hazel?”

“Sean and Jade looked at each other then smiled. “Ugh, stop it!”

“What? I’m ju-”

“Awfully mouthy this morning,” Jade kissed him.

“But seriously though, I love you,” said Met.

“Me too,” Jade replied. They both stared at Met till he got shy and looked away blinking.

“Me three,” said Sean, turning Met’s face gently to look back at them and smirking.

And then Met pulled them in, as they all failed miserably, to control their emotions. It couldn’t get better than this.

|END|

Thank you so much for reading this book! I can’t tell you how grateful I am. •criesss•

The sequel

‘for your heart’

is complete, check it out on my page. (Leo and Brady’s story)

Genuinely hope you are alright.

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Hope I see you in another book.