Chapter 4

Later,when they lay together in bed,Lisa snuggled against Nick and said,“Let’s talk about Ray.”

She felt Nick tense beneath her.“What about him?”

“Have you two ever…you know,fooled around?”she asked.

His arm tightened around her shoulders.“I don’t know what you mean.”

“Bullshit.”Lisa slapped his chest playfully.“I told you all about me and Beth.So‘fess up.You and Ray.”

Nick shrugged.“There isn’t really anything to tell.”

“‘Isn’t really anything’and‘nothing’aren’t exactly the same,”she pointed out.“How about this?I ask a question,and you give me the answer.It’ll be yes or no,nothing elaborate.”Silently she added,At least,not yet.

Nick didn’t respond,which she took for assent.

“Have you and Ray ever done it before?”she started.

“Done what?”Nick countered.

So he was going to play hard ball.She could,too.Her hand drifted down his chest,over his stomach,to curl through the kinked hair at his crotch.“Have you ever kissed him?”she amended.Best to start small.

Nick hesitated.“Yes.”

Now they were getting somewhere.“Have you seen him naked?”

“Yes.”No hesitation this time,but Nick’s hand gripped her shoulder.

“Has he seen you naked?”Lisa asked.

He nodded.“Yes.”

“Have you touched him?”To emphasize her point,she dipped her hand down lower and cupped his dick.

Nick jumped a little as if goosed.“Yes,okay?We’ve done stuff,but in the past.I’m with you now,and he knows that.What’s this all about,anyway?”

“Just curious.”Lisa fondled his limp member,enjoying the way it twitched beneath her touch.“Have you slept with him?”

Silence.

Pressing her face against Nick’s side,Lisa grinned into him.“I thought so,”she murmured.

“What’s it matter?”Nick asked,an edge of anger to his voice.“Yeah,once,a long time ago,okay?It meant nothing,really.Are you happy now?”

“Actually,yes,I am.”Lisa cuddled closer to him.Releasing his dick,she rubbed his lower belly in a soothing circular pattern.“There’s just something so damn sexy about two hot guys getting it on.Is he hung?”

Nick’s dick twitched against her wrist,and that was all the answer she needed.

****

Lisa wasn’t privy to the conversation between Nick and Ray.She had no idea how the subject of a threesome was broached,whosaid what,nothing.All she knew was that,a few days before herbirthday,Nick had a photo shoot for A&F and texted her when he was on lunch.It’s a go.Happy early b-day,luv!

Which meant Ray said yes,as she’d known he would.He struck her as the type of guy up for anything,with anyone.He wouldn’t need much convincing to have sex,and the way he flirted with her and Nick both,she knew he’d jump at the chance to share their bed.Still,her heart gave a little flip.Yes!

She didn’t know what to expect,but she spent the day before pampering herself to get ready.She made a spa appointment for a facial and a massage,then had a mani/pedi since she couldn’t seem to get the hang of those cool gradients that were so popular at the moment.She even treated herself to a wax,and didn’t stop at the bikini area.Underarms,legs,brows,upper lip…the whole nine yards.She left the spa feeling tender and tingly all over,but at least she knew she looked good.

Nick noticed,too.After dinner,he tried to snuggle up with her on the couch,but she kept him at arm’s length.“Save it for tomorrow,honey,”she joked.To be honest,her skin was still a bit raw in spots where the hair had been unceremoniously ripped out of her pores,and the thought of Nick rubbing along her sore body made her cringe.

“Tomorrow,then,”he promised,settling for a kiss.

She was tempted to ask what he had planned,but decided against it.She’d rather be surprised.Still,she couldn’t help picturing what Ray might look like in the buff.The guy had a build like Nick’s,and similar boyish good looks.She’d caught a peek of him once—accidentally,of course.He was in the bathroom changing into swim trunks and the door was slightly ajar.Lisa had been passing by,on her way to the linencloset for towels to use by the pool,and happened to look.Ray’s back was to the door,so all she saw was half of a pale buttock,one raised leg,and a heady length of limp dick that held her gaze.A moment later,she stumbled over a discarded shoe and almost fell face down on the floor.

She hadn’t said anything to either Nick or Ray,but the image of that meaty shaft stayed with her.Sometimes when she hugged Ray in greeting,she felt that thickness press against her thigh and wondered what it looked like head on.

For her thirtieth birthday,she was about to find out.