leaned over a group of plants and gently held up a bloom. He balanced precariously on the balls of his feet, trying not to crush the rare type of flora. He released the yellow flower, typical of its type from the aster family of plants, and catalogued the specimen in his notebook.
“Did you find another one?” Liam asked from several yards away.
“I did. It’s gorgeous.”
Liam smiled at him and cocked his head, not saying a word.
“Stop gloating. You were right. I do enjoy this work. It’s exciting every time we find something rare. Just imagining stepping on this little piece of nature makes me want to vomit.” Jaden stood and cautiously tiptoed away from the cluster of plants. He glanced at the cabin. Neither of them had ventured far from the little structure in the two days since Emma had finally rejoined the living.
They hadn’t discussed it, but Jaden knew Liam was worried about the same thing. Would she run? She was skittish and barely spoke to them. It seemed she was sorry to have told them as much as she had. Her hands shook all the time from nerves.
Jaden glanced up at the sun where it cast a long beam of light across the land. It was late afternoon. He’d rather have spent every moment of the day with Emma, at least next to her, but the two men had come here to do a job, and they’d needed to get started and make up for lost time. By silent agreement, they’d begun their work within sight of the cabin so they could at least keep an eye out for Emma in case she needed them…or decided to hobble off and leave them.
Letting her run wasn’t an option, but they hadn’t discussed it with her again after making her incredibly nervous the last time.
They were going to have to confront her soon though. Her leg was getting stronger.
And Jaden’s cock was getting harder. This was not how he’d visualized the summer going down. Five days they’d been here, during which he’d intended to fuck Liam several times a day. By his count, he was behind by about ten good screws. Hell, even in their comfortable apartment in the city they didn’t go this long without sex.
By tacit agreement, neither man had even so much as touched the other more than a quick graze in passing since they’d found Emma. They had no idea how she was going to react to the two of them being lovers in addition to wanting her. She had to know, but that didn’t mean she was going to jump on board without some warning.
Hell, Jaden and Liam had never had a female who was completely willing to enjoy not only two men, but also allow them to enjoy each other in her presence. The idea of having them both always sounded like a good plan to women until they learned the plan went both ways. Jaden and Liam had learned to take things slow with their thirds, easing the women into their lifestyle. It hadn’t ever gone quite as they’d prefer.
Jaden stared at his sexy partner’s ass and stifled a groan. He adjusted his aching dick under his jeans and thought about what he’d like to be doing with it. At this point even wandering away into the trees to jerk himself off didn’t sound half bad. But it was a shame since Liam’s tight ass encased in perfectly snug denim sat right in his line of vision, and Emma’s sweet, sexy body lay not more than twenty yards away in the cabin.
While Jaden watched, Liam stood and adjusted his own cock, a grimace on his face as he turned toward Jaden and then caught his gaze. His cheeks pinkened in embarrassment at having been caught stroking himself, but then he grinned and stared down at his poor dick. “We have issues,” Liam stated as he stepped out of the foliage and toward Jaden.
“That’s an understatement.” Jaden sauntered in the direction of his partner until they were eye to eye. They leaned toward each other until their foreheads met, and they grasped each other’s biceps. Jaden dropped his notepad on the ground and inhaled the scent of his lover.
Lover. It was a word he’d not managed