Mia knew what that meant. Their emergency had better include massive blood loss and/or impending natural disaster. “We need your help.”
Aidan groaned and stamped up the stairs. “If this is a spider you want me to kill . . .”
“No, I promise,” Mia said. She waited until Aidan reached the attic before she said, “We need to move Jamie's stuff to her car.”
Aidan stared at the towering pile. “Forget it.” He turned to go back downstairs.
“Please, Aidan?” Mia curled her arms around his and batted her eyelashes. “We need a strong guyâ”
“Oh, Gawd.” Jamie rolled her eyes.
Mia knew Jamie couldn't stand the helpless-woman routine, but it really worked on Aidan.
“Ask Caleb,” he told her.
“He went to his apartment to pick up some things. We want to get this done so we can keep swapping until Jamie has to leave.”
Aidan's eyes sparkled when she said the word “swapping.” “How about you give me my threesome now, and then I'll carry all that crap.”
“First of all, this is not crap,” Jamie said, offended. “Second, you don't get the reward before you do the work.”
“Jamie!” Did her friend not realize what she just said? “We aren't bartering with sex!” Although, the idea sounded kind of fun. . . .
“If I did the work first, I would be too tired to enjoy my reward,” Aidan insisted.
“He makes a good point,” Mia said. The truth was, she didn't want to wait for another threesome. “What do you say, Jamie?”
Her friend gave a long, exaggerated sigh. “Well, I guess we'll let Aidan have his way this time.”
Aidan's mouth twitched, but he didn't point out the obvious: he always got his way.
“Okay, Aidan,” Mia said. “This is your threesome. How do you want it to go?”
Aidan rubbed his hands together. “First I want to see you and Jamie kiss.”
“Why does that not surprise me?” Mia asked Jamie as she stood in front of her friend. The sparky feeling inside her, however, astonished her. She really was looking forward to kissing Jamie. “Are you ready?”
Jamie responded by grabbing Mia at the waist and pulling her close. She kissed Mia roughly, their lips grinding, before her tongue delved into Mia's mouth.
Mia moaned and linked her arms around Jamie's shoulders. She liked how her breasts strained against her friend's. Kissing Jamie made her feel so naughty. Her hands roamed over her friend's back before she flattened her palms on the woman's ass. Jamie broke off the kiss abruptly and stepped back.
“You taste good,” Mia said as she licked her lips. It was such an innocent comment, yet Jamie looked like she was going to grab Mia again for another long, luscious kiss.
Aidan was suddenly standing behind Jamie. “Mia, help me take off Jamie's clothes.”
Mia obeyed the order automatically, her hands bumping Aidan's. She stripped off her friend's shirt and shorts, brushing her fingers along the curve of her breast or the small of her back. Sometimes the touches were accidental, but most of the time she did it on purpose.
Then Aidan took over, removing Jamie's bra and panties. Mia watched as Aidan kissed and fondled Jamie. She wanted to join in but knew she had to wait for Aidan's command. She was shocked when he never gave it.
As Jamie stepped out of her panties, Aidan told her to help him strip Mia of her clothes. This time he stood behind Mia, kissing her face and throat as Jamie took off Mia's shorts and shirt. Once Jamie was finished with her task, she watched Aidan leisurely remove Mia's underwear.
“Now me,” Aidan said, his voice getting a little rougher. “I want you two to take off my clothes. Mia, get behind me, and, Jamie, you get in front.”
Mia was unsettled by Aidan's demand. She was used to being the center of attention. She was always in the spotlight, and now she was relegated to the shadows.
Was she getting too greedy? Mia wondered as she and Jamie took off Aidan's clothes. She didn't want to begrudge Jamie any pleasure. They had shared so much, and now wasn't the time for her to become stingy.
But Aidan was hers, and what they had together was special. When she was with him, Mia felt cherished and loved. Why had she complained that it might not be enough?
Her greed hadn't started this weekend, Mia realized as she smoothed her palms over the defined muscles of Aidan's back. She had developed it over the course of the year.
All this time she thought she had worked for each pleasure she had received, but the truth was that Aidan gave her everything she wanted. He looked after and guided her through one sensual awakening after the next. Aidan did it because he cared for her. And she had taken him for granted.
Stunned by these revelations, Mia clung to Aidan's bare shoulders and curled against his spine. She closed her eyes, inhaling his scent and enjoying his strength and warmth. She pressed her mouth against his shoulder blade, thankful that he spoiled her yet again by giving her this weekend.
Who knew how long it would have taken her to appreciate what she had with him?
“Mia, did I tell you to kiss me?” Aidan drawled.
Mia smiled against his back. “No, you didn't,” she replied and reluctantly stepped back.
“Jamie, go sit down on the bed, legs out in front of you.”
Mia saw her friend bristle at his tone. She noticed the familiar flash of attitude in Jamie's eyes and knew she was about five seconds away from telling Aidan what he could do with that suggestion.
“You will lie back against Mia,” he continued.
Mia wasn't sure where he was going with this, but she would trust him. She silently followed Jamie to the bed. Her friend sat in the middle, and Mia crawled onto the mattress and sat behind her, her legs on either side of Jamie.
“Jamie, lean back on Mia.”
Jamie offered no complaints as she reclined. Mia caught her, and her hands rested on Jamie's ribs, just under her big breasts.
Mia was tempted to clamp her hands on Jamie's breasts and knead the mounds until her friend cried out with pleasure. The need was so great that her hands tingled.
Aidan crawled between Jamie's legs and gently caressed her feet. Jamie squirmed under his touch.
“Mia, you have one task to fulfill,” Aidan said as he rubbed Jamie's feet. “You must stay in that position and please Jamie until she begs for more.”
“Please her?” The command was unlike any Aidan had given her. It was vague, and the results were out of her control. “Please her how?”
“That will be based on your imagination and experience,” he answered.
Mia stared at Aidan. What the hell was he talking about? “And then what?” she asked.
“You'll find out,” he said patiently, but she saw the glint of warning in his eye. She was not to question his commands.
“Come on, Mia,” Jamie said as she settled comfortably against her. “I want to see how you're going to tease me.”
Did Jamie think Mia would back down from the challenge? She was about to be proven wrong, Mia decided as she slid her hands over Jamie's breasts.
Fondling another woman's breasts was an unfamiliar feeling. Mia was genuinely curious, pressing Jamie's breasts together and discovering what pleased her friend.
She was surprised at how heavy Jamie's breasts were. It was no wonder that soft, fleeting touches against her nipples went unnoticed. Mia found that she had to pinch and squeeze to elicit a response.
Mia glanced down at Aidan and found him stroking Jamie's pussy. He rubbed her clit with one hand while gliding his fingers along the wet folds of her sex. Jamie purred and stretched against his hands, murmuring her encouragement for more.
But she hadn't begged.
Mia was determined to make her friend plead for more. She remembered how Jamie insisted that Mia liked having her ear licked. That sounded like something Jamie would prefer.
As she massaged Jamie's breasts, Mia dipped her head and darted her tongue along her friend's ear. Jamie hissed and tucked her head. Mia licked the rim of the outer ear before stabbing the tip of her tongue in Jamie's ear canal. She felt the shivers rippling through her friend.
Mia was curious to see what Jamie's response would be like if her touches were rougher. She slid her mouth down, bared her teeth, and bit Jamie's earlobe.
Jamie cried out Mia's name and tried to tug away, but Mia wouldn't let go. She liked the way the fierce yank made Jamie shudder with pleasure.
Jamie looped an arm around Mia's neck and shoulder. Mia let go of Jamie's ear just as her friend turned to kiss her.
Their lips met, and Mia inhaled sharply when she felt a jolt. She liked kissing Jamie a lot, and she didn't know what that meant. It was different from kissing Aidan or Caleb. With Jamie, she felt like she was embarking on a mysterious adventure. But that made no sense to Mia, because she had known Jamie almost all her life.
Mia lifted her head and glanced down at Aidan. He watched them both, his eyes glittering with lust as he pumped his fingers inside Jamie.
Jamie rooted for Mia's mouth. “Kiss me again.”
Mia shook her head. “I want to lick your ear,” she confessed as she darted her tongue out and flicked it on the curve of her ear.
Jamie trembled. “Kiss me, Mia. Please.”
Mia glanced at Aidan. “Does that count as begging?”
“I believe it does.”
“Don't stop,” Jamie told Mia, her low voice smoky and seductive.
Mia whispered in her ear. “Later,” she promised and slicked her tongue against Jamie's lobe.
Aidan withdrew his fingers from Jamie. “Move to the side, ladies.”
They scooted over to the edge of the bed and Aidan lay down in the center of the mattress. Mia saw how his erect cock slapped against his stomach. He had gotten incredibly aroused watching her with Jamie.
“Mia”âAidan reached for herâ“I want you to ride my cock.”
Mia gladly straddled his hips. Her core was already wet with anticipation as she slowly sank onto his cock. Mia tossed her head back and moaned as the fire streaked through her.
“Don't move,” Aidan said.
Don't move? Oh, Aidan was cruel. Her muscles strained to rock, to dance. She barely controlled herself as she felt the pulse twitching in Aidan's cock. She really needed to ride him hard.
“And you”âAidan motioned for Jamieâ“will face Mia and ride my mouth.”
Mia's muscles were quivering as her control started to slip. It was too difficult to stay still as she watched Jamie straddle Aidan's mouth and ride his tongue.
She saw Jamie's eyes widen and her mouth slacken as the pleasure bloomed inside her. Jamie slid her hands over her face and in her long brown hair as she rocked against Aidan's mouth.
Mia couldn't stand it anymore. She refused to wait. To hell with her perfect obedience. She had to ride. She rolled her hips slowly and heard Aidan groan. Jamie closed her eyes, and she swayed, the vibrations of his voice offering another dimension to his touch.
Mia realized that she could add to their pleasure. She placed her hands on Aidan's chest and rode his cock a little faster, moving her hips from side to side. She felt the power bubbling inside her. Every surprise move she made, Aidan's pleasure increased. Jamie felt each deep roll of her hips.
Jamie's face flushed, and her eyes half closed. It was only a matter of moments before her friend would climax. Jamie leaned forward and clasped her hand at the back of Mia's head. She tugged Mia forward and kissed her clumsily as she rode Aidan's tongue.
Mia pulled back slightly and mouthed, Jamie.
Jamie frowned. “What?” she asked. She tilted her head to the side to hear Mia more clearly.
Mia smiled when Jamie fell for her ruse. She stopped riding Aidan's cock as Jamie leaned closer. Mia caught Jamie's earlobe with her teeth.
Jamie shrieked as the intense orgasm crashed through her. Mia didn't let go as Jamie bore down on Aidan's mouth.
When Aidan grabbed Mia's hips and started thrusting deep inside her, she let go of Jamie. Her friend's ear was bright pink, and she noticed teeth marks on the earlobe.
The sight triggered Mia's release. She arched her back and gave a low, guttural moan as the heat washed over her. It was like nothing she had experienced before.
And she felt it all because she had branded Jamie in the most primal way. Mia's core twitched at the sight of her teeth marks. Now if only she were brave enough to back up the symbol of possession with action.
NINETEEN
“Our weekend is almost over,” Jamie said.
“Don't remind me,” Mia whined as she leaned against Aidan's chest and snuggled into his warmth.
The dinner they were having was probably the nicest meal she'd had in a long time. The menu was simple: takeout pizza and a six-pack of beer that Caleb had thoughtfully brought to the house when he had returned.
The dress code was casual. They wore a mix of T-shirts and shorts. The location was sparse: on Jamie's bed, their legs criss-crossed as they gobbled up the food. Mia realized this was the last meal she was going to have with her best friend.
“How do you want to end it?” Jamie persisted with her questions.
Mia flinched until she realized Jamie was talking about the swapping. She knew it was easier for her friend to discuss their sexual arrangement than her leaving town.
“I don't know,” Mia said with a halfhearted shrug. “I haven't given it much thought.”
“I made sure this weekend would happen for you.” Jamie pointed a finger at Mia. “You should get to decide how to end it. If I have to do it, you're not going to be happy with my choice.”