Cade Creek 11 - Race Against Time (11 page)

Race glanced at Ari. He smiled nervously. “Nice house.”

God, that was lame.

“You think so?” Ari glanced around. “Vinnie and I found it about six months ago. We’ve slowly been fixing it up. We're renting it right now, but the landlord takes the repairs out of the rent and he said he'd sell it to us once we got a big enough down payment together.”

“It’s very homey.”

“Is that a good thing?” Ari asked.

Despite the anxious knot in his stomach, Race smiled. “Very.”

“Okay, good.” Some of the tension seemed to fade from Ari’s broad shoulders. “We wanted a place that had retained some of its character, but was homey enough to feel comfortable.”

“You want to be able to have your friends over, but also be able to kick up your feet and relax.” Race was just guessing here, but that’s the feeling he got from the colorful pillows on the couch and the eye-catching artwork on the walls.

“Yeah.” Ari smiled. “We’re not planning any black tie affairs or anything, but we do like to get together with our friends when we can, but cuddling on the couch to watch movies is just as good.”

Race couldn’t really think of anything better than that…unless they were naked while they cuddled. He felt his face heat up as those thoughts flew through his head and down his body to settle in his cock. He wondered what Vinnie and Ari looked like naked and then started thinking about how hot it would be to watch both men together.

He rolled his eyes, exasperated with himself for the things he was thinking. He was going to hell for sure. He was daydreaming about two men who were both totally off-limits to him. He wasn’t a home-wrecker.

“Here,” Vinnie said as he walked back into the room with a bottle of water. “Come on, I’ll show you where you can sleep.”

Well, that pretty much told Race right there where he stood, and it wasn’t a happy place to be. Still, he refused to let the two men know how much it hurt to be denied what he was dreaming about. He plastered a smile on his face and followed Vinnie up the stairs.

When they reached the hallway, Vinnie stopped. He gestured to the room on the right. “That’s my room.” He pointed to the room directly across from his. “That’s Ari’s room.”

They didn’t sleep in the same room?

Race suddenly grew very confused. He knew there was something going on between the two men. The attraction, not to mention the affection, between them was so strong, Race could practically see the threads binding them together. Why wouldn’t they share a room?

“Each room has its own bathroom. There’s another one at the bottom of the stairs in the hallway that leads to the kitchen.”

“Okay.”

Vinnie glanced at Ari, who gave a slight nod. When Vinnie looked back at Race, his jaw firmed as if he was gathering his courage for something but preparing for the worst.

“The room at the end of the hallway is the master suite,” Vinnie said solemnly. “Neither Ari or I have ever slept in there.”

“No one has ever slept in there,” Ari added.

Race’s brow puckered. “Okay.”

“Ari and I have been waiting to share that room with someone special.”

Race’s breath caught in his throat.

“We’ve always known there would be three of us together. We were just waiting for that special third man to show up.”

“I thought you two were a couple, but you have separate bedrooms, so…” Race was confused.

“When we became involved,” Vinnie said, “we decided that blow jobs and jerking off together was okay, but we wanted to save that special moment for the man that joined us.”

Race’s jaw dropped. “You don’t sleep together?”

“We sleep in the same bed,” Ari said, “but we have never had penetrative sex.”

“Like I said,” Vinnie added, “we were waiting for that special someone.” The man’s brown eyes grew misty, which frightened Race as much as it thrilled him. “We’re hoping you are interested in being that third person.”

“Me?” Race squeaked.

“You can choose either of these rooms and go to sleep right now.” Vinnie gestured to the two doors on either side of them. “No matter what you decide, we will protect you from harm.”

“Or,” Ari said.

“Or?” Race whispered, afraid to speak louder in case this was all a dream. He didn’t want to wake up.

“Or you can choose door number three,” Vinnie said as he pointed to the master suite, “but be aware, if you do choose to go through that door, you’ll belong to us and we won’t give you up.”

“To both of you?” Race asked, figuring if he was going to dream, he might as well dream big. “I’ll belong to both of you?”

“We’ll all belong to each other,” Vinnie explained. “None of us will be more or less than any other. We will all be equals.”

“Lovers,” Ari said. “We’ll be lovers, all three of us, together.”

“So, what do you want to do, Race?” Vinnie asked. “It’s totally up to you.”

Was there really any choice?

Ari thought his legs were going to give out on him when Race pushed past him and Vinnie and opened the door at the end of the hallway before stepping inside the room. He had the most intriguing smile on his face when he glanced back at them.

“Coming?”

Ari felt tears well up in his eyes. He had been looking for this for so very long and now that special relationship he dreamed of was right there before him.

His legs wouldn’t move.

“Come on,
tesorino
,” Vinnie whispered into his ear. “Our little sparrow awaits us.”

Ari was so delighted by Vinnie's words, his face flushed with arousal. He stepped up close to Vinnie and stroked his hand down the man’s muscular chest. Ari tweaked Vinnie’s nipple through his shirt.

“Time to get naked, handsome.” Ari unbuttoned Vinnie’s shirt and pushed his hand between the heavy material, his fingers gliding over naked skin.

Vinnie groaned. Ari felt Vinnie’s arms wrap around him, his fingers clenching in the material on the back of Ari’s shirt. “Fuck, Ari! How do you do this to me every time? You breathe and I want you.”

Ari chuckled. He felt the same way about Vinnie. He’d go the rest of his life without sex if it meant being close to Vinnie, knowing he was alive and happy. Luckily for him, he didn’t have to go without anything anymore.

“The things I want to show you, Vinnie,” Ari groaned against the man’s neck. Vinnie’s head fell back and he let out a long hiss. Ari leaned forward and raked his tongue up Vinnie’s exposed neck before nibbling on the man’s square jawline.

Ari froze when someone cleared their voice behind him and Vinnie. He turned to see Race standing there. Ari’s breath caught in his throat. Ari had known he preferred men from a very early age. He just never imagined he would have two of them, no matter how much he dreamed about it.

Ari suddenly realized he was staring, he felt his face flush even more. He quickly dropped his eyes, staring anywhere but at the vision before him. “Race, you know we would never make you do anything that—”

“We’re not asking you to—” Vinnie added at the same time.

Ari could hear the same astonishment in Vinnie’s voice that he himself was feeling.

Race took another step. “I know you’d never make me do anything I didn’t want to do. You’ve both proven that, and I thank you for giving me the choice.” Race smiled. “I choose you, both of you.”

Ari watched, mesmerized as Race’s good hand went to the buttons on his shirt and he began unbuttoning them. He wasn’t sure he had ever seen something so sexy in his life. He was so hard right then he was afraid his dick would break off in his pants.

“Race, this is what you want?” Ari whispered. He needed to know that Race wasn’t doing this out of a misguided sense of gratitude. “Vinnie and I will help you no matter what. You don’t have to do this.”

Race’s hand paused. He got a sad, lost look on his face. “You don’t want me?”

Ari reached over and cupped the side of Race’s face. “Honey, I can barely breathe thinking about you and Vinnie being a part of my life. I want you both so badly, my heart aches with it. I want to take you and keep you until I draw my last breath.”

“You mean that?” Race’s eyes begged Ari to say yes.

Ari nodded. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Vinnie nod as well. The smile that crossed Race’s face rivaled the joy Ari felt when the man laughed. He suddenly felt lighter, more optimistic about the future the three of them could share together.

“Then, do you think we could get on with this little show of yours?” Race asked with a wink as he went back to the buttons on his shirt.

Ari was shocked at the sudden change that came over Race. The look in his eyes, the way his body suddenly moved, it was sensual and sent Ari’s level of desire shooting through the roof. Watching the man strip his clothes off was a lesson in restraint. By the time he was naked and kneeling on the bed, Ari’s cock ached so much, he was afraid to touch himself in case he shattered.

He touched Race instead.

Ari had a naked ass cheek in his hand, a very tight, naked ass cheek. His cock throbbed. He could just imagine how great it was going to feel to pump himself into that tight little ass. He grabbed Race and pushed his body down onto the bed.

He heard Race squeak.

“Damn!” Vinnie swore. “Would you look at that ass?”

Ari chuckled. “Yeah, that’s kind of what I thought.”

Ari reached down and stroked his hand over the tight round cheek. He chuckled when Vinnie’s hand landed on the other cheek. They both lifted and squeezed then, as if they had the same thought. They pulled Race’s ass cheeks apart, baring the little puckered hole they both wanted into.

Ari knelt on the floor and then leaned forward to swipe his tongue over the little puckered hole. He watched with delight as it quivered, Race’s whole body shuddering as he let out a low, deep groan. Ari licked again, pressing his tongue against the snug little hole.

“Damn!” Vinnie swore again. “We are in so much trouble.”

“Right?” Ari replied as he palmed his aching cock through his jeans. Just that sight of Race spread out on the bed made him damn near ready to come in his pants. He and Vinnie needed to figure out who was going to get what and soon.

Ari glanced over to see Vinnie’s eyes riveted on Race. He groaned at the fire he could see burning in Vinnie’s eyes. His lover was raring to go. Strangely enough, Ari didn’t feel jealous by the heated looks Vinnie was giving Race. He felt aroused beyond anything he could ever remember.

Ari quickly shucked his clothes, tossing them to the floor.

He almost purred when Vinnie’s lecherous grin turned on him and the man growled. It was good to know that even with someone new in their lives he still had an effect on his lover. He also liked the soft groan he heard from Race. It made Ari feel ten feet tall to know he could arouse these two gorgeous men.

Vinnie grinned. They both turned to look at Race. Ari nearly swallowed his tongue. Race was lying back against the pillows stacked at the top of the bed. He was slowly stroking his cock, his green eyes watching Ari and Vinnie intently.

“Oh damn!” Race said softly. Ari didn’t know what Race saw in their faces, but he suddenly gulped and scooted up the bed.

And just like that, Ari and Vinnie were on him. Ari stretched out on one side of Race while Vinnie took the other. Ari could see Vinnie’s hands roaming all over Race’s body while his did the same. Race groaned, his head falling back against the pillows.

Ari grabbed Race’s thigh and pulled it to lay over his. Race, the natural sex animal that he seemed to be, moved the other one himself, draping it over Vinnie’s leg.

Ari felt a growl building in his chest.

Race’s hands were still over his head, only now his legs were open wide. His entire body was laid bare for Ari and Vinnie to ogle, and ogle Ari did. Race was mouthwateringly beautiful.

Vinnie was handsome, rugged. He made Ari think of strong arms holding him, late nights cuddled in front of the fireplace held by the man he loved. Race was stunningly beautiful. He made Ari think of being the one doing the holding.

Ari leaned over and captured one brown-hued nipple with his lips. He grinned around that nipple when Race hissed and arched his body closer to him. He stroked his hand slowly down Race’s chest to his abdomen, then pushed through the soft curls surrounding the man’s jutting cock.

Race whimpered.

Ari heard a low, rumbling chuckle. He glanced up to see Vinnie watching him. There was a definite glow in Vinnie’s eyes. It thrilled Ari to the bottoms of his feet and made his cock ache. He grinned back.

“You going to get naked, too?”

Vinnie didn’t even answer. He just rolled off the side of the bed and got to his feet. Even with a very naked Race lying next to him, Ari couldn’t help but watch Vinnie get undressed. The sight never failed to arouse him.

“Oh my!”

Ari glanced down at Race to find him watching Vinnie take his clothes off. He was practically drooling. Race’s hand moved down his body toward his cock, but Ari beat him to it.

At Race’s look of surprise, Ari grinned. “Let me,” he offered as he moved over to settle between Race’s legs. Race’s purple-headed cock stood proudly before him. Ari leaned up on his arms and licked the head.