Three's A Cruise (5 page)

Chapter Six

Nathan stood at the door to their cabin with his hand poised to knock. Still in uniform, he wasn’t suspicious-looking to anyone passing by, assuming he didn’t stand there all night warring with himself over the decision to leave these people alone or enter their world.

He’d watched Haley head for the restroom earlier. He’d even seen her return after far too long a stay. His gut clenched thinking about her face, red, splotchy…hurt.

The woman had been bubbly, vivacious and utterly gorgeous the night before. The look she’d had at dinner was one he had put there all by himself. He could blame no one for the tone he’d taken or the words he’d spoken next to the bar.

To add insult to injury, Nathan had treated his two lovers like virtual strangers all evening, straining desperately to ignore them. On the one hand, he’d needed to keep their liaison a secret. It wouldn’t do for the table of eight to know their waiter had fucked two of the people at the table the night before and sneaked out of their bed in the early morning hours to get on this ship and serve them all with a smile for seven days.

On the other hand, Nathan’s cock ached just having Jordan and Haley nearby. They both smelt so good every time he got close enough to set a dish on the table or remove a plate. He’d shook with the desire to snap everyone else out of the room, swipe the table clean of the clutter and fuck his lovers again with raw abandon right there in the restaurant.

It was unbelievable even to Nathan that he’d managed to complete dinner without mixing up orders and dropping stacks of dishes in the process. He’d never been so distracted in his life.

For a moment, Nathan rested his forehead against the door to the cabin. It was late. No one was in the hallway. Just feet away, only a thin layer of wood separating them, were the two people in the world he’d felt the most connected to in his twenty-eight years.

Straightening to his full height, Nathan decided to man up and let his hand rap three times. It wasn’t his fault he couldn’t stop the synapses from firing to his knuckles.

Nathan held his breath for three seconds. Maybe they wouldn’t even answer. If they looked through the peephole, they might opt not to and then he’d feel like a fool. Or maybe they hadn’t heard his knock. They could be enjoying the night air on the balcony or sound asleep. Then he’d never know if they’d turned him down or not.

As Nathan let his hand fall to his side and drew in a lungful of air, the door creaked open.

Jordan stood in the entryway, dressed only in boxers and looking so hot he sucked the air out of the hall. His face was grim at first, his eyes narrowed, his mouth a straight line.

Then he smiled. “’Bout time you showed up.”

Nathan released the breath he was holding and nodded towards the inside of the cabin, his suggestion just registering on Jordan’s face.

“Right. Sorry. Come in.” Jordan opened the door farther and Nathan slunk inside, hoping no one in the hall was the wiser. He needed to talk to Haley and Jordan. At the very least apologise for his behaviour at dinner. But he also needed to keep his liaison with them a secret. It wouldn’t be a good plan for anyone on this ship, staff or otherwise, to catch wind of last night’s threesome. He’d lose his job if he were caught in this cabin. It was strictly forbidden.

Clasping his hands together to keep from shaking, Nathan glanced up and found Haley standing on the other side of the bed. Her long sexy curls were tussled about. Had she been sleeping? Having sex? Or just lounging around?

His gaze landed on her face, pink with shock, eyes wide, mouth open, and then he took in the rest of her. His breath hitched. She wore nothing but tiny white lace panties and a matching tight lace tank top. The clothing, if you could call it that, looked expensive…and sexy as hell.

Nathan cleared his throat. “I wanted to apologise for earlier. I was rude. It wasn’t necessary. And I’m sorry.” He looked directly at Haley, trying to stick to her eyes and not the sexy firm body standing just feet away across only the expanse of the mattress. The urge to dive over the bed and clutch her in his arms made his hands twitch.

Jordan set a hand on Nathan’s shoulder. “Sit. Let me pour you a drink. You look like you could use one.”

Stiff, as though he were made of cardboard, Nathan perched on the edge of the bed and turned his gaze to Jordan, watching the man’s fine ass. Jordan filled a few glasses on the tiny desk.

Nathan licked his lips. This wasn’t going as planned. Instead of apologising and slinking back out of the door to let Jordan and Haley get back to their vacation, Nathan was salivating over both his lovers, wishing he could fuck them to oblivion again right this second. He’d thought of many different scenarios concerning how this might play out, but in none of them had he considered Haley and Jordan would be in such a state of undress.

Nathan considered slapping his own forehead.
Duh. It’s like one in the morning
. He should be more surprised they were even awake.

Jordan whipped back around and handed Nathan a drink. He passed a second one to Haley who seemed reluctant to sit and still stood across the room. She had notably not, however, seemed to grow aware of her state of undress. She held the glass tumbler of wine up to her lips with shaky fingers. Her hip cocked to one side as she rested her weight on one leg.

As Jordan went to her side, Nathan glanced at the man’s impressive bulge and smiled. He was hard. Achingly so if the evidence through his boxers were any indication.

Nathan took a long gulp. He’d needed that. Something stronger would have been nice too, but the wine would have to do.

Haley set her glass down on the nightstand. “I know you were startled. I get that. So were we. But I don’t understand why you needed to be so cruel. It wasn’t as though we planned this. Hell, we didn’t even know your last name. We had no idea you were on this cruise.”

“That’s just it, Haley. I’m not
on
this cruise. I work here.”

“So?”

Nathan glanced at his lap. Had he been wrong? He knew he’d had no right to be rude and insulting about things, but had he been actually incorrect in his assumptions also?

Jordan spoke. “It must have been quite a shock, finding us sitting at your table. What are the odds? But I want you to know that my gut reaction was lust. I didn’t voice my thoughts to Haley very well this morning, but I was awfully disappointed to find you had slipped out in the night. I thought we had a connection.” His voice grew softer as he spoke.

“You’re right. We did have something special.” Nathan lifted his gaze. “It was…spectacular. The best sex of my life. I guess I left so I wouldn’t have to face you two in the morning and find you’d not felt the same. I ran. It was easier than being rejected.”

“What did we do to make you think we felt any less than you last night?” Haley sat gingerly on the bed, one sexy leg bent so that her heel rested in the V of her crotch. It was hard to concentrate with her sex exposed like that.

“Nothing. But you’re a couple. You made it clear you sometimes took a third, but you never kept them. You were on vacation. I was a willing fling. When I awoke it was easier to run than risk embarrassing myself by thinking we could do it again.”

“True. I can see where you’d be a bit outnumbered and think that way.” Haley reached across the bed now and grabbed Nathan’s arm with her dainty fingers. “Nathan,” she whispered, “we aren’t the people you imagined us to be. Sure, we have good jobs and a little extra cash to vacation with, but we aren’t stuck up, nor do we set ourselves on a higher pedestal than you.”

Nathan lifted his gaze to Haley’s. “I’m sorry. I’ve never said such awful things to a woman in my life.” He furrowed his brow in all seriousness. He’d only thought to apologise to them. He’d not considered their reactions fully. His words had been so hateful, he’d hoped only to alleviate his conscience. He’d not expected such acceptance and even a possible proposition.

But here he was and Haley was on her knees in front of him unbuttoning his shirt before he could even clear his head.

“Can we start over?” She smiled at him and questioned with her eyebrows raised.

“Fuck no, we can’t start over,” he began.

Haley startled and sucked in a breath.

“I wouldn’t give last night up for all the world. It was the best night of my life. Don’t erase it. But, if you’re going to so graciously accept my apology, I’d be happy to forgo the incident in the dining room and pick up where we left off before I slunk out of your hotel room with my tail between my legs.”

Jordan came around the bed and wrapped his arms around Nathan from behind. He’d noticed it was the man’s signature move. He did that often with Haley and her eyes always lit up like a princess when he surrounded her like that.

Now Nathan knew the feeling. He was several inches taller than Jordan. He’d never get that arrangement from Jordan standing, but, sitting on the bed, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation of having Jordan’s firm grip around his chest while Haley popped the button on his pants.

“You are decidedly overdressed,” she mumbled.

“I was thinking you two were decidedly underdressed when I came in the room. It’s downright distracting trying to talk to you people while wearing boxers and whatever you call that scrap of material that does nothing to hide your tight pink nipples.”

Nathan stared at Haley’s chest and salivated. Her tits heaved at his language. He wanted to rip the white lace confining them to shreds and suck her breasts into his mouth until she begged him for mercy.

Jordan pulled Nathan’s shirt over his shoulders and tossed it aside. Nathan stood when prompted and let Jordan remove the rest of his clothes as well. “I don’t know how this is going to work.”

Haley laughed. “We’re all going to get naked and make each other writhe with multiple mind-numbing orgasms. It’s simple.”

Nathan narrowed his gaze at her. “Ha ha. You know that’s not what I meant. I am strictly forbidden from engaging in any sort of personal relationship with guests on this ship. How will I stay away from you for seven days while you lounge around teasing me with your near nudity?” He smiled at Jordan behind him. “Man, you have to do something about that. It’s distracting.” He pointed at the man’s cock. The head had escaped from the top of his boxers and a drop of pre-cum sat on the tip, tempting Nathan to lick it away.

“You’re here now.” Haley leant forward and flicked her tongue over one of Nathan’s nipples.

Now that Nathan
stood
in front of Jordan, the man couldn’t wrap his arms around the same spot, but that didn’t stop him. Jordan reached from behind and took Nathan’s cock in his hand, grazing his palm from bottom to top and making Nathan’s legs feel like Jell-O.

“How did I go from being the most clothed to the least?” Nathan moaned and stretched one hand towards Haley. Barely touching her, he skipped his fingertips over her breasts until he grazed her nipples. With one flick, she arched into him.

Haley gripped Nathan’s arms, her eyes clouded over with lust, and she groaned…way too loud.

“These walls are thinner than last night’s. I don’t think your neighbours are going to appreciate a screaming threesome next door. Especially if we’re going to do this without getting caught.”

Jordan chuckled. “It would be embarrassing if a staff member had to come to the room and found one of the waiters naked on the bed with another man’s cock in his mouth.”

Nathan swatted Jordan’s thigh, reaching back and squeezing the man’s fine ass in the process. “That is
so
not funny. Did you bring the black bag of tricks? I think we’re going to need that ball gag.” He glanced pointedly at Haley.

When the coy goddess raised one eyebrow as if to say ‘who me?’ he nearly laughed. When she reached under Jordan’s hands and took Nathan’s balls in her palms, he flinched. “I hope you have the handcuffs too, because your woman can’t seem to keep her hands to herself.”

“I don’t think she’s so much my own personal woman anymore.” Jordan whispered the words directly into Nathan’s ear and then flicked his tongue over the lobe. “After last night and then this evening, I’d say her feelings for you run a bit deeper than a quick romp in between the sheets.”

Nathan twisted in Jordan’s arms until he faced the man head on. He stared him down for several seconds and then kissed him on the lips, tender and slow. “And how do
you
feel?”

“I have to agree with Haley. You make a perfect addition to our relationship. I think we should give it a try. See what happens.” Jordan reached around and squeezed Nathan’s ass. “We didn’t cover nearly as many positions last night as I’ve had torturing my every waking thought today. Surely we can discreetly enjoy each other’s company this week without getting caught. If everything goes as well as last night, we’ll be inseparable by next Saturday.”

There was one more tiny matter of inconvenience. “Where do you two live?” Nathan held his breath. Hundreds of miles would not make for a very reasonable arrangement.

“Chicago. We have a condo near the city. Don’t tell me you live in Alaska or something.”

Nathan chuckled. “Are you fucking kidding?”

“No.” Haley smoothed her soft palms over Nathan’s back and kissed his skin, nibbling a path to his neck.

“I live in Elgin. That’s like forty minutes away.”