Page 26 of A Lesson in Deceit (Mystic Riegan Duet #1)

Riley

T he air was nice and warm this time of night, although the wind whipped a little too much for my liking on the back of River’s bike.

I placed everything I needed in a backpack instead of my normal bag to make the ride easier, but no matter how many times I rode on the back of his motorcycle, it never became a natural sensation.

He parked as close to Grayson’s car as possible, needing to keep Asher’s space empty.

I hoped off, steadying myself now that I was back on the ground.

I unclasped my helmet, holding it against me.

River flipped up the visor of his own helmet, giving me a look that said are you okay?

I gave him a thumbs up and he proceeded to take off his helmet, grabbing mine as well.

The ride over here numbed my thoughts, which I was grateful for. Neither River nor Grayson would let tonight, or any night, turn out badly, but this was territory I didn’t think I’d ever be in. I took a deep breath and grabbed River’s hand when he offered it.

Grayson was already waiting inside when we entered, giving us a big smile.

“Finally. What took you so long?”

River tossed his keys on the entryway table. “I still abide by the speed limits.” Grayson raised one of his eyebrows causing River to give him a middle finger. “I abide by the speed limits sometimes, is that better? They are suggestions at minimum.”

I jumped onto the couch, throwing my backpack next to Grayson’s duffle. “Did you miss us or something?”

Grayson tapped my nose ring. “I always miss you.”

I pressed my lips together, readjusting my slouchy crop top and settling back on the couch.

River came to sit down next to me, turning his body so he could face us.

The room got quiet and the tension was almost like a physical entity in the room with us.

I could hear myself breathing and I needed someone to say something… soon.

River cleared his throat, moving his eyes to Grayson. “Did you watch Riley and me have sex?”

I nearly choked on air.

Grayson sucked his teeth, placing his elbow on the armrest. “Starting off strong, are we?”

“Rip the band aid off,” River said, never looking away from him. He placed his hand on my leg, squeezing.

“Okay.” Grayson looked over at me, a tiny hint of smile on his lips before looking back at River. “Yeah, I did. Not the whole thing, but some of it.”

I stared down at my hands. “I know I’m supposed to be really angry about that or something, but I’m not.”

“How do you feel, Riley?” River asked, his voice was deep but careful.

“I liked it…I think.”

River laughed softly. “No, no. No ‘I think’. We aren’t going anywhere while you consider things. Did you like it?”

I swallowed, taking all my thoughts so far into account. “I did. I liked it.” I let out a heavy breath. “I liked it a lot.”

River nodded, moving his hand up and down my leg. “What do you think that means for you? Where do you want to go from here?”

“Don’t tell us what we want to hear either,” Grayson added, rubbing his fingers over his mouth.

“I knew you were there and I…I liked you seeing me like that. I just wish that you could…” I pulled my legs up and close to my chest, feeling happy about being open for just a small moment, but I wanted to close myself off again.

“Wish I could, what?” Grayson pressed.

I turned my head to look at him. “You told me that the question I should focus on was if you were the type that just likes to watch or would you want to be involved. Well, I’m asking you, which is it?”

Grayson pressed his tongue into his cheek, flicking his eyes to River. I looked at my boyfriend who gave nothing away but simply nodded his head towards me. Grayson put his hand on my knee. “You want me to be honest?”

“Yes.”

His lips melted into a smirk that had my heart thumping and heat coursing through my body.

“I don’t mind standing back and watching you because, fuck, are you something to watch.

I liked watching you gag on his cock and how your pussy just took every single thrust beautifully.

I won’t complain if that’s how you want things to be Riley.

I’ll be happy to jerk off watching you get fucked whenever you want, but that’s not all I want. ”

“Hmm, and what is it that you want, Grayson?” River asked scooting closer to me, moving my braids over my shoulder so that he could stroke my pulse point with his thumb.

“I want to be involved. Maybe not all the time, but I want to share you sometimes.” He moved his hand to my shoulder, moving my braids and touching the other side of my neck.

River leaned down to speak in my ear. “Now is the time to use your words, gorgeous. You say no and we’ll stop and move on.

We can watch a movie or I’ll take you back to the dorms.” He reached up and turned my head so that I was looking at him while his eyes bore into my own.

“If you say yes…if you say you want both of us, our hands, our mouths and both our cocks to make you feel good, then we’ll do whatever you say. We’ll spend all night making you come.”

I slowly moved my legs down and tried to keep my sharp breathing in check. My cheeks felt hot and I could feel so much wetness pooling between my legs I was almost embarrassed. I wanted him to kiss me, but all he did was wait.

My lips were drier than normal, so I stuck my tongue out and licked them. River’s eyes watched the movement, never letting up on the way his thumb stroked my neck. “It’s okay to be greedy, saying you want both of us, gorgeous.”

“I do…” I started, tentatively placing each of my hands on their legs. “I do want both of you. I want you both to touch me, but I also want you to want each other.”

River lost his bravado for a moment but rallied. He stopped touching my neck and moved his hand to my thigh, sliding it so close to where I was aching and then back down to right above my knee.

“What gave her that idea, hmm?” Grayson said playfully.

“She asked, so I was honest.”

I squeezed their legs, getting them to look at me. “I still want you both regardless, but if at some point you just so happen to kiss or find yourselves wanting to fuck each other, then I want it to happen.”

River slid his hand up my leg again, stopping right between my legs. “That’s what you want?”

“You’re being honest with us?” Grayson kept looking from where my hand was on his leg to my face like if he looked too long at one, then the other would cease to exist.

“You want to make me happy, then I want you to be happy too.” I erased any sort of modesty from my mind and moved my hands so that my fingers ran over the hardened cocks that were pressed against their pants.

“You want to make me happy, don’t you?” I bit one corner of my lower lip, batting my eyelashes.

I didn’t know when I’d got so brazen in a matter of minutes, but I kept telling myself that I’d wanted this to happen for a while now and I was finally ready and willing to ask for it. I knew for a fact they were equally ready to give it to me.

“Fuck, happy. I’m prepared to make you scream, gorgeous.” River kissed me, while I rubbed my hand across the shape of him. He groaned into my mouth, breaking the kiss and turning my head.

Grayson took one of my braids and slid his fingers down it, twirling the end. He leaned in and the fact that River was watching so intently, had me fidgeting to get his hands to touch me more. Grayson’s lips barely touched mine. “I’ll be as gentle as you want, aking sinta .”

I was so used to him calling me trouble that the new name caught me off guard, but now wasn’t the time for me to ask what it meant.

The smile he had disappeared when his lips crashed against mine and his tongue tangled with my own.

I moaned against him; things were going from almost a slow motion to hyper speed.

I was trying to wrap my mind around where their hands were and where to place mine now that we were really going for this.

In my mind this was simple and easy, especially when it was all in my head.

I could just blink it away when I was done.

I needed to just let go and let this moment between the three of us happen, just like I’d envisioned.

I had rubbed them over their pants and they both seemed to enjoy that, I could handle anything else… right?

Right…? Fuck…I could feel the panic starting to make a home in my chest.

River’s hands moved towards the waistband of my pants and Grayson’s lips explored the side of my neck, but the confidence I’d had no more than a few minutes ago was waning thin, preparing to snap, ceasing to exist.

I wasn’t uncomfortable with them, but I had no idea how overwhelming this was until I was right here sandwiched between them, facing my wildly forward behavior.

I wanted their hands. I wanted their mouths.

What I didn’t want was to feel like I wasn’t fully present with them, like I couldn’t even enjoy it myself.

Everything felt good, but my head could be a real cock block sometimes.

River’s hands went to unbutton my pants, when I pulled away from Grayson looking into his dark brown eyes that had so much lust and desire swimming in them. He leaned in for a kiss, but I leaned back, shaking my head a little.

“What’s wrong?” Grayson asked, his expression instantly turning into one of concern.

“Woah, what happened?” River’s hands stopped touching me and they both backed off, nearly flying to opposite ends of the couch. His voice was full of worry, and I watched as they glanced quickly at each other, then back at me.

I took a deep breath, letting out what I hoped was a playful laugh. I shook my head, faster than I would have liked and awkwardly patted their legs. “Nothing, just a little in my head stuff, that’s all. Don’t be concerned about it. We can get back to…."