Page 23 of Fritillaria (Fortune Records Omegaverse #5)
Chapter 23
M atilda
My jaw is nearly on the floor when Ivy asks me to join her and Aspis.
They were incredible together.
My pussy is aching with heat from just watching them. When Aspis and I come together, it is loving and sweet. But Ivy and Aspis look like they are fighting .
They are clearly processing a lot and I don’t want to interrupt them. Besides, watching them together is too good to stop.
The full expanse of Ivy’s leg is on display, her skirt pushed up, and I can see the fold of her. I want to touch her there, to dig in my thumb like Aspis is doing. Gripping the door handle tight, I am trying not to touch myself while I watch. My breath is held and I’m doing my best to be quiet.
Ivy whimpers and something shifts between them. She melts against Aspis now, letting him take the lead and explore her properly. I don’t understand what I’ve missed but Ivy has fully given in, grinding up against Aspis in a frenzy.
My hand slips as they break away for air, creating the tiniest sound. Both of their heads turn to look at me, their hungry gazes drinking me in. I am frozen, shame creating a bitter taste in my mouth for getting caught peeping.
“Come and join us.”
Ivy isn’t asking, her voice is laced with an irresistible quality, and she knows that I will obey. My feet move, my mates both reaching an arm out to me and creating a space between them.
The air is charged, heavy with the warmth of their encounter. Aspis wraps his arm around my waist, pulling me in close and pressing my back against him. He moves my hair away as he starts to place burning kisses along my neck.
Ivy’s dark eyes draw me in. “Fuck,” she swears as she watches Aspis touch me.
“Please kiss me.” I beg, so turned on that I can’t feel anything but my need for her.
Ivy doesn’t wait. Aspis brings us closer and Ivy bends down from her seat at the counter to kiss me.
Everything clicks into place and my soul is settled.
Finally .
I hold her face in my hands, terrified that she will pull away. It’s softer than kissing Aspis. Ivy’s plush lips are decadent, her amber rich scent heady and addictive. Aspis pauses his kisses, but his hand strokes down my back and side as his other does the same to Ivy.
Aspis has lowered himself so that his mound is pressed into my butt and he grinds against me. I am sandwiched between my mates, letting Ivy explore me as she wants.
Ivy leans back, breaking our kiss and looking at us both with heat in her eyes.
“Ivy,” I stroke her thigh, tracing the lines of her tattoos through her tights. I’m nervous to ask her, but I need to know. “Are you trying this for real? Has something changed?”
As happy as I am that she is with us right now, it is really out of character for her to jump all in after changing her mind. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed Ivy changing her mind.
“I-I’m…” I’ve also never seen Ivy at a loss for words like that. “I’m scared. But I need to try this. My initial reasons… how do I say this?”
She tugs at her hair, but we give her the time she needs to compose herself. Aspis is frozen behind me, not daring to make a move apart from the tightening of his hand on my hip.
“It’s never been that I’m not attracted to either of you. It’s just that I didn’t want a relationship right now. I’m trying to write a new album, which I have been really struggling with.
“But it was also that I didn’t get to choose it for myself. The thing is… if one of you had asked me on a date without all the ‘mate’ strings attached, I probably would have said yes.”
Ivy is looking down, refusing to make eye contact with either of us.
“But to answer your question… I realized at dinner tonight how stupid I was being. That my priorities could shift. That you could both make me very happy.”
My heart breaks for my stubborn mate. She has been holding herself back over nothing. But that is all about to change. I am not letting my mate leave me again without a very clear reason.