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f the two beauties sitting on either side of him, Tess looked especially pleased with how things had gone. Soon, she shared why. Getting up, she returned to their chairs, with Liam and Victoria both watching. Picking something up from a pocket inside her discarded shorts, she revealed another of Avril’s fortunes once she rejoined them.

In a public place, you’ll get to cum. Lucky boy.

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“I can guess what I would have needed to do if the number was one lower,” Tess said glibly, handing the fortune to Liam.

“That’s two down,” Liam said, gladly accepting the water bottle Victoria handed him. “Did you know, Victoria?”

The buxom brunette nodded. “We’ve shared what our fortunes are. The… team up wasn’t anticipated, but I knew what she was aiming for from the moment she kissed you.”

Liam rotated his focus back to Tess, who, knowing what new secret he was after, shook her head. “You’ll have to find out on your own.”

“Great, another mystery.”

“On top of that,” Tess said, “Anna and I have both turned in our required fortunes. So, mission accomplished. When we get home, you should probably start thinking about ways to convince us to accept new ones.”

“It’s on my mind,” he assured the beautiful woman. “You all are.”

“We know,” Victoria said, accepting her bottle back and taking a long drink. “It’s all over your face. Now, your neck.”

Liam felt the tingly spots that covered his neck. Yeah, his masseuse would definitely get a little more information about his love life than he’d been intending to share.

So would the waitress who took Liam, Anna, and Avril’s lunch orders thirty minutes later. It was now just the three of them, as their two “devious professors,” titled before their departure by Avril, had gone off for their massages.

“How come everyone around you gets so slutty?” Avril asked, pointing her fork at him. “You’re a corrupting influence, you know that?”

“ Gets so slutty?” Liam said, eyebrow raised. “Are we forgetting how all this started? With you seducing me , Avril? If this group has a corrupting influence, we’re looking at her.”

“No, no, not this time,” she said. “I had nothing to do with a pair of respectable professors deciding that the right time to team up on you was at a public swimming pool.”

“You literally did,” Liam said. “Your fortune motivated Tess to do what she did.”

“He is right,” Anna said, speaking a little more quietly than them. They were in their preferred corner of the restaurant again, several tables away from the other customers enjoying lunch. The timing of everything had worked out perfectly, honestly. Not five minutes after Tess and Victoria’s concerted attack on his sanity, other guests had begun to arrive.

“I didn’t make anyone open their fortune cookies,” Avril reminded them. “That was all you, dearest Annabelle. What would you have done if you’d gotten that fortune? Or a higher number than the pitifully low one you got? Hmm?”

Anna blushed and looked away. In an even quieter voice, she said, “I’d have followed through with it.”

“See?” Avril said, waving her fork at him yet again. “A corrupting influence. My lovely Anna would never have done anything like this before meeting you. And now she’s going to be sleeping over? In the same bed as her boyfriend? Shameless.”

“Ignore her, Anna,” Liam said. “She’s just mad that she couldn’t pull out the win earlier.”

“I know,” Anna said, meeting his gaze. Smiling, even. “She always gets a little pouty when she loses at something she really wants to win at. For a few hours, at least.”

“Is that so wrong?” Avril demanded. “So, I’m competitive. Sue me.”

Their chatter continued with a light-hearted trajectory, playful and warm, until Avril excused herself and went to the restroom. As soon as that happened, Liam immediately saw a shift in Anna’s posture. She looked around, watching their waitress take orders a few tables away. Once she moved away, Anna leveled her attention back on him.

“What’s on your mind?” Liam asked.

“Tonight,” the raven-haired woman admitted. “Is… um, what do you think you’re hoping for?”

“Nothing all that far, I promise,” Liam said. “Some stuff like what you, me, and Avril did out in the ocean, then maybe a little further, like what we did when we headed out on our own. Or what happened out by the pool a bit ago. If that’s something you’re okay with, of course.”

He knew he was asking for a lot, even if tonight didn’t go any further. Unlike their time in the ocean, she wouldn’t be with her best friend, someone she’d known for years. Avril was a lot of things, but no one doubted her love for Anna. Comparatively, Anna and Victoria didn’t have a relationship like that. They were close, but they were connected because of Avril. In a way, with what he’d set up for tonight, Liam was trying to forge a similar connection through him.

After a few moments in thought, Anna slowly nodded. “I trust you and Victoria. For tonight, I’m okay with that level of intimacy. I’ll see how it ends up feeling, then we can discuss future, um, situations.”

“That works for me,” Liam said, smiling at his girlfriend. “We can all give our honest feedback, you, me, and even Victoria. I get the feeling she might be pretty good at that sort of thing.” He made a motion like he was grading an invisible paper.

Anna’s luscious mouth formed its own smile. “Really? That’s so unexpected.”

Liam nodded, playing along. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure of it. I’m looking forward to testing my theory in her classroom.”

“You’ll probably know before the end of the month, right?” Anna asked.

“Yeah, probably in a couple of weeks. I’m hopeful. Victoria has really helped me out through the process. I like my chances.”

Anna smiled broadly, and Avril still saw her in a good mood when she returned. Not quite so skilled at the art of deception, Anna earned Avril’s attention.

“I feel as though I missed something,” Avril said, narrowing her eyes at her best friend and boyfriend. “What deal went on while I, the Dealmaker, was absent?”

“You’ll find out,” Liam said.

“Eventually,” Anna added.

He spent a good hour more with the two wonderful women, finishing their meal, returning to the pool, and finally doing some swimming. Neither worried about the time; they’d know when it was time to go.

When time arrived, heralded by the return of their missing professors, Liam could see how relaxed Tess and Victoria looked. Silly as it was, he felt a pinprick of envy. He was hardly a master masseuse—no way he’d have been hired on by a resort like this—but he still disliked knowing they’d gotten better massages than he could give elsewhere. So, he grilled both women, especially Tess, who had instructed him when he was just getting started, about how things had gone.

“You’ll get to find out soon enough,” Tess said, smiling as she kissed him on the cheek. In front of onlookers, no less. “We asked about the shifts, and it seems you’ll be getting Victoria’s masseuse, Litia. I think she’ll be more than willing to answer any questions you might have.”

Just like that, Liam’s attention pivoted to the other voluptuous woman beside him. “So, compare. How much better was she?”

Victoria drew up an eyebrow. “Phrasing, Liam?”

He rolled his eyes. “Don’t go full Avril on me. You know what I mean.”

“She was better,” the tall brunette said. “Were you expecting differently? She is a professional masseuse at an expensive resort.”

“Yes, but—”

Victoria set two fingers on his mouth, silencing him. Her eyes bored into him. “I very much enjoyed your massage too, Liam, in case you’ve somehow forgotten that fact. Don’t become distressed over a professional doing better than you.”

Liam’s face flushed with heat. “All right.”

Victoria smiled slightly as she removed her fingertips from his mouth. She looked around. “The pool’s become a little crowded.”

“Do you want to go somewhere else?” Tess asked.

Victoria glanced at the various other guests in and around the pool. To the surprise of no one, she and Tess received a hefty amount of attention. They looked like the kind of women who showed up at an exotic location for a modeling shoot or an advertising gig for a luxurious resort. The only things missing were the cameras and producers.

A set of stunning blue eyes made their way back to Liam. “What do you think? Nothing like earlier will happen if we do, though. Anna will be disappointed if you’re too exhausted before she can receive that ‘reward’ you’ve promised the two of us.”

Somehow, Liam’s face heated up less from that remark than her earlier one. He shrugged. “I’ll just be happy to share some more time with you two. How about a walk?”

“A walk sounds nice,” Tess said.

“Agreed,” Victoria said.

Leaving behind most of their effects at the pool to save their spots, the three of them departed. Stepping on familiar white sand, they made tracks as they headed northward. They passed their bures, repeating a walk they’d taken on their first night here. However, they took things far slower, more interested in stretching their legs and enjoying the sights than exploring how far the beach could take them away from the resort.

Liam breathed in the salty tang of the air, glad for the consistent breeze counteracting the day’s growing heat. It had undoubtedly become the hottest day of their trip, potentially flirting with the nineties. Even when heading into autumn, Fiji remained a tropical paradise. He knew no one who’d have grown up here would ever have seen a cold day, much less snow. A part of him was envious about that fact, but then, without a certain blizzard a handful of months back, would he stand where he now did?

Walking beside two of the most beautiful women on the planet. In love with them. Planning out a threesome with them.

As that thought passed through his mind, Tess nudged him with her arm. Meeting her eyes, he found a flirtatious glint growing in brightness within them. She nodded toward Victoria, who was staring out at the horizon, then winked.

“So, Victoria, how has Fiji measured up?” Tess asked. “Better, worse, about what you expected?”

The younger professor eyed the older one. “It’d be rather hard to say I expected a trip quite like this one.”

“Really? What about it caught you off guard?”

“I think you know which parts might have surprised me.”

Tess shrugged. “I’m especially dense today.”

Snorting, Victoria smiled. Those were becoming increasingly frequent, even if they remained relatively slender when they appeared. Willingly, she grabbed the bait Tess dangled in front of her.

“Well, when I was picking out my outfits for the trip, I wasn’t expecting to work with you to jerk off your much younger next-door neighbor, for one. In a public place, no less.”

“Seems like you were the dense one, then,” Tess said. “It was pretty obvious that Liam has been hoping for things like that for a while.”

Victoria glanced at the much younger neighbor in question, but only momentarily. “Every man who's seen us in the same place has hoped for that, as far back as the day we first met.”

“Fair,” Tess conceded.

“It’s a different thing entirely for that hope to become a reality.”

In concert, both women looked at him.

“I agree,” Liam said, thinking that now was as good a time as any to achieve a little more. He reached out his hands, palm upward, waiting expectantly. Hoping.

Upon doing so, Tess smiled approvingly. She slipped her hand into his, sharing her warmth, love, and tenderness. Victoria almost seemed like she’d refuse the offer, if only to seem a little more reticent about giving in so quickly. But she quickly realized the folly of that, so she echoed her friend and held his hand. Liam’s heart pounded with glee.

“So,” he continued, “now that that hope has become a reality, I’ve got to find another hope to hope for. I think I’ve already got a good replacement in mind, too.”

“That was fast,” Tess remarked.

“Pre-planned,” Victoria corrected.

Liam shrugged, staying in a mood that shone more vigorously than the sun. And both women could see it, in his face, in his posture, in his walk. They could probably feel it through his hand, via the quickness of his pulse.

“But aren’t you lying, Victoria?” he said. “When you were picking out those outfits for this trip, you knew more than you’re letting on.”

Victoria didn’t even budge, much less blush. “I knew I’d be jerking you off on this trip—and very likely much more. That doesn’t mean I was expecting my closest friend to be involved.”

“Are you disappointed that she was?” Tess asked, seemingly genuinely curious.

“Now, who’s back to being dense?”

Tess smiled brightly. “Well, there could be parts you see as less than ideal.”

“The trip has exceeded my expectations,” Victoria said, finally answering the original question. “I’ve enjoyed just about every surprise.” She eyed Liam. “Now, what’s your next hope for the two of us?”

“Keep in mind,” Tess chimed in, “that you still haven’t beaten me in chess.”

“Yeah, I know,” Liam grumbled.

Victoria looked between them. “I don’t know about this. What deal have you made involving chess?”

“If he beats me, even just once, he can ask for anything.”

“And that’s why you’ve been so adamant about improving,” Victoria said, clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth.

“That’s why I was so adamant about it,” Liam said. “It’s what made me start, but our deal keeps me just as motivated to improve.”

“You know about ours?” Victoria asked.

“I do,” Tess confirmed. “So far, yours has been a little more attainable.”

Victoria glared at her friend. Not many things were capable of disrupting Victoria’s calm poise, but being reminded of her inability to win against Tess in chess was one of them. At least, she sometimes won. Not often, but sometimes. Liam was still fighting for just that one win. He just needed one!

“I’ll get it, eventually,” Liam said.

“And then?” Tess asked.

“And then I’ll get what I’ve wanted since that day Victoria glared at me.”

“I’ve already explained, I didn’t glare at you. I simply knew what my Tess and Avril were plotting.”

“A plot that paid off in dividends,” Tess said.

“By happenstance.”

“Because of Liam’s character,” Tess argued.

Victoria opened her mouth to argue a little more herself, then thought better of it. Sighing, she refocused on him. “Now, Liam. What is that next thing you’re hoping for?”

Liam would answer. But he let a few seconds hang between her question and his answer. He met Victoria’s stare, smiling. After all, she knew about a hope or two that he had, which Tess didn’t currently know about. One involved their classrooms at Bellmore. And he desperately hoped he might achieve it, and others, this coming fall.

“I feel like you two could easily guess any number of hopes I might have,” he said. “Especially if you two are happy to keep… teaming up.”

Neither answered. Neither needed to. In private conversations he’d shared with them, they’d confirmed that they were attracted to the other. Fiji might have been the catalyst that helped accelerate things, but Liam no longer worried that the things happening here would only happen here.

“No more stalling,” Tess said, squeezing his hand. “Say what you’d want from us.”

“A shared titjob,” he said honestly.

“My, my,” Tess said, smiling.

“Of course, it’s that,” Victoria said, rolling her eyes.

“It was always going to be something like that,” Tess said. “Every man’s dream.” She eyed her colleague’s breasts, and it was evident to both Liam and Victoria that she liked what she saw. “Certainly, if yours are involved.”

Victoria snorted and pushed up one of her breasts with her available hand. “He plans to fuck them again tonight. How many times has he fucked yours?”

“Quite a few times,” Tess said. “I think mine do an adequate enough job.”

“More than that,” Liam immediately said. This was a frustrating line of conversation that had come up a few times in the past, occurring whenever Tess compared her breasts to Victoria’s. “Don’t go underselling how much I love…”

He trailed off, face sizzling with heat. Tess grinned broadly, having so easily baited him.

“No, go on,” she said. “Finish saying it.”

“Fucking your tits,” Liam growled, grumbling about how effortlessly he’d been maneuvered into saying so by the beautiful brunette.

“And I love letting you fuck them,” Tess said, leaning in to kiss him. Her eyes shifted up. “Victoria?”

“We’ll see how it goes tonight, won’t we?” her colleague said. “He’s going to get to work himself into a coma on them, should he want to. That’s my promise for tonight.”

“What about Anna?” Tess asked, looking between them curiously. “Is she aware of how… rowdy tonight might become?”

Liam nodded. “I talked with her while you two were getting your massages. She knows what to expect, and she’s up for it. I think—I plan —for you both to have a good time, too. It’s not going to be just for me.”

“I’m sure you’ll leave them both panting for breath and beyond satisfied,” Tess said.

“Is that how it always ends up for you?” Victoria asked.

“Every single time,” Tess said, dazzling Liam with another smile and another kiss. “That’s part of why I love you so much. When there’s room for improvement, you always pursue it. You always ask for advice and guidance. You proved that again a little while ago.”

Liam’s face flared with heat, but it was the giddiness he felt deep down that nearly stopped him in his tracks. In front of Avril was one thing, but now she’d admitted her feelings for him in front of Victoria. It meant the world to him.

Victoria watched the two of them, keeping her thoughts on this declaration of love well concealed. She kept hold of his hand, however, and as the conversation drifted back to other “hopes” he might have, she remained talkative and involved. And although a date for this upcoming activity involving two of the most perfect pairs of breasts ever viewed by human eyes wasn’t mentioned or set, he knew it would happen.

It would become part of his reality. Damn, if he wasn’t the luckiest guy alive, in this century or any other.