50

CASPIAN

S he’d said yes . Somehow, she’d forgiven me. We were officially engaged. She was wearing the ring. She’d stared at it all night, tilting her hand to watch the diamond sparkling in each shift of the light.

I wouldn’t ever put her in that position again.

I walked through the kitchen on my way to the gym, pausing at the island to run a hand over the counter. Leona had always been the place I’d sought refuge. When I’d get scolded by her father or Alessio, I’d always sneak into her room, and she’d let me rant about how they were hardasses. She’d listen and laugh and cheer me up with stupid jokes or silly impressions of her dad. Then she’d give me a big hug and everything else would melt away. Her arms had always been my comfort. But this penthouse was finally starting to feel like home.

I couldn’t believe how close I’d come to almost losing her. I’d never get that close again.

I grabbed some water and then continued down to the gym to do my physical therapy exercises. It had been almost exactly a month since they’d rescued me from the basement where Max had tortured me, and I was finally feeling more like myself. I’d video chatted with Willow to update her on my progress, and she was happy with what my knee and shoulder could do. I just had to keep with it—and not let Ryuji beat me in a fight anymore.

It was going to be hard to find common ground with him, but we were in it now.

The private elevator doors opened, and I caught sight of both Ryuji and Leona training. He had her lined up on the range where he practiced his throwing knives, standing behind her so he could give her tips and adjust her grip and wrist position.

Quietly, I watched her flick her wrist, and the knife landed dead center on the target’s heart. Damn .

“See, Queenie?” he said, grinning. “I told you I’d make you the most powerful woman on Earth.”

She huffed. “I’ve got a long way to go.”

“Oh, bodyguard!” Ryuji called as he caught sight of me stepping to the mat so I could stretch. “Come to watch how deadly our girl can be?”

Our girl .

She glanced at me as red tinged her cheeks.

“I know how deadly she is,” I responded. My muscles protested when I twisted my back over my legs. It was a few moments before they relaxed and allowed me to deepen the stretch. Every day, I got stronger. Once I returned to my full strength, I’d stand toe-to-toe with them. And when I inevitably faced off with Max again, I’d be ready. “But that’s what she has us for.”

He rolled his eyes. “Still on that, huh?”

“Got something to say?” I narrowed my eyes. “Am I wrong?”

“So fucking?—”

“And here I thought you two worked out all your shit yesterday,” Leona interrupted, folding her arms over her chest.

My lips thinned. Meanwhile, a shit-eating grin plastered itself on Ryuji’s face.

“Slow and steady,” he sniggered, draping an arm over her shoulder. “Don’t worry, he’ll come to like me just as much as you do.”

“Doubt it.” I snorted, then sighed. “Yeah, we’re on the same team now, I guess, but he’s still a dick. You can’t undo the asshole programming overnight.”

“I wear that badge with fucking honor,” Ryuji replied with a laugh. My skin heated. Every word he spoke got under my fucking skin, no matter what. That smirk, like he knew just how annoying he was, and his practically determined attitude to be in conflict with me at all times—it drove me crazy. “Everyone wants me to be less of an asshole, but have you guys ever stopped to think you should be more of one?”

I opened my mouth to snap back, but Leona raised a hand.

“Enough. I’m tired of your bickering. Get up. Both of you, follow me.”

“What?”

“I said, get the fuck up. Right now. I think I finally figured out what to do about you two.”

She stalked toward the elevator, and I glanced at Ryuji. Even he looked nervous as he scratched his jaw. I was not about to ruin things between us again, so I followed her without arguing.

The elevator ride back to the main floor was painfully silent. Once we were back upstairs, she walked us both to the couch and forced us to sit side by side.

She eyed us both, hands on her hips. I felt like I was at the principal’s office in fucking grade school, waiting to get yelled at, but she had a devilish gleam in her eye when she smiled. I gulped.

“We can fight or we can fuck. Your choice,” she said.

I glanced at Ryuji. He also looked as confused as I felt. “Um. What?”

“I think what I said was pretty clear, Cas. Do you want to fight? Or do you want to fuck?”

“Sweetheart…”

“This bickering has to stop, now. Whatever talk you had helped, but there’s something between you two that you need to get out so we can get it resolved. So, I’m giving you a choice. The three of us will fist fight right now, until we get all this bullshit out, or we can fuck, and figure this shit out naked.” She cocked her hip to the side and crossed her arms. “Your choice. You have ten seconds. Ten…Nine…”

“Wait—”

“Eight…I wonder who can make me orgasm the most?”

“Fuck,” Ryuji blurted. “I choose fuck.”

“Seven…Six…Cas?”

I sat speechless, trying to wrap my head around her ultimatum.

She raised an eyebrow. “Five…Four…”

I couldn’t fight her. But fucking her? With Ryuji?

“Fuck,” I rushed out.

She stopped counting to let a smile spread across her face. “Good choice.”

Ryuji locked eyes with me, and the uncertainty written across his face had to match the same expression on mine. “All right,” he said as he took a deep breath. “Hey!”

I frowned. “What are you doing?”

“Get out here now!”

Within moments, the rest of the guys showed up in the living room.

“What’s going on?” Wynn asked, hair still wet from a shower.

Leona went beet red, but she didn’t back down.

“Leona wants Caspian and I to fuck her at the same time,” he said, eyes locked on her face. He didn’t bother to look at Wynn, Ciel, and Obi. “You guys want to watch?”

“Fuck me,” I murmured, dragging a hand down my face. Was I really about to do this? With all of them watching?

“Yes,” Ciel said first as he hopped over the back of the couch and settled on the other side. Slowly, Wynn and Obi did the same. All three of them looked like tightly wound chicken wire around a spool.

“We’re doing this,” Ryuji said, standing. “You ready, bodyguard? Or are you going to back down?”

Oh, so that’s how he wanted to do it. He wanted to taunt me into it. Well, fine. We were doing this.

“Fuck it,” I said as I stood beside him. “Absolutely.”

Leona laughed and turned to the rest of the guys. “You don’t mind watching, do you?”

Ryuji stepped behind her and drew her hair over her shoulder to expose her neck. “They don’t mind at all. Let’s put on a show, little vixen.”

She gasped when his lips clamped down on her neck. As much as I wanted to, I couldn’t deny how the sight of her body pressing into his already had my cock stiff.

“Well, bodyguard?” Ryuji murmured, glancing up at me from the dip in her collarbone with a little smirk. “Are you coming or not?”

My hand reached out to grasp her hip. She looked up at me and I could see the nerves reflected in her eyes. This felt different from the time we were with Ciel. Everyone was here. Watching. And this was Ryuji, for fuck’s sake. I hated that guy.

But God-fucking-damn did I love the hitch in her breath as my fingers dipped under the line of her shirt and brushed against her bare skin. My heart thundered inside my chest. I would do anything to make her happy.

Her eyes were hooded and her cheeks already flushed. With my other hand, I slid my fingers into her hair and tilted back her head even further so I could take her lips in a kiss. Her hands clutched my arms, pulling me tighter against her. A low moan formed in the back of her throat.

“Cas,” she breathed when I broke the kiss. Ryuji’s hand was already halfway up her shirt.

“I’m going to take your ass, hanii . I know you’ve been dying for it since LA. You want to know what it feels like to be stretched,” he whispered in her ear. His teeth grazed against her neck, and I licked my lips. She whimpered a yes . “Caspian will take your pussy. We’ll fuck you together.”

I stared at him, and he stared back, with both a question and a challenge in his eyes.

The hesitancy in me finally broke.

“Yes.” I pulled her shirt over her head, then crashed my lips against hers, swallowing her sounds. I was so fucking hungry for her. So ravenous. I thought this would be some sort of massive turn-off, but seeing her body react to his touch only stoked the fire. “Ryuji, strip her.”

He chuckled darkly, but he didn’t object. I was too occupied by the movement of her tongue in my mouth. Within moments, she stood naked, sandwiched between both of us. I hooked my hand under her thigh. Ryuji drew his fingers through her legs and held them up.

“Fucking hell,” Ciel groaned from the couch. “She’s soaked.”

“Darling, you will be the death of us,” Wynn added, palming his cock over his pants. Obi immediately stood and poured three glasses of liquor, two of which he handed to Wynn and Ciel without speaking a word.

I laughed, a giant smile on my face, surprising even me. I was enjoying this. I wanted this. More than I ever thought possible. My dick was about to break through my pants.

Ryuji dropped to his knees behind her, one hand pushing her back until her chest leaned against me. She gasped when his hands parted her cheeks and he licked a line straight from her pussy to her ass. I gaped, impossibly even more turned on. Her eyes rolled back in her head and her hands clutched at me. He lapped against her while I dragged my tongue on her bottom lip and nipped.

He stood just as her legs went weak.

“Move,” Ryuji commanded to Wynn and Ciel. “Make room.”

Then he maneuvered me to lie back on the couch so Leona could crawl over my lap. Our fingers fumbled together to undo my belt and zipper. I hissed when her hand grabbed my cock, then groaned at the tightening of her grip.

“ Ryu ,” she moaned as his fingers slid between her legs. I gulped. I could see . From this angle, I could see his fingers disappearing inside of her. My mouth went dry at the sight. I couldn’t stop myself from reaching out and pressing the pad of my finger to her clit. “Cas, oh my God.”

“That’s right,” Ryu murmured in her ear. She stopped stroking me but I couldn’t blame her. Her eyes fluttered shut. She rocked back and forth on his hand, her fingernails digging into my chest. “Your first orgasm will be on my fingers, and your second will be on our cocks.”

“This is so hot,” Ciel said. He was completely right. Why did I ever think this would be terrible?

“Cas,” she gasped, hand flying to cover mine as it circled that bundle of nerves. “Right there.”

She guided my hand until her movements became jerky, and she moaned. I took over, keeping my fingers moving exactly where she wanted. We all seemed to hold our breath as she shuddered, and the orgasm washed over her.

“Oh. Oh, wow.”

Ryuji withdrew his fingers and sucked them into his mouth. “Delicious.” He stretched his hand in front of her face. “Taste yourself.”

Her eyes fluttered open and her tongue darted out to lick him.

I stayed immobile, speechless. My pulse roared in my ears, my body practically vibrating.

That was just the start.

“You sure you’re ready for this?” Ryuji said behind her, hands roving down her curves as she swayed above me. “It’ll be a lot.”

“Yes.” Her hand found my shaft again, moving up and down. It was already rock-hard, ready to slip inside her pussy at any moment. If I didn’t soon, I was ready to explode.

“Who has lube?” Ryuji asked to the room. “Someone go get the lube. I don’t fucking care who, just bring it to me.” Her head fell back against his chest as his fingers trailed her stomach to circle her clit. “Gotta get you nice and wet for him, hanii . That’s it. You’re almost ready.”

Leona and I locked eyes. She positioned my cock between her legs and slid down on my length. My fingers dug into her thighs. So fucking wet, so warm and tight.

“Shit. You feel so good, princess.” I thrust into her and bit back a groan. She rolled her hips, taking me even deeper. In the haze, someone handed Ryuji a bottle of lube, but my focus was on her. Her body on mine, whispering my name, still wearing my ring on her finger.

I was fucking my fiancée with a guy I hated. Thought I hated? Whatever the fuck. This was happening.

Ryuji popped open the bottle and poured it over her ass before covering his dick. She gasped as his fingers ran between her cheeks.

“You ready?” he asked. He asked her , but he looked at me. Still a challenge. I narrowed my eyes but nodded.

“Yes, Ryu,” she groaned as she bounced on my cock. “Hurry.”

He laughed. “Patience, hanii . Take some deep breaths.”

He pressed a hand on her back to encourage her to lie flat against my chest. I drew her mouth back to mine with slow, patient kisses. My tongue swirled around hers.

“One finger first,” he murmured. She let out a low moan as he pressed into her. “ Damn, this ass. I can’t wait to be inside you. I can’t wait to see it swallow my cock. You’re going to be covered in Caspian’s and my cum, and you’re going to love every second of it.”

We moved together, kisses, and touches, and rolls of our hips. Her skin was on fire everywhere I could get my hands on.

“Ryu, more,” she gasped.

“More,” he echoed, pressing another finger inside her. Slow yet steady, I could feel her tightening and loosening, letting her body adjust to the intrusion. God, she was perfect. She was doing so well. Incredible. “What a perfect little princess. Your ass was made for this. Cas and I are just the start, you know that, right? Eventually, all of us are going to take our turns. You’re our little slut, aren’t you? Our goddess.”

I groaned as her walls clenched around on me. “God, Ryu, she loved that.”

“You liked that, did you, hanii ? You like knowing we’re all going to take you? Make you scream?”

“Yes, yes. I want all of you. Everything. Give me everything.”

He withdrew his fingers, a pleased look on his face. “You’re ready.”

She let out a whine as he pressed the head of his cock to her ass, gasping into my mouth at how he stretched her.

“What a good girl, doing so amazing for us both,” he assured her, voice low and steady. “Your ass is so fucking tight. Sucking me in, just like that greedy pussy. The other guys are dying for a taste of you.”

I grabbed her hair, tilting her neck to the side so I could suck a mark there, fighting to keep my mind focused. I didn’t want to blow my load right then and there. I could feel it . I could feel her stretching as he pushed further inside her. I could feel her body reacting.

“Fuuuuck,” I groaned. “Holy shit.”

“I know,” he breathed. “Doing okay, hanii ?”

“Burns,” she gasped.

“You’re so beautiful. So perfect,” he praised, voice soft. “We’ve never felt anything like you. You’ve wrecked us, hanii .”

Suddenly she seemed to relax, melting against my chest. “Oh, my God, yes .”

He let out a groan. “Relax, keep your muscles loose. Holy fuck. You’re doing so well. Almost all the way in.”

“ Ryu .” Her hips started rocking. “Don’t stop.”

I was going to come so fast. I pumped in and out of her, hands firm on her hips, stretching her even further. Ryuji did the same.

“Fucking hell,” he groaned.

“I can’t—I can’t —ohhh,” she whimpered. A string of unintelligible words left her mouth.

“Yes, you can,” he growled. “You’re taking our cocks so well. I don’t want to hear this princess shit anymore. You’re a motherfucking queen, you hear me? Look at you, spread between us both. We’re powerless to you. You own us all.”

Moans spilled from her lips, growing more and more high-pitched. I couldn’t keep my thoughts straight apart from the need to make her shatter.

“Look at Caspian,” he said in her ear. “Open your eyes and look at what your pussy is doing to him.”

Her eyes fluttered open and locked on my face.

“Do you see how you make us all want to worship at your feet?” he said. His hand collared her throat. “He’s barely holding on. He wants to come, but he won’t unless you do first.”

“Fuck,” I groaned, squeezing my eyes shut. He was right. I pulled her back down to my lips. “Come for us.”

“So close ,” she whimpered.

“Smack her ass, Ryu.”

The sound cracked through the air. She shattered. My hand fisted in her hair and pulled her head back so I could see the look on her face as her orgasm crashed into her. A high-pitched moan met Ryuji’s grunts. He pounded into her, and I thrust up into her pussy. Her walls clenched, spasming around my cock so hard it pushed me over the edge.

I groaned, burying my face in her neck as cum spilled out of me, harder than it ever had before. At the same time, Ryuji let out a string of Japanese before finally relaxing his hold on her hips with a groan.

All three of us sucked in heavy breaths as we tried to relax after the intensity of… that . Her head fell to my chest, and I palmed the back of her neck.

“Okay?” It was all I could get out.

She nodded, eyes still shut.

“Beautiful,” Obi murmured from somewhere else. I didn’t see whatever the guys did, but if I were them, I would have jerked off so fucking hard. Sure enough, I heard the sounds of zippers being pulled up at the same time that Ryuji chuckled.

He murmured soft words to her as he slipped out of her ass. Before I knew it, he had a washcloth in his hand and was wiping it down her legs and across her back. She sighed into his touch, still plastered to my chest, but in a total state of relaxation.

I thought that would be weirder than it was.

I thought I’d hate it, and I was only doing it to make her happy.

But this princess was smarter than I thought, because what we just did completely changed the way I looked at him.

He loved her.

He loved her probably more than he even realized.

He might not even admit it to himself, but it was obvious. From the softness of his touch to the way he listened when she spoke, and how fiercely he’d fight for her—even against me. He was an agent of chaos that drove me fucking insane, but he would clearly do anything for her.

I clutched her to my chest. Her breaths gradually slowed. Her head lolled when he pulled back her hair, sticky with sweat.

Maybe he wasn’t as much of an asshole as I thought. If he treated her like this, if he still waited for me to agree to do this, he was way more bark than bite.

I could handle that.

I could stop letting him goad me. I could try to get along. Maybe I could even find a way to be…friends.

Could he?