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Chapter

Eight

ARI

B ones threw punch after punch at River’s pad-covered abdomen, sweat dripping from his brow.

A few hours had passed since Lotto and Frankie left with Lucien Fritz to sign away our lives, and Bones and River showed no signs of stopping.

They looked as pissed as I felt.

Fuck that sexist prick and the gray suit he rolled up in.

I hadn’t wanted to say yes. I’d figured there would be plenty of other people wanting to get Smiley’s in their ranks. But then Lotto texted with the gut punch: Lucien had made sure it was One, Two, Hook or no one at all. No wonder he looked so damn smug as he left the place.

I had half a mind to hop into the ring and take out my frustrations the same way Bones and River were.

“Yo!” Teo called as he emerged into the hallway. “Don’t work too hard. See you guys tomorrow.”

“Say hi to your daughter for me.” I waved my goodbye.

“She’ll be too busy stuffing her face with pizza to listen to anything I say.” Teo gave a salute before he left Smiley’s for the day.

Bones threw one last jab at River before backing up and stretching out his wrists.

“All right, switch.”

“Oh, come on. Give a guy a break.” River undid the ties keeping his gear on. “At least five minutes for some water or something. You’ll be pummeling me for an hour.”

“A five-minute break sounds great actually.” I threw Bones the towel from around my neck. “We need you guys in top shape, not tired as hell. The Circuit starts in two weeks.”

“God, this whole fucking thing is so rushed,” Bones complained as he wiped the sweat from his face and upper body. God he was so sexy. I could stare at his muscles all day and never grow tired of it.

“My guess is the organizers were at Heathens Hollow and saw all the money involved.” River shrugged. “Tons to be made on the floor.”

I hummed. “Or they saw how popular boxing is getting. A bunch of influencer fights and all that.”

“Could be.”

“Or they don’t want the sponsors to change their minds.” Bones threw the towel at River so he could towel off. “Either way, we’re the only ones on the chopping block.”

“Worried about getting injured again?” River smirked. “I kind of fucked you up, didn’t I?”

“Not enough ’cause I’m clearly doing just fine.”

“Yeah? So you don’t need a little extra motivation in the meantime?”

A little pink flush crept up Bones’ neck. I blinked in surprise. Bones almost never blushed. Ever. Was I missing something here?

Before I could ask, River smiled at me. “Hey, don’t worry. If Bones goes down, you can hop into the ring.”

“Frankie would kill me.” I snorted and leaned back against the ropes of the ring. “I think Frankie would kill you for even suggesting it.”

“I don’t think he’d kill you.” River wiped his face with the towel, and when he moved it down, his shit-eating grin was back. “But I’d love to watch if he decided to punish you.”

Heat raced through my entire body. My cunt throbbed at the hooded look he gave me. It was the same one in my office from a few days ago. I’d never seen someone so openly flirtatious in front of not one, but two of my boys. I felt bad about how hot that made me. Clearly, River wanted me—and based on how my walls spasmed when he licked his lips, I wanted him, too.

“Knock it off.” Bones’ words held much less heat that I expected from him. “Hand over the gear so I can suit up.”

“It’s been barely two minutes.” River laughed and threw the chest protector to the side of the ring. “Can’t we have a little more fun?”

“More?” I raised an eyebrow.

“Why don’t you tell her about all the fun we had in?—”

“Shut the fuck up,” Bones snapped. “Before I break your jaw.”

Okay, obviously something was going on here. Curiosity gnawed at me, and the room was charged with more than just electricity. When Bones stepped toward River, his entire body was stiff—even the bulge in his training shorts.

“Hey, I have an idea. If I take you down first, why don’t you show Ari that special motivation I gave you?” River winked at me, which made the throbbing in my core worse. “Want to find out, Ari?”

“Leave her out of this.”

“Give me a break.” River’s eyes darkened as he looked between the two of us. “I watched you at the club at Heathens Hollow.”

The reminder flushed my entire body hot. River’s sharp eyes on me as the boys fucked me, River’s hands on his cock while he watched us, the rise and fall of his thick chest. I hadn’t forgotten a single detail. But that was club fun—this was the real world. The two shouldn’t be mixed… right?

Bones grunted and turned to look at me; River took it as the perfect opportunity. He grabbed Bones’ shoulders, and in one fluid move, threw him over his shoulder and pinned him down to the mat. Bones cried out in surprise and tried to buck away, but River held him down for a solid three seconds. Then he started laughing and clapping as he stood back up.

“I win.”

“Win what?” Bones spat as he shot back to his feet. “The fuck was that, River?”

“I took you down first.” His smirk was back, even sexier than ever. “So go ahead. Show her.”

Bones hesitated. My heart was pounding wildly when their eyes rolled over to me. Bones made no qualms about checking me out. His gaze lingered on my thighs through my tight pants. River kept his eyes on my chest as it rose and fell with my short breaths. He darted his tongue out to wet his lips, and my thoughts went wild with other places I wanted that tongue of his.

“Come here, Ari,” Bones ordered.

He held a hand out for me, and as soon as I took it, he pulled me into his embrace. He kissed me, hand in the back of my ponytail to keep me close. I moaned when he pried open my lips with his tongue. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and pulled him into me, our tongues moving against each other with an urgency that tingled pleasure down my spine.

When he pulled away, Bones’ eyes were glossy with lust.

“You’re gonna sit on my face,” he growled. “And I’ll show you what we did.”

The promise made me shiver. So did the satisfied grin on River’s face when I caught him staring.

It only took a few tugs and pulls for me to be half-naked and hovering over Bone’s face. He grabbed onto my hips and forced me down onto his mouth. He ran his tongue along my folds until I was gasping. When he dipped his tongue inside my walls, I moaned and bucked into his face.

He circled my clit and got me wet before he completely dove in. He made a mess of my throbbing pussy, licking and sucking until I couldn’t stop my moans. I grabbed onto his hair and tugged with every flick over my clit. With my other hand, I pushed up my shirt and bra. My nipples hardened in the chilly air. I pinched and tugged, pleasure spiking through me.

The pleasure heightened when I locked eyes with River. He squeezed the bulge in his pants as he eyed me, his lips sliding into a smirk. Fuck, the look in his eyes almost made me come. River bit his lip as he peeled off his pants. My mouth watered at the sight of his thick, long cock. He wrapped a hand around himself and began pumping in the same rhythm as the rocking of my hips.

“I don’t know what’s better,” he breathed. When he swiped his thumb over his slit, he grunted. “My mouth on Bones or Bones’ mouth on you.”

I keened at the thought and tugged even harder on my nipples, eyes locked on the way he fucked his own hand.

“Why not both?” I laughed and ground down into Bones, who grunted and dug his fingers into my thighs. I wasn’t sure how he was breathing, but I wasn’t complaining. Especially not when he pressed harder onto my clit and made me moan.

“Both sounds good to me.”

River tilted his head back, ghosting his gaze over my entire body. I shivered at the heat in his piercing regard. Though Bones made a mess of my pussy, and I tugged my nipples as hard as I could, it didn’t feel like enough. Something was missing. When River moaned and squeezed his cock, I knew what I needed.

Him.

Merely seeing him fuck himself wasn’t enough. I’d already seen that at Heathens Hollow a few weeks ago. Having him so close yet so far felt like a tease. I needed to get a little taste—either his hands on me or that cock in my mouth. So why not both?

“Come here,” I ordered River and motioned him forward with a finger. “Now.”

He grinned and immediately walked forward until his cock bobbed in front of my face. I grabbed onto my chest and opened my tits slightly. River’s eyes widened a fraction before he started laughing. I moaned when his cock slid between my breasts. I lolled out my tongue, licking the head of his length each time he slid up. Between Bones’ mouth on me and River fucking my chest, I was drowning in a sea of heat.

Bones moaned and worked me even faster. My eyes rolled to the back of my head when he slid two fingers into my spasming cunt. He fucked me so fast, I saw white. River grabbed onto my wrist and tugged my hand toward his cock. He slipped from between my breasts, and I wrapped a hand around him, stroking him with quick thrusts.

Our combined moans rang out in the silence of the gym. I humped Bones’ face as my orgasm rose. River grunted my name as I squeezed and moved my hand even faster. His cock pulsed beneath my hand, and I angled him right above my chest. I smirked, challenging him to make his mark on me. It only took a few more strokes for him to explode on my chest and cover me in his warm cum.

I whined at the feeling. The same heat exploded through me when Bones sucked on my clit and scissored his fingers within my walls. River ran two fingers through his release and stuffed them into my mouth. My loud cry was muffled as he started thrusting his fingers, his light eyes swimming with lust. I kept my eyes on him until I snapped. I came with a loud cry, grinding into Bones’ face and sucking on River’s fingers as I chased my high.

My mind was fuzzy, and my body still rang when I felt something hot splash against my ass. I checked back and saw Bones gripping his cock. His hand and the bottom of his shirt were covered in his cum. When I pulled off of his face, he was gasping for breath, a satisfied smirk stretching his lips.

“That’s the motivation you were talking about?” I raised an eyebrow as I glanced between the two of them. “Really?”

“We have good teamwork.” River stuffed his cock back into his shorts. He picked up his towel and threw it to me. “Looks like we do, too.”

I wiped off my chest. “Teamwork. Sure. If that’s what you want to call it.” I threw the towel to Bones.

“Maybe we should cancel his contract,” Bones muttered as he cleaned himself up.

Part of me agreed. This was dangerous ground. Bones, Lotto, Frankie, and I were an item. A family. And now a fifth person was knocking on the door of our shared utopia and asking to be let in. What would Frankie think if he saw us like this? Lotto? Would they be pissed? Want to join? I was barely able to get Frankie to agree to share Bones and Lotto. What if I asked about River? Another guy he wasn’t all that excited to be around in the first place?

The other part of me wanted more. Wanted so much fucking more. River was sexy and clearly open to joining us. He was giving his all to Smiley’s in every way. Shouldn’t we share the favor?

Bones had the same confused look on his face and in his eye. I nodded to him. We could figure this out as we went along. We always did. But first, we needed to focus on the Circuit.

“Well, now that our break is over, get back to work.” I stood up and fixed my clothes. “No more distractions.”

“I’m not sure who’s worse, you or Frankie.” Bones did the same and stood up next to me, chucking the dirty towel out of the ring.

“I’m going to go with Frankie.” River snorted. “I’m sure he’ll kick my ass at some point or another.”

“Soon if he gets wind of what happened here.”

River considered me for a moment before shrugging. “It would probably be worth it. Especially if he agrees with our ‘teamwork’.”

I rolled my eyes and slapped his shoulder. “Keep telling yourself that. In the meantime, glove up. You’re not off the hook just yet.”

“Yes, warden.”

He saluted me before turning away. Bones started putting on the pads. I took the moment to turn away and just… breathe. Things were getting blurred. Becoming more complicated. Both professionally and personally.

And yet, every time River’s darkened eyes landed on mine, I found myself caring less and less.

Especially when the punishment for being a bad girl sounded just as fucking great.