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“You don’t know her.”

“I don’t need to know her. If you don’t want this and it was a one-time deal for you, then I’m taking Simone and leaving, because I’m not living alone anymore.”

“You’re wanting to share her?” Callum asked, shocked.

“What just happened was hot. I know you care about her. You’re my best friend, Callum. I don’t want to lose that, and I don’t want to lose her either.”

“Sharing wouldn’t work.”

“Why not? We’ve shared everything else in our life, and Simone will need two men to keep her insatiable appetite in check.” Cole slapped him on the back. “Think about it, Callum. Promise me you won’t run away from this?”

Callum promised his friend then watched him leave going back to his bedroom. He finished his beer then opened the door to his friend’s room. Simone was curled up against Cole. They looked so peaceful together.

Walking to his own room, he lay on his large empty bed. He played through his mind little flashes of his life. The women he’d taken. He remembered most of them. Their faces as they climaxed. Each new face and experience made him smile.

He lay down and thought of the other women. Then when he rolled over, he realised his bed was still empty, and besides the two people in the other room, no one else would care if he died.

His life was a success, and yet, he was lonely.





Chapter Sixteen





The days flew by. Callum left for work most days before Cole and Simone had even woken up. Cole had taken the time to explain to her what had happened. They’d spent a great deal of time talking the following morning after Callum and Cole had shared her. Simone knew Callum was avoiding her. He would arrive home late and leave her and Cole alone in his bedroom.

She’d been at their apartment for over a month before she decided to go and get some more of her things from her apartment. Cole was with her like always. He’d employed himself as her personal bodyguard. She loved being around him and couldn’t complain. He was fun, exciting, and knew how to do wicked things with his tongue that had her screaming with pleasure.

When Cole wasn’t distracting her or she was thinking about Callum’s lack of interest, she continued to find an anomaly in her files. She’d been through over one hundred files and still no evidence of theft or fraud. Her brother, Daniel, had also taken to phoning her throughout the day. Her mother stayed in touch via telephone. Helen had gone abroad when her parents’ separation did another round in the papers.

Malcolm had yet to get in touch. The moment her picture was on the front page with Cole and Callum, he’d stopped trying to get in touch with her. The lease on her apartment was renewed, which surprised her. Simone thought her father would have tried to get rid of her.

Simone was sat on the couch eating a bowl of cereal when Callum walked through the door. Cole was in bed sleeping. She was hungry from being fucked twice, and she needed to eat. He saw her on the couch and paused. She felt the awkwardness between them.

“I didn’t think you’d be awake,” he said.

“I know you didn’t. I’m hungry, and you’ve been avoiding me. I wasn’t expecting you home.” She got off the couch then passed him to go to the kitchen. “I’m finished. I’ll disappear out of your life.”

She didn’t know why she was angry. Seeing the way he was guarded around her had set her off. She was angry, pissed off, and fed up. All three emotions combined made for a very cranky woman.

“You don’t have to leave on my account,” he said, following up behind her.

“No? You could have fooled me.” She put the carton of orange juice back in the fridge then glared at him. “I just want to remind you that you were the one who approached me in the bar. Not the other way around. You share women, and I gave myself to both of you, and yet you’re freaking out by it. I don’t get you.”

“Cole wants forever with you.”

Simone glanced down at her glass. She wanted forever with him, too.

“You want it as well.”

She didn’t argue. “I will never come between two friends.”

“What?”

“When we find the person responsible for taking money from you then I’ll pack my bags and walk. I’ll never ruin your friendship, Callum. I’m a lot of things, but ruining someone else’s life is not in my MO. Never has been.”

“You mean to tell me, you’d walk away because I asked you to.”

She nodded her head. It would kill her to. She cared about Cole very much. If she was honest with herself she cared about Callum as well. They were two unusual men. She liked them a lot.