I poked my head out of Aiden’s bedroom door a moment later, and after noting that Noah’s door was shut—either because he was still snoozing away or he was out at the gym—I rushed down the hallway toward the laundry room at the back.
After putting my wet pajamas into the washing machine, I dusted off my hands and then turned on my heel, heading out the door again. I was nearly at Aiden’s room when the sight of Noah appearing from the other side made me stop in my tracks.
He was wearing his gym gear, and he looked sweaty from his workout. I could see that his muscles were bulging out more than normal. He must have been working hard.
I wanted to greet him a good morning but found I couldn’t. I suddenly felt nervous, and my throat felt dry like dust. What the heck?
Noah didn’t greet me either. He simply stared at me as he walked toward me.
I was frozen in my spot as he pass
AidenThe moment Aiden returned from his intense three hours of working out and came in through the bedroom door to find Haru still in bed and saw his eyes swollen red, he knew shit had hit the fan. Fuck!He gathered the boy into his arms and asked, “What happened?”Haru buried his face against Aiden’s chest. “It’s nothing.”Aiden frowned. “Haru, I know it’s not nothing. You’ve never cried like this since our parents died.” He tightened his arms around the boy. “I need to know. Please tell me.”Haru adamantly shook his head. “It’s fine.”Aiden sighed. Oh, he knew what the fuck was wrong, all right. It was Noah, and he could just guess what had happened.“Was it Noah?” he asked.He felt the boy stiffen in his arms, but he didn’t answer him, and he knew he woul
HaruI didn’t leave Aiden’s room that Sunday, and I didn’t join the others for breakfast, lunch, or dinner either. Aiden brought the meals for me to have in his bedroom, which was nice. I didn’t want the others to see how horrible I looked, although Jess did pop in to see how I was getting on before she left. Apparently, Aiden told everyone I had gotten myself quite sick. But I guessed Jess suspected something was up when she saw my red and swollen eyes. Since it was just the two of us in Aiden’s room, she said, “You want to tell me what’s going on?”I shook my head.She was quiet for a moment. “Okay, but I’m all ears when you’re ready.” She sighed. “Noah left, by the way. He took his luggage with him, and Aiden told the others he’ll be staying at Connor’s.”That got my interest, and I suddenly felt sick to my stomach. Did
HaruI played with the puppies and kittens while Sean whipped something up for the late lunch. I had the Pomeranian in my arms, staring off at the view across the city. It was great from up here.“You like the view?”I jumped at Sean’s voice. I turned to see him right behind me, inches from me. “Yeah,” I said. “Your place is really nice.”Massive open-plan living area with floor-to-ceiling glass window, fancy sofas and armchairs, elegant dining tables, beautiful lighting fixtures, and master-chef style kitchen.“How many bedrooms do you have?”“Three,” he said. “All upstairs. I get the master. One is for them.” He nodded to the kittens and puppies. “And the other is for my work.”I nodded. “Cool.”“Come on,” Sean said. “Let’s eat.”A
Aiden“Did we go too far?” Mason said, drawing Aiden’s attention to him. “I think we really hurt him this time.”Aiden raked his fingers through his blond hair, frustrated. Fuck! He hadn’t a clue things could go from pure heaven and amazing to hell in just two weeks. Not only was he having family problems at home, but a shitload of issues seemed to have popped up out of the blue at work, too.First it was a client who canceled on him and then a deal gone wrong due to miscommunication, leading to a lot of time and energy spent on fixing it. Then a second client dropped him, and a third after that, which meant he had lost a shitload of would-be commissions from sales. Only a few days ago, he had lost one of the biggest real estate deals of the year, with that client pulling out in the last minute without any reason whatsoever and offering the deal to a rival company. Peter had said his luck see
Noah“You look worse every time I see you,” Connor said, chuckling as he watched Noah slumping on the sofa. There were dark shadows under the man’s eyes, and he looked haggard. “Did you even get a wink of sleep last night?”Noah brought his hand up and rubbed his finger and thumb on the bridge of his nose. “Nope.”Connor leaned himself against the side of the countertop as he folded his arms across his chest. “Work?”“Yeah,” Noah said. “Can’t be helped since I fucked up.”“You seem to be fucking up quite a bit at work in the past two weeks,” Connor said. “What happened?”Noah sat up and sighed. “Fuck if I know how it started. If it’s not one thing, it’s another, and I swear Nicolas is beginning to have doubt in my ability.” He chuckled sadly. “Fuck, I’m
HaruI was still upset with Aiden and Mason when the knock came at the door.“Haru?” It was Reo. “Can I come in?”I sighed. “Yeah.”I pulled myself up and sat, resting my back against the headboard of the bed as Reo opened the door and then walked into the room. He came to sit on the side of the bed and reached out to ruffle my hair.“You okay?” When I didn’t answer him, he said, “Want to confide in your brother?”I shook my head. “There’s nothing to confide.”Reo chuckled. “It’s not nothing. You didn’t come down for dinner, and you’ve been withdrawn in the last two weeks. It is about Noah? And now Aiden?”I cast my eyes downward. “I don’t want to talk about it.”Reo sighed. “All right. I won’t force you to do anything yo
HaruI felt his lips on my forehead, kissing me gently, which surprised me.Huh? I shifted my gaze to him and saw him smiling. He said, “Thank you for telling me how you feel.”I felt tears in my eyes. I said, my voice weak, “Even if I love Noah, that doesn’t mean I love you any less, Aiden. I’ve loved you for the longest time, and I will always love you.” I raised up a little and wrapped my arms around him, hugging him tight, his face against my chest.He wrapped his arms around me, too, and said, “I know that. It looks like Noah and I will have to share you after all.”I moved back and asked, “Why would you have to share me with Noah? I’m with you always so...”“Do you think Noah would come back and continue to live with us if he can’t have you officially as his?” Aiden asked logically.I wi
Aiden“Where are you taking me?” Haru asked.Aiden gave the boy a smile. “Let’s continue this on the bed. Doing it in the bathtub is a bit difficult.”“Oh,” Haru expressed. “But we’re wet.”Aiden, his eyes dark, gazed at Haru, taking in the sight of the boy wet from head to toe, his milky skin smooth with droplets of water beading on him. He must admit the boy was exquisitely beautiful, and the sight turned him on even more. Now he understood the charm of seeing one’s partner naked and soaking wet. It was fucking sexy. He wondered, too, if Haru found him hot like this. Naked, muscles taut with sexual tension, and his skin beading with water droplets.He got his answer when he put the boy on the bed and saw Haru slowly, as if taking his time, drifting his gaze from his face to his cock, which had already sprung back to life.&ldquo
MasonMason felt his stomach churning sickly when he received the text message from Haru. It said: Mason, just want to let you know I’m on St. Joseph Island with Noah. Please don’t worry about me. I’m fine.He could only stare at the message. Just how the hell did Haru end up on St. Joseph Island with Noah?He texted back, demanding answers. Haru promptly replied with: Something happened and Noah brought me here with him. Everything is fine. Please don’t worry about me.Just how was everything fine when he was on St. Joseph Island with Noah alone? Mason wondered. That bastard second brother of theirs was undoubtedly going to confess to Haru and then fuck the hell out of the boy; he knew it.Fuck! He clicked on Haru’s name and pushed on the call button, but it went unanswered. Haru was probably busy talking to Aiden.Mason raked his fingers
HaruNoah was such a good kisser, and despite my experience learned from Aiden, I still found it hard to keep up with him. He was vigorous and intense; every tongue stroke, caress, and lick was exquisite, sending ripples of pleasure surging through me and driving me mindless.I shuddered, a flourish swirl of bliss dancing inside me as he stroked his tongue around mine in one full motion, feeling all of me, and then sucking at me. Meanwhile, his hand hotly trailed down my body to my already hard cock, and he groped it in his palm.“Ngh...” I groaned out softly, loving the way he was caressing me down there.When he finally released my mouth, allowing me to breathe properly, he turned his attention to my neck where he then kissed, sucked, and licked my skin.I wrapped my arms around him, just feeling his body against me, loving the heat exuding from him and the hardness of his form. He felt stern
NoahIn the en suite, Noah made quick work of showering and cleaning himself up, making sure his body was properly washed off. He was pedantic about smelling nice and fresh, too. When he was done fifteen minutes later, he wiped himself dry with a fluffy white towel and then headed out the door, stark naked.He was grinning from ear to ear when he was back in the bedroom, and his smile became even wider when he saw Haru did a double take at him.“What... What the heck...” Haru uttered, his eyes large and his face flushing hot.Stroking his wet, dark hair back with his fingers, Noah eyed the boy and noted that Haru wasn’t wearing what he had offered him earlier. The boy had donned one of Noah’s navy with white striped work shirts he usually wore under his suit jacket.Fuck! Just holy fuck, but Haru was so cute wearing his shirt that was way too big for him. It looked like the boy was
NoahNoah was grinning widely like a Cheshire cat when he walked out of the elevator, his hand clasping firmly over Haru’s who was beside him.“I heard they have nice food here,” he said as they headed toward the entrance of the restaurant located on the fifth floor of The Princeton Hotel and Resort. “You’ll like it.”“Ugh! I’m so hungry, I can eat anything,” Haru said.A maître d' took them to a table that had a great view of the ocean to the left and the small, picturesque town of South Hampton to the right. As Haru made himself comfortable and scanned over the menu, Noah shifted his gaze across the restaurant, not because he was interested in how luxurious the place was, but because he wanted to ensure none of his colleagues were dining here. He didn’t want to bump into any of them, after all, especially now that he had Haru with him. He wanted to h
HaruI saw the pain expressing in his eyes and his face darkened. He said, his voice cold, “If you don’t want to have anything to do with me, then I’ll leave the apartment. I won’t be a part of the family anymore.”I felt sick to my stomach at hearing this. That meant he already had a backup plan. Typical of Noah.“What about your job with Uncle Jin?” I asked. “Are you going to break your promise to him just like that?”“I don’t usually break my promises, Haru, but in this case, I will have to make an exception. I’ll call Uncle Jin and explain everything to him.”“You’re an idiot,” I said. “Just because of me, you’d throw away your future to help run a big company that makes millions?”He chuckled. “Yeah. When it comes to you, I’d throw everything away, even my life. I&rs
HaruI had no idea how I got here and how the fuck it happened, but here I was, standing in the foyer of The Princeton Hotel on St. Joseph Island, looking around the elegant place like a lost little lamb. Meanwhile, Noah was checking in at the reception.Fuck! Just what the fuck?I took in a deep breath for a moment, working on collecting myself.It had only been four hours ago when Noah just suddenly turned up at The BlueSky where Sean and I were having lunch. I must admit it had been great, with us chatting about Aki and Sean’s puppies and kittens, but then it all turned to custard when Noah appeared as if out of thin air.It had all been a whirlwind when Noah dragged me out of the restaurant and then into his car, and then we were on the ferry—where I had ranted about how stupid Noah was and he about how stupid I was and us arguing over each other during the whole journey. And now h
Noah“I can’t believe you’re going to St. Joseph Island,” Isaac said, grinning. “If it’s nice there, maybe we all could go there some weekend, you know, for breaks and have some fun?”Noah snorted. He reached out and ruffled Isaac’s bed hair. The boy had just gotten up, having spent the night sleeping there on the sofa.“You’re always looking for fun, aren’t you, Isaac?” Connor asked from the across the room. The man was busy cooking breakfast: French toast with bacon.“Well, fun is fun, isn’t it?” Isaac said, his eyes glued to the French toast Connor was transferring from the hot pan onto the plate.“Then I’ll be tagging along,” Connor said. “Tell me when you guys are going there. St. Joseph Island is beautiful, especially in spring.”“Really?” Isaac asked as he go
HaruAfter Aiden left the room, I turned on my side and resumed my sleep. I was dead tired, after all, and was damn glad I didn’t have any classes today. I just knew I wouldn’t be able to make it, that was for sure. Aiden had been a demon last night. I couldn’t believe he had gone all out and fucked me so many times.I found myself smiling, though, when I thought about him and how much he wanted and loved me.I sighed deeply in that content way and then shut my eyes, and soon, I fell asleep again. When I next woke up, it was to feel a pair of lips on mine and a hot tongue sneaking its way into my mouth. I fluttered my eyes open, wondering if Aiden had returned.My gaze came to rest on a gorgeous face with a pair of gold-brown eyes, and I felt a gentle hand cupping the side of my face. Mason?I gasped and was about to utter his name out loud when his tongue invaded my mouth and be
Aiden“Where are you taking me?” Haru asked.Aiden gave the boy a smile. “Let’s continue this on the bed. Doing it in the bathtub is a bit difficult.”“Oh,” Haru expressed. “But we’re wet.”Aiden, his eyes dark, gazed at Haru, taking in the sight of the boy wet from head to toe, his milky skin smooth with droplets of water beading on him. He must admit the boy was exquisitely beautiful, and the sight turned him on even more. Now he understood the charm of seeing one’s partner naked and soaking wet. It was fucking sexy. He wondered, too, if Haru found him hot like this. Naked, muscles taut with sexual tension, and his skin beading with water droplets.He got his answer when he put the boy on the bed and saw Haru slowly, as if taking his time, drifting his gaze from his face to his cock, which had already sprung back to life.&ldquo