Via"Good." she calls out again, then I see her turn to Alexander's house."That goes for you too, Alexander," she calls out while pointing in his direction.As I look over to Alexander's house, I notice him standing in the driveway of his house.We make eye contact for a quick second before I turn away from him with my face heating up. "Georgia," I whine, completely flustered.Jesus, Georgia, please just start driving away."Don't worry, Georgia. None of us are getting Via pregnant. I can guarantee you that," Alexander says as he begins walking over to me, Nathaniel, and Lance."Yet," Nathaniel mumbles under his breath, and I feel my face flush even more than before.I'm sure I look like a tomato again. Lord have mercy on me."Good, you both better keep your word and make sure the other two do too," she yells as she begins backing out of the driveway."They will, Georgia. Now go. You're going to miss your flight," I call out, and she looks at something within her car. Probably the ti
ViaHis pulse is racing, but he smiles and returns to playing with Grumpy Bear as he glances over at Sebastian.Approaching me, Sebastian plants a kiss on my cheek, one that is tender and soft. He’s not acting like himself; I know he’s only acting that way because Lance is here."What time is our reservation?" I ask no one specifically as Lance reaches for the Daydream Bear.After he manages to escape my grasp, he places himself between Alexander and me."In about an hour and a half, more or less," says Sebastian."And the place is about a thirty-minute drive," replies Alexander quietly while Lance gives him the Daydream Bear.Shrugging it off, I return my attention to what I was thinking about. "So I basically only have an hour to get ready?" I ask as Lance remains still in Alexander’s lap when he picks him up.With a sigh of relief, Sebastian replies, "No, you have 45 minutes to prepare. Given that we must deliver Lance to his sister's residence," says Alexander."Okay, everyone out
MaximilianSebastian enters the living room and scans his surroundings. "Where are—" He gestures all over the space. "Nathaniel and Alexander?""Nathaniel is changing Lance's diaper in the other room." I keep picking up the toys that Lance left strewn across the floor. "And Alexander is talking to someone out in the backyard."With a nod, Sebastian settles into the sofa. He taps on the couch's armrest and pauses. "Hey, um." He hesitates. "Never mind."His tapping grows louder as I pick up the plush toys, so I turn to face him. "You alright? This is not how you typically are." I finished gathering up all the toys."It's nothing, just drop it." He glances out into the backyard at Alexander, who, if I recall correctly, is now shouting something into his phone in Russian."I think he's talking to Declan," Sebastian says with a nod."Yeah." I turn my head away from Alexander's direction and return my attention to Sebastian. "Really, what's going on? You never provide me with canned respons
Maximilian"Okay, well when are you?" Though tougher than I intended, I didn't mind. Not even close."I don't know." I find that line quite annoying," he says.I was going to personally kick Sebastian in the ass, just to help Nathaniel and Alexander out. How on earth was he?"You have no idea! Do you have sex with someone? I was now really enraged. You do know that you can screw this up for us, don't you? For the benefit of all of us, not just you," I draw attention to the apparent.He gives me a backward glance. "Maximilian is someone I know. I know that, but what will happen to me if I don't play my cards correctly?" He holds back. "We are Maximilian. Our boat is the same as ours. If we mess up and lose our jobs, what will happen next?" I said nothing."Alexander can easily fail because he doesn't own any shares in his father's business, but he has his grandfather's business as a safety net." However, Nathaniel is ok because he is the only son in his family. Just two words and he's
Maximilian"We won't," Nathaniel says, holding back. "We will ensure that we do not. We'll make sure to take appropriate action to prevent her from becoming pregnant," he adds, giving him comfort.As we hear footsteps coming down the stairs, Christian exclaims, "Good. Now go make my sister happy," he says, picking up his coconut water can once again."We will," Sebastian offers comfort."Good," Christian nods his head and gets up from the chair.No, Sebastian, we're going to. She won't be satisfied until you call off your engagement to Nichole."Oh, and keep what I told you about Dean and his fiancée a secret from her. The plan is to keep everything under wraps until Thanksgiving," he remarks as he enters the living room.This was fantastic, because it meant that I now had three fucking secrets to keep, and I needed to find a means to divulge one of them in the near future.…Via "We're here," says Maximilian, putting the car in park."Are you serious? Already?" I adjust the upper po
Via"Why did they—" Nathaniel puts down his menu and interrupts me."Hey, I'll be back, little star," he says, standing up and walking away."Should I be concerned?" I inquire, staring at Maximilian in total bewilderment.With a laugh, Maximilian grabs my hand. "No, not one bit." He gestures in the direction Sebastian and Alexander had gone. "They went to go talk to the chef of this restaurant." Then he gestures in the direction Nathaniel had gone. "And he went to talk to a waiter.""Oh." I nod and give it a second look. "Wait, waiter and chef? They know them?" I nod off."We're all friends with the chef, but he's primarily Alexander's half-brother's friend. Regarding the waiter, his sibling is friends with Sebastian.""If he's a friend of Sebastian's brother, why did Nathaniel go see him and not Sebastian?" I ask, confused."Sebastian and his brother aren't close; in fact, they detest and hate one another. Besides that, the waiter and Nathaniel share a lot of commonalities, which mak
ViaFuck, Maximilian is winning by a wide margin, and I'm bad at this."Micah named his son after Elijah?" Nathaniel nods as Alexander asks in confusion."Yeah, he just told me a few minutes ago," Nathaniel says. Sebastian laughs."My favorite was always Micah. It was natural and evident that Micah gave his baby his name in retaliation," Sebastian says, passing me a chip."Try some, I bet you'll like it," Nathaniel says. I nod in agreement as I accept Sebastian's chip.Maximilian starts pumping his fingers into me more quickly as soon as I take a piece of the chip with the pale green paste-like sauce. He also presses his thumb on my clit, which makes me sigh.Fuck—I made a mistake. He had already won, and I lost."Sorry, but this is good." Nathaniel laughs, and my face gets hot."Yeah, I bet it's really good," he says, and the others laugh.Everybody, including Nathaniel, who eats a chip with his left hand, grabs one and digs in.Alexander moves abruptly, unintentionally spilling his
ViaMikey stays put when I put out my hand to shake his, but he doesn't move. Not even a smile. He looks at my hand, then Sebastian, and finally Sergio. "Back to work," he says, then walks away as more servers bring out different plates of food."Excuse him," Sergio says, looking from the direction Micah left to me and then back again. "Well," he gives me a smile, "I'll leave you to decide if my food is any good." He teases and then leaves."Max," I look up at him and say, "baby, maybe you were right." I take a bite of my pasta with a fork. "Nathaniel and Micah do seem to have a lot in common."Alex, Sebastian, and Maximilian all laugh, and I smile, trying not to.Nathaniel stops talking and looks at me. "Little star—""Mmmm, this is really good," I say, carefully not letting out a moan."Yeah, us and my whole neighborhood will be hearing those moans later on just for that comment," Nathaniel says as he cuts his steak with a fork and knife....Dinner really was pretty good. Sergio kn