Jasper's fists were clenched, his jaw tight and his eyes so turbulent. For a moment, I thought he would deny that he felt attracted to me but then his words shook my world.
"I never would have acted on my feelings," he said determinedly. "Even if it killed me a little every day knowing I couldn't have her. I would have died that little death happily for you, Cole." He blinked back tears and buried his fingers in his hair, looking frustrated. "I would never hurt you and neither would she. For God's sake, we spent the entire night alone and we never touched each other."
Cole sucked his bottom lip through his teeth and then blew out a breath. Then he turned to me and said, "I can't blame either of you. Hell, I fell for you when I thought I could never want anyone else after Jasper. This is probably karma."
I was horrified by his words. "Please don't say that."
He shook his head. "I suspected you two had something going on but I didn't realise it was this serious. Fuck. I can't just ignore this, Skye. We're all living together."
More tears fell down my cheeks and I nodded, looking at my feet. "I'll leave," I told him quietly, my heart being crushed within the confines of my chest.
"No!" Jasper and Cole snapped at the same time and then we all looked at each other in shock.
"She's not leaving," Jasper stated again in a firm, no-nonsense tone.
"Jasper," I said in exasperation. He was not helping the situation at all with his possessive Daddy vibes.
"Of course she isn't," Cole said with a frown.
I inhaled sharply. "You can't make Jasper leave."
Cole raised an eyebrow at me. "I have an idea. Why don't I leave and the two of you can stay together?" he suggested glibly.
Jasper shoved him in the chest once, his expression angry. "What the fuck did you say? You want to leave? You just try it, buddy. Try it and see what I do to you."
A strange thing happened then. Cole's lips curved into a small smile. He rubbed a hand over his face and shook his head at Jasper in amusement.
"This is weird. Skye, what do you think about all this? Can you handle the fact that two men want to be with you?"
I stared at him in shock. Was he for real right now? He wanted to know what I thought about a throuple relationship? Frankly, it scared the hell out of me. Cole laughed at my expression. Was he going mad? Breaking down from all the information dump which had just occurred?
"God, she barely knows what to do with me sometimes," Cole said to Jasper. "You're just going to scare the shit out of her."
Jasper frowned at Cole, searching his partner's face for clues before his gaze shifted to me. We looked at each other as if we were entranced. Under some kind of dark, forbidden spell. What is Cole talking about? I can totally handle Jasper.
The thought made me blush guiltily and I averted my eyes.
"You're being ridiculous, Cole," I mumbled. "This won't work. I don't want to make things worse."
"Skye, there is no other way," Cole said in a pained voice. "Believe it or not, by some miracle we all love each other. None of us want to leave. We can't control our emotions. What do you suggest? I know you're not experienced enough and I never wanted this to happen. I never imagined this asshole over here could actually grow to care for you. But he does and yet, neither of you cheated on me." He sighed and took my hand. "Maybe I won't be able to come to terms with this ever when I watch the two people I'm most possessive about grow close to each other but...I have to try. I will try because you both learned to share me. I can't be selfish anymore. But I don't want to force you into this. It's up to you. We'll leave you alone to think about it."
He placed his finger under my chin and made me look him in the eyes. "Stop crying for fuck's sake. You didn't do anything wrong. If you want to be with Jasper too, we'll make it work. You said you trusted me, right? Trust me now. I'm with you."
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Chapter 26
Cole
I was lying in bed an hour later, unable to bring myself to go down and eat breakfast even though Skye's friend, Olivia had hollered about a dozen times now.
I felt so depressed. Attraction and some feelings were totally understandable between two hot people who lived together but they went and fell in fucking love??? I left them alone to sort out their issues and they had a revelation instead?
That was kind of funny and devastating at the same time. Jasper. I had never expected it from Jasper. He had seemed to hate her even if he tried to hide it from me at first. Skye got emotional more easily and she had never resented Jasper from the beginning since he was there first and she understood that. My sweet Skye. And my Jasper.
Now I had to share them.
Jesus, why was I such a selfish bastard? They did the same for me, right? They watched me be with the other person on a daily basis. Jasper sacrificed so much for me. Compromised so much. Skye gave me everything I wished for in a woman. The thought of losing her killed me and losing Jasper was completely out of the
