"Honey?" Cole's voice sounded in my ear and I turned to him sadly.
"Yes?"
He pursed his lips at the misery on my face. "Skye, I'm so sorry but my new client has requested a meeting early tomorrow morning since he has to leave for London soon after so I have to return to Milan. Asap."
I blinked at him. "What? Now?"
He nodded and looked apologetic. "Yeah. I left all my designs at home and I can't get a train for early morning. Need to prepare for the meeting. Will you be alright coming back with Jasper later tomorrow?"
My heart started pounding again. "Huh? You're going back without us?"
He grimaced. "I'm afraid so. It's really important. I have to go."
"But...but we can just go back together," I told him loudly. "Olivia will understand."
He shook his head. "You'll have to drive back then. There's no time to pack and the train leaves in ten minutes. I asked Jasper to bring my stuff when you guys return tomorrow." He rubbed my arm. "But...if you don't want to stay, he'll drive you back tonight okay. I just thought tomorrow would be more convenient since it's already so late."
I began to tremble a little. He was right of course. It was late and there was no need to drive back tonight but he was leaving me alone with Jasper again. And this time, Cole would be in another city instead of in the next room. I was fucked.
"You want to go back tonight?" He asked in concern, probably noting my hesitation and then checked his phone. "I'll let him know. Don't worry. But I really gotta go now, okay." He hugged me tight and kissed the top of my forehead before giving me a warm smile. "I love you. See you later.'
Then he was gone, pushing his way through the crowd and I wanted to beg him to stay but he had work which was a huge priority for him and I did not want to seem like a whiny baby. This was a last minute change. I had to deal with it. I would see him soon anyway.
"Cole. Have a safe trip back," I yelled belatedly but he had already disappeared.
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Chapter 27
Skye
"I can't believe you're making us drive all the way back to Milan at this time of the night," Jasper grumbled as we sped along the road. "Your friend probably thinks you've gone nuts."
I hugged a fluffy pillow to my chest and stared out into the night. Yeah. I had opted not to stay back at Olivia's with Jasper after Cole left. I did not want to spend another night with Jasper without Cole there. It wasn’t safe.
"Thank you," I said softly. He had agreed to take me back without questioning me even once and for some reason, I believed it was because he too was afraid to be alone with me without Cole. Maybe he did not trust himself either now that Cole had sort of given us the thumbs-up.
"No problem," he said, stifling a yawn behind his fist.
"Are you sure you can drive back without falling asleep?"
He cranked all the windows down so that biting, cold air filled the car and blasted some music.
"Pretty sure."
I pressed my hands to my hair to keep it from whipping into my face and yelled, "Jesus. It's cold, Jasper."
He pressed on the gas so that the wind whipped harder. "There's a blanket in the back seat. Why don't you go to sleep? I understand you didn't get much last night due to my overwhelming sensuality."
I looked at him and scoffed. "Oh, please. I slept just fine."
"Mm-hm. You forgot to mention 'right on top of you'." He made quote signs with his fingers and I lunged to grasp the steering wheel.
"Hands on the wheel, Jasper," I hissed.
"Christ. Relax. You've been so damn tense since last night, you're making me anxious too. You think too much, Skye Madison. And you worry even more. Stop."
My response was to roll my eyes. "Whatever you say, Daddy."
He exhaled loudly and thumped his head back against the headrest. "Not again. Is that one of your fantasies too?"
I frowned at his profile. "Too?"
He smiled. "Besides the costume role-play thing you made Cole do last month."
"Oh my God!" I buried my face in my hands in mortification. "You heard us?"
He started to laugh. "Yeah. I wished I was there. You two are such amateurs."
"Oh, yeah, of course. You're the only one who knows everything there is to know about kinky sex, huh? Jasper Wells will see you now."
"I just meant that you guys sounded like you could have used a guiding hand. Or two."
I said nothing. Wasn't this what I had wanted the night I watched that Batman movie, anyway? Jasper instructing Cole how to fuck me while he watched.
I felt a current of desire run through me then and huddled into the seat. It was one thing to fantasize because you knew you couldn't have what you wanted so badly. But when it became your reality, it was pretty weird and worrisome. Real life had consequences. You could leave a fantasy behind at the back of your mind but a real life threesome meant real experiences, memories and repercussions.
It would be a fuck-up of hurt feelings and complications. Right?
"Jasper?"
"Hmm?"
I glanced at him surreptitiously. "All the times you and Cole had a girl between you, was there some kind of...um...tension later? Like did you guys ever fight over it?"
His fingers visibly tightened on the steering wheel. "No. Never," he answered quietly. "But you can't judge a threesome between you, me and Cole based on any of our past hook-ups. We weren't in love with any of those women."
My heart thudded again. It jumped high and hard in
