After the Ex Games

Part III

Two Weeks Later





Chapter 6


Greyson



“Do you have all your stuff packed up?” I pulled Meg towards me and she laughed. “Do you find my kisses funny now?”

“No.” She leaned up and kissed me. “I just think your question is funny. I don’t have much here, so there’s not much to pack up.”

“I didn’t even think about that.” My hands found their way to her butt cheeks and squeezed. “I forgot you only came with a small bag.”

“You mean you haven’t noticed I’ve been wearing the same three outfits?” She laughed at me and made a face.

“To be honest, I don’t really care about the clothes you’re wearing.”

“Greyson.” She pushed herself against me. “I swear all you think about is sex.”

“Well, of course that’s not true.” My hand made its way up to her breast. “I think about other things as well.”

“Uh huh,” she moaned against my lips as I pinched her nipple. I kissed down her neck and made my way to her breast, biting down and sucking on her flesh. “Greyson,” she murmured as I kissed her.

“Yes?” I muttered, my mind focused on taking her nipple in my mouth.

“Why are we going to Brandon’s house?” She ran her hands through my hair and I continued kissing her, even though warning bells were going off in my brain.

“I told you why.” I looked up at her. “I want us to get a place together.” That wasn’t a lie. I did want us to get a place together.

“Why can’t we just stay at my apartment? Why do we have to go to Brandon’s?”

“I just thought it would be fun. I know Katie has been missing you.” I looked away from her then. That wasn’t the complete truth.

We were going to stay at Brandon’s because he lived in a safe environment and had hired security. I didn’t want to tell Meg that though since I hadn’t told her about the death threat Brandon and I had received. I flinched as I remembered the note and the single bullet I’d found on my desk the day before. The note had been simple and brief:

To the founders of the private club,

A life for a life? Who do you love?

“What are you thinking about?” Meg’s voice was soft as she reached up and tilted my face to look at her.

“Nothing.” I shook my head and forced a smile on my face. “I’m just hoping the four of us don’t kill each other.”

Meg laughed and kissed me on the lips. “I’ve lived with Katie before, so I know we’ll be fine. I’m not so sure about you and Brandon though. You guys still seem pretty tense.”

“That’s why I want us to stay with him instead of at a hotel. I’m hoping we can mend our relationship.” I kissed her back hard and closed my eyes, not wanting her to see the fear that was brewing inside of me.

The bullet and the note had hit me to the core. I’d been waiting for something to happen, so the last two weeks had been torture. Brandon and I had waited at the diner for three hours for someone to show up. A part of me had held on to the hope that whoever was behind everything was calling our bluff. Maybe they weren’t really serious. Maybe whoever it was hadn’t meant anything, but I’d known that was just wishful thinking. As soon as she’d shown up at the club, I’d known my life was going to change. I knew everything was going to come out into the open. All of my secrets would be brought to light. It was as it should be. It was something I’d been waiting to happen for the last ten years. Some part of me had always known that true love wasn’t in the cards for me. A wife and a family hadn’t even been a part of my psyche. How could they be? Men like me didn’t have happy families. Men like me didn’t deserve them.

“I hope so too. You guys were best friends. I know it’s horrible that Maria killed herself, but you can’t blame yourselves for the rest of your life.”

“I know.” I nodded. “I just want us to get our friendship back.” And our lives.

“I want that as well. That’s why I agreed to go.” She hugged me tight. “You’d tell me if there was anything else going on, right?”

“Of course.” I nodded. “There’s nothing else.”

“Why do I think you’re not telling me everything?” She took a step back and sighed. “I’m trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, Greyson, but I can tell something is off.”

“Meg—” I started, but she cut me off.

“Don’t Meg me.” She shook her head. “Nuh uh. Tell me, Greyson. Since yesterday, you’ve been acting funny and you haven’t taken your eyes off me.”

“That’s because I—”

“Nuh uh, don’t go there.” Her eyes narrowed. “Tell me the truth.”

I took a deep breath and pulled her towards me. I knew I was going to have to tell her part of the truth. Meg was too smart for her own good. “We got a death threat at the club yesterday. We don’t know who they are targeting or why, but I think it’s best for us to move out while we figure it out.”

“Do you think it’s the same person who took Nancy?” Meg’s voice fell to a whisper and her face paled.

“I don’t know.” I shook my head. “I just don’t know.”

“What did the private detective say?”

“He said that right now we’re the ones in danger and we need to leave until we figure it all out.”

“And find Nancy, right?”

“Yeah.” My voice felt stilted as I lied. I was scared to find Nancy. I was scared that she was another casualty in the club. She was another piece in the puzzle that was threatening to ruin everything for me. “Or if you want, we can just fly away from here. Move to Hawaii or Rome and just live our lives in a different sort of paradise.”


“Why would we do that? We can’t let some idle death threats scare us.”

“I don’t know what David is capable of.” I could hear the panic in my voice. “He’s crazy.”

“I can’t believe he just disappeared. I bet he took Nancy.” Meg looked annoyed with herself. “I always knew something was off with him. I should have confronted him. I just didn’t think he could have done anything. He looked so innocent.”

“He probably took her as some sick sort of fantasy. If he can’t be with her sister, he wants to be with her instead.” My words felt wooden coming out of my mouth, and I felt a fire burning up inside of me.

“He’s a sicko.” She nodded. “I didn’t get the sense he wanted her though, but what do I know? I thought he was hooking up with Patsy.”

“That doesn’t mean much.” I shrugged.

“Don’t remind me please.” Her eyes filled with jealousy.

“Remind you of what?”

“That you had sex with Patsy.”

“It meant nothing.” I ran my hands through my hair. “It was a mistake.”

“She loves you, you know.”

“No, she doesn’t.”

“I can see it in her eyes. I bet she’s the one who sent the death threat and I bet it was addressed to me, wasn’t it?” She frowned. “That bitch wants to kill me for sharing your bed.”

“Meg.” I reached out to touch her, and she looked at me angrily.

“Let’s just go. I don’t even want to think about her anymore. This is probably her plan. She wants me out of the way so she can seduce you.”

“Meg, I’m not interested in Patsy. You’re the only one I want in my bed.”

“Uh huh.”

“You don’t believe me?” I stared into her eyes, concerned that I was already losing her trust.

“I just don’t know if you’re really the sort of guy who can be faithful. You’ve never been in a relationship before.”

“Oh, Meg.” I pulled her to me and chuckled softly. “Is that what you’re worried about?” I stroked the back of her hair and kissed her passionately. “That is something you never have to worry about. I could never cheat on you. Would never cheat on you. I can barely believe that I’m so lucky that I got you.”

“Greyson, you could have any woman you want.”

“But there’s only one woman for me. You’re the only one I want with all my heart and soul. You’re the one who lights me on fire.”

“Not literally, I hope.” She giggled. “‘Cause that sounds like an STD problem.”

“What?” I frowned and then laughed. “No, I’m not burning up down there.”

“Well I’m glad to hear that.”

I held her close to me. “Are you ready to go now?”

She looked around the room and nodded, and we walked out of the room. I felt like this was the beginning of the end. A part of me felt like everything was about to come crashing down and neither Brandon nor I knew what to do about it.



***

“You girls go and make the popcorn and we’ll get the movie ready,” Brandon called after Meg and Katie and then turned to me with a frown. “Did you give the note and bullet to the private detective you hired?”

“Yeah.” I nodded and spoke softly. “I hired him yesterday as soon as I got off the phone with you.”

Brandon looked angry. “Do you think she plans to hurt us?”

“I don’t know. We don’t really know who’s behind all of this.”

“I think it’s pretty obvious.” He paced back and forth. “I’m sure David is the one dictating everything.”

“He hates us.” I nodded and sighed. “I never knew if it was a good idea to keep him at the club.”

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” Brandon’s eyes pierced into mine. “At least you were able to track him.”

“I just wasn’t counting on her.” I bit my lip and looked towards the door to make sure Meg and Katie weren’t on the way back in. “She’s made everything so much more complicated.”

“You had to know David would see how you reacted,” Brandon sighed.

“I tried to be neutral.” I closed my eyes. “I only went to the room once, I think.”

“One time too many.”

“I know.” I wanted to bang my fist into the wall. “Now we’re all targets.”

“I wish I’d been there.” Brandon sounded wistful.

“I know.” We stared at each other for a few seconds, and I knew that both of us were thinking about how far we’d come since those days in high school.

“What movie did you boys choose then?” Katie raised an eyebrow at Brandon as she walked into the room. “And don’t tell me cartoons. Harry’s gone to my parents for two weeks and I’m taking the opportunity to ban all talking animals from the TV.”

“C’mon, Katie. Don’t you want to watch Frozen?” Brandon grabbed her by the waist and pulled her towards him. “It just won an Oscar.”

“I don’t care what it won. No animated movies.”

“I’m voting against romance as well,” I said, and Katie and Meg glared at me. “I mean, I have enough romance in my life. I don’t need it in a movie.” I gave Meg a huge grin and she rolled her eyes.

“Whatever, Greyson.” She shook her head. “You’re lucky we’re staying with friends or I would—”

“What?” I whispered against her lips. “What would you do?”

“You wish.” She tried to pull back from me, but I held her close to me.

“Oh, I more than wish.” My hands found her ass and squeezed. “I want.”

“Greyson.” She slapped my hand away and pulled back. “What are you doing?” she hissed and looked at Brandon and Katie, who were laughing at us.

“Nothing.”

“You better keep it that way.” She blushed, but I could see a hint of a smile on her face.

Brandon listed off the names of some movies. “Okay, we have three movie choices: The Illusionist with Edward Norton, Identity Thief with that girl from Bridesmaids—don’t ask me how I know she was in Bridesmaids—and The Expendables.”

“I told you, no cartoons,” Katie groaned.

“The Expendables is not a cartoon. It stars Sylvester Stallone,” Brandon corrected her and she laughed.

“Do you think that’s any better?” Katie grinned at Meg. “Meg, please tell my fiancé that there is no way in hell we are watching a Rocky movie.”

“The Expendables isn’t…” Brandon started and then shook his head and smiled at me. “I think we should let the lovely ladies decide, don’t you?”

“Sounds good to me.” I grinned.

“Should we go and get ourselves a nightcap?”

“You got whiskey?”

“I’ve only got a bottle of Chivas Regal, twenty-five years old.”

“Why didn’t you say?” I followed him to the corner of the room, where his bar was. “I’ll have a double, neat.”

“You girls want anything?” Brandon called over and Katie made a face.

“To be called women.”

“What?”

“Nothing. Give us two rum and Cokes.”

“Someone’s looking to get tipsy.” He grinned and she laughed.


“It’s a good thing I don’t need a ride home.”

“I know someone who’d be willing to make sure you get home safely.”

“Sure you do.” They laughed and stared at each other for a few seconds, and I could see the love in both of their eyes.

This was what love was. I couldn’t take this away from Brandon. He had a family now and I couldn’t break that up because I wanted to come clean. I had to wait until he was ready.

“I’m not drinking.” Meg shook her head and yawned. “I have an early day tomorrow. I’m going to go and see if I can find any leads on Nancy. I don’t want a hangover to delay me in the morning.”

“That’s smart.” Katie nodded. “No drink for me either. I’ve a feeling I shouldn’t be drinking right now anyways. Do you want me to help you tomorrow, Meg?”

“No, I’m just going to go to the library. Do some research. See what I can find out about David and Maria.” She bit her lower lip and the room went quiet.

“Meg, I told you I have a private detective on the case. He’s been searching for the last two weeks. Let’s see what he can find.” The words came out of my mouth smoothly, and I watched as Brandon filled the crystal tumblers with the silky brown liquid.

“I know, but after everything…” She gave me a look. “I want to know more about David.”

“I see,” I sighed and cringed as I felt Brandon giving me a murderous look.

I hadn’t told him that I’d told Meg about the letter. I knew he wasn’t telling Katie anything. He didn’t want her to panic. I thought he’d been more hopeful than I had these last two weeks. We’d heard nothing from anyone, and it was easy to just exist in our own microcosm of the world. It was easy to pretend that the end of the world wasn’t looming. However, the letter and the bullet had changed all that. Now things were suddenly a lot darker and much more sinister. We were more than just targets to bring down. We were targets to kill.

Katie spoke up and turned on the TV. “Let’s watch Identity Thief.” She was the only one in the room who had absolutely no clue that everything was completely off. “Let’s not discuss Maria tonight.” She rubbed her eyes and stretched. “Forgive me, but I’ve had more than enough of both Marias. I just don’t know if I can deal with any more.”

“I agree. Let’s just relax tonight.” Meg gave me a naughty smile. “I think we all need to just relax tonight. We’re all safe. Let’s just enjoy the evening. We can worry about everything else in the morning.”

“Yes.” Brandon handed me my drink. “We’ll discuss everything in the morning.”



***

“You guys can lie down if you want.” Katie smiled at Meg and me on the couch. She was snuggled on Brandon’s lap, and he was stroking her hair.

“That’s okay.” Meg shook her head and adjusted her legs for about the tenth time.

“Seriously, Meg. You guys can spoon. It’ll be more comfortable.” Katie paused to laugh as Jason Bateman chased Melissa McCarthy on the screen. “You might enjoy the movie more.”

“We’re enjoying the movie,” Meg protested.

“I haven’t heard a laugh from either of you.”

“That’s because the movie’s not that funny.” Meg laughed then and I squeezed her hand tight. I loved hearing the sound of her laugh. It was throaty and bubbly and it stirred my emotions every single time.

“Whatever.” Katie rolled her eyes. “I’m choosing the next movie.”

“What did you decide on?” I said, worried she’d say something like The Notebook or something equally heart-wrenching.

“I thought we could watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” She laughed as Brandon groaned and then continued. “Joke. I want to watch a movie called Damage. It stars Jeremy Irons, and it’s super hot. It’s about this man who has an affair with his son’s fiancée.”

“Way to spoil the movie.” Brandon tickled her.

“No, no, that’s not a spoiler. Trust me. You find that out at the beginning. It’s a good movie. Very exciting and shocking. Brandon, stop.” She giggled. “Trust me. It’s good. The ending is jaw-dropping.”

“Oh God.” I rolled my eyes. “Don’t tell me. All three of them end up in a relationship together?”

“No.” She shook her head. “It’s even juicier than that.”

“What happens?” Meg asked, sounding intrigued.

“Let’s just say, the ending is unexpected. That’s all I’m saying. We have to watch it first.”

“Fine.” Meg jumped up. “Where are your blankets? If I’m going to make myself comfy, I’m going to need to be warm as well.”

“Let me show you.” Katie got up and walked towards the door.

“I’ll keep you warm.” I grabbed ahold of Meg’s hand and pulled her back to me. “I know plenty of ways.”

“I’m sure you do.” She kissed my cheek. “But I don’t need that kind of warmth now.” She walked back out of the room and I stared at her long legs as she swayed.

Damn, she was sexy. I sat back and tried to ignore my growing cock. Shit, I was hard. I couldn’t even concentrate on the movie. All I could think about was making love to her. I just wanted to go to bed. To be fair, I didn’t even need for us to do it on a bed. A thought crossed my mind and I paused, grinning to myself.

“Don’t be stupid, Greyson.” I muttered to myself. “You can’t do that.”

“What?” Brandon mumbled up at me.

“Nothing.”

“We need to talk tomorrow,” he hissed at me. “I don’t know what you told Meg.”

“I just told her about the letter. Nothing else.”

“What if she tells Katie?”

“She won’t.”

“Greyson, I swear I’m going to tell her. I just need to figure out how.”

“Well, we need to make sure that she knows soon or someone else is going to do it!”

“Do what?” Katie threw a blanket at his lap and looked at me curiously.

“Oh nothing. Just talking about the club.”

“You guys are always talking about work, I swear. Give it a break.” She rolled her eyes and sat back down with Brandon.

I watched as Meg approached me with a worried look on her face.

“You okay?” I studied her face carefully to ensure that she wasn’t about to crack.

“I’m fine.” She nodded. “This is hard. I really want to tell Katie about the note.”

“But you didn’t?” I hissed into her ear.

“I didn’t.” She sighed. “I don’t want to keep it a secret, but I have to.”

“Thank you.” I kissed her lips and held her to me.

I hated having to ask her to keep this to herself. I hated it because I knew personally what a burden it was to have to keep secrets.

“You two done?” Brandon looked at us pointedly and I nodded. “Do you mind if we just put on Damage right now?”

“What about Identity Thief?” Meg looked at the TV.

“I think we can all agree that Identity Thief is done for the night.” Brandon laughed, and Katie pretended to punch him.

I turned to Meg as Katie got the new movie ready in the DVD player.

“So you want to be big spoon or little spoon?” I leaned in towards Meg and whispered against her lips.


“Hmm, I think I should be big spoon.” Her tongue tickled my lips and I swallowed hard.

“Don’t tease me like that,” I growled softly.

“Or what?” Her eyes twinkled at me.

“I’ll make you pay.”

“Promise.”

“You”—I bit down on her lip and sucked on it gently—“are going to wish you never said that.” I pushed her down onto the couch and positioned myself behind her, wrapping my arms around her waist and pulling her back towards me. “Pass the blanket.” I grabbed it from her hands before she could react and covered our bodies. “This is soft,” I commented out loud, and Brandon grinned.

“I got it when I was in Peru doing a business deal. It’s made from llamas.”

“Llamas?” I made a face and he laughed.

“I’m turning off the light now. Snuggle into your llama fur.”

“Sshh, you two.” Katie put her fingers to her lips. “You have to pay attention to the movie.”

“Yes, Mom.” Meg giggled, and I casually moved my hands to her breasts. “Greyson.”

“Sshh. I’m trying to watch the movie,” I whispered into her ear as my fingers pinched her nipples.

I laughed softly as she moved her ass back against me hard, and I moved my hands to her hips so I could position her ass in front of my cock. She gasped and we both lay there without moving as the movie started on the TV. Brandon turned the lights off and we all gazed at the TV in eager anticipation.

I realized that the movie was starting to bore me when I found my eyes drooping as the couple on the screen started to make love. I moved my hand to Meg’s stomach and started rubbing it gently before moving my hands up under her top. I pushed my fingers up under her bra and played with her nipples again. She stilled as I touched her, and I grinned to myself as I bit down on her shoulder.

“Be quiet and don’t make any sudden movements,” I whispered into her ear as I slid her bra straps down her arms.

She turned around to gaze at me, and I kissed her lips softly before checking to make sure Brandon and Katie weren’t paying attention to us. Meg slipped her arms into her loose t-shirt, and I pushed the cups of her bra down so that her breasts were loose. I then reached down and pushed down her sweatpants so that they were by her ass. I slipped my finger between her legs and felt a sliver of silk.

“You’re still wearing panties. Tsk tsk.” I quickly pushed them to the side and ran my fingers along her wet slit.

“Greyson,” she moaned and squeezed her legs, trying to stop me.

“Shhh.” I shushed her quietly and ran my fingers back up to her bare breasts, squeezing them gently. I found it strangely erotic to be playing with her while watching a movie and knowing my best friend and his fiancée were on the couch next to us with no idea as to what we were doing.

“Greyson, we can’t.” She shook her head and her hands reached up to stop mine.

“Why not?” I laughed, and we both stared at the screen, feeling turned on as the actress rolled around on the bed, moaning. I reached down, pulled my zipper down, and released my very hard cock from my pants. “Are you sure you want to say no?” I laughed and rubbed the tip of my cock against her ass before reaching forward and opening her legs slightly so my cock could rub against her wetness.

“Greyson,” She froze as the tip of me slowly rubbed against her *. “Oh.” She sighed and started moving back against me very timidly. I reached my fingers around to the front of her and started rubbing her * from the other side. She roughly moved back against me and the tip of my cock entered her gently. “Oh,” she moaned out loud and we both froze.

“You guys okay?” Katie muttered, but I could see that she wasn’t looking at us.

“Yeah, this movie is just crazy.”

“I know, right? I told you! Just wait for the ending. It’s going to be crazy. You’re going to love it.”

“I’m sure she is.” I laughed as I moved my cock in and out of Meg while rubbing her * with more intensity. “You’re just waiting for the end, aren’t you, Meg?” I muttered against her ear. “Don’t you just want to ride my cock hard and fast so that you can come all over me?” I whispered as I increased my movements slightly.

“Greyson,” she moaned, and I closed my eyes.

Her p-ssy felt wonderful against me as her walls tightened on me. She was so wet, and I could tell that she was close to coming.

“Don’t you love f*cking on the…” I groaned as Meg’s fingers met mine on her * and she increased the pace of my finger movements, moving her hips in a circle. “Oh shit.” I bit down hard on her shoulder and couldn’t stop myself from moving a little bit harder as I entered her. We both came about twenty seconds after that. Meg squeezed my fingers as she came hard and I bit down on her shoulder. Our bodies trembled together as we lay there, having just experienced one of the most intense orgasms, and I closed my eyes as I held her close to me.

“What did you guys think? Crazy, right?” Katie’s voice woke me up, and I froze as I realized that my cock was still nestled next to Meg’s ass and my hands were caressing her naked breasts.

“Yeah, that was crazy,” I mumbled and shook Meg to wake her up.

“Huh?” Meg sounded sleepy, and I grinned as I felt her hand reach back to hold my cock.

“Katie was just saying how crazy the movie was.”

“Oh.” Meg’s hand froze on my cock, and I could hear the shock in her voice. She must have fallen asleep as well and forgotten where we were.

“That will teach them, right? Imagine sleeping with your son’s fiancée?” Katie sounded shocked. “That’s even worse than sleeping with your best friend’s girl.”

“Let’s go to bed now.” Brandon sounded gruff as he jumped up. “I’m tired. I’m sure we can all dissect the movie in the morning.”

“I guess.” Katie sounded a bit annoyed at having been cut off, but I was glad that they were leaving the room. There was no way that I wanted to have to get my cock back in my pants and pull up Meg’s bra in front of them. “Night, you two. So glad you’ve come to stay while you look for a place.”

“Thanks for having us,” I said, hoping they would leave soon. I could feel my cock hardening again and I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stop myself from entering Meg’s p-ssy as she was rubbing back against me. I watched as Brandon and Katie left the room before I turned Meg around to face me. “What were you just doing? I nearly took you right there and then,” I groaned at her as she pushed her breasts against my chest.

“Why didn’t you?” She giggled and leaned forward to kiss me.

Her tongue slipped into my mouth and I pulled her towards me. I rolled onto my back, and she positioned herself on top of me. She grabbed ahold of my cock and was about to guide it into her p-ssy when Brandon walked back into the room.

“Uh, sorry.” His voice sounded awkward. “I just came to get a nightcap.”

“Get out of here, Hastings,” I growled, and he laughed.

“Now that reminds me of old times.” He laughed again and hurried out of the room.

I shook my head at his comment. What was I doing? Making love to my girlfriend on my best friend’s couch. I was about to get up when Meg started riding me slowly, and I groaned. I couldn’t stop myself. When I was with Meg, time and place didn’t matter. I just needed to be with her, in her, making her feel as good as she made me feel. I couldn’t stop her and I didn’t want to. Especially not now. Not knowing that this might be one of the last times we ever made love.