Page 16 of Intolerable Bishop

MAY 18 – THURSDAY 2:08 PM

Ren

I needed to up my game. The guys were proving harder to break than I thought. You wouldn’t think it would be so difficult to get a guy to sleep with you, but Myles and Blake were on their best behavior. I’d tried wiggling against them at night, whispering sexy things in their ears, wearing practically nothing, and going to bed in adorable outfits. They flirted and kissed me, brought me to the brink of an orgasm, and then poof, they would go to sleep or say that was enough. I was ready to kill them. If a girl could have blue balls, I had them.

Myles had spent so much time working me up to the next step, but what Axel did affected him as much as it had me. Differently, of course, but I could see the uncertainty in both his and Blake’s eyes. I was starting to wonder if they thought I would leave them if I got nervous or scared. I really didn’t think that was going to happen, at least not any more than a healthy nervous anticipation.

“You planning on killing them? If so, I’ll help,” Theo drawled as he wandered over to where I was waiting for my ice cream.

I’d brought them to my favorite place in town that made everything from scratch and in a wide variety of flavors.

“I’m considering it, trust me,” I mumbled and turned around so I didn’t have to watch Myles lick his cone.

“What did they do?”

I glanced at Theo. “It’s more of what they won’t do. You don’t want to hear about it.”

He snorted and took the cup of smores with toasted marshmallow from the server as she held it out. “Ah, the spicy kind of issue.”

“I just don’t get it. I mean, they’re starting to give me a complex,” I whispered, and Theo smirked. “I’m pretty sure this is not an issue other girls have with two boyfriends.”

“They’re in a weird headspace. You just need to force them out,” Theo said, making me sigh and stare out the window at the two guys as they laughed.

“You don’t think that they feel I’m…you know…damaged goods?”

Theo’s eyes narrowed. “Do you really think that?” His tone told me he thought I was ridiculous for even asking.

I shook my head. “No…but…I don’t know. The longer things go, the more I feel like that even when in my heart I don’t think it.”

“Here you go,” the girl behind the counter said and handed over my mint chocolate chip cone. I’d splurged and gone with a dipped waffle cone that had little sprinkles on it.

“Thank you.” I glanced around at the bubble gum pink décor with the unicorns painted on the walls. If walls could scream, these were bellowing at all my senses.

“Theo, I’ve tried everything. They are completely PG. I don’t know why I’m telling you this.” I bit at my ice cream, taking my frustration out on the innocent treat.

Theo leaned close to my ear. “You haven’t tried everything, or you wouldn’t be having this problem.” The buttery sound of his voice shot down my spine and lit up my body at the same time. I wanted to smack him. It didn’t matter if it was school or now sex. He had to show off his superiority.

“Is that so?”

“Yes, it is.” I bit my lip, trying to keep the reaction he had on me off my face. “It’s because you’re still giving them a choice. You need to take control. Fuck them, they don’t fuck you.” I couldn’t stop the shiver as his breath fanned my skin. I glanced at him as he pulled back just enough that I could look into his green eyes. “Do you understand?” I shook my head, a little dazed and confused as to what we were even talking about. Two people shouldn’t look this much alike. Theo, looking so much like Blake, was trippy now that Blake and I were involved. I caught myself almost wrapping my arms around Theo at the counter and saying inappropriate things.

“Don’t hint, and don’t tease. Sometimes you just need to take physical control,” he said again, but this time, he glanced down, and I followed his eyes to the front of his jeans and sucked in a deep breath.

“You think I should just…like…grab them?” I looked around to make sure no one could hear me even though we were whispering.

“Yes. Blake and Myles can only resist so much, but even they will cave to that.” He smiled and stood up straight, our little conspiracy chat over.

“Why are you helping me?”

Theo shrugged. “Why not? Someone in the house might as well be getting some. Besides, the only reason they aren’t is because of what happened to you, and you’re the only one who knows when you’re ready.” That was what I kept saying. See, at least Theo got it.

“Do you miss Liam? I didn’t know you two were a thing,” I said. “I mean, I did after the cabin, but not before.” I wished I’d never mentioned the cabin as he smirked, and the image of him on his knees filled my mind. The last thing I needed was to picture that again. It had been so hot, and I would be lying if I said that I wouldn’t want to see it again.

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Yeah, you guess? Okay, if Blake or Myles answered that question with that to someone, I would think we were over or should be over,” I said as we wandered to a quieter part of the shop.

“Liam and I have a unique situation. We have fun, we trust each other, and as you saw, we have chemistry.” My face burned hot. “And just so you know, I like an audience. So thank you, that made my night extra hot.”