Something in the wind [Ethan’s POV]-1
Ethan’s POV
so, are you interested?” Mr. Phelps asked as I gathered my supplies and meticulously put them into place inside my school bag.
It was an opportunity I wouldn’t pass up. Something Mr. Phelps know when he’d brought it up. “When would it start?”
In a couple of months, starting at the beginning of August and if it works out, you’ll intern with the company for a full year. you able to travel?”
Europe for an entire year to intern with one of the most influential businesses around… a multi–billion dollar corporation and c get to be working with a handful of people just under the owner.
The thought of Cassie and seth made me pause and I swallowed. I had a couple of months to think about it, but the idea of bring it up to them at such a fragile time might not be the best one..
“I’m interested, but I need a few months to-
Mr. Phelps interrupted, tooooo to get your priorities in order? Yes of course. Leaving the states is a big decision in and but I feel you’re the right person for it, not to mention it I shine a new light on this school.”
“Of course,” I said. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Mr. Phelps.”
of its
“Yes,” the elder man with graying hair nodded. His bushy eyebrows lifting as he patted his front pocket looking for a pen. “Two months, Ethan. They need to know in two months, but there should be no issue when I send them confirmation in a few days. Is that correct?”
any other answer I wanted to give.
I swallowed but bowed my head. “Yes, sir.” There wasn’t any
I hoved a sigh. What would Cassie and Seth think? I wanted to go. I knew I would go, but this couldn’t have come at a more horrible time, Cassie was trying to have a baby for that couple they’d met at the Wendy’s down the street, In a few more months, Seth would be studying for the bar non–stop. Would this be the change that ruined everything?
One this
thing
time, just take it one thing at a tim
When I got home, I settled my school bag at the door as I quietly walked towards my rooms. Seeing them lifted the weight of the future—my future–off my shoulders and I felt like I could breathe again. Seth was bent over a sleeping Cassie, watching her so intently he didn’t even notice I’d entered the room. Something had happened, with me, but most importantly, with them. I knew it. could see it. Hell, I could feel it. And whatever it was the bedroom was saturated with it.
Lacking my lips, I shocked my clothes off to my boxers and slowly slipped in on the other side of Cassie. “Have you both been in bed all day?” I whispered, not wanting to wake her up
When for didnt answer, or tear his gaze be segated my presence inade me what to kiss his surprise away, at I hold my sell still. That intangible something was good but away from her I reached forward and nudged his bag shoulder. His startled expression as unsteady. Tlar almost frightened, der in head lights look Seth gave he was more telling and familiar than I cared to admit because
s what færd looked like the night I’d told him I loved him
feared over Castly to place a kiss against her forehead, offering
a small, calming smile as his arm tightened possessively around her. The action lifted the heaviness in my heart and this tin when I smiled it was more than just for a calming effect on Sidh. It was for me. It was jeal, true happiness. Could Freal I stopped the thought, shaking it out of my head.
I whispered to tuin, letting my lips lingon Cassie and relishing the confused raveman like response
of he had to be tou
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Seth cleared his throat. I’m sorry. I
“Babe, I’m teasing you. I gather something significant happened today?
His eyebrows snapped together as his frown deepened. He glanced back down, almost helplessly at Cassie, and then back to me. “Well, the interconise ban is off, be musel
a word Cage had exclusively used to describe the tiny break between
them–or the idea that I’d be able to feel her around me again that jeột me hard. It would have to wait though. Cassie was exhausted, even if it was only the late afternoon, and Sell just seesid lost.
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Did she feel as good as you remembered?” I asked, lacing my fingers through his where they rested over her
stomach.
His head didn’t shift, but his pine green eves did and that stab of hat in my gut made me regret keeping my desire at bay, “Better,”
Then tum that frown upside down!”
Seth rolled his eves at me and I loved that even for a moment I was able to erase that serious, worried expression from his face, but it didn’t last. She told me she loved me today,”
Ah. There it was.
This was the hurdle they all needed to focus on first. The thing that would happen in two months could be addressed at another time. Honestly, when I’d come in here, I’d figured that’s what it had been, but hearing the confusion… the awe at it in Seth’s voice let me know he was still processing it. “Why so confused by it? You’re a very easy man to love, Seth.”
Another øve roll. “Whatever.”
Step two.
Tell me you love me, Seth.”
“You know I love you,
Ethan.”
Step three.
“I love you too,” I said, carefully studying the changes of expression his face went through, but it was the disbelief that settled there.
I glanced down at Cassie, feeling my heart’s normal lub–dub stutter as I watched her angelic sleeping form. Without a doubt, I knew if there was a picture next to the word perfection‘ it would be of Seth possessively curved around a sleeping Cassio.
Their relationship had progressed and regressed at the same time. It had taken more than a year for me to g saying that, another couple of months for him to get used to me saying it to him. And now, he had another person who loved him as
get him to be okay with
much as I did
Another person who could love unconditionally.
Such a rare Trail.
We were both so lucky and we needed to keep her
thus at all costy Mr. Phelps steel like gaze flashed behind my eyes as he presented the offer of a lifetime too me. At all costs? Me going to Europe could do one of two things make us stronger of tear us
dew where my feelings were. They were with Soth… with Cassie and this new hiccup in our lives would make my heart and grow funder of them I just hoped Sethi was starting to redze how important Cassie was to both of us. Today, their moment, was the first step.
“Oh babe,” I whispered, leaning over them again, but this time seeking Seth’s moulbs over Cassies borehead.
irth shrugged hot leaned into my kiss til deal
her my entire life
Seth swallowed and licked his dry lips. ‘She wouldn’t stop saying it.
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I raised an eyebrow at his admission, but kept silent and let him continue. He was so unused to being loved. It
many times to count and this–moments like this ou before Cassie vlen I would strategically place him in a similar situation- The only way he would talk about it.
“She just kept saying it,” he said, his voler wobbling with emotion.
So Cassie Took the extreme exposure route. Talon I know why I expected anything less really. She was usually an all–in kind of girl.
How do you feel about that I asked, keeping my voice low and stealy i didn t startfe him or Cassie, Or maybe the better question is how did you feel when she said it?
Seth inhaled shakily and swallowed before glancing up at me. “Sturmed, at first, then there was disbelief, anger, something else
What was something else?”
That I could let her love me.”
acceptance… and
I nodded, knowing that he’d just taken a huge step, but that he was leaving something more important off. someone love you, I mean. You’re worthy of it, so let her, as you let me. What about you though?”
healing. Letting
His hand still clutched at Cassie, but his other one pulled away and rubbed the back of his neck. “What about me?”
“Do you love her?
1 silently cursed as the words came out blunter and sooner than I’d wanted. My impending departure was making me push things already and my mistake was clear when Seth’s face closed off. With his eyes dulling, and his jaw tightening. Seth pulled away, putting distance between both me and Cassio.
“I–I’m not ready to talk about that.”
“Okay,” I said, offering an encouraging smile and a small nod, maybe another time.”
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The silence that followed was stiff and uncertain, and for a moment I wondered if maybe Td pushed too much and now Seth would retreat, but when his shoulders slumped and be settled hack dimen Leathed a sigh of relief. I needed to change the topic to something he was more comfortable with. If I wanted this to work between the three of us and then between the two of them while I long distanced with them–and 1 desperately did want it all to work then slow, but steady was going to be the route to success.
“So, intercourse ban over?” I asked, wiggling my eyebrows at him.
He lifted his head and the slow smirk that parted his lips left me breathless. Everything about Seth should be illegal, I suppose wer should be lucky the government hadn’t caught on. If they had, they’d be taxing people out the ass just to stare at him. “Yeah,” he said with a chuckle. “It’s gonna be a fun night.”
“Night? I’m thinking now-
“I wore her out. Let’s let her sleep.”
I frowned. “Was it that rough?”
Seth tilted his head, cracking his neck all the while giving me a worried look. “There might be some bruising. It was i all together, be started to explain, and we haven’t had a sub/dom session in awhile. I know we initially did it for you, but I don’t
just everything think I realized how much it did for me.”
Any thoughts of Europe have washed away in that one comment. The tight knot curling in my groin had me struggling to breathe once more and the head of my dick was weeping from the memory of our last BDSM experience. The shaking breath I managed was sloppy due to my mouth–watering and I could feel the tension building in my lower back at the promise of another experience.
Wed done small things in front of Cassia but never full out. It was me who’d thought she wasn’t ready for all that. Honestly, I still didn’t think she was fully ready for it, or maybe it was me, not wanting her to see that darker side of me… of us. But the idea of never giving her the chance to witness something both Seth and I needed rather frequently seemed like we were cheapening her involvement in our relationship, something I wanted to avoid at all costs. It was a part of who we are–something I was still struggling to accept at times–and Cassie had to be a part of it now p.
“Maybe we can go a little further this time with her,” I whispered and now it was into my gut, dampening my excitement,
my
y turn to eye her sleeping face as worry slithered
Seth reached over Cassie and I shivered as his fingers slid up my chock, folding into my hair. “All the way,” he said. “Ethan, you know Cassie better than both of us…probably better than she knows herself. She won’t reject you for this. It’s nothing to be ashamed of and she il tell you that,
all had our hiccups and mine just happened to be linked to my sexuality. My partner preferences and activities in on the top of that list. Both something I’ve struggled with since the day I admitted to myself that I was attracted to men and likasi
the 1
bedrooms sex in occasionally be tougher than normal
fine, bell said. “I think the real question is whether or she wants to participate.
“Participate in how?
could tie her up text i
to you or hind her at your feet o
I shook my head even themagh the image of her bound accelerated
but that s the extent of hurt participation
Seth heaved a sigh but nodded. For now, BUT
how you are with her. It I be fun to sou out tolen nuversed.
swallowed, knowing he was talking about me dulag to Canic what eth does lo
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played with my thoughts the more I wanted it.
You re shivering
Good image? Seth asked, letting the corner of his mouth lift in a half–smirk.
All I could do was nod. I’d been dreaming about it. The idea of being able to explore and role reverse with Cassie seemed to be two way street of fear and excitement, but the fear was heavier than the other.
We’ll bring it up tonight after dinner,” I said but wasn’t surprised it came out as a rough, shaking whisper.
Purple people eater, Seth said.
1 frowned, still trying to focus on steadying my breathing. “What?”
“That’s gonna be Cassies safe word. We kind of already talked about that part of it… when we, ya know, in the bathroom?”
Settling on my back, letting the images of that night in the bathroom flood in. I folded my arms across my
ny chest and stared at the ceiling, flipping through the idea of Cassie’s proposed safe words. Purple people eater? Talk about a turn–off. What a safe word!” said, still staring incredulously at the ceiling. I don’t know why Imurprised.”
Flipping back onto my side, I eyed Seth, trying to contain the laugh that was threatening to boom out and bounce off the walls. “Could you imagine yelling that in the throes of passion? PIL”
“No one says. throes of passion anymore, you old fart, Cassie mumbled sleepily. Her fun of me! I’m trying to sleep here.
cracked as she yawned. “And stop making
Her waking up and scolding us only made the urge to laugh come harder. “It’s just too easy,” I said and then made a kissing face at
She let out an annoyed grunt and whipped the covers over her head jerked away from her failing arms as she tried to punch me in the chest, but didn’t anticipate the shot to the gut she was actually aiming for. The wind knocked out of me, but once I got my breath back I couldn’t hold in my laughter anymore.
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