I held back my chuckle, running my damp fingers over my lips for a taste. When she wedged out from between the quad and me, she flew forward, and Caleb was there to catch her in his arms.
“You seemed to be enjoying yourself. Sorry for interrupting. It looks like I now owe you a favor,” Caleb told her with a wicked gleam in his eye I’d seen often. He’d be keeping her busy the rest of the night, but I didn’t mind.
She looked back at me, unsure of herself until my brows lifted. “Don’t refuse pleasure on account of me, gorgeous.”
Caleb spun her around, her back colliding with his chest. “Well, Josh cleared his debt,” he began explaining to me while holding two fingers to her lips. “Suck.”
Her blazing eyes locked with mine as she drew them into her mouth. A grin sharpened her features when he popped them back out. I leaned back against the quad, watching her eyelids flutter shut and her head rest back against his shoulder as he slipped his fingers under her dress.
“How’d he come up with the cash so fast?” I asked.
Caleb focused on Liv, my question left hanging around us. “Is that how you like it?” he asked, smoothing her hair to the side to better see her face. She’d already been worked up, and now, after only a second of his touch, she was trembling. Her breath hitched, becoming nothing more than rapid gasps spilling out as she struggled to answer.
“These fingers can pleasure you as good as his,” he told her, nibbling her ear.
“Josh is broke,” Caleb continued, his eyes moving to me. “The diner’s draining everything he has.”
“Not surprised. Looks like he never bothered to invest a dime in maintaining it.” I huffed out a bored sigh, waiting to hear where he came up with the money, and shoved my hands into the pockets of my jeans.
“Yes…yes. Good!” Liv spit out. “Don’t stop.”
I pulled my phone from inside my coat and turned the volume I’d silenced back to the ringer. No missed calls. “So then how did Josh manage that kind of money?” I asked, tucking the phone away.
“Left pocket,” he said, understandably not wanting to remove his hold on the wanton vixen.
I noticed the sheet of white paper protruding from his coat pocket and pulled it out. When I unfolded it, my lip quirked up: It was the deed to the diner. I shook my head, ignoring the girl screaming incoherent pleas from Caleb’s arms.
“You’re fucking crazy. That place needs a lot of work.” I tucked the deed back in his pocket. “We’re talking tear-down-and-rebuild type of work. Plus, what do you know about running a business?”
He shrugged, unconcerned. “Not much…but you do.”
My hard gaze held his. “I don’t think you realize how much time and money it’s going to take to turn that place around. Yes, I agree there’s a profit to be made eventually, but not without a lot invested up front. The commute alone to keep up with the contractors will be enough to bore you with the project before the place is ready to reopen.”
“I don’t plan on commuting.”
“Hate to break it to you, but even with top contractors, you’re going to need to keep an eye on the renovation.”
He said nothing, his gaze on me and his mouth on Liv’s neck as his hand quickened its motion. Realization hit me quickly but took a moment to sink in.
“You want to move back here?” I puffed out. I hadn’t seen that coming. “Since when?”
“It’s time I settle down and build something of my own, and it feels right here. You should think about—”
“Not happening. This place isn’t for me,” I spit out. Where the hell was this coming from? Was there something going on between him and Julia? I couldn’t fathom it.
“Does Julia know you’re planning this?” I asked carefully.
“No, of course not. I decided tonight, when Josh kept adding to the pot. How many times I gotta tell you? I’m not into your little sister. That girl gets on my nerves.” He gave a half smile.
“Good.”
“Harder, please, there…right there,” Liv moaned.
Caleb tightened his grip around her stomach and tugged her back slightly. The action had her squirming with pleasure.
“This may not be your type of town, but what about Julia? You okay with her out here all alone? Where do you think all the new college girls end up, huh?” He ran his mouth over Liv’s ear. She looked barely twenty-one.
“My sister’s a smart girl,” I growled.
Caleb smiled, lifting Liv’s dress to give me a full view. “Are you a smart girl, baby?”
She nodded, high on the pleasure his hand was providing between her legs.
“You go to college here?”
She nodded again, her breaths turning into harsh pants with every question.
“But you still plan on getting on those knees for me, don’t you?”
She ran her tongue over her lips and bobbed her head eagerly. “There’s no shame in that, baby.” He moved his gaze back to me.
Rage coursed through me at his implication. My sister wouldn’t be another Liv.
The thought drove me mad. Even if I wanted to keep an eye on her, protect her from the perverse pricks like Caleb and me, I couldn’t.
“I have a business to run in the city—a life there. Oliver has Katherine. I can’t uproot our life and move here all because my sister made a careless decision.”
“Fine, don’t. But consider my offer.” He lowered his head, silent in thought for a while, then looked back up with a determined stare. “I’m done with the city, Logan, and I could use a partner in this. Whether you’re here or there, I want you to be a part of it. There’s no other restaurant or bar in this town. No competition. You know Oliver would love it here, and—”
“Don’t mention my son when you’re knuckle-deep in pussy!” I snarled.
How was he done with the city? I easily understood why on a superficial level, but to move to Harmony? Caleb had a family there, but he wasn’t close to them. I had no one except a sister who needed to focus on school. It didn’t make sense for me.
Unsure what my thoughts were on the changes crashing toward me, I pushed off from the quad and approached Liv steadily, her eyes wide with desire. Without warning, I yanked the top of her dress down, freeing her round, perky breasts.
“Very nice,” I croaked, running my fingertips over her supple flesh. I grabbed her breasts in my hands, kneading and squeezing, uncaring and rough.
“You want my mouth?” I asked.
“Please. So close,” she moaned.
I dipped my head down, sucking her stiff nipple into my lips and circling it with my tongue. My touch grew harsher while Caleb’s hand played below. The double sensation was all it took.
She cried out as she unraveled in his arms, slumping back against him after her final hard moan, her body buzzing visibly. I pulled back, leaving the top of her dress lowered. Her breasts glistened where my tongue had roamed.
“I’m going for a walk,” I said, stepping back.
“Wait,” Liv’s meek, breathless voice called out. “I thought…I mean...” She looked up at Caleb, then back to me. “I want you both,” she blurted out. I could tell by the blast of pink to her cheeks that she’d surprised herself with the request.