Page 56 of Three Pucks and a Baby

“And even in my hazy memory, I seem to remember all four of us kinda hunkering down in here after our last round.”

A knowing smile curved on Bennett’s lips. “Ah, I see. You’re thinking Grayson and Theo had second thoughts and ran away?”

“Yep.”

He shook his head. “Gray and Theo are fucking annoyin’ early birds. I’m sure they’re in the kitchen where Grayson is cookin’, and Theo is guzzlin’ some coffee.” He tilted his chin. “Maybe some espresso if he’s feelin’ pretentious enough.”

I laughed both in relief and at his summation. “Thanks, B. That makes me feel a lot better.”

“You’re welcome.”

Reaching my hand out, I swept the bed hair out of his eyes. “I’m really glad you joined in last night.”

“Me too.” With a lopsided grin, he asked, “Wanna join me in the shower?”

“I would love to, but I know I’m already late for work as it is.”

“Raincheck?” he teased.

“Maybe.”

I then grabbed my phone off the nightstand and headed to the bedroom door. When I turned around, I caught sight of his naked ass as he headed into the bathroom. I bit down on my lip at the sight while fighting the urge to throw caution to the wind, call out of work, and screw him senseless.

One quadraticsome had made me a wanton hussy.

With a sigh, I opened the bedroom door and stepped into the living room. A laugh bubbled from my lips when I saw that Bennett’s summation was correct. In only his black jockey shorts, Theo sat on a stool at the bar, coffee mug in one hand and his phone in the other. Grayson stood in front of the stove, stirring a pan of what appeared to be eggs while outfitted in a black apron and nothing else considering his bare ass was gleaming under the track lighting.

Immediately, they jerked their attention to me. The intensity of their stares caused me to shudder. “Uh, good morning,” I said, my voice deeper than I intended.

“Good morning, beautiful,” Grayson said with a wink.

Warmth bloomed both in my cheeks and my core at his compliment. My gaze flickered over to Theo. He cocked his brows at me. “Hungry?”

Although I knew he meant breakfast, his words sparked a different type of hunger in me. Before I could stop myself, my eyes dropped to his lap. Theo’s train of thought was in the same station as mine because a bulge grew in his shorts.

Jesus, Viv, way to be obvious?

At Theo’s chuckle, mortification rocketed through me. Shaking my head, I replied, “I’m late,” I pronounced.

“Sorry for not getting you up, but you were sleeping so soundly we hated to wake you,” Theo remarked.

With a sexy grin, Grayson added, “We felt guilty considering we’d worn you out.”

A warm flush flooded my cheeks. “I suppose you did.”

Theo rose off the bar stool to come stand before me. His finger came to my chin, tipping my face up to look at him. “What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours?” he questioned.

“Nothing.”

After crossing his arms over his bare, broad chest, he cocked a brow at me. “Come on, Viv. This isn’t our first time at the rodeo.”

When I glanced past him, Grayson nodded his head in agreement. “Mornings after can be a real bitch. You know, all that ‘things look different in the light of day’ bullshit.”

A nervous giggle escaped my lips at his summation. “Yeah, Bennett and I were talking about that.”

“So it is the morning after bullshit?” Theo asked.

“Maybe.” Shaking my head, I replied, “No, that’s not it. I mean, I don’t regret anything…with any of you.”

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