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Jayce slides out of me and cleans me up then brings his mouth to mine, kissing me sweetly. He walks over to Oli and kisses her with the same tenderness.

“That was fun. We should have done this throuple thing a long time ago.”

He stands there beaming with the cutest grin on his face at both of us like he didn’t just give me epic backshots in the middle of the kitchen or something.

Chapter 21

Olive

Walking into Zander’s gym is interesting. I feel like I’m finally seeing this whole other side of him. I haven’t really ever seen him around people beyond the bar and his friends there. These are like normal people.

I’m not sure why the bar friends he has are different from the people here for me, but it just feels different.

As we walk in I expect everyone’s eyes to be on us and to be glaring at us, like I expect whenever I walk into a gym. But as usual, no one looks at us. One old man notices and walks over waving.

“Hello, young lady.” He takes my hand and gently shakes it.

“Did I just hear nice words come from your mouth Joel?” Zander asks with genuine surprise on his face.

“Shut up, kid. She’s pretty. And I know how to be nice to the ladies.” He puffs his chest out at me.

I put my hands up. “Woah, woah, calm down. I just didn’t know you knew how to be nice.” He backs up.

“Everyone is just packing up to go downstairs. You can take them down.” He points at Jayce and I before walking behind us and locking the door.

Zander reaches his hand out to me, and I take it hesitantly. Looking over at Jayce, he just smiles at me.

I’ve never done anything like this, I want to make sure everything is good with all of us. I want everyone to feel loved at all times. No one should ever feel excluded in their relationship.

I follow behind Zander and reach my hand out to Jayce. He takes it and we walk through the gym. People do look at us now. I’m sure it’s odd to see two guys holding a girl’s hand walking through the gym.

I ignore them all and focus on the warmth of their hands in mine. The comfort it gives me knowing I have them here with me.

We make our way down the stairs at the back of the building and into a dark room. Zander pushes in a code and the door opens.

“Very Mission Impossible, Men in Black, 007 vibes I’m getting, devil.” I lean forward whispering in his ear.

He squeezes my hand and I see the edges of his cheeks rise from the side of his head. I know he just got a big ol’ smile on his face and that makes me happy.

The lights are on in the sparse room. Just a few chairs, and a space with markings on the floor. I can see hooks in the ceiling and floor, and there is a chain rolled up in the corner.

I look over at it and tilt my head at it. “What’s that?” I ask. He looks over to see what I’m talking about.

“Oh, that’s the cage for the fights. We put it up and that keeps people in or out during their fight. It’s easier to clean than an actual ring would be.” He pauses nervously. “Uhhh, our fights get very ummm…Bloody.” He rubs the back of his neck before smiling at me with her nervous little smirk of his.

“Ahh, gotcha.” I nod, Jayce looks around at every corner of the room, his normal cop thing, trying to see every entrance, exit, and possible threat.

We hear laughter from the staircase and sit in the seat next to Zander. Jayce sits on the opposite side of me, both men rest their hands on my thighs. I fight the urge to clench them together at their possessiveness.

Zander stands when everyone walks in and starts to sit around us.

“Welcome. Uhh. I don’t really know what else to say. We don’t have a lot of these talking meetings, and we have had two in one damn week. Normally we’re fighting,” Joel says as everyone sits.

I smile at him and he blushes. He’s adorable.

Zander stands. “Uhh hi guys, sorry for making us sit again. But this is Oli, and that’s Jayce.” He looks at us with his eyes wide. “Stand up,” he leans toward us and says it in a whisper out of the side of his mouth like the whole room didn’t just hear him.

We awkwardly stand. “Uhh, hi. I’m not sure why we had to stand, you all saw us when we walked in. But umm…I’m Oli. And I’m so sorry you all have to spend your time here doing this, but I’m so appreciative. It’s been scary lately,” I say as I wave and sit back down in my seat.

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