Eternal Brand by Sami Lee

Author:Sami Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic;Ménage a trois;m/m/f;m/m;Australia;Military Hero;Alpha Male;love triangle;triad;polyamory;small town;horses;second chances;men in uniform
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

On Friday night, Brand came in from bedding down the horses to find Emily and Jet sitting on the floor against the couch, laughing their heads off at some shared joke. Jet’s arm was slung around Emily’s shoulders and her hand was on his chest. In the hearth a small fire burned, sending orange light flickering over them and the slim laptop that sat atop the coffee table.

They looked so right together, so happy. Brand had to wonder if either of them had ever been that happy when they were with him. The thought left him with an isolated feeling that was both unsettling and familiar. Then Emily glanced up and saw him. She said his name, and Jet turned his way as well. Their welcoming smiles included him in their joy, and for a moment Brand was too filled with warmth to remember that he was supposed to feel alone.

“An orangutan made a pass at Jet,” Emily explained. “Come see.”

Brand walked over to the couch, drawn by a magnetic pull he couldn’t avoid. He sat behind Jet, bracketing the other man’s shoulders with his knees while Emily climbed on the couch beside him. She pointed to the laptop screen. “Someone took it in Borneo. Isn’t it hilarious?”

The picture showed Jet standing against a jungle backdrop, his arms around the orangutan. The creature held Jet’s head in its human-like hands and was smothering his mouth with its massive lips. The expression of surprised panic in Jet’s eyes was priceless.

Brand caught the bug and he laughed too. “Looks like you got yourself a girlfriend that day.”

“It was a boyfriend, actually,” Jet drawled, bringing a half-empty beer bottle to his lips and taking a swig.

Brand glanced at Emily. Then they burst into simultaneous laughter. Brand had laughed often in the past few weeks, and it was like stretching muscles he’d forgotten he had. It felt strange, yet addictively good.

“Go on, laugh it up.” Jet tried to grouse, but he was grinning. “I’m the poor sap who had the hickey.”

Emily squealed with laughter and fell across Brand’s lap. Chuckling, Brand glanced at Jet and saw his own soft amusement mirrored on the other man’s face. Their eyes locked as Jet lifted the beer and took another pull.

Low down in his gut, desire tugged at Brand. All Jet had to do was look at him, all Emily had to do was smile, and need engulfed him. His throat growing quickly dry, Brand held out his hand for Jet’s beer.

Jet’s eyebrow kicked up in surprise, but he handed the bottle over. Brand put it to his lips and drew on the cool, bitter brew. It was something domestic but flavorsome, and it tasted good. But, Brand wasn’t sure if he actually wanted the drink or simply to place his lips where Jet’s had just been.

“I think that’s only the second time I’ve ever seen you take a drink,” Jet remarked.

Brand wondered if Jet was recalling, as he was, that pub in Sydney and the glass of neat scotch he’d just downed when he’d happened to glance up.

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