Less Than Three (Running In Circles Book 4) by E.M. Lindsey

Author:E.M. Lindsey [Lindsey, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-25T16:00:00+00:00

When a prosthetic arm dropped in his lap, Dmitri jumped, almost spilling his beer. He stared down at it with slightly horrified eyes as Knox laughed and plucked it off him.

“That’s a sign of affection,” he said, gently setting the arm on the coffee table. “It’s like when a cat kills a bird and leaves it in your bed. It’s a sign of them trying to take care of you.”

“That’s, uh,” he said, and stopped. Swallowing another long drink, Dmitri swiped his hand across his mouth and glanced across the room where Aksel walked over to whisper something into Roman’s ear. He didn’t think coming there was a mistake, but his heart was feeling battered, and it was making it harder to resist the temptation to text Raphael and make up vicious lies about Rian.

Because the moment he told the truth about Rian—that he was a nice guy, worth a shot—Raphael would say yes. He would say yes, because Raphael was lonely. He needed something new and different. Someone better than his exes, who only wanted bits and pieces of him and not him as a whole. And Dmitri wasn’t sure if Rian was that guy, but it wouldn’t surprise him if he was.

Taking another drink, Dmitri sat up properly and set the bottle down. One more and he’d be buzzed, and he couldn’t take the risk. “Are you happy? Being around these two so much?”

Knox blinked at him, then smiled. “Most of the time. Roman told me you know that we have a little…thing going on so you don’t have to be delicate. Why do you ask?”

Dmitri shook his head. “Just wondering if you ever get…I don’t know. Jealous or if it ever sucks?”

“Polyamory’s not for everyone,” Knox replied softly. “I didn’t know it was for me, and I think a lot of people buckle under the jealous moments.”

“Do you?” Dmitri asked.

With a soft laugh, Knox sat back and finished his water, holding the empty bottle pinched between his thumb and forefinger. “Look at them.” And Dmitri did. He looked at Aksel, who had his arm tight around Roman’s waist and was whispering something that was making Roman laugh with a full-body chuckle. Roman grinned, the way he never did at work. He eased back into Aksel’s grasp and went soft in ways Dmitri had never seen him do outside of that moment right there. “They have something that most people don’t—that most people never will. And it’s not ever going to be like that with us. They had so much history together before I came along, and I’ll never be a part of that.”

“Doesn’t that hurt?” Dmitri wondered. He sat back and tried to imagine what it would be like to share Raphael. To love him and be loved, but watch him love someone else too. It made him queasy enough he had to breathe through it, and when he looked up, Knox was staring at him. “Sorry.”

“We should get out of here.” Knox set his bottle down, then rose, extending Dmitri a hand.

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