“It’s not, really,” Chloe argued. “We said we’d all be living together. Sharing a bed. Sharing our lives.”
Jordan made a show of looking around the room. “Liz’s condo is nice.”
“Liz’s condo is sterile and pre-furnished.” Liz spoke with disdain. “I never considered it home. We can change that if you want, but it’ll mean a lot of redecorating.”
“You were going to move out anyway. And I like home. I say you live with us, and we upgrade as needed.” Chloe made it sound so simple.
Jordan saw a tiny hitch in the plan. “That means two of us working from home. We’ll need an upgrade sooner, rather than later.”
“I want to work from home.” Chloe’s exaggerated pout returned.
Jordan crawled across the mattress, to kiss it away.
“I bet you don’t,” Liz said. “You love it at the office.”
“I do. Busted.”
“And I’ll probably have an office downtown. Half of our partners are based out of Salt Lake.” Liz cast her gaze toward the comforter.
Chloe gasped in indignation. “So that was already an option, and you were still going to move away and leave us behind?”
“Heartbroken. Remember?” Liz met Chloe’s tone gasp for gasp.
Jordan settled his palm on Liz’s chest, between her breasts. Her heart hammered against his skin. “Mended now?” he asked.
“Yes. It’s much better.”
“Good. The rest of the details will wait.” Jordan was good with figuring things out as time went on. For now, he wanted pizza, movies, and to probably christen another spot or two in someone’s house as an official threesome, before the night was up. “We need you with us, though.” Because it didn’t matter what waited for them next. With all three of them, they could face anything.
* * * *
One Month Later
Jonathan’s sigh echoed through the speakerphone and filled Liz’s office. “Explain to me, Ms. I’m-so-progressive-I-have-a-boyfriend-and-a-girlfriend, how is that politically correct?”
Liz, Chloe, and Jordan didn’t make their relationship a big deal, but they also didn’t keep it a secret. Liz was fortunate her closest friends and associates understood. “It’s for charity.” She glanced at her phone when a text from Chloe came in, and then turned her attention back to the conversation with a smile.
“That’s not a reason; it’s a smokescreen, and you know it.”
She also knew Jonathan wasn’t as irritated as he sounded. “All right. It’s not politically correct at all, but it’ll be fun. Besides, consider the cause. I hear this GG Foundation does amazing things.”
“Liz—”
“Jonathan.” She mimicked his exasperation. “If you don’t want to help, say no. Stop hedging. If you do this for me, I’ll owe you.”
“Owe me what?”
“Umm… A tie-breaking vote.”
“You almost always vote with me anyway.”
“Something else then. You’ve got a list of wants specifically for things like this.” Another text came in, this one from Jordan, saying he was on his way up. “Listen, I have to go. Think about it?”
“Maybe. You dialing in for the presentation at three?”
“I’ll be there. Talk to you then.” Liz disconnected, as Jordan walked into the room.
He swung the door shut. “Hey, gorgeous.”
She grabbed her purse and stepped around the desk. “Perfect timing.”
“You hear from Chloe?”
“I did.” She unlocked her phone and pulled up the conversation. “She says, Stupid asshole fucker. Whoever said nepotism was awesome is delusional. PS. Can’t make lunch. Sorry, love.”
Jordan chuckled. “Zach didn’t greenlight her proposal?”
“I assume. She also says… well…” Liz held up the message for Jordan to see.
“PPS,” he read aloud. “If you break in the shiny new desk, take pictures.” He looked at Liz, brows raised and mischief dancing in his eyes. “How do you figure that works? The taking pictures bit?”
“Not sure. The logistics have me confounded.” She had several ideas, though most of them involved what the photos would be of, not how to get them.
Jordan relieved her of her purse and phone, set both on a nearby chair, and rested his hands on her hips. He pushed her back with his frame, until she bumped into said shiny new desk. He lifted her to sit on the edge, nudged her legs apart with his knee, and slid between them, denim scraping up the insides of her thighs. “In that case, we’ll have to make it up as we go along.” He kissed along her collarbone and up her neck.
She tilted her head back with a happy sigh. In a million guesses, she never would have picked this as a possible future, but now she was living it with the two people she loved more than anything, she couldn’t imagine doing it any other way.
THE END
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If you enjoyed Chloe, Jordan, and Liz’s story, and want to read about the rest of the gang, the remaining Your Ad Here books are coming later in 2016.
In Auctioning Affection, when his Nana passes away, Jonathan is drawn back to the island in the Florida Keys where he spent his childhood summers… And confronted with a past he thought he’d left far behind.
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In the meantime, if you’re looking for more cubicle dwellers and geek love to warm your heart and scorch the pages of your e-reader, and want to see Chloe and Jordan’s debut in the #GeekLove universe, check out the Version 2.0 series, starting with Denial of Interest.
And if you’d like to see their cameo in another ménage, check out Roll Against Discovery
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Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
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