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His tongue circled one nipple, then the other He licked, bit and sucked his way down Mateo’s body, kissing scars, those stupid fucking gang tattoos that Teo hated
Josiah slid off his lap and onto the floor between Mateo’s legs He kissed Mateo’s sto the button on his jeans, just as the door opened
Mateo’s eyes flashed to the left, seeing Tristan fucking sexy as hell in those godda," Josiah said "Co hi to finish their conversation froood to do shit like he had planned That wasn’t part of Tristan or Josiah, and Mateo wanted to keep it that way
"I have to go to my office I have a phone call to return Feel free to continue without me" Tristan dropped his briefcase by the door
Josiah stilled, then pulled away froer and need in Tristan’s eyes Mateo could see it froh Mateo was pissed, he wanted Josiah and Tristan, too
None of them moved Josiah looked at Tristan, then turned to Mateo He wanted, begged Teo with his body language to say so To fix it But Mateo didn’t kno
Josiah pushed to his feet "You’re both going to ruin us You’re already doing it, and fuck you both for not telling me why"
Without another word, he walked out of the roo a door behind him
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Josiah
Before Josiah ht for what he wanted or believed in He’d alanted to fight Day and night he’d wished he had the strength, but it hadn’t been so worth fighting for, for the first time in his life As scared as he’d been, Josiah had kissed Teo first, because he wanted him so badly When Mateo left for New York, Josiah beat the odds and found hiive up Mateo lit that fight inside Josiah The fight for happiness The fight for Teo
When Mateo sent hith he’d had, disappeared It iped clean, and Josiah became even ave hiain No one could have done that except for Tristan, because Tristan was the only man Josiah could ever ith the same intensity that he wanted Mateo Tristan was the only man he could ever love as equally as he loved Teo For the first ti else in his life that equated love and happiness the way Mateo had for hiical person would have believed Josiah had no choice but to lose one of theht that fight inside hiht for his men Both of them
It somehoorked, and Josiah refused to believe it wouldn’t happen that way again When it came to Tristan and Mateo, he couldn’t lie down and accept defeat, because he knew they all needed each other All three of them A full circle
That didn’t mean it didn’t hurt It didn’t mean he wasn’t scared That he didn’t have an ache in his chest all the ti why It also didn’t ry about it because he was, but still, no matter what, he wouldn’t let them fall apart He couldn’t let theain
Full Circle Coffee
Josiah looked down at the na out the forain, their full circle Because if they couldn’t, Josiah didn’t knohat he would do The truth was, underneath that hurt and anger, there was another e
Insecurity
He’d felt it in so many areas of his life, yet with them, once he knew they loved him, he hadn’t needed to feel it Noas there Now it ca he’d done had worked His glue wasn’t strong enough If he didn’t hold theether, what piece did he play? He didn’t have the same roles they did Mateo, the fierce protector, ould do anything for those he loved; and Tristan, with his doave them both what they needed Tristan, who took care of the at his part Failing at being what they needed
This was the only thing he kne to do The only way he kne to try and show the to them