Down London Road

explanation first.
    ‘Um, what’s going on?’
    Too late.
    I closed my eyes briefly, shooting Cam a death look when I opened them and then peering past his head to smile apologetically at my brother, who took up a good portion of the doorway with his height and increasing frame. His green eyes were narrowed on the back of Cam’s head. They shifted to me. ‘Is this what you wanted to talk about?’
    I nodded and tried once again, unsuccessfully, to clamber off Cam’s lap as Cole strode into the room. He walked past the sofa to the armchair and Cam smiled at him before sipping his coffee, completely relaxed except for the arm that bound me tight to him.
    Cole sighed and dropped into the chair. ‘You two together, then?’
    We answered in unison.
    Unfortunately not with the same answers.
    ‘Yes.’
    ‘We’ll see.’
    As Cole’s eyebrows rose, his eyes bright with amusement, Cam turned his head sharply to glare at me. ‘We’ll see?’
    Bugger
. Now he thought I didn’t want this. I
did
want this. I just didn’t want him to feel pressured in case that scared him off. ‘I don’t want us to feel rushed.’
    ‘Bullshit. You don’t want me to feel rushed. I thought we talked about that.’
    I gaped at him. Cam wasn’t known for his intuitiveness when it came to me, but apparently the more he got to know me the more he saw. Was I becoming predictable?
    I didn’t know how I felt about that.
    ‘If you’re looking for my approval, you have it,’ Colemuttered as he stood up again. He shot Cam a quick smile as he passed us. ‘Seems like you know what you’re doing.’
    ‘Oh, funny.’ I took umbrage at my brother’s droll comment, rolling my eyes at the sound of his chuckle as he disappeared down the hall into his room. My eyes slid back to Cam’s face only to find him grinning at me. ‘Don’t even think about becoming a tag team.’
    He laughed, his eyes crinkling in the way that melted my insides. ‘Wouldn’t dream of it.’ He put his mug down and then mine, before wrapping his arms around me. I slid my arms around his neck, settling closer into him. ‘That went well.’
    ‘It went how every conversation with Cole goes lately.’
    ‘And what way is that?’
    ‘Quickly.’
    I felt Cam’s shoulders shake underneath me. ‘He’s a guy. We like to get straight to the point.’
    Enjoying the mix of contentment and excitement I felt in his arms, I pressed my body deeper into his, feeling his erection grow against my butt. I brushed his mouth lightly with my own, glorying at the hitch in his breathing. ‘You took a while to get to the point this morning.’
    The glitter in his eyes was the only warning before I found myself thrown back on the couch. Cam gripped my thighs, pushing my legs open so he could settle between them. I wrapped my long legs around him and he kissed me, slow and deep. We made out for a while like two teenagers. It was bloody brilliant!
    As his strong hand glided up my outer thigh, I breathedin his familiar scent and wished we didn’t have to go to lunch. Reading my thoughts, he finally pulled back, and I couldn’t stop myself from tracing my fingers along his lips. He really had the most distracting mouth of any man I’d ever met.
    Continuing our conversation as if five minutes of lip-locking hadn’t just happened, I whispered, ‘I didn’t mean that as a bad thing. I meant it as a very, very good thing.’
    ‘Then I’ll make sure to take my time getting to the point in the future.’
    ‘I said I was cool with it, not that I wanted to see it,’ Cole grumbled above us.
    We both jerked our heads around to see Cole standing by the couch, glaring down at us, a plate of sandwiches in one hand and a glass of Coke in the other.
    ‘Oi, what are you doing?’ I huffed at my brother, pushing Cam off of me. ‘We’re going to lunch. You’re going to spoil your dinner.’
    ‘Wow,’ Cam said lightly as he sat up. ‘I just got a glimpse into the future.’
    ‘What?’
    He laughed, shaking his head as he turned to Cole. He gestured to the sandwiches. ‘I’ll take one of those.’
    Cole held the plate out and Cam casually took a sandwich.
    I stared at them both, munching on their snacks, ruining their appetites. ‘God. Now there’s two of them.’
    That only made Cam and Cole share amused, secret ‘guy club’ smiles.
    A sense of warmth – beautiful, relaxing, contented warmth – radiated out from my chest, enveloping my entire body in a kind of happiness I’d never