Sins of the Past (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

They both felt right to her.
    “I knew it was only a matter of time before you let everyone see you’re just like your mother.”
    Ashley stomped off before Lorna could even acknowledge what she said. She sighed and stared at Cole’s kiss-swollen lips, knowing she had a lot to think about. So much for the friend category.
     
    * * * *
     
    Cole drove back to Jacob’s house in utter shock. When Lorna had kissed him, he hadn’t known whether to push her away or swipe everything off the table with his arm so he could lie her down and fuck her until they both collapsed. His body, specifically his cock, voted for the latter. His head was a different story.
    Lorna was Jacob’s woman. It was something he’d had to keep telling himself over and over for the past couple days. As he had gotten to know her, he learned that not only was she one sexy woman, but Lorna was smart, funny, and feisty. All the qualities he would have chosen if he had to create the perfect woman. He could definitely see what Jacob liked so much about her. The problem was, Cole was starting to fall for her as well.
    He adjusted his aching cock. The thing hadn’t gone down since the moment he walked into her shop and saw her bent over in those tiny cut-off shorts with her round ass swaying to the music. His cock had instantly sat up and taken notice. Then her possessive kiss had him on the verge of coming in his jeans.
    Cole knew he was going to have to tell Jacob about the kiss. The news was something that was better coming from him rather than Jacob finding out through gossip. He grimaced at the thought of how Jacob would react and hoped he hadn’t just lost his best friend.
    Jacob’s truck was already in the driveway when Cole pulled up. He groaned as he got out of his car and marched up to the house. For the first time in a long while, he noticed his palms were sweaty and his pulse jumped. Cole let out a small laugh at himself. On their SEAL team, he was always known as the calm, cool, rational one. They were sent on missions to take down some of the world’s most dangerous and ruthless men and he never showed an ounce of fear. Now, he felt like he was marching toward his doom. He was scared to death to tell Jacob about the kiss. Not only because he could possibly lose his best friend but because if he had the chance, he had no doubts he wouldn’t hesitate to kiss Lorna again.
    “Hey, man where you been?”
    Cole jumped and turned toward Jacob. He had been so lost in thought he hadn’t even seen the man sitting on the porch. He saw that Jacob had his leg propped up and was rubbing his knee. Aware he was avoiding the man’s question to stall for more time, Cole pulled up a chair and sat next to Jacob. “What’s up? What did the doctors say?”
    Jacob laughed. “Other than telling me that I was a stubborn bastard because I wouldn’t take no for an answer, they gave me a new brace and I’m no longer on crutches. I start physical therapy next week.”
    “That’s great, man.” Cole hated to wipe the smile off Jacob’s face, but he knew he needed to tell the man what happened before he lost the nerve. “I went to see Lorna while you were gone.”
    Cole waited for Jacob to say something, but the man sat silently as if waiting for him to continue. “I got bored so I went down to see her shop. We ended up going to that diner down the street to get some lunch. Some chick, I think Lorna said her name was Ashley, came up to the table and started hitting on me.”
    Jacob cut Cole off with a laugh. “Oh, man, I bet Lorna wasn’t too pleased about that. She can’t stand the woman.”
    Cole dragged his hands down his face before continuing. “Yeah, Lorna wasn’t too happy. In fact, she kissed me.” He saw Jacob’s whole body tense from the news and waited for the first blow to come.
    “She kissed you?”
    Cole winced at the flat tone in his friend’s voice. He didn’t know if Jacob was ready to kill him or not. One thing he was certain of was that he didn’t want the man to blame Lorna for what happened. “Technically, she kissed me, but I did nothing to stop it. Honestly, I didn’t want to stop it. Ashley was flirting with me and when she reached out to touch me, Lorna pulled my hand away. She told Ashley that I was hers just as much as you were, then she kissed me to prove her point. Ashley said something about her being just like her mother and then she stomped away.”
    Cole expected cursing, fighting, or Jacob telling him