Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 160

Emily wouldn't look at me, but could see unshed tears in her eyes. "Yeah. Since LA."

Still not looking at me, she wrapped her arms around herself, and I put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her in close as we continued to walk. There were two subjects we never talked about - Daniel and LA. This was the first time she mentioned either in over a year, so knew to tread carefully.

"I'm glad you could find something after all this time," I said, leaning my head against hers.

"Yeah. It was nice to talk to her. She's pretty wild, but once you get to know her, she seems insightful."

"Yeah," I said and gave her shoulder a little squeeze. "I noticed."

She pulled her head away and glanced at me, looking a little less like someone had just killed her puppy. "Thanks for not yelling at me about it."

"There's nothing to yell about," said. "Are you interested in continuing with her? Or is it a one-time thing?"

"1... it was really good for me," she said, her watery eyes looking into mine. "I wouldn't say no if it happened again, but I know that's weird if you keep seeing her. I wouldn't do it again if it bothered either of you."

"So it's just a hookup for you?"

She gave me a funny look and said, "It's a little too soon to be talking about relationships, and it's not something I thought about anyway because you guys were a thing. I don't think I would have even kissed her if it hadri't been for all the alcohol."

"That's not a yes."

"I don't know, Marcus," she said, slightly annoyed. "How about you? Are you thinking about actually dating her?"

Stop falling for me. I'm not girlfriend material.

Natashya's words from Saturday still rang clear in my head. It was a mantra I had to summon often when being intimate with her.

I shook my head. "No. I have it on good authority that she's not girlfriend material."

Emily looked a little puzzled by that but didn't respond.

"Whatever you want to do, just be careful. You've come a long way, Em."

She nodded. "Thanks. I will

I decided that if Natashya and Emily wanted to continue what they were doing, that would be the nail in the coffin for our sexual relationship. Sure, we fucked this morning and even had a great time, but I still had difficulty getting past the idea that she'd been eating out my sister just minutes before. I definitely made sure we didn't kiss.

Weirdness aside, Emily had been through a lot, and if she needed this, I was more than willing to give up sex with Natashya for my sister. It wasn't like I was starving for affection, though. I had Erin and Helen. Danni was still in my life until I heard differently, and now I could add Shea to the roster.

But, fuck... I liked having sex with that wild woman, and even if I had to give it up for a good reason, I would miss it.

"So, did she do the little swirl thing with her tongue? Or does that not apply to women," I asked, looking to lighten the mood.

It worked. She lightly punched me in the chest and laughed. Then she held up a hand with her pinky extended and said, "Hey, the family can't find out about any of this, right?"

"Oh god, yes," I said, hooking my pinky in hers as we shook on it.

"Good," she said. "Mom would kill us." She laid her head back on my shoulder as we wandered down the rows of high-end gamblers, watching them idly as we held onto each other.

Roughly five minutes later, Natashya found us, her bright mahogany eyes shining and the dimples in her cheeks on full display as she smiled. "There you are!"

She approached and kissed me on the cheek. Then she gave me a second one and said, "That's from Rose."

"You know Rose?" Emily asked as Natashya gave her an identical kiss on the cheek.

"She was at our little gathering this weekend," Natashya said.

Emily slipped free of my embrace as Natashya fell beside her.

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