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  “Okay, you’re all set up. Just stick to the trails and come back if y’all see you’re getting low on fuel. The weather’s great today, so that shouldn’t cause y’all no problems, but be careful, we do have black bears and some snakes. Timber Rattlers and Copperheads are the only ones y’all gotta be concerned with, but for the most part, if y’all leave them alone, they’ll leave y’all alone,” Jessie informed us.

  I watched as the blood drained out of Akio’s face and I quickly pulled him in for a hug. “Don’t worry, I’ll keep you safe,” I promised.

  “But snakes and bears,” he responded shakily.

  I lifted his chin until he was looking at me. “Are you forgetting that I practically grew up here? I know what’s in these woods and what to do if we see any of them. I won’t let anything happen to you. I swear it.” Just as I’d hoped, my words calmed him, and he let out the breath he’d been holding. “You good?”

  Akio nodded. “With you, I am. I trust you.” I wondered if he had any idea how much those words meant to me. Akio was my best friend—my soulmate—and it made my heart happy to know that he trusted me to keep him safe. I bent my head to give him a kiss and then we joined the rest of our friends on the ATVs.

  We agreed to stick together for the first part of the ride but once everyone became more comfortable with the terrain and their vehicles, we began to stagger out a bit until eventually, it was only the two of us. I smiled. This was what life was all about; wide, open spaces, fresh air in my lungs, and Akio’s arms wrapped snugly around my waist. He pressed a kiss to my cheek and then rested his chin on my shoulder, as if he’d heard my thoughts and agreed.

  I let go of one of the handlebars and reached down to cover his hands with mine. “Are you having fun?” I asked over my shoulder, shouting loud enough to be heard over the engine.

  “I am,” he answered back. “I never thought I’d enjoy something like this, but then again, I always have fun with you, no matter what we’re doing.”

  My smile widened into a grin and I took a sudden turn off the path as I spotted a close cropping of trees. “What are you doing?” he asked as I pulled to a stop and switched off the engine. We climbed off the four-wheeler, stretching our legs.

  “I thought maybe we could have a different kind of fun.”

  Akio glanced around us and then turned back to me with an incredulous look. “Here? You want to do that, here?”

  “Why not? There’s nobody else around.”

  “Yeah, but there’s dirt and bugs and probably poison ivy.” He gave me a horrified look. “I don’t want poison ivy on my dick, Morgan.”

  I laughed loudly, the sound echoing off the trees. “Don’t worry. What I have in mind, won’t get you anywhere near the dirt, bugs, or poison ivy.”

  “But…it’s chilly,” he stated half-heartedly. I could tell he was already starting to sway.

  I moved closer to him and cupped his face in my hands. His eyes shone with love as he looked up at me, making me feel invincible. “I promise to keep you warm. In fact, I bet I can make you sweat.” Akio shivered, but I had a feeling it had more to do with my words than the temperature.

  “Well, we are all alone out here. I suppose it would be a shame to let an opportunity like this go to waste.” The smirk on his face was too sexy to resist and I leaned down, stealing a kiss from him.

  His arms looped around my waist as we deepened the kiss, the chemistry between us filling our senses and urging us on. I took control, slowly backing him up until his ass hit the side of the four-wheeler. Reaching for the button of his jeans, I quickly undid them, reaching inside to cup the bulge inside his briefs. I rubbed my hand over it, and he groaned in pleasure against my lips.

  “Mmmm, baby,” he whispered.

  “I’ve got you,” I assured him.

  Ignoring the cold ground, I knelt in front of him and slid his jeans down over his hips, letting them rest right under his pert little ass. “Sit down,” I said, patting the cushioned seat of the ATV behind him.

  With a smile, he scooted onto the edge of the four-wheeler. “Whatever will you do with m—. Holy shit!” he shouted as my mouth closed over the head of his cock. “So warm,” he garbled.

  I chuckled. “I told you I’d keep you warm,” I said as I took his length in my hand and gave it a few slow tugs. Precum beaded at the slit and I licked over it, moaning as his flavor hit my taste buds. “You taste so good.”

  Craving more, I quickly took him back into my mouth, sliding my lips all the way down until he was buried inside, his cock pressed against the back of my throat. My tongue swirled around him as I pulled off, but before he could catch his breath, I dove back down, burying my nose in the nest of soft curls around the base of his cock.

  Akio’s hands flew to my head, his fingers twisting in my hair to hold me in place. Lust shot through my veins, heading straight to my balls as he punched his hips forward several times. My husband was a sensitive man; always worried about everyone else’s feelings instead of his own so watching him take something for himself, seeking his own pleasure first, and using me to do it? Drove. Me. Fucking. Wild.

  I reached down and freed my cock, stroking it roughly. I continued sucking Akio, saliva mixed with precum dripping down my chin. He tasted incredible, making it nearly impossible to slow myself down, but I wanted to watch him come apart with my cock buried deep inside him.

  Forcing myself to stop, I released him from my mouth, staring up at him as I removed his shoes and slid his pants and underwear completely off, along with his socks. When I was finished, I stood in front of him and pulled the rest of his clothes off. Drunk with passion, he watched through hooded eyelids as I removed my own clothes.

  His hands smoothed down my chest and over my abs, setting my skin on fire with every touch. “I like the outdoorsy thing you have going on even more now,” he mused.

  I smirked. “Then you’re going to like what happens next even more.”

  Akio gasped in surprise as I picked him up easily and moved to the back of the four-wheeler. I laid him out carefully across the seat, pulling him so that his ass rested right on the edge, and hooking the heels of his feet along the outer bars then I stepped back to admire my handiwork.

  “You are so fucking sexy,” I told him, using my hands to trace over his smooth body. His skin was flushed with arousal and felt hot under my fingertips. “Don’t you dare move,” I instructed as I walked around the side of the ATV and grabbed a packet of lube out of the pocket of my jeans.

  Akio raised his eyebrows when he saw what I had. “Presumptuous?”

  I shook my head as I ripped it open and squeezed some onto my fingertips. “Nope. Just keeping my promise.”

  “And what promise is that?” he asked, his breath hitching as I reached between his legs and began circling his rim with one finger.

  “My promise to have my wicked way with you as soon as we got the chance,” I answered.

  Akio sucked in a sharp breath as my finger slid inside him. He spread his thighs apart, welcoming my invasion of his body. I continued working him with my fingers until I was sure I wouldn’t hurt him and then I lined the head of my cock up at his entrance and looked into his eyes.

  “You might want to hang on for this,” I said, giving the handlebars above his head a pointed look.

  He reached up, gripping one in each hand and then looked back at me. “Do it.”

  The firm demand sent a tidal wave of lust traveling throughout my body and I pushed forward, my cock sliding into him easily, as if we were two pieces of the same puzzle. “Fuck, you feel so good,” I gasped.

  “Harder,” he begged.

  Moving his legs, I placed them over my shoulders which raised his ass off the seat, changing the angle of my movements. I held onto his hips as I set a new pace, rougher than before, and hitting that special place inside him with unerring accuracy. I stared down at him. He looked completely debauched spread out naked over that four-wheeler and I didn’t want to miss one single second of t
his fantasy come true.

  “That’s it, baby. I’m close,” he breathed.

  I reached down and took Akio’s cock in my hand. It leaked all over my fingers as I stroked him, keeping up a steady rhythm with my hips. My balls drew up tight and I struggled to hold my own orgasm at bay, but being inside him was too warm, too tight, too absolutely perfect.

  Suddenly, his back arched off the seat and he came with a shout, his grip on the handlebars making his fingers turn white and his eyes rolling in the back of his head. His hole tightened around my cock, squeezing and spasming with each wave of ecstasy and I lost the tenuous hold I’d had on my control.

  I came with a loud roar, feeling as if I were soaring into the clouds as I filled my husband with my seed. My chest rose and fell with my ragged breaths and I bent my neck, resting my head on his thigh as I waited to come down off my high.

  Akio slid his fingers through my hair soothingly, whispering words of love. I raised my head to look at him and smiled. His typically tidy hair was in total disarray, his skin was a beautiful rose color, and he’d shot cum all over his stomach and chest. I watched his face as I leaned up and licked a pearly-white trail off his navel. He let out a tiny whimper then bit down on his bottom lip as he continued to stare. Emboldened by his obvious interest, I continued lapping up the salty, sweet offering until he was clean. When I’d gotten the last drop, he pulled me to him and kissed me, moaning as he tasted himself on my tongue.

  As the sweat on our bodies cooled, we both began to shiver, so I fetched our clothes. As he sat on the ATV, pulling on his socks, he grinned at me. “Well, you certainly do keep your promises, Mr. Forrest-Greene. My legs are so shaky, I can barely stand, much less walk. I hope I don’t fall off the back of the four-wheeler.”

  I finished lacing up my boots and walked over to where he was, kneeling in front of him. I took his bare foot and placed it in my lap then grabbed his sock and slid it over his foot. “Don’t you know by now, that I will never let anything bad happen to you? I’d rather give up my own life than see you get hurt,” I told him as I slid his shoes over his feet.

  He placed his hand on my cheek. “How did I get so lucky?”

  I leaned into his touch. “I’m the lucky one. You’ve made me the happiest man on the planet. Speaking of which, when should we tell everyone?” Akio’s entire face lit up with his smile, one that I returned. We’d both been holding onto this secret for too long and I was going to burst if we didn’t tell our friends soon.

  “Let’s do it tonight. Once we’re all together again.”

  I leaned forward and kissed him, quick, but with all the love I felt for him. “I love you.”

  That evening, back at the cabin, we relaxed in chairs we’d set up around a bonfire Micah and Matt had built. It was a gorgeous night with stars bright overhead and the warmth of the fire keeping us from feeling the chill. Everyone talked excitedly about the fun they’d had that day, all of us agreeing we should do it again sometime. I squeezed Akio’s hand, totally on board with having a repeat of our day. He winked at me, apparently sharing my thoughts.

  After a few more minutes there was a lull in the conversation and he gave me a questioning look. I nodded my head. He cleared his throat and I could almost feel his excitement. “So, Morgan and I have something we wanted to tell you guys.” All heads turned to us, everyone giving us their undivided attention.

  I straightened in my chair, holding tight to Akio’s hand as I looked to each of our friends. “You guys are some of the most incredible men we know. You’re honest and caring and all of your children are lucky to have you as fathers. All of them,” I repeated, shooting Hudson, Isaac, and Matt a pointed look. They gave me a grateful smile.

  “Watching you with your kids, the love in your eyes and the happiness on your faces when you talk about them, it got us thinking…maybe we would like to have a kid,” Akio added.

  “Or five,” I interjected.

  Akio gave me an incredulous look. “How about we start with one and see how it goes.”

  I laughed and then Caleb spoke up. “Wait a minute. Are you two trying to tell us you’re going to adopt?”

  “Well, not exactly,” Akio said.

  “We’ve found a woman who agreed to be our surrogate,” I explained. “We didn’t want to say anything until we knew it would work, but…then it did.”

  “It did…as in, she’s pregnant?” Landon asked hopefully.

  I looked over at my husband and grinned. “We’re due in four months,” he announced.

  The guys all jumped up from their seats, taking turns coming around to hug and congratulate us. Landon smiled proudly as he pulled us each into a big bear hug and I smiled at the obvious love between my husband and his best friend. “They’ll be the luckiest kid in the world,” he assured us. “And just think, our kids can grow up together. Maybe we should start making annual trips here each summer, just like our parents did.”

  “I’d love that,” I told him, feeling choked up.

  “I would too. I want our kids to know their Uncle Landon,” Akio added.

  “I would be honored,” Landon said, looking choked up.

  As everyone settled back down, Caleb and Gio went inside to grab some snacks. They were back a few minutes later, carrying several containers. “Here, we made chocolate truffles,” Gio said as he passed the bowl around.

  “Why didn’t I see these before?” Carter complained.

  “Because you would’ve eaten them all and no one else would’ve gotten any,” Caleb pointed out. Carter gave his brother a wounded look and then turned to his husband.

  “I love you, but he speaks the truth,” Ryan said with a laugh.

  Carter pretended to pout, but then the bowl came in front of him and he scooped out a large handful. He looked back up and saw us all watching him. He shrugged. “If I’m going to get accused, I might as well do it,” he said smugly as he popped one of the truffles into his mouth. Seconds later, his face contorted into a grimace and he spit the candy out on the ground.

  “What the hell was that?” he said with a glare.

  Caleb and Gio started cracking up as more of us spit the candy out. “Chocolate covered brussel sprouts. You guys have been had!” Caleb shouted triumphantly.

  “That was disgusting,” Lachlan said. “I don’t like brussel sprouts anytime, but they’re particularly wretched dipped in chocolate.”

  “Okay, that was fun, but we couldn’t be totally mean, so we also made caramel apples for you guys to make up for it,” Gio told us.

  He walked around the circle, handing out caramel apples to everyone. We all looked at him skeptically, not quite trusting his generosity. Gio rolled his eyes. “Oh, my God. They’re perfectly fine. Here, if you don’t trust me, I’ll give Caleb one,” he said.

  We all watched as Caleb took a big bite of the sticky apple. “Juicy,” he announced with his mouth full.

  Relaxing, we all bit into our apples, sputtering and coughing as an atrocious flavor hit our taste buds. I leaned forward, inspecting my apple in the firelight. “What the hell?”

  “Is this an onion?” Akio wheezed out.

  All around us, people were coughing and sputtering, trying desperately to get rid of the offensive flavor. I glared up at Caleb and Gio who were doing some sort of victory dance together. When Landon made a lunge for his younger brother, Caleb darted out of his reach with a laugh and hopped onto his husband’s back. As Gio took off for the house, we could hear Caleb shouting, “I’m king of the world!”

  Chapter Five

  RYLIE/ROCKO

  “And we were allowed to put whatever we wanted on our sundaes, even those little rainbow sprinkles,” Max said excitedly.

  “No way! That sounds like a really cool party. Did you remember to brush your teeth after all that sugar?” I asked.

  “I didn’t want to, but Dylan said all my teeth would fall out of my head if I didn’t,” he admitted

  “Well, I don’t know about all your teeth, but Dylan’s
right, you have to take good care of your teeth if you want them to stay healthy,” Lachlan told him.

  Max sighed. “I figured you’d say that.” My eyes caught Lachlan’s and I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.

  “Is Dylan there?” Lachlan asked.

  “No, Andrew picked him up for school already. Dylan was being so weird this morning.”

  “Weird, how?” I hedged.

  “He changed his clothes like three times, and he put all this goop in his hair and then he sprayed that stuff all over him that you wear when you and Daddy go out on dates,” he explained.

  Lachlan and I shared a knowing grin, but before we could say anything, he announced that Benjamin was ready to take him to school. After several goodbyes and I love yous and promises that he would be good for Kerry and Benjamin, we hung up.

  “What’s wrong?” Lachlan asked.

  I scrunched up my face. “I don’t know. Part of me is happy for Dylan that he’s met a boy he likes, but the other part of me feels sad and I don’t know why.”

  Lachlan put his arm around my shoulder and kissed my temple. “It makes perfect sense actually. We are both proud of the man he’s becoming but that doesn’t make it any easier to let go.”

  “It fucking sucks. Why does parenting have to hurt so bad?” I pouted.

  “I don’t know, honey. It does suck, but at least we get to do it together. There is no one I’d rather be a parent with, than you.”

  His words made me smile. “I feel the same. You know what else I like to do with you?”

  Lachlan glanced at his watch then back at me. “Umm. As much as I’d love to, I’m not sure we really have time for that right now. We’re supposed to meet the other guys downstairs in five minutes.”

  I laughed. “Well, yes, I do love doing that with you too, but I was actually talking about kissing,” I explained.

  “Oh, we definitely have time for that,” he said with a smile. Six minutes later, with swollen lips and a hard on that I discreetly tried to adjust in my pants, I followed Lachlan downstairs.