I heard a familiar noise: grunts from Lin’s room.
I looked at my PC as another meeting reminder popped up and decided to ignore this one as well. I was getting fired for sure if I kept this up.
I knew that low, guttural groan he made when something felt especially good. It was not a common sound, but I had pulled it out of him a few times, enough to smile when I heard it. This time it was deeper. More surprised. Almost helpless.
I headed down the hall, shedding my clothes as I went. Lin must have been sucking him. The thought put a smile on my face as I imagined sliding in beside them.
But when I reached the doorway, the scene stopped me cold.
Lin was lying on her back on the bed. Dan was kneeling over her face, straddling her head, his cock in her hand while she licked his asshole. I could not see her face, but I could hear her tongue working against him. Dan’s head was tipped back, eyes half-closed, one hand braced on the headboard.
Lin touched him too confidently for this to be new.
I felt like I had walked in on someone cheating on me. Something private. Something I had not been invited into.
When I stepped inside, Dan glanced over and gave me a lazy, stupid smile, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Lin could not see me. She kept going, licking him like she knew exactly what he liked.
I crawled onto the bed beside Lin, running my hands over her body while she continued. My fingers traced her breasts, her stomach, then slipped between her legs. She was wet. I pushed two fingers inside her and felt her moan vibrate against Dan.
Her moan made me feel less like an intruder.
I wanted proof there were still parts of her Dan did not get by default.
Dan got rougher, holding her head still with one hand while grinding harder against her mouth. Lin responded immediately, stroking him faster.
He came across Lin’s chest and neck, some of it splashing onto my arm where I was still touching her.
He stood up, stretched, then leaned down and kissed Lin gently on the forehead.
“Thanks, that felt great, babe.”
Then he headed for the shower without another word.
He did not kiss her on the mouth. Of course he did not.
The room felt quieter once he was gone.
I stayed with Lin. I kissed the cum from her skin slowly, taking my time with every spot he had left on her, then moved up to lie beside her. She turned toward me, flushed and breathing softly. I pulled her close, fitting myself against her like I had already learned where I belonged.
“How long have you been doing that?” I asked, trying to keep my voice light.
Lin dragged one fingertip across my shoulder. “A few weeks. He pushed me down once while I was blowing him. I liked what it did to him, so we kept doing it.”
“Do you like it?”
She hesitated, then nodded. “I like what it does to him. How much he loses it.”
I swallowed. “Why … didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t think I had to tell you everything, Mia.” Her voice was gentle, but the words still stung. “It’s not like you tell me every little thing either.”
I pulled her tighter against me. “Are you still on my side?”
Lin lifted her head to look at me. She looked tired, but she did not look away.
“I’m here with you right now.” She brushed her thumb across my cheek. “You and me, we’re still good.”
My own words from her bed. Apparently they sounded more convincing in her voice.
It was not what I wanted to hear. I wanted her to say she loved me. That she had heard me that night and had only been waiting to say it back.
Stupid love-hungry cunt.
I sighed and kissed her slowly, tasting the faint trace of him on her lips. She kissed me back and pulled me closer. I decided that meant I still mattered.
Dan had become background noise.
I was not sure I had done the same for Lin.