Page 16 of Double The Pleasure

Soon both me and my sister fall into a routine with the guys. We either stay at their place or they stay at ours. I like the nights when we're all together at the twins' house just because it's bigger than the apartment and I don't have to worry about being so quiet like I do when Cade and me are together in my room.

It's one of these mornings after that I run into two women coming up to the porch. Both of them are stunning. One, the tall blonde is so gorgeous she could be on magazines or in movies and the other, a redhead with curls, is just as sexy. I realize Cade must see a lot of beautiful women in his job as a tattoo artist but I guess I never realized just how beautiful they would be. I try to give them a big smile as we meet on the steps of the porch.

"Hi."

"Hi," the redhead looks like she's just as shocked to see me standing here as I am to see her. "Is Cade home?"

I nod wondering what the hell they want with Cade.

"Oh good, I was hoping we hadn't missed him before he went to work." She turns a happy smile to the woman standing beside her, "See Lisa, I told you Cade would be available to take us to lunch today."

I tuck my head and make my way to the Uber I called before either of them can say anything else. Cade offered to take me back to the apartment but I didn't want to make him late getting to work either. I snuck out while he was still in the shower after I left him a note on his pillow. I turn back to see the two women take out a set of keys and let themselves into the house.

They have keys to his house. They let themselves in and I know for a fact Cade is still in the shower or he would be running after me to let him take me home. Cade never mentioned anything about other siblings. In fact, he's told me it's just him and his brother quite a few times. So those women aren't his sisters but they have keys to his house.

All during the car ride home, I keep thinking about those women and the fact that he let them have a key. I don't have a key. We've only been dating for a couple of weeks now but if it's serious wouldn't he give me a key to his house? Why did they have one?

By the time I'm back at the apartment I am so upset I don't even try to start working, I just head for my bedroom and flop on the bed to cry. Was I stupid to think Cade thought this was something more than just a fling? Thinking about everything I realize that maybe I've not been as flirty with him as I once was. I tend to fall asleep before he does now and work has kept both of us preoccupied. Last night we didn't even get to have sex because I was so tired. Is that what's wrong? Did I not give him enough affection?

No, because they have keys to his house. That's not something you give a random fuck - is it? Am I the random fuck? Oh God, is he just waiting around to find out if I'm pregnant or not before he finally sends me packing?

A part of my heart cracks in two at the thought of him just keeping me around until he can find out if I'm pregnant or not. I curl into a ball and that is how my sister finds me I don't know how many hours later.

"Hey, what's up with you? I called and you didn't answer."

She immediately drops what she's carrying in her hands and comes over to me. She listens to me tell her about the two women who went into the house and how pretty both of them were. Then exhausted from crying I lose myself in sleep. Maybe when I wake up the heartache I'm feeling won't be so painful and I can move on now that I know this was never anything more than just someone having a good time.

Chapter Twelve

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Cade

"You cheated on Harper!" My brother's voice jerks me out of what I was thinking about which happened to be Harper. I called but she didn't answer. She's been acting a little off lately and I want to know why. I was seriously considering calling Harley when my brother's question makes me stiffen and turn to face him.

Harley is right behind him looking pissed as hell. "What? Fuck no! What the fuck are you talking about?"

Harley comes around Colm and pokes her finger in my chest, "Don't pretend you don't have a fucking clue what's going on! Harper told me about the two girls this morning." At my shocked look she keeps going, "Yeah, you bastard, she caught your side chicks and now she's crying her eyes out because of you and I'm here to rip your fucking nuts off."

"Harper's crying?" Out of all of that it is the only thing I care about.

"Yeah, she's heartbroken because of your cheating ass."

"I've not cheated. I don't know what you're talking about." I can't even think of two women, or fuck, any woman that I have given the time of day after I saw Harper. She takes up all of my thoughts and actions.

"So you're telling me my sister lied about two women coming to see you today?" She puts her hands on her hips and gives me a death stare.

"There haven't been any women here today except for... my aunt and her girlfriend." Horror dawns on me at what Harper must be thinking when my aunt Jackie and Lisa stopped by. I spin around heading for the door. I search my pocket for the keys. I have to get to her. Out of the corner of my eye I see my brother do the same.

"They're on the wall hanging in the hallway closet." Harley tells me as I run for the door. I take the time to thank her before I take the fuck off.

I must break every speed law there has ever been getting to the girls' apartment. I don't stop until I'm banging on their door and Harper answers. She's beautiful but I can tell she's been crying. Her eyes are slightly puffy and her cheeks and nose are red. She sees me and her chin starts trembling.

"That was my aunt." I blurt it out without giving her a chance to say anything. "Well, my aunt and her girlfriend...fiancé. They got engaged on their trip."

She holds the door wider so I can come in. When she finally sits down on the couch with me I scoot closer until my leg is touching hers. I can't go without touching Harper even if it is just a casual brush.

"My aunt was the red head. Her names Jackie and she just proposed to her girlfriend Lisa, the blonde."