Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 95: Excuses

Lennox's POV

We walked into Levi's room, each of us taking different positions. I headed straight for the minibar, pouring myself a glass of dry gin. Levi stood at the window, staring outside, while Louis rested his back against the wall.

We all went silent, each of us waiting for the other to speak — but it sure as hell wasn't going to be me.

I knew we had to talk. We had to address what happened back in my room. The problem was: who the hell was going to say it first?

We all kissed Olivia. We touched her. We pleasured her. And it sure seemed like we all enjoyed it, so…?

"I wasn't in my right senses," Louis suddenly said, breaking the silence.

I looked his way with a furrowed brow, silently daring him to continue.

"It was my wolf," he added stiffly, crossing his arms over his chest. "He pushed me. I didn't want to… not really."

Levi scoffed quietly from the window but didn't turn around.

"You're full of shit," he muttered.

Louis straightened up, bristling. "The fuck did you just say?"

"I said," Levi growled, finally spinning around to face us, his eyes flashing, "you're lying to yourself. We all are."

A tense silence fell again. I stared into my glass of dry gin, swirling it slowly, trying to gather my thoughts — trying to find a fucking excuse.

Finally, I shrugged, forcing out a cold laugh.

"I don't know what came over me," I said. "Maybe… maybe it's been too long since I fucked anyone. She was just—" I paused, gritting my teeth. "She was naked and I got turned on."

Louis made a low, disbelieving noise. "Yeah, sure. Like that's all it was."

I slammed the glass down on the counter, the sharp crack echoing in the room.

"What do you want me to say?" I snapped. "That I liked it? That I liked touching her, tasting her?"

the way she tasted, the way she clung to me

my hair. "It was just… a moment of weakness.

laugh. "Weakness? You

the room like a caged

again, our words

it's not like we're in love with her or anything," I said quickly, needing to fill

Louis agreed, but his voice lacked any

Levi asked. "A way to get it out of our

nodded, clenching my jaw

said. "It doesn't mean shit.

tasted like ash

we all knew it wasn't

right now, if any one of us walked back into that room, saw her lying there — flushed, wrecked, trembling for

she wasn't just

She was ours.

loved that girl all our

amount of hatred, was going to

silence hung in the

silence once more. His voice was rough, like

jaw clenched tight. "What do you mean?" I growled.

arms over his chest and leaned against the window. But he

happen again," Louis muttered, the words coming out like he was trying to force them through his teeth. "We… we hate her.

the sarcastic laugh that escaped my lips. "Yeah, sure. So we just

there was no real anger behind it. "I don't know about you two, but Olivia

to you, Louis?" I asked,

want to talk about it," he said with

inside me. What did Olivia really do

I could press on, Levi finally pushed away from the window, walking toward us with a curious look in his eyes. "So we make a pact. We make sure this doesn't go any

the tension thick in the air. The silence hung heavy as we all processed his

have anything to do with her. This

his eyes. "So we all agree this

both of them staring back at me, waiting