I topped up everyone’s glasses; the four of us were sunk into our dining chairs, plates scraped clean, the room smelling of roast garlic from the finished main course with overnotes of caramel from the pudding, which was still in the oven. Jess gave me a grin. “The wedding is getting really close now.” “And it’s you we have to thank for it,” Liam said, nodding over at me and Evan. Jess nodded. “True. If you hadn’t dragged...

The storm hit in seconds. One moment we were laughing, mud flicking up around our boots; the next we were sprinting through the trees with rain coming down so hard it stung. By the time we reached the tent, we were drenched, soaked through to the skin. Evan yanked the flap open and shoved me inside. Liam and Jess tumbled in behind us, dripping and breathless. The moment the zip closed, the hammer of rain on the nylon drow...

It had been a few months since that first camping trip where we’d finally crossed the line and fucked people we weren’t married to. After that, the floodgates opened. We’d been meeting up regularly. In the last two months, I’d had more sex with Liam than with Evan. I caught myself craving him. Craving the way he took control, the way I came so hard I could barely stand afterwards. We’d agreed on new rules. This wasn’t a g...

It had been months since that night in the woods, and none of us had been the same since. There had been no blazing row, but there was a distance, a tension now that hadn’t been there before. Evan’s and my sex life had taken a nosedive; we were having sex less than we had even when we’d been fucking Jess and Liam. From what I’d gathered, things were no better for them. I’d still talk to Jess occasionally, but I’d never ta...