#Chapter 174: Choices Choices

The press behind Charles’ kiss pushed me towards the door between the apartments, but I’d already made David and Theo feel awkward enough, so I ducked out from under Charles’ arms. “Not here,” I said. He let out a little growl and chased after me, catching me, and the two of us tumbled to the couch. He fumbled with the buckle on his belt, and the moment he had his zipper down, his erection sprang free. He kept his lips pressed to mine, his kisses heated and slightly frantic, manic energy driving him. I wrapped my hand around his erection and gripped it, whispering words between our joint lips. “Condom.” Charles let out a groan and backed away from me. “You really know how to kill a mood.” I scowled at him. “Don’t be like that,” I said. “Things have been stressful in our lives. And I have, for one reason or another, not been on top of insisting you wear one. But that doesn’t change my fears.” “Maybe it should,” he pointed out. “After all, you’re now being commended by the palace i