"What if They Said 'Yes?'"

Ch. 1

"Will, I'm disappointed in you. I really thought we had something together. You still want to go to Montauk, don't you?"

"Yeah," Will admitted sheepishly.

"Kiss her."

Karen watched this exchange, all the while warming to the idea of this little ménage à trois. After all, she'd always thought Will was handsome, and she trusted him implicitly. They'd grown a lot closer since Stan's death. Sure, they still picked on each other, but no one was there for her the way Will was. Not even Grace or Jack. Plus, if Pastry Chef thought he was fantastic, he must be!

"Kiss her?" Will asked.

"Yeah." Edward moved around them, putting an arm around their shoulders. "Don't you think she's beautiful?"

"Gorgeous." It was out of his mouth before he even realized he thought it was true. He looked Karen in the eye. She seemed surprised at his admission, her eyebrows raised high above her deep hazel eyes.

"Then kiss her," Edward whispered in Will's ear.

Will leaned in, bewitched by the sexual power Edward seemed to have over both of them. He half-expected Karen to protest, but instead she raised up on her toes a bit more so their mouths met. Will's arms snaked around her waist while hers wrapped around his neck, and for a blissful moment Edward was forgotten.

There was an electricity between them Karen had never experienced. She had kissed plenty of men in her life, and plenty of women, too, but none quite like Will. He was somewhere between. She loved feeling his strong arms around her while his mouth had a gentleness that made her knees go weak.

Will was in shock. Here he was, making out with a woman – and he was enjoying it! He had always liked Karen, much as he pretended otherwise. He admired her for always being herself and letting everyone know just who she was. Maybe because he had spent so much of his life pretending to be something he wasn't. He had been secretly pleased at the opportunity Stan's death had provided him to be her rock. Although he would never admit it, he had been jealous when she had gotten together with Lyle Finster, even more so than with Grace and Leo. He knew she had plenty of dates and one-night-stands, and he'd been ok with that. But as soon as she had gotten serious about Finster, Will had become resentful. He hid it well, thinking Karen was happy. But he had become preoccupied with Grace's marriage, and he blamed himself for not seeing Karen's pain leading up to that disastrous Vegas wedding.

They were both brought out of their deep thoughts when Edward's hands began to caress their backs. He began kissing on Karen's neck, then Will's, immensely turned on by seeing their mouths locked.

This made Karen just a bit bolder, so she started to tease Will's lips with her tongue until he parted them to let her in. She pulled away from Will to lock lips with Edward even as she ran her hands down Will's back to grab his ass, pulling him closer to her. She took a step back, licking her lips and gazing hungrily at both of them.

She stepped towards the door, taking Edward's hand. Without a word, she turned back around and held out her other hand to Will, cocking her head to the side in question. She pleaded to him with her eyes, still not able to vocalize her lust for him. At least if he says no I have Edward to satisfy me. And he definitely satisfies. Ha! Edward! I don't think I've used his name before! Please come, Will. I don't know if I can handle you saying "no."

She looked at him for what felt like hours. She could see the conflict and confusion in his eyes. Finally, she gave up and lowered her eyes. Then she felt one hand in hers, another lifting her chin. Will looked deep in her eyes, and nodded.

Karen gave one of her million-watt smiles, then tugged at both their hands, headed for the bedroom she had just left.

TBC...