Page 11 of Never Too Late for Love
She didn’t want that, either.
Sex didn’t make them “married,” though. And it soothed her soul to hear Bob explain things to KC like that. Because it emphasized that he wasreallyall in, not just involved with the men because he thought he had to be to have Tilly as part of the deal.
He had accepted his place in their family and understood they all loved him.
Let me get through the next few months of craziness at work so I can think. Maybe Bob and I can take a long vacation alone in Europe while Cris comes and gets KC and takes her home to Florida. Two or three weeks alone somewhere quiet for us to have our “honeymoon.” Then I can turn him over to Cris and Landry so they can do the same.
That was a plan she could get behind.
Whether or not her other two men would support it remained to be seen.
And she needed to figure out how to approach it in such a way as to not make them think they were forced into agreeing just because.
It’s not like Bob’s going anywhere. He’s here for life, regardless. We’ve got all the time in the world. I’d rather do it right than rush it and have someone resent it later.
Chapter Five
“So,Bob, huh?” Loren smirked at Tilly over her glass of iced tea during their lunch the next day. “How’s it going with him? You’ve been so busy lately we’ve rarely seen each other outside of Facebook.”
Tilly had built time into her schedule this period back in Florida to visit with Loren. She missed her bestie. While they texted nearly every day, and exchanged PMs on Facebook even more often, it wasn’t the same.
This woman had seen Tilly at her worst more than once, and had always had Tilly’s back. Her and Ross, both.
If it hadn’t been for Loren and Ross taking care of her, Tilly knew she likely would have died after Cris left her. They’d picked her up and kept her going. Them, but also Kaden, and Tony, and others. Everyone who’d stood watch over Tilly at the hospital during those first critical days, talking to her, letting her cry on them. Later, mentoring and guiding her when she told them she wanted to be a Dominant.
“It’s really good,” Tilly said. “I know everything had to happen the way it has for it to work out this well, but I wish it’d happened sooner.”
“Landry talk you into dropping the restriction yet?”
Tilly rolled her eyes. “Not for lack of trying on his part.”
“Ross told me Tony said the RSVP list has almost filled up already.”
Tilly’s eyes widened. “He literally just sent the e-mail yesterday!”
Loren grinned. “Iknow, right?”
“Usually it takes, like, a couple of weeks to fill up.”
“You’re popular, apparently. Everyone loves your parties.”
“I kind of feel bad I’m not hosting the kids party, but Leigh said she wasn’t feeling up to doing the main party.”
“It’s okay. I’m helping coordinate the volunteers for her. I’d like to play some and switch out. Plus Brandon, Jeff, and Stuart? Well, Brandon’s daughter, Emma, is sixteen. So is her girlfriend, Grace. They’ve volunteered to babysit. And Emma is a certified lifeguard, and they’re both certified in CPR and first aid.”
“Outstanding.” Tilly smiled. “From what I’ve heard from Cali, it looks like those two girls are going to give those three men a run for their money until they’re finally out on their own at college.”
“At least they can’t get each other pregnant.”
Tilly fist-bumped with her. “Word.” She sighed. “Listen to this.” She recounted KC’s ring question conversation with Bob.
Loren arched an eyebrow at Tilly. “So whendoeshe get a ring?”
“That will wait for the one-year anniversary.”
“You think he and Cris will get married?”
“It’d make things a little simpler, in some ways. But I laid down the law to Landry that he can’t order them to do it. Because if he does, they will, and that might go badly. If the two of them talk and decide they want to get married…well, I guess we’ll need Laurel to be the flower girl.”
