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Silence floated around us for a small amount of time. Exhaustion had all of us in a tight hold, but I don’t think any of us wanted to fall into the depths of sleep just yet. Though, I only nestled into Aiden’s warmth even more.
I felt safe.
I couldn’t remember the last time I felt that.
Finally, I spoke the question that weighed on me the most. “What happens now?”
Casey turned to look at me. “What do you mean?”
I avoided his gaze. “Is this friends with benefits until I wind up pregnant with two baby daddies? Do we continue talking on that app? Do we try to do…this? What happens when we wake up tomorrow and have to go back to the reality of life, jobs, and everything else?”
Aiden made a noise of understanding. “What do you want to happen?”
Casey smiled. “Yeah, darlin’. I think we’ve made ourselves pretty clear on what we want. But what do you want?”
I didn’t even need to think about my answer.
Iknewwhat I wanted.
I wouldn’t have agreed to this night if I didn’t want it.
I smiled at Casey before leaning over and placing a gentle kiss to his mouth, then craned my neck up to kiss Aiden next. Both of them had their hands on me in some accord, and as though it was that easy, fire licked at my veins.
An insatiable fire that only they could cure.
I broke the kiss with Casey as I began crawling down Aiden’s body.
He sat up immediately, with Casey in his wake.
My smile was downright evil. “I want to try. You both tried with me. It’s only fair I return the favor, and I’ve been comfortable with everything so far. But first…I want to say thank you.”
EPILOGUE
AIDEN
“Please tellme you didn’t lose the ring,” Casey all but shouted as he tore into our closet. “Both rings? Did you actually losebothfucking rings?”
I leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, as I watched the love of my life throw a temper tantrum.
One of the loves of my life, I should say.
I still couldn’t believe I was lucky enough to have two.
He turned to look at me, and I almost felt bad when I saw the genuine fear and worry crawling through his features.
Key word beingalmost.
“Aiden!” he barked. “What the fuck?”
I rolled my eyes before straightening and walking toward him.
We had planned our engagement to our pretty girl thoroughly.
Down to the minuscule details of floral decor in the forest that started everything.
Of course I didn’t lose the fucking rings.
“Would you calm the fuck down, love?” I asked as I walked toward the bookshelf in the corner of our bedroom. It was full tothe brim of romance and romantasy books, as Rory called them. I shook my head every time another package arrived at our door, but it made her happy, and therefore it made us equally as happy. “She was doing our laundry this morning. I didn’t want her to see the boxes when putting our shirts up, so I moved them to the bookshelf since she doesn’t actually read them. They’re her shelf trophies, remember?”
