His mouth dropped open. “What do you mean, two men?”
“Just what I said. But I’m no longer your business so I don’t have to explain.”
“It sounds like you’re being a slut.”
“You’re welcome to think what you’d like. Just do it elsewhere.” She went to the door and opened it, swinging out a hand. “I hope you have a great life, Darren. I plan on doing the same.”
After a slight hesitation and a mumble she couldn’t understand—nor did she want to—he headed outside. She gave him a wave and shut the door to that particular chapter of her life.
A few minutes later, a pounding at her front door made her heart take a tumble.
Now what? She thought she’d made herself clear.
When she flung open the door, she swallowed the words she had geared up to say to her ex.
“He’s gone.”
“Of course he’s gone,” she told Cam. “Did you really think I was going to let him slide back into my life and my home?” Nevermind that he had called her a slut. Cam and Nolan didn’t need to know that.
Hope stepped back to allow them inside.
But before she even finished closing the door, Cam said, “We need to have a serious discussion.”
“Right now?” she asked his back as he moved farther into the kitchen.
He turned, leaned back against the counter and crossed his arms over his chest. “Is there a better time?”
“Is this because of Darren trying to get me back?”
“Having him show up was a reality check. It reminded us how we don’t want to lose you. Ever.”
“You’re not going to lose me.”
Maybe,maybe not, but they needed to stake their claim to be completely sure it never happened. “Nolan and I discussed it on the way over.”
Her brow furrowed. “Discussed what?”
“I’m getting to that.”
Hope rolled her eyes. “Well, hurry up!”
When he chuckled at her fake outrage and she whacked him in the gut with the back of her hand. He released an overly dramaticoof, then pulled her into his arms.
While they had never discussed being exclusive, it had been over six months that none of them had been with anyone else. They had no reason to make it official with Hope at this point.
Yes, it had only been six months. And in reality, six months wasn’t very long in any relationship, but?—
Bottom line was, they didn’t want to share her with anyone else. And they also didn’t want to risk losing her to anyone else. Not just Darren.
They were happy and he could envision a future that included all three of them.
He was someone who knew what he wanted.
Nolan was quite clear with what he wanted.
They just needed to make sure Hope wanted the same as them.
He glanced over at Nolan first—who gave him a subtle chin lift to proceed—before locking eyes with Hope. “I…” He shook his head before correcting himself. “Wewant us to take the next step and live together.”
