“Me neither,” Luc replies softly.
“I don’t know how to stop,” I tell him, hoarsely. Emotion tightens into my throat.
“I don’t want you to,” Luc says immediately.
I give him a heartbreaking look. “Luci…”
“I know,” Luc interrupts. He strides across and collects me in his arms. “I know it’s not just me,” he breathes.
“Butterfly.” Luc grabs my hands and I look up at him.“It’s okay,”he tells me, strongly.
I start to shake my head but Luc keeps talking.
“I heard you and Alec talking the other day,” he admits. My mouth drops open. “I came into the kitchen to get my phone when the guys were still messing around with your car and I heard you and Alec talking through the open window.”
“Seriously?!” I gape. Luc shrugs, unapologetically.
“Why didn’t you say anything?” I ask him.
His thumb rubs small circles onto the top of my left hand as he responds.
“I didn’t want to make you admit things you weren’t ready to yet,” he says honestly. “I wanted to see where things were going. I was worried about what I’d just told you and I didn’t know if it was going to be different now Jace is back in your life butit’s not.Jace being here didn’t change how things were for you and me, or you and Mase or Mav or Alec or Dom,” Luc rambles.“It’s only gotten better.”
What is he asking of me? Does he want it to just be us? Is he saying he likes how things are now? Just sharing me around with his brothers?
“What are you saying?” I finally ask. “I don’t want to get between you all. And…I’m not sure I can pick one of you.”
In fact, I know I can’t.
These last few days have been perfect. There’s been rough patches but I can’t deny how I feel about them all.
After Mase and Luc fell asleep last night, I tried. I put myself on the spot and I thought about if it came to it, would I be able to choose. And I can’t. Iwon’t.
“Butterfly…” Luc lifts his hand to cup my cheek. “We don’t want you to pick. That’s the beauty of a polygamous relationship.”
Luc grins at my dumbfounded look. I try to squash the hope in me but it didn’t work.
“What?” I manage to get out, thinking surely I’ve misheard him.
“I—we,” Luc says, speaking for the group, “don’t want you to choose one of us. We would like it if you would be in a committed relationship withall of us.”
I search those unusually serious green eyes, looking for any chance he’s messing with me and find nothing but honesty and truthfulness.
Luc smiles gently, clearly seeing that I’m overwhelmed. He rests his forehead on mine.
“Think about it,” he says softly. “We’re not going anywhere.”
He’s not lying to me. He’s serious. Holy shit.
Chapter 17 ~
Rory ~
I play back the words Luc said. The unwavering, clearness in his tone tells me he’s committed to this.
This is my dream of five days on a silver platter. Holy. Shit.
“Why so serious?” I jump about ten feet in the air, hearing Mason behind me. Luc’s hands reach out to steady me, a twinkle in his eyes.
