The door opens, and Ash walks back in with Ghost behind him. Ghost takes one look at me on Titan’s lap and his expression goes carefully blank. “What’s going on?” he asks.
Ash closes the door. “We need to talk.”
“About?” Ghost’s eyes haven’t left me.
“About the fact that we’re all dancing around the obvious,” Ash says. He doesn’t sit. “The cabin happened. We all knowit happened. And pretending it was a one-time thing isn’t working.”
Ghost’s jaw tightens. “So what are you suggesting?”
“I’m suggesting we stop lying to ourselves.” Ash looks at me, then at Titan, then back to Ghost. “All three of us want her. She wants all three of us.”
“You’re talking about an arrangement.” Ghost’s voice is flat.
Silence stretches. I can feel Titan’s heart beating against my back, steady and strong. My own heart is trying to hammer its way out of my chest.
This is insane. Women don’t do this. Don’t marry one man and sleep with his best friends. Don’t admit to wanting three men when they’re supposed to pick one and be satisfied.
But I’ve never been good at doing what I’m supposed to.
“Bonnie already agreed,” Ash says.
Ghost’s attention snaps to me. “You did?”
“Yeah.” My voice comes out quieter than I intended. “I did.”
“Why?”
“I don’t see the appeal in being with just one of you,” I say slowly. “Not when I’ve got three such delicious options in front of me.”
Ghost stares at me like he’s trying to figure out if I’ve lost my mind.
Titan’s laugh rumbles through his chest behind me. “There’s my girl,” he says. “Greedy and perfect.”
“This isn’t how things work,” Ghost counters.
“Since when do we do things the normal way?” Titan asks.
“This is different.”
“Why?” I twist on Titan’s lap to look at Ghost properly. “Because I’m supposed to pick one of you and pretend I don’t want the others? Because there’s some rule that says I can only have one man, even though all three of you are willing?”
“It’s not about rules. I have a problem with how complicated this is going to get.”
“Life’s already complicated,” Ash says. “We’re in the middle of a war. Bonnie’s father is in prison. Marcus Stone wants her dead. Adding this to the mix doesn’t make things worse; it just makes them different.”
“Different how?”
“Different as in we share her instead of fighting over her.” Titan’s arms tighten around my waist. “We’re all adults who can handle an unconventional situation.”
Ghost is quiet for a long moment. Then he pushes away from the door and moves closer. “And you’re okay with this?” he asks me directly. “Not just saying yes because Ash wants it or Titan wants it. You actually want this?”
“I want this.” My hands are shaking, so I press them flat against my thighs. “I know it’s not normal. I know people will talk. But yeah, I want this.”
He studies my face. Looking for doubt, probably. Looking for any sign I’m being pressured.
He won’t find it.
“Okay,” he says finally. “Then I’m in.”
