“He hasn’t said. And I haven’t pushed.” Kiernan’s tone made it clear the subject was closed.
That evening,when we retired to the west tower, something was different. Instead of two chairs near the sitting room fireplace, there were three.
“I had the third one brought up earlier today,” Kiernan said, watching my face. “It seemed…appropriate.”
Oliver stood by the window, but turned to face us. “What else?”
Kiernan raised a brow. “He asks as if he doesn’t already know.”
Oliver smirked. “Tell us anyway.”
“Tomorrow, we’ll be working in the library. Setting it up as a work area for all of us.”
I was stunned. Since our first day here, it had been a place we were invited into. Kiernan’s place. “Are you sure you want to do that?”
“You’re both welcome to set up private offices anywhere you’d like. This is, after all, your home.”
I blinked away tears and pinched myself. I’d never imagined such happiness was possible, whether it was with one man or two.
“There’s, um, something else,” Kiernan said with a hesitancy that was unlike him.
I raised my head, and so did Oliver.
“What?” he asked.
“This isn’t as easy as rearranging furniture.” He motioned for us to join him near the fireplace. “We have a decision to make. Decisions, actually.”
“Out with it,” said Oliver.
Kiernan raised a brow in his direction, then took each of our hands. “I want to make this official.”
“This?” I asked, reaching for Oliver’s free hand.
“Part of it can be done legally. Greymarch, as well as my other holdings, are in a trust that gets passed on to my heirs. However, in the event I predecease, either of you?—”
Oliver groaned. “Kiernan.”
He leveled a glare at him. “This needs to be said.”
“Go on,” he muttered under his breath.
“There are stipulations that would allow you to live out your lives here or anywhere else you choose to. Funds would also be provided for anything you might need.”
“This is too much?—”
He squeezed my hand. “I’m not finished.”
I nodded once, then lowered my gaze.
“Look at me, Phee.”
My eyes met his.
“There’s the matter of marriage. I can marry either of you, or you can marry each other. That’s all the law provides for currently.”
“If this is a proposal, it’s sorely lacking, Kier,” Oliver teased.
His cheeks flushed in a way that he likely would’ve been uncomfortable with a few weeks ago. “Yes, I suppose it is.”
