“Woman, don’t make this harder than it already is,” Nash groaned, as I wiggled my ass.
“Tease,” Beau said, kissing me softly.
“Always,” I said, kissing him back carefully with his bruised cheek.
Nash kissed each of us softly before we finished showering. I roughly blow-dried my hair as Nash helped Beau into bed. Then he came back to help me finish drying my hair. We settled into bed, exhausted and while I was worried what it meant to have our relationship plastered for the world to see, I knew thatwhatever happened in the future, I had two amazing men by my side.
“You married him to save the farm?” Theo snapped. “I thought you had sold it? You gave me the money, you— I don’t understand why you didn’t come to me before you did this. I knew you wanted the farm, but marrying someone to save it seems a little extreme and out of all people, him?”
I flinched, hating that Nash had to hear that. We were about to head to Luke’s home, but I knew I needed to call Theo because a text would not cover it, not after listeningto his voicemail asking me if what he saw was true about Nash, Beau and me.
“None of you wanted anything to do with the farm, so this was my solution, Theo,” I said. “I thought this was what I wanted, but after being away from it for so long, I realized it was a stupid dream to have. I didn’t want to be a part of their legacy and being in Sterling Ridge taught me that.”
“Iris,” Theo sighed. “I’m sorry.”
I frowned, “What do you have to be sorry for?”
“We should have left everything to you. That wasn’t nice or fair,” he said. “After they passed, things were hard, but I should have?—”
“No, I know why you guys wanted to sell,” I said, tearing up. “I just wished I understood it then and that I could have had the guts to sell it without trying to keep it in the family. It was a childish dream.”
“There is nothing childish about wanting to see something succeed that you worked very hard to keep afloat,” he said. “That was our family’s legacy.”
“We are our family’s legacy,” I said. “It’s not the farm or what money we have, it is us, the four of us.”
“You’re right,” he said softly. “I just wish you didn’t have to get married to some random guy. I know you always had a dream of getting married outside in a field of flowers.”
“It was my choice and if I had to do it again, I would,” I said, looking at Nash.
“You love him?”
“I love them,” I said, smiling at the men in front of me. “I know it was a weird beginning, but?—”
“Love always has a way of working itself out.” Theo finished my sentence.
“You know what it’s like,” I said, hoping he knew what I meant.
“Yeah, I do,” he whispered, clearing his throat. “Well, are you going to be back for the wedding?”
I laughed. “Yeah, I’ll be back before then. We still have time.”
“Tell Nash I’d like to speak to him when you return and I’d like Beau to come over for family dinner too,” Theo said.
I looked at Nash who scowled, opening his mouth to say something, but I shook my head.
“Ok. I’ll let them know,” I said, feeling like another piece of my puzzle had slid into place.
“For god’s sake, Theo, let your sister visit Paris in peace!” one of my brother's fiancées shouted.
“Wait, I thought you said you’d be back in time,” Theo said, clearly confused.
I laughed. “Don’t say that to my brother, you'll scare him.”
Laughing in the background eased my anxiety even more.
“I love you, Iris.”
“I love you too, Theo,” I said, feeling too emotional.
