“You asked me a question right before you joined me. Do you remember?”
That was a conversation I definitely wouldn’t forget. I’d felt guilty about it, worried I hadn’t given her a choice.
Both of us.
That doesn’t sound like a question.
It wasn’t. Both or neither. It’s your only option.
“I’m pretty sure he didn’t phrase it as a question,” Jinx supplied.
Laikyn giggled. “No. He didn’t.”
“What about it?” I prompted, wanting to see where she was going with this.
“You gave me a choice between both of you or neither.”
I nodded.
“I chose both.”
“And…”
“Ichooseboth,” she said firmly, glancing between us again. “If you’ll still have me, that is.”
I was almost convinced a blood vessel had ruptured in my head because there was a roaring in my ears. It took a moment to realize it was merely my blood pumping hot, elation flooding my system and effectively drowning the fear that had consumed me since I walked out of that hotel room yesterday. Fear that I’d fucked up the best thing to have ever happened to me. Because intentional or not, Laikyn gave me and Jinx the happiness we’d never had. She completed us in ways nothing else ever would.
“Will you?” She sounded concerned. “Still have me?”
“Depends,” I told her, moving closer until I was only a foot away.
She stared up at me. “On?”
I looked at Jinx, hoping he could see the apology in my eyes. I’d intended to talk to him about this before I did it, but that was when I thought I would have to plan for the right time. This felt like it, and I didn’t want to wait any longer.
“What are you doing?” Laikyn asked as I lowered myself to one knee before her, pulling the small box from my pocket as I did.
I took a deep breath. “Will you marry me?” I flipped open the box. “Both of you.”
Laikyn gasped.
Jinx smirked and shook his head in disbelief.
Yeah, I think it was safe to say he accepted my apology.
“I’ll never be perfect,” I told them both. “I won’t even pretend I’ll change because we all know that ship has sailed.” I exhaled heavily. “But I promise I will never take either of you for granted. You’re all I’ve ever wanted and everything I never thought I’d have.”
Laikyn was crying, and Jinx … well, the big, muscled, tattooed bald guy was, too.
“So, is that a yes?” I asked when neither responded.
“Technically, I’ve already said yes,” Laikyn said, her sassy tone back. “But I won’t say no to the ring.”
She snatched it from the box and put it on her finger before turning so we were both looking at Jinx.
“Now it’s your turn,” she said with a grin. “Marry us, Jinx. Let us promise to be a pain in your ass for as long as we all shall live.”
I held the ring box toward him, where two bands remained. “I couldn’t have said it better myself.”
