Page 15 of Harmless Scandals

“Are we missing anything in our lives? Do we need anything else?”

He sighed. “Not sure. I just…”

Now he was getting worried as he studied Mick’s bent head.

“Spit it out.”

“It’s stupid because I have always been okay with us. I love you and don’t want to ever lose you.”

“But?”

“I want children.”

He blinked. “What?”

“I want children, and I want a woman in our lives. Like permanently.”

“Huh.”

Mick glanced up at him. “See, that’s why I never said anything. I didn’t want you to think that I found anything lacking between us.”

“But, apparently, you do.”

He tried to drop his hands, but Mick grabbed one and brought it up to his mouth. He pressed his lips against the inside of his wrist.

“I want you in my life forever, but I think we both need a woman here. We’re bisexual, not homosexual. It is unconventional to even think about it, but I think our lives would be better with a woman.”

“In what way?”

Mick threaded his fingers through Adam’s. “Maybe we need someone to complete us.”

“That’s…corny.”

He smiled and leaned up to brush his mouth against Adams. That little taste had his heart racing.

“Yes, but did we buy this big house just so Mom and Dad have a place to stay? I don’t think so. We were both thinking of the future. We can adopt, but I know both of us would like to try to have children. We need a woman in our lives for that.”

“We could use a surrogate.”

Even before he finished the sentence, Mick was shaking his head.

“It isn’t just that. You know what I’m talking about, right? Together we have an edge. Masculine, wonderful,” he said as he released Adam’s hand and cupped his face with one hand. He brushed his thumb over his mouth. “But, with a woman, we could soften that edge. Maybe, I’m going senile in my old age, but I like us when there’s a woman with us in bed. I’d really like to see what it’s like when she’s in our life.”

“First, you aren’t old. And I get what you’re saying.” And he did, even though he wasn’t completely sold on it. “It doesn’t mean it has to be Serenity.”

“No. But, she’s…” he sighed.

“Yeah. She is.”

His gaze moved past Adam to Serenity’s house. “There she is.”

Mick popped up off the barstool and headed for the door.

It was a good thing he loved Mick, or he might just have to kill him.

“Those are going to sell, Serenity,” Dai said as she followed him out the door.

“Are you sure?”

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