Page 58 of Harmless Scandals

“I don’t know what you heard. We haven’t done this before so we’re bound to fuck things up. We’re men.”

She sighed and raised her gaze to his. “I thought you said you had.”

“We played with women in threesomes. We never invited any of them into our lives.”

She glanced at Mick, who was still standing off to the side. “I…I’m not coming in between you?”

He shook his head as he skimmed his hand over her thigh, moving the bottom edge of the shirt up.

“Not at all. It is just new and different. And because we’re men, like I said, we fuck things up. See, Mick just realized he was in love with you.”

Her eyes widened as she looked over at Mick. He glanced over to find his lover looking out over the ocean again. Idiot.

When she looked back at him, there were tears in her eyes.

“That makes you sad?”

She shook her head. “I only have one friend in the world I know loves me for me. She never put a price on our friendship. It was a new thing for me. Now this.”

That was about the saddest thing in the world he’d ever heard. He had looked her up, saw that she had won a few awards, been nominated for a lot of fan favorite kind of things, and no one had ever said they loved her.

“What about your parents?”

“My parents were divorced and my mother…well, she saw me as a commodity. It was never that she just loved me for me. She loved me for what I could give her.”

He sensed that Mick was paying attention now.

“Well, then this is a first for you too.”

“What?”

“You have two men who are in love with you. In fact, I don’t think either of us wants to think about being without you in our lives.”

She blinked again, causing her tears to cascade down her cheeks.

“I’m sorry,” Mick said rushing forward.

She shook her head. “Don’t be. It makes me so happy.”

“Yeah?” Mick asked.

She nodded and sniffed. “I think I might be in love with you two, also.”

“You think?” Mick asked.

She shrugged. “I’ve never been in love before, so I guess this might be it. I feel happy most of the time, but also overwhelmed and scared.” She closed her eyes and shook her head. “I sound like an idiot.”

The next moment, Mick was kneeling beside them. He wrapped his arms around her.

“No. It’s normal and probably amplified because you’re dealing with two of us.” Mick pulled back and then cupped her face. “I love you, Serenity.”

Then he kissed her, long and deep. When he pulled back, Adam did the same.

“I love you, too.”

She sighed and opened her mouth. “No. You take your time.”

“Okay.” She scrubbed her face dry. “I’m hungry.”

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