Page 68 of Tangled up in You

Justin put his drink down and leaned forward, his forearms resting on his knees, I dropped my gaze to my rice, embarrassment prickling my skin. “That’s a new response. Normally I get an eye roll, but I think she likes the idea, yeah?”

His intense gaze made my nipples pebble.

“Answer me, little love,” he demanded.

“Y-yes.” I took a breath. Time to be brave. “Actually, I like that idea a lot. I have liked it for a long time.”

Aiden put his hand out before Micah could say anything. “You’ve liked what idea for a long time?”

I hesitated. I thought Aiden would be the most excited about my feelings so I was surprised by his response. He must have seen the panic on my face because he set his food down and came to kneel in front of me. “I’m not upset at all, baby. I just want to make sure we fully understand what you mean.”

“I know you guys have shared girlfriends in the past.”

“We have. It’s important to us to share with each other. Our bond is strong and we feel like we could offer a woman the world if we worked together.”

I nodded. “And I really have deep feelings for you all. I have for a long time and sometimes just the thought of you being with someone else guts me, but I didn’t want to say anything about my feelings because I was worried it would mess up what we had, but when I was tied up, praying you all would find me, I just kept thinking about how much I regretted not taking the risk and telling you all how much I love you… more than platonically.”

It took less than five seconds for anyone to respond but it felt like hours.

Micah Bradley

Ignoring Aiden,I reached over him and picked Laylah off the couch. “Oh, sweet girl, you have no idea how much we wanted to hear that.” I pressed a kiss to her temple. “We have such strong feelings for you. We just haven’t wanted you to feel pressured and were hoping you’d show interest in having us as more than just friends. It was a terrible miscommunication on all of ourparts. No more hiding things from each other, okay? We want you. In our lives, hearts, beds, forever.”

She looked over her shoulder, probably to study Aiden and Justin’s responses. “I would like all those things,” she said.

Aiden was the next to stand. “Oh, baby. You have no clue how happy that makes us. We’ve wanted that for a very long time.”

“I’m so glad to hear that. It’s kinda hard to believe, but I’m so glad,” she said.

“Why is it hard to believe?” I asked.

“Because you guys are so… hot and sexy and I’m just Laylah.”

I raised an eyebrow at her. “Just Laylah?”

“Well, you know what I mean,” she argued.

“No, we don’t. How about you explain what you mean?” Aiden asked, looking as angry as I felt.

“Judging by the looks on your faces, I don’t think I should. Aiden’s eyes are all twitchy.”

“No, you shouldn’t, unless the next words out of your mouth are Laylah is sweet, thoughtful, loyal, considerate, and so fucking beautiful,” Justin said.

She looked down and played with the hem of her shirt. “You really think that about me?”

“Weknowthat about you,” I said.

“Thank you. T-that’s really nice.”

I kissed her cheek and she rested her head on my shoulder.

“So...” she trailed off.

Fondness spread through my chest. She was so damn cute.

“So…” Justin teased.

“Yes then?”

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