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The men were all huddled around a laptop screen looking serious when the ladies found them. Cooper looked up as they entered the vast room and grinned at Ivy. “Casey has a solution!” he announced.

“What’s the question?” asked Ivy.

“How we canallbe married—more or less.”

Ivy’s eyebrows shot up. This was not what she’d expected. When she saw them crowded around the computer screen, she imagined a breaking news announcement or the score of some sports ball game. “Um…?”

Casey looked up and explained with a broad smile, “I’m going to get myself ordained. We found the site that authorizes it for the state of California. Cooper’s law firm is going to draw up all the legal documents giving each of you the equivalent of spousal rights, and although Cooper and Ivy will be the ones who are married in the eyes of the law, I can also include Bodhi in the vows, worded in such a way that makes you all equal life partners to each other. Brilliant, yeah?”

All Ivy had to do was look at Bodhi and Cooper’s happy faces to understand that they were satisfied with the solution. It bothered her a bit, though, so she asked, “Aren’t you guys forgetting something important?”

Four sets of eyes stared at her in confusion.

Willa looked like she was about to burst out laughing at their perplexed faces. “You’re all such a bunch of ‘fix-it’ guys.” She cocked one eyebrow and nodded her head toward Ivy.

Ivy pursed her lips and got a mulish look on her face. She looked like she was about to tap her toe in annoyance. She also seemed to be holding back a fit of laughter, however. And a second later, when none of the men spoke up, she let it go. When she reined in her giggles at last, she exclaimed, “Hello! I’m here too. Was anyone going to ask memyopinion?”

Bodhi and Cooper stared at each other in mild horror, and both of them stepped toward Ivy. Cooper dropped to one knee and asked, “I know you and I are already engaged, but will you marry both of us?” at the same time that Bodhi dropped to a knee, grimaced in agony and popped back up again as he sucked in a pained moan.

“Sorry,” he said grasping her free hand—whether in affection or to steady himself wasn’t readily apparent. “I can’t quite do the kneeling thing yet. Ivy Chambers, will you do Cooper and me the honor of marrying both of us?” Then he turned to Cooper and asked, “Will you marry Ivy and me?”

Of course, everyone said yes, yes, yes, and Casey summoned a bottle of champagne for them to toast the new triad’s official status.

Chapter 33

On the ride home, Ivy showed the guys the two books Willa had gifted her. Ivy and Bodhi poured over Triple Cravings while Cooper grabbed for The Passion of Three and started flipping through it looking for the “good parts.” Quickly he said, “Look at this, you two. Do you think it’s real? Can two guys actually do this with a woman? Holy shit!” He pointed to a paragraph and set the book onto Ivy’s lap.

Ivy answered, “Willa assured me that she’d done lots of research into it, and she also interviewed people. So, I believe if she says it happens, it happens.” She lowered her voice. “Besides, it sounds amazing!”

Bodhi and Cooper looked at her in awe. Then they looked at each other. Bodhi had to adjust himself, and Cooper was blushing like crazy. He cleared his throat and said, “Well! Okay, then. Willa should know.”

“She also told me she wrote these books before they started their triad, and she’s taking a break now from writing them—sort of a privacy thing so readers won’t think she’s being autobiographical.”

“I wish the driver would go faster,” whispered Bodhi. “Do you think he would if I tipped him?” They all snickered. “Oh! Speaking of money and tips, I need to tell you both something fantastic that happened.” He had their full attention, so he continued. “Jackson asked me to email him a contract so I canmanage his investments. Can you help me draw one up, Cooper?”

Cooper happily agreed.

Bodhi beamed. “This is going to be incredible! Jackson and I really hit it off, and he has quite the talent for making money. I probably won’t need any other clients with his billion-plus business and my own investments. Pretty soon we can move into a bigger house!”

“With room for kids?” Ivy asked.

“Lots of them,” he laughed. “Coop, are you on board with this?”

“Definitely. I can’t let my sisters be the only grandchild producers in the family.”

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As soon as they closed the front door, clothes began to disappear. They left a trail of fabric leading all the way from the foyer to the master bedroom. Laughing and kissing each other, they made their way clumsily down the hall as they climbed out of each pair of pants or whisked a shirt over their heads. Shoes were discarded in a jumble, and finally undergarments landed on the floor beside the bed.

“I think it’s Lady’s Choice Night,” announced Bodhi. “Would the lady prefer page two hundred and eleven inTriple Cravingsor one hundred and six inThe Passion of Three?” He gave Ivy a lecherous grin.

Ivy seemed to ponder her choices a moment and then answered, “Two eleven sounds good for tonight. I’d like to save the other for our wedding night, if it’s okay with you guys.” Then she burst out laughing. Sobering for a moment she added, “Speaking of weddings, I guess I need to call my parents pretty soon.”

Cooper nuzzled her neck saying, “That may be true, but there’s no room for parents in the bedroom tonight. I’ll grab some lube.”

Bodhi was already massaging and kissing Ivy’s tatas with loving care as she purred her approval.

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