Page 125 of My Three Hometown Firefighters
“The newborn stage isn’t easy on anyone. We’ll get through this.” He leans back, so he’s sitting on the floor with his long legs bent in front of him.
“You’re kind of a superhero with all of this,” Tucker says. “Or maybe a goddess. Yeah, a goddess.”
I don’t even really know what he’s talking about, but it makes me laugh. Some of the heaviness I was feeling lifts away. Having them here just makes everything better.
Grayson comes back in, sitting beside Warren. He grumbles something under his breath. I can’t understand all of it, but I make out “ring yet” and “will have to do.”
Apparently, my brain is too tired to try and piece together what on earth he’s talking about.
“Well, we obviously weren’t planning on doing this right now, but when it’s right, it’s right,” Grayson says.
Maybe I’m more delirious than I thought because he really isn’t making any sense.
“Sienna, you are the glue that holds this family together. You are the reason this life of ours works,” Grayson says. He swallows, scratching at his stubble. “I always hoped I’d find someone who made me half as happy as I am with you. It just took a twist of fate for me to realize I’d already met that person a long time ago.”
Oh…
Grayson’s eyes stay on me until Warren takes his turn talking.
“After things ended with my ex, I wanted to find someone who would love Jackson just as much as they would love me.” He chokes out an emotional laugh. “I actually think you love Jackson more than you love me, but that’s the way it should be.”
I do love Jackson so much. He means everything to me.
Warren squeezes my hand. “You are the brightest part of my days, and I want you to be in all of my tomorrows.”
Oh…
My inhale is jagged. I didn’t even realize I’d started crying again.
Tucker tilts my chin up, so I have to lean away from his chest to look up at him. His smile is soft and laced with so much love that it makes my heart pound in my chest.
“You, my feisty girl, tore into my life like a wrecking ball, destroying everything I thought I wanted for myself. You gave me a reason to want to let people all the way in. You made me want to trust. Trust in you. Trust in us.”
He breaks eye contact for a minute, seeming to collect his thoughts.
“I never thought love was in the cards for me, but you made me fall so deeply in love with you, it will be a part of me forever. I love you so much, Sunshine, and I don’t want a day to go by where I don’t show you how deep that love goes.”
My head rests against his chest as I sob against him.
Grayson pulls my hand out of Warren’s hold. “We don’t even have a ring right now, but none of us wanted to wait.”
My eyes roam between the three of them, realizing what they’re about to say. Or ask.
“Will you marry us?” Warren asks.
“Yes,” I say immediately.
There are a lot of things in this world that warrant a moment of deliberation. This isn’t one of them.
I know with every cell in my body that these three men are everything to me and that won’t change today, tomorrow, or ten years from now.
Grayson’s smile is infectious as he starts to wrap a piece of yellow string around my ring finger in a surprisingly intricate pattern.
When he’s done, I turn it from side to side. “This is gorgeous.”
“It’ll do for now,” Grayson says with a shrug.
I doubt it’s possible to keep a piece of string on my finger for the rest of my life, but they’re going to face an uphill battle getting it off me.
