Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 24495 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 122(@200wpm)___ 98(@250wpm)___ 82(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24495 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 122(@200wpm)___ 98(@250wpm)___ 82(@300wpm)
I’m so floored that I can’t even speak. Instead, I gape at Carl, my heart pounding like thunder in my ears. The man of the house loves me? I’m just about to reply when John interrupts.
“Well, that definitely changes things,” he says in a low voice. “But I have my own admission to make as well. I admit, I wasn’t going to say anything because it didn’t seem like the right time, but now that we’re declaring ourselves …” Then, he clears his throat and fixes me with a steely blue gaze. “I’m in love with you as well, Clara. I’ve loved you since that first moment we spoke at Herald Enterprises. It’s not because you’re beautiful and sweet, although of course, you are. It’s because you bring light to my life. Our time together is the best part of each day, and I’ve found that I look forward to it. I don’t want to let you go, honey, and I’ll do whatever it take to make you happy because your happiness is the most important thing in the world to me. I adore you, Clara, and I want to find a way to make this work.”
Now, I feel like my brain’s exploding as the top of my head pops off. Is this really happening? When I asked John and Carl to come to the café, I figured it was going to be a tense conversation filled with veiled epithets and nasty looks. Maybe we’d come to a arrangement, or maybe not.
But instead, the opposite has happened. Both alpha males are declaring their love for me, and my heart melts because the truth is that I adore them too. John and Carl have added so much to my life in the last few months, and my experience on God’s green earth has been enhanced because of them. No longer am I engaging in mindless hedonism with strange men, although that was plenty of fun. Instead, I’ve moved onto real relationships with handsome, gorgeous men who want to take care of me. John and Carl want more than my curvy body and sweet gasps. They want what’s best for me, and as a result, I begin to cry with happiness.
“What is it?” Carl asks, an aghast look on his face. “Oh shit.”
“Goddamn, we’ve fucked up,” John growls, shaking his head. “Shit, what else could go wrong today?”
But instead, I take both men’s hands in my own, laughing and sobbing at once.
“No, it’s not that,” I speak through my tears. “I’m crying because I’m happy! Because you see, I love you too. Both of you, and as a result, this is the best news ever.”
“You love us?” Carl asks, genuinely surprised.
“Really?” John adds in a low voice. “That’s a surprise.”
I half-sob, half-laugh again.
“Yes, I do,” I say. “You see, I’ve fallen in love with you during our time together. John, for the way you’re such a devilish cad sometimes, but actually caring and loving beneath it all. And Carl, for your generosity of spirit and genuine desire to do right by me. Neither of you had any reason to be kind to a woman in need, but you’ve both gone above and beyond anything I expected, and I adore you both for it.”
There, my declaration’s out and my heart pounds as my ears ring. I can hardly believe I’ve said these words but they’re true, and my voice is like a clarion call, clear as a bell in the garden. Meanwhile, my two lovers are motionless for a moment, but then they lean forward to cover me in kisses. John presses his mouth to mine before breaking off our liplock to look in my eyes.
“You won’t regret this, baby girl,” he rasps. “We’ll work to make this the best relationship you’ve ever had.”
“Whatever you want, you’ll get,” adds Carl as he licks a sensuous trail up my throat. “Nothing is too good for our sweet Clara.”
I gasp then before pushing him away with a playful hand.
“Goodness, people are looking!” I giggle breathlessly. “They’re going to throw us out of this place if we don’t get a room.”
Both men pause then, their blue eyes flashing as they take in my curves.
“Do you want to?” John rasps. “Get a room, I mean?”
“I’m ready if you are, sweetheart,” Carl grinds out. “I’ve never done a menage before, but hey, I’m here for it. We’ll do whatever you want.”
With that, I smile sweetly before standing and holding out my hands to my two men.
“Yes, let’s get a room,” I say in a melodic tone while pulling them to their feet. “I think that would be the best thing to do right now, don’t you agree?”
With that, our love story begins because this isn’t about me, John, or Carl individually. Instead, this is a story of two men who love one woman, and their efforts to find a way to make it work. It seems like an impossible situation, or at least one filled with challenges, but I know that our future is blessed because with open minds, open arms, and most of all, open hearts, we can discover a path forward. After all, I won’t give up on either of my handsome alpha males, and I know they won’t give up on me either.