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“It’s not too soon for you?” Emily asked.
“Not soon enough,” I muttered.
“We only do this if we all agree—” Bardot said.
“Oh, I agree, but I don’t want the two of you thinking I’m too needy or moving too fast.”
I grabbed Emily’s hands and cleared my throat. “I would have married you the first moment I saw you. And you—” I turned to Bardot. “Haven’t we wasted enough time?”
He nodded, visibly gulping.
“So, no, Pink. Nothing is too fast. And damn if it doesn’t turn me on that you need me.”
Bardot studied my face and scowled. “Then why were you just acting so weird?”
I hesitated, unsure of how to explain my ridiculousness.
“Honesty, remember?” Pink urged.
I sucked in a breath and glanced between them. “It’s hard for me to trust you both want me. And that I’m not pushing myself into a place that doesn’t want me.”
“I want you, Mac,” Emily said, snuggling into the crook of my arm. “I love you so damn much.”
Bardot grazed his thumb over the back of my hand, his deep blue eyes worried. “I love you, Michael. I know I’m not the best at saying it out loud, but it’s true. I want you here.”
My heart swelled in my chest, and I let myself believe them. They wanted me. Neither of them were prone to lying or even exaggerating.
There were only three rooms, though. And for this to work, it seemed better for us all to have our own space. The third room had to be Rob’s, and I was already asking too much.
“You really want me to move in? I can sleep on the couch—”
“Nonsense,” Emily said.
“I’ll show you your new room.”
“But if it was Rob’s—”
“Em’s mom stripped his room of every sign of him. She thought it would help our grief.”
“I’m so sorry. I really don’t mind taking the couch—”
“Rob’s all over this house. The room isn’t his. He’d want you to have it,” Emily said.
“Just accept the damn room, man.” Bardot pulled me to my feet, grinning.
“I’m ready to make some new memories,” Emily said as she opened the door.
The room was a blank slate.
Primed for those new memories to be made.
I grabbed Bardot and pulled him to the floor, straddling his legs as he breathed roughly beneath me.
Emily gasped, giving me a second to pull her down to the ground with us.
We collapsed into a heap of laughter, each of us healing a little more.
Chapter Thirty
