Two Plus One

by Brynn Paulin

  “I love you,” she said as they began moving as one unit in a perfect alternating rhythm. “Thank you for not giving up on me.”

  Nic looked up at her, his gaze clear despite the passion on his face. “I love you, too, Briony.”

  “So very much,” Leo gasped. “Love you, so very much.”

  He stiffened and slammed forward, sending her shooting off into to the stars. Bliss filled her, and she suspected she’d be happy for a long, long time to come. With her two men loving her, how could she not?

  Nic stroked his hands along the sides of her face as she came down from heaven and Leo pulled free. “Whatever happens, this is happily ever after, Bree. We face everything together. No matter what.”

  Leo knelt beside the couch. She kissed him, then kissed Nic. “That should be easy. You are my everything.”

  Epilogue

  Two years later

  “Bree, you okay?”

  She glanced up from the leaves she was studying and smiled at her husband. Leo checked on her constantly, needing to reaffirm her safety every step of the way. She dropped the leaves and loped over to him. She’s never imagined two years ago that she’d be walking on the Appalachian Trail—sans cane—for one of the guys’ books. When Leo’s father, a doctor who happened to dote on his son more than Leo realized, had met her, he’d been insistent that there were treatments for Bree’s leg. As it turned out, a simple brace had eliminated her cane, and now, she walked almost normally. It was a solution that wouldn’t work for everyone, but she’d been lucky to be one of the few.

  “I’m fine, honey,” she told him. “Happy as a clam. Not tired. Feeling fine.” She patted her belly. “So is junior. Stop worrying.”

  She screeched as she was suddenly scooped up from behind. “We like to worry. It makes us happy.”

  Rolling her eyes, she giggled as her other husband kissed her stomach. They had no idea whose child she carried. It didn’t matter. The men had the same blood type, they looked like twins, and they would each love the child as their own. The baby belonged to all of them.

  “You know what will make me happy?” she laughed.

  “I am not hiking into town to get you a Starbucks,” Nic replied. “Forget it. No caffeine.”

  “I was thinking ice cream, but I’ll settle for sex.”

  They’d been hiking for several days with virtually no privacy and she missed her men. That wasn’t to say they hadn’t kissed and touched—they’d received a fair share of sideways looks over that. It was something people in her situation had to get used to. Those people just didn’t understand how lucky she was or how happy all three of them were.

  Leo’s arms came under her from the other side. “That might be difficult.”

  She grinned.

  “You’re both ingenious. I trust you to work it out. I hear there’s this place down in town. A lovely bed and breakfast. They might even have ice cream and you can be off the hook on the sex craving. ” She batted her lashes, reveling in the feeling of being so in love and so happy. Their lives were as near to perfect as one could get. Sure they had their problems, but as they’d promised one another, they worked out troubles together.

  “I don’t ever want to be off the hook,” Leo growled.

  Nic squeezed her. “Get ready, woman. It’s gonna be a long night.”

  “Yahoo! Ride me cowboys,” she laughed.

  It didn’t take a mathematician to decipher their meaning. Thank goodness! All she needed to know was that two plus one equaled perfect. And the three of them had it to infinity.

  Repeating.

  About the Author

  When it comes to books and movies, Brynn Paulin has one rule: there must be a happy ending. After that one requirement, anything else goes. And it just might in any of her books.

  Brynn lives in Michigan with her husband and two children, who love her despite her occasional threats to smite them. They humor her and let her think she’s a goddess... as long as she provides homemade chocolate chip cookies on a regular basis. Brynn is president of her local chapter of Romance Writers of America and also hosts a weekly writing critique group. She’s conducted workshops at several writers’ conferences around the country as she enjoys mentoring and meeting new people.

  According to Brynn, her writing success can be attributed to an eclectic collection of music, her local road construction crews, a trusty notebook, and of course, her husband, Mr. Inspiration, who puts up with a lot in the name of research. Brynn loves to talk to her readers and can be found at www.brynnpaulin.com.

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