He takes her by the hips and turns her to face him. “He was a thousand percent right. And I knew it the instant the words left his mouth. I love you, Katherine Montgomery. I think I fell in love with you the moment I laid eyes on you. You have an uncanny knack for keeping me in line, making me a better person, and challenging me with nothing more than a quirked eyebrow. This doesn’t need to be conventional for me to know I fully intend to spend the rest of my life making that eyebrow raise.”
“Gabe—” She clasps his face between her hands, swaying into him, peppering him with kisses.
When they come up for air, Alex is right there, turning her to him, a hand cupping her jaw, fingers splayed down her throat.
“I’d marry you in a heartbeat, Katie Bird. Today. Tomorrow. Just name the time, and I’m there.”
She laughs and throws an arm around his neck, pulling him down for a kiss. When he lets her go, she spins to me, reaching for my hands.
“The way I see it, Wildfire, you have to marry all of us.”
Her giggle is so sweet as she squeezes my fingers.
“That would make me feel better,” she says at the same time Gabe says, “Don’t think that’s legal, K.
“Legal schmegal.”
“You need to be married by your birthday?” Alex confirms.
“Yeah.”
“So this isn’t something you need to worry about tonight. For now—” He hooks a finger under her chin, making her meet his gaze. “Know that we’re all here for the long haul. We’re all in this together, legalities be damned. We will gladly make you our wife.”
That last word sends a tremor through her, and I feel her knees start to buckle.
“Oop…” I swing her up into my arms.
We make it back to the house in record time. There’s a fresh round of drywall dust clinging to everything from the kitchen to the living room. All the furniture Gabe had delivered is out in the packing container.
“Come on,” I say, carrying her toward the main suite. “They haven’t started in here yet.”
Our footsteps are urgent on the old hardwood floors. Lust coils low in my belly. My cock’s already at attention, growing harder by the second.
All this talk of love and marriage has set off my kinks. God, I can’t wait to put a ring on it.
Gabe and I brought the bed back in here earlier, just in case. I love this whole teamwork thing.
At the foot of the bed, I set Katherine down. She moans as her feet touch the floor, turning to me immediately. Sinking her fingers into my hair, she raises up and presses her lips to mine. I catch her around the hips, pulling her against my erection. She moans again, longer this time, while snagging my lower lip between her teeth.
“Carrying me across the threshold already?” she asks.
“You know it, babe.”
Alex and Gabe surround us, already undressed. She lets them rid her of her little cardigan, then slipsthe summer dress over her head, tossing it onto the pile. By the time she’s standing there in her panties and bra, I’ve got my shoes and shirt off.
She reaches for my pants, fingers flicking the button open. Alex and Gabe touch her all over. It’s a silent but unanimous decision that passes between us on some cosmic level. Tonight’s about her. Claiming her. Making sure she knows without a shadow of doubt we want her, that we fully intend to wife her up.
She reaches inside my shorts, cool fingers wrapping around my hard and ready dick. I hiss out a breath and brace myself against her shoulders. I don’t know why that feels so damned good. Why do my knees feel weak?
Gabe chuckles softly, then leans over and presses a kiss to Alex’s shoulder. Happiness flares in my chest.
“Are you wet for us, Wildfire?”
That snaps the other two to attention. I almost laugh.
“Mmm.”
“Maybe Gabe should check.”
