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Then, tonight, I’ll lose three men I love because of my reckless actions rather than two.
Unable to suppress my emotions, I bury my face in my hands and start to cry.
“Easy, Mia,” Zach murmurs, his arm wrapping around my shoulders as he guides me into one of the waiting room chairs.
“Talk to us, love,” Cilian says, and I can feel him settle into the chair beside me.
When I get myself under control enough to lower my hands, I find Luke kneeling before me, all three men watching me with deep concern in their eyes. My eyes flick to Tina, who sits just a few chairs away, her expression bordering on stunned as she watches us intently.
“I’ll, um, just go get us some coffee,” she offers, realizing she’s been staring for too long. She hops up out of her chair and scurries off, leaving me with my father’s three wonderful friends.
“I’m s–sorry,” I sniffle, a hiccup cutting me off. “I just don’t know what to do. I can’t make up my mind. I’m in love with all three of you, and with Daddy in the hospital… I just… I don’t want to lose any of you.”
A long silence settles over the room as Zach’s thumb strokes a soft, comforting line across the back of my knuckles and Luke’s hand rests gently on my knee.
Then, to my surprise, Cilian speaks up. “What if we share ye?”
Shocked by his suggestion when I was so certain they wanted me to choose, I turn to look at Cilian and find his eyes soft and understanding—not a glimmer of the mischief I would usually find.
“What? We’ve been good at sharing ye in the past, I t’ink. And I would rather do that than not have ye a’tall.”
My heart swells as his words fill me with a hope I hadn’t dared consider a possibility until now. And I look to Luke, then Zach as I try to read their decision on their faces.
“I was going to say the same thing before… shit hit the fan,” Zach says, his dark eyes lighting with a hint of amusement.
“Agreed. If that’s what you want, Mia, then we can make it work.”
“Really?” I breathe, joy flooding me at the thought that I might get to keep all three of the men I’ve fallen so deeply for.
“An’ just to clarify, did ye actually just say yer in love with me?”
I laugh, the sound bursting from me unexpectedly at the bafflement in Cilian’s voice. And when I turn to him, his charming smile soothes my aching heart.
“Yes, I’m in love with you, Cilian O’Connor.”
Leaning in, he kisses me chastely, seeming unable to stop himself.
“If I recall correctly, I think she confessed to being in love with all of us,” Luke points out dryly, breaking our kiss with a fresh round of laughter from me.
“I did. And I am. I honestly didn’t even believe in love three months ago. But I’ve never felt so sure about anything before—and I feel so happy thinking this child will get to have all three of you as fathers.” I rest my hand on my belly, warmth radiating through me.
Then my smile falters. “The only thing that scares me now is facing Daddy with the news. If he’s okay…”
I turn my eyes toward the emergency room doors, my guilt and anxiety spiking once more as I think about the shock I put him through. I can’t imagine a worse way for him to find out. I’d hoped I might tell him gently, ease into it, starting with the fact that I was pregnant.
And until now, I’d never dreamed I would be breaking the news to him that I intend to be in a relationship with three of his closest friends.
“Mike’s strong. He’ll pull through,” Luke assures me adamantly.
“And when he does, you won’t have to face him alone,” Zach adds, his hand squeezing mine reassuringly. “We’ll be right there with you.”
Luke and Cilian nod agreement, and my shoulders relax for the first time as a massive weight lifts from them.
“Thank you.”
A tall, bespectacled man wearing a doctor’s lab coat comes out through the emergency room doors, and his eyes land on the four of us gathered in a close circle.
“Mia Florence?” he asks, focusing in on me.
