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“I’m not hooking up with just one guy.”
“Oh?”
“More like four of them.”
Her jaw nearly hits the floor. Her breath is gone. I’m pretty sure her heart has stopped. “Whoa. How do you? I mean, good on you, girl, for catching up like that. But with a full time job and two kids to raise, how the hell do you manage to juggle four guys at once? I’m genuinely impressed!”
“Well, sometimes, it’s the four of them at once. Sometimes, it’s just two of them. Three. We have some solo dates, too. They’re busy, but they always make time for me.”
“Who are they?” she manages, her voice almost a whisper.
“Theo, what I’m about to tell you stays between us,” I say. “I trust you. You’re my best friend, and I love you to the moon and back. I wouldn’t tell you, otherwise.”
“Okay.”
“Isaac, Noah, Beau, and Levi.”
Again, she stares, her words gone and her eyes growing wider. I’d laugh if I weren’t so nervous. It is crazy, now that I say it aloud. It was crazy before, too, but acknowledging this to somebody else sort of amplifies the folly.
“Stella. What are you talking about?”
“The four guys I’m hooking up with. It’s Isaac, Noah, Beau, and Levi.”
“Oh. My. God.”
“I know. Please, don’t judge me. I don’t know how it happened, but we hit it off, Theo. We hit it off so fast and so hard, it took everybody by surprise,” I say. “I’ve only ever been with Elijah, as you know. I’m not the floozy type to—”
“Whoa, pump the brakes, babe, I would never think you’re a floozy. You could be doing the whole football team at once for all I care. It’s your life, your body, your heart,” Theo replies softly. “I’m just stunned that you’ve gone from zero to a hundred so frickin’ fast.”
“Yeah, it’s kind of scary.”
“I need a moment to just take it all in.”
“Sure.”
I give her all the time she needs as I pour myself a cup of tea and get busy with some of the freshly baked pastries.
Theo nods slowly, a smile creeping across her lips. “I knew they had some exotic tastes, to be honest. I did overhear them talking about the same woman and the night they had together, but I’m pretty sure she was a professional, if you know what I mean.” She gasps. “Wait, Stella, don’t tell me they’re paying you to—”
“Good grief, no,” I politely cut her off. “No. It’s consensual. It's hard to describe actually, but it’s like each of them has something I like, something the other doesn’t have, or something I can’t get enough of to the point where I’m super happy with being shared by the four of them.” I know the smile on my face is giddy. “It’s as if I can lose myself completely when I’m with them, Theo. I’ve never felt this way before.”
“Honestly? I’m glad.”
“You are?”
“It’s weird as hell, yeah, and I don’t know if I could do it. But you know what? I’m not you, Stella. If it makes you happy, and I can tell it does because, girl, you are practically shining like the sun right now.” She laughs lightly. “If it makes you happy, if it’s not hurting anybody, if it’s adding color to your life, well, then go ahead and do it. What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Somebody finds out?”
Theo shakes her head. “The guys are super discreet. The only reason I overheard them that one time is because I had a key to Isaac’s office, and he didn’t know I’d be in that night. And the only reason I was in that night was because I’d had a fight with Mike. I’m the only one they trusted with a key to their offices,” she says. “They’re very cautious and respectful, in general.”
“Yeah. And funny and kind. Courteous, cavalier. Absolute gentlemen. They look after me and the kids, too. Bella babysits for me, and they take her fees out of my salary, which they boosted as soon as they took me in, mind you.”
“They’re good men, Stella. You couldn’t have stumbled upon a better situation.”
“What if I fall in love?”
“Can you fall in love with more than one man at the same time? I get maybe two, but four?”
