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Lennox hammered a fist into Zachary’s thigh. “Hey, Lucy, how’s Abigail’s slapshot?”
“Better than yours.” Zachary fired back before I could. “Took her on the ice yesterday. She’s got my skills.”
“Lord help us then. We’ll have our work cut out for us.” Lennox’s face reddened when Zachary tightened his grip. “Kidding, man. Kidding.” He pinched Zachary’s leg until Zachary eased up.
I watched them with my mouth hanging open. I wanted more kids… but six? I shook my head again at the thought. Laughter bubbled up as they continued roughhousing on my—our—bed. I definitely needed more space if they were going to do this on a regular basis.
I couldn’t believe it. I’d gotten everything. More than everything. Things I never dared to hope for now literally wrestled in my bed. I’d made waves with my advocacy campaign. I was raising a wonderful daughter. I still had my job. And now, Abigail had her father, and I had three men who loved me more than I thought possible.
I loved them. God how I loved them. Justin kicked Zachary’s shin, which made Zachary ruffle up Lennox’s hair even more. Lennox elbowed Zachary in the stomach, and his breath rushed out in a whoosh. Laughing at the lot of them, I rolled off thebed and grabbed my robe. “I’m going to make hot chocolate and watch it snow. You three go ahead and do whatever you want to do.”
Justin bounced from the bed and wrapped both arms around my waist, dragging me back to his chest. “What if I want to do you?”
“Be my guest.” I spun in his arms and stood on my tiptoes to kiss him. “We have all night and the rest of forever.”
“I like the sound of that.” He returned my kiss with one full of heat and the promise of passion. He grunted and broke away. “Stop gouging me in the kidneys.”
Zachary stood behind him, his lips creased in a broad smile. Slapping Justin on the back, he pushed him away and took my hands in his. Before I could blink, he dropped to a knee and pulled out a black jewelry box. “We’ve danced all around this for a week now. I know it’s sudden and you might want to wait, but I can’t keep this inside any longer.” He cracked open the lid to reveal a single diamond in a gold band. “I’d like to marry you, Lucy Ashley.”
I grabbed his face and kissed him. “Of course I’ll marry you. I’d marry all of you if I could.” It almost didn’t seem fair that Zachary and I could have official documentation of our relationship, but we were also doing this for Abigail.
Zachary stood and swept me up against his chest with his arms around my waist. “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”
I framed his face in my hands and kissed him soundly on the lips. Justin and Lennox dragged on some clothes and left us alone for the time being. They crept out of the bedroom, with Lennox winking at me before he closed the door.
Zachary deepened the kiss, his tongue sweeping into my mouth like he couldn’t get enough of me.
I sighed into him and wrapped my legs around his waist. I was physically exhausted but running on an emotional high that I might never come down from. I gripped his shoulders and pulled away from his lips. “Give me that ring.”
Laughing, he slipped it over my finger, then kissed the knuckles while lowering me to the floor. “Come on. We’d better get out there before they wake up Abigail. They’re hopeless in the kitchen.”
“They better not wake her up.” I pretended to scowl. “Because then they have to put her back to bed.”
He smirked at me. “I’ll be sure and remind them of that. We did agree that this would be a joint effort. No one gets to slack off.” He kissed the end of my nose. “We have some major goals to score. Mainly, your women’s rights campaign and our championship.”
“You’re already winners in my book.” I slapped his ass when he bent to pick up his pants, then ran away giggling to snatch up my robe and throw it over my shoulders. I slipped from the room and ran straight into Lennox. “If we keep this up, we’ll never make it to the kitchen.” I pulled him down for a quick kiss and turned away to join Justin in the kitchen.
Snow fell in soft flakes outside the window. The yard was already covered in a fine sheet of white, and based on how thick it fell, we’d be covered up by morning. I propped my hands on the counter and leaned forward to get a better look. “Abigail is going to lose her mind tomorrow when she sees this.”
Zachary laughed from behind me. “Hope you two are ready to make snow angels because Abigail is more than ready to have a family of them out there in the yard.”
“And snowmen,” I reminded him with a pointed finger.
He saluted me with a coffee cup from the cupboard. “And snowmen.” He made his way around the kitchen like he’d always lived there, gathering up the supplies for hot chocolate.I listened to him moving around and caught glimpses of him in the window when I turned back to the snowy landscape.
My body ached lightly from our robust sexual adventure. I ran a hand over my stomach, imagining what it would be like to carry their children. The thought made me smile. One or two more kids would be nice. Abigail would love having younger siblings.
This was the life I’d always secretly hoped for. And it was all mine. Three faces appeared in the window behind me. Justin stood just over my left shoulder, while Lennox was at my right. Zachary stood in the middle. Together, the four of us created a picture of happily ever after that I’d never thought possible. Mine. All mine.
We’d skated across some thin ice to get here, but I wouldn’t change anything about our past or our future. Smiling at them in the window, I twisted Zachary’s ring around and around on my finger.
“I left space on the ring so they could add stones too.” Zachary picked up my hand and brought it to his lips. He kissed my palm, his eyes holding mine in the window as snow filled the air. Heat raced through me, my breath hitching. “We can make it as official as possible. We belong to you, Lucy. Forever.”
My heart threatened to burst right open. This was the kind of love they told stories about. The kind of love people spent decades searching for. I squeezed my way into the middle of them and held them all tight. Forever didn’t sound nearly long enough.
