deep breath. “God almighty, I don’t know what it could be, but it scares the hell out of me. What if … what if this whole thing isn’t working for her anymore? What if she isn’t happy with the arrangement?”
Seth had voiced the question uppermost in Dillon’s mind. He’d pinpointed Dillon’s number one worry, and judging by the look on Michael’s face, Seth had nailed Michael’s primary concern too.
“Shit,” Dillon muttered.
Michael shook his head, his lips set into a fine line. “No. That can’t be it. It can’t. Lily …”
“Lily what?” Seth demanded. “Lily’s happy? I think we all know that isn’t true right now.”
“We don’t have to assume worst-case scenario,” Dillon pointed out.
“Why the fuck are we sitting here talking about worst-case scenarios?” Michael asked in disgust. “Weshould be asking her what’s wrong. This speculating is making me crazy.”
“Because we’re all afraid of the answer,” Seth said quietly.
Dillon blew out his breath. “Yeah. Right there. Scared shitless, and I don’t mind admitting it.”
“Do you think Mom knows what’s up?” Michael asked. “She’s been over there a lot lately. I don’t know what they’re up to. Could be nothing. But Mom doesn’t usually come over and kick us out.”
“Could be anything,” Seth said. “She might be working on a Christmas present for the dads. There are a lot of explanations for why Mom would be coming to see Lily all hush-hush.”
Dillon clenched his fist in frustration. “So we’re back to square one. Which is that we have no idea what the hell is going on with the woman we love, no idea how to fix it, because again, we have no idea what it is and we’re all too chickenshit to ask. Have I got it about right?”
Michael gave a disgusted sigh. “That about sums it up.”
“So what do we do?” Dillon asked.
He hated how fucking helpless he felt. Like his entire life was on the line and he had no control overhow it turned out. He knew his brothers felt the same because their expressions said it all.
They’d all secretly feared that the relationship wouldn’t work out. It was their number one fear.
Though their fathers had a very nontraditional relationship with their mother, it had never occurred to them that they would follow in the same path. It hadn’t been discussed. No one had ever suggested it. They’d certainly had relationships, flings, whatever the hell you wanted to call them, with other women, and they damn sure hadn’t ever called any of the others up and asked him if he was up for a foursome.
Seth had been the first to make that connection with Lily, but it hadn’t meant that his was any more intense than Michael’s or even Dillon’s own. From the moment Dillon had laid eyes on her, he’d known without a doubt that she was his and that he’d go to any lengths to possess her.
He hadn’t cared that Seth had already staked a claim or that she was in town because she’d come with him. There was no way he could walk away from her and settle for a relationship as her brother-in-law. Oh hell no.
It had taken some discussion between the brothersbefore they’d realized that they had a huge problem. They were all in love with the same woman and none of them were willing to take a step back.
No one in their family so much as blinked an eye. Hell, no one in the town of Clyde would have been surprised. But Lily?
This wasn’t normal to her. It wasn’t something she’d been exposed to all her life. They’d come at her like fucking bulldozers.
Maybe now she was having some serious second thoughts. Maybe she didn’t like having to juggle three men in a relationship.
It was automatic for Dillon to think back, to try to figure out if he or one of his brothers had been demanding. Expected too much from her. But no, they were always so careful. Because they feared overwhelming her, because they feared pushing her too far.
Fuck it, but this was for the birds. It was
Seth had voiced the question uppermost in Dillon’s mind. He’d pinpointed Dillon’s number one worry, and judging by the look on Michael’s face, Seth had nailed Michael’s primary concern too.
“Shit,” Dillon muttered.
Michael shook his head, his lips set into a fine line. “No. That can’t be it. It can’t. Lily …”
“Lily what?” Seth demanded. “Lily’s happy? I think we all know that isn’t true right now.”
“We don’t have to assume worst-case scenario,” Dillon pointed out.
“Why the fuck are we sitting here talking about worst-case scenarios?” Michael asked in disgust. “Weshould be asking her what’s wrong. This speculating is making me crazy.”
“Because we’re all afraid of the answer,” Seth said quietly.
Dillon blew out his breath. “Yeah. Right there. Scared shitless, and I don’t mind admitting it.”
“Do you think Mom knows what’s up?” Michael asked. “She’s been over there a lot lately. I don’t know what they’re up to. Could be nothing. But Mom doesn’t usually come over and kick us out.”
“Could be anything,” Seth said. “She might be working on a Christmas present for the dads. There are a lot of explanations for why Mom would be coming to see Lily all hush-hush.”
Dillon clenched his fist in frustration. “So we’re back to square one. Which is that we have no idea what the hell is going on with the woman we love, no idea how to fix it, because again, we have no idea what it is and we’re all too chickenshit to ask. Have I got it about right?”
Michael gave a disgusted sigh. “That about sums it up.”
“So what do we do?” Dillon asked.
He hated how fucking helpless he felt. Like his entire life was on the line and he had no control overhow it turned out. He knew his brothers felt the same because their expressions said it all.
They’d all secretly feared that the relationship wouldn’t work out. It was their number one fear.
Though their fathers had a very nontraditional relationship with their mother, it had never occurred to them that they would follow in the same path. It hadn’t been discussed. No one had ever suggested it. They’d certainly had relationships, flings, whatever the hell you wanted to call them, with other women, and they damn sure hadn’t ever called any of the others up and asked him if he was up for a foursome.
Seth had been the first to make that connection with Lily, but it hadn’t meant that his was any more intense than Michael’s or even Dillon’s own. From the moment Dillon had laid eyes on her, he’d known without a doubt that she was his and that he’d go to any lengths to possess her.
He hadn’t cared that Seth had already staked a claim or that she was in town because she’d come with him. There was no way he could walk away from her and settle for a relationship as her brother-in-law. Oh hell no.
It had taken some discussion between the brothersbefore they’d realized that they had a huge problem. They were all in love with the same woman and none of them were willing to take a step back.
No one in their family so much as blinked an eye. Hell, no one in the town of Clyde would have been surprised. But Lily?
This wasn’t normal to her. It wasn’t something she’d been exposed to all her life. They’d come at her like fucking bulldozers.
Maybe now she was having some serious second thoughts. Maybe she didn’t like having to juggle three men in a relationship.
It was automatic for Dillon to think back, to try to figure out if he or one of his brothers had been demanding. Expected too much from her. But no, they were always so careful. Because they feared overwhelming her, because they feared pushing her too far.
Fuck it, but this was for the birds. It was
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