the owner, served what she liked to call a restaurant style breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes and biscuits and gravy. There were pancakes one day and French toast or waffles the next. She wasn’t sure how the woman did it. By Alexa’s reckoning, the woman could use a boatload of help. How she always seemed so relaxed and in control was a mystery.
“This is a delicious breakfast, as usual,” she said to Gemma who stopped at her right to refill her coffee. “How do you do it all? I’d think it would be too much for a woman in your condition.” Alexa eyed Gemma’s large belly. It was obvious to the world that the other woman was very pregnant. She looked as though she was about to pop.
“Keeping busy helps keep me from going insane.” Gemma grinned. “Besides, the guys do most of the work. I just tell them what I want and they make it happen.”
Milla leaned over. “I want that.” She glanced at the two men who followed her around like a couple of lost puppies. “Don’t you want that?”
Alexa took a bite of her pancake and watched her men out of the corner of her eye. “Yes. I think I do.” She turned her attention back to Milla just in time to see her grin before she leaned in the other direction to ask Nadya the same question.
It only took two nights of sleeping alone, imagining what things could be like with her two men, to make up her mind for her. She wanted them with a passion she never thought possible. What’s more, she needed them. She needed to know they cared for her, and she needed to feel their touch.
She was sure it was what they called the mating heat, making her feel this way, and she didn’t really care. All she cared about was knowing that they wanted her and needed her at least as much as she needed them.
Where else could she go and even find one man to love her and cherish her the way these two men did? Though they never said so, she knew they loved her. It was obvious in every heated look and the way they saw to her every need. Wade and Ryker were the men for her and Paradise was definitely where she wanted to stay. Why would she even want to try to find another town when she had already found the place perfect for her?
It didn’t take long to figure out that this was what she wanted. She didn’t need to think about it any longer. After breakfast, when everyone else went back to work, she would tell them and, with luck, she would finally get to make love with one of them in her room—or their room—hell, it didn’t matter just so long as she finally got laid.
Her stomach flip flopped as she thought about what she would say when breakfast was finally over, she barely ate after finally making up her mind. The guys noticed. She knew they did. They noticed everything about her. They were so attentive. She hoped she wouldn’t grow to hate it, though now she loved the attention.
When breakfast was over and everyone filed out to go to the carnival, Alexa dragged her feet. She didn’t really have anything to do this morning. Her shift at the ticket booth didn’t start for another six hours. She had plenty of time to get to know the men who said they wanted to spend the rest of their considerably long lives with her.
“What’s wrong, darlin’?” Wade grasped her shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. “You look worried.”
“I’m not worried.” She looked away and bit her lip. “Not really.” She felt her face heating as she thought about asking one or both of them to make love with her. “I’m just nervous.”
“Nervous, worried, it’s pretty much the same thing in my book.” Wade palmed the back of her head as she leaned back to look up at him. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing’s wrong.” She cleared her throat. “In fact, everything should be very right.” She gave a little nervous giggle. “I wanted us to stay behind so I could tell you that I’ve made up my mind. I’ve decided to stay here with you.”
“You’re agreeing to be our
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