Justin held Shelby close to him, enjoying the feel of her naked body next to his. Her breathing had softened a bit. God, he’d never known sex could be so intense before. She brought things out in him he’d never known possible. She’s mine. He knew that in the depths of his being.
“Are you asleep?” she asked.
“No, baby. I’ve just got my eyes closed. You okay?”
“Yes. This was wonderful, Justin. You can’t imagine how wonderful, but I’m still not sure we should’ve taken this step so fast.”
He opened his eyes and gazed into hers. “Why do you think that?”
“Your brothers won’t go for what I need.” She sighed. “I know you said they would, but I can’t see how that is possible.”
“Shelby, you’ve got to trust me. I’ve known them my whole life. I know they will come around. I told you that already.”
“You did. But is it what you want? I don’t want you doing something for me that you won’t be comfortable with later.” She touched his arm. “Does that make sense?”
“Of course it does.”
“Then don’t just jump into something you’ve never even considered until you give it more thought. Please.”
“Okay, baby. I won’t.” He closed his eyes and started thinking about all the possibilities that a life sharing Shelby with his brothers would entail.
She laughed. “Justin, I didn’t mean you had to do it now.”
He opened his eyes and kissed her. “Why not now, Shelby? You’re the expert on these things, not me. I might have questions. You can answer them right now. If I wait, I might forget. Besides, I believe we can work this out, and that we can build a family together.”
She smiled, sending him to the stratosphere. “You do?”
He nodded. “I do have a couple of questions, baby.” He brought them to the forefront of his mind. A poly life had lots of positives in his estimation, but there were logistics that he wanted to clear up. “What about children? How does that work with three dads in the mix?”
“Most in Wilde don’t differentiate about that. My dads were both my dads. As far as I know, no one does any kind of paternity testing. The fathers jointly raise the children with their wives. Make sense?”
“I suppose so.”
“Is there a part of you that wants to have your own children, Justin? It’s normal. Wilde isn’t normal. I know that.”
He’d always wanted kids of his own. But was that just ego on his part? Probably. “Doesn’t the Wilde way of things mean that any children you have would be mine?”
She nodded.
“My brothers will make amazing fathers. Brandon would definitely be the disciplinarian. Alex would be the dad who would help with homework. Me? I would be the fun dad.” He winked at her and the giggle that left her lips thrilled him.
“What else?” she asked.
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?Sharing is new but I can imagine how that works. When we take this to the next level, will there be times that I can be alone with you…in bed? Is that against the Wilde rules?”
“There are no rules. Just the ones we make for ourselves.” She kissed him. The feel of her lush lips on his sent a hot pulse down to his cock. “I would want alone time with you, too, cowboy. In fact, I would insist on it. What else?”
“That’s about it, baby.”
She shook her head. “No it isn’t. There’s still the issue of getting Alex and Brandon to agree to this kind of relationship.”
“Relationship? I love the sound of that, Shelby.” He stroked her hair, inhaling her sweet scent. “You’ve been with Alex on a date already?”
“Yes.”
Justin recalled Alex and Shelby’s confession that they’d been together, really been together, at Alex’s apartment. Given his and his brothers’ past, a brief flash of jealousy tiptoed through him thinking about sharing her. Foolish competitiveness. He loved his brothers and he was falling hard for Shelby. Why couldn’t such a relationship work for them? The sting vanished quickly, but Justin knew it would be something he would have to work on in the coming days if he was going to help give Shelby what she needed—a life with him and his brothers.