Despite all the bullshit those two had gone through with their companies, it was shocking how much they had in common. They talked about their golfing trips and their experiences traveling abroad. They both had a love for Barcelona and classic literature. The two of them talked like they were old friends, sipping from beer bottles while Jasper cooked up more steaks. I held Ava close to my side, pressing a kiss to the side of her head.

“Did you ever think you would see this?” I asked.

“What? My father getting along with yours? Not a fucking chance,” Ava said.

“How do you feel about all of this?”

Ava turned her gaze up to mine as she stood to her toes, her lips hovering in front of mine.

“It feels like home,” she said.

I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her deeply as Jasper continued to cook food behind us. Leo was bonding with her brothers, cracking lewd jokes and bragging about his sexual escapades. Our parents were laughing over memories and talking about future ventures for their companies, and I was holding my world in my arms.

The mother of my child and my unborn daughter.

Nothing could get better than this.

“I love you, Ava,” I said into her lips.

“I love you, too, Travis.”

Cuff Me

A MFMM Romance

By Nicole Elliot

Chapter One: Rose

I wondered what it would be like if I had more friends. I think I would just be a lot more annoyed.

Morning was peaceful; it was my favorite part of my day, going out walking my dog, Parker. He was a beautiful black Lab that pretty much walked me.

“C’mon buddy, let’s go!” I sounded way too excited to just be walking my dog. But like I said, it was the highlight of my day.

I worked very odd hours as an ER nurse, so I never got out much. I also worked the night shift and grave yard shift. I saw all the crazy stuff, and the weird too. It was true that the ER had its own seasons of the weirdest things one could see. I had been a nurse officially for five years and nothing was ever the same. Except my home life, which included frozen dinners and Parker. I had come home around five and took a power nap before getting some cleaning done, as I did every Tuesday.

I was wiping my bathroom mirror down when I almost didn’t even recognize myself. My green eyes were dull, but they had been since my senior year of college. I had permanent under-eye creases that I always managed to hide with the right foundation, but with everything off, I saw how much worse they were getting. Still, I was pretty, I guessed. I was not an overly confident person, but when pretty much every man that came into the ER hit on me—the young, the old, the hot and the not so hot—you start to think these things.

I rarely got to exercise, but running around the hospital all night was a workout, so I always had heavy hips but a slender body. I just tried to be as healthy as I could, and get my seven hours of sleep every night, or day technically, since that was how my schedule was.

I tied my dark and unruly curly hair up in a bun and finished cleaning.

It was around nine when I latched on his green leash and took the back stairway out of my apartment complex. I always stopped at little local coffee shop for a chai tea, too. There was an outdoor window, which worked for me since I had Parker.

“Hey, Rose.”

Yeah, the cashier knew my name. There was nothing wrong with having a routine and sticking to it.

“Hey Sam, the usual.” Sam was a sweet college student, and she always had a smile waiting for me.

“Coming right up!”

She had papers tucked under the register, and there was no one behind me so I asked her about it. “Are you studying?” I asked.

“Yeah,” she huffed, “I have a biology exam tomorrow.” She rolled her eyes.

“Yikes, I hated science. Good luck,” I said with a sad smile.

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