The Almost One Night Stand

Chapter 18

Nimue's POV

"I love you," Gabe told me, then got up and left the room. I looked at Luke. His expression matched my own surprise.

"Do you?" he asked, "Do you love him too?"

I shifted, pulling a sheet over me. "How am I supposed to answer that? I mean, we're engaged," I pulled at my hair and groaned. "Fuck, we are engaged and I pushed you to him, then we, and now, and what if," I ranted.

Luke grabbed me and held me against his chest, "Breathe little one, just breathe. You haven't done anything wrong," he reassured me, "We haven't done anything wrong." Once my breathing had regulated, he lifted my chin. "You were right, you know, I do still love Gabe and I think I always will, but I love you too. So tell me this, do you regret anything that has happened the past couple of days?"

"Of course not," I said quickly.

"Then what's the problem?" he asked. "You were willing to share me with Gabe, why can't we all share?"

I held up my hand, showing him the ring, "But what about this?"

He took my hand in his, "Do you love him, even a little?"

"Yes," I said softly as I searched Luke's eyes for some hint of anger or jealousy, but all I found was happiness and relief.

He pulled me up from the bed and pushed me toward the bathroom, "Then go tell him before he pulls out his own hair from worry. He may act confident, but he's really insecure about stuff like this." I gave him a quick kiss, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door. He didn't answer, but I could hear the shower running. I took a leap of faith and opened the door, then stepped into the shower with him.

"Nimue, what, what are you doing in here?" he sputtered, his eyes puffy as if he'd been crying.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled his mouth down to mine. "I love you too," I said softly before kissing him. I felt his entire body stiffen, then he deepened the kiss, his hands wrapping in my hair as he moaned into my mouth.

When the kiss broke we were both panting. "I don't want to mess things up with you and Luke," he said softly, "but I can't help how I feel, Snow. I think I knew the fucking moment you opened the door the first day I showed up. When Luke told me about you, I was so damn jealous. I wanted to fucking hate you for taking him from me, but then I saw you and I completely understood how he fucking fell for you." Big tears were streaming down his cheeks as he spoke.

I swiped my thumb across his cheek, wiping some of them away. "I don't want to take him from you, Gabe. I want us to figure out a way to make this work with the three of us." He looked into my eyes and smiled softly then kissed me again. "So will you stay?"

He wrapped his arms around me and laughed, "Oh my sweet Snow, nothing could drag me away now." I giggled, then squealed when he licked me from ear to breast, then bit down. "Mine," he murmured through his teeth.

There was a knock on the door and Luke called out, "Stop branding our girl and get out here. She still needs to eat, and Victor has called your phone four times already."

We laughed and got out of the shower. He quickly dried, then bundled me in my soft robe and carried me out to the front room. Luke carried in a new tray of waffles with tea this time and we ate together.

"So is Victor here in London?" I asked when Gabe had finished listening to his messages.

"No, he's still in South Carolina, but he's our tech guy so he can monitor by computers and cameras," Luke answered.