Page 150 of Some Like It Hot
She watches us, her smile slowly growing. “I know that you are all okay with my messes, and my disorganization, and my phone issues. You’ve all been here, becoming a part of my life seamlessly. You’ve made me feel special and loveable and have never made me feel like a problem. I know this can work.”
She stops and takes another breath. “But there is one big thing I screwed up.”
“It’s okay. Whatever it is,” Blake says immediately.
“There’s nothing too big,” Aidan adds.
God, these two are gone for her.
Just like I am.
“What is it, love?” I ask.
She gives us all a dazzling smile. “I haven’t told you all how much I love each of you either.”
Blake steps forward, nearly on her toes. “Well, of course you do. We’re very loveable.”
That makes her laugh. “You already knew?”
He lifts a hand, cupping her face. “No,” he confesses. “Not at all. In fact, I spent the whole day completely convinced you were just doing me a favor marrying me. But I’m so fucking happy to hear it.”
She looks at me. “Did you know?”
I shake my head. “Hoped, love. Hoped.”
She looks at Aidan. “How about you?”
“Did I think I might deserve to have an amazing, feisty, sexy, passionate, creative, special woman fall in love with me?” Aidan asks. “Girl, I was thrilled as fuck when you just let me kiss you.”
She smiles, then a little pink touches her cheeks. “I think I begged you to kiss me.”
He makes a little growling sound. “Yes, I believe you’re right.”
She takes a deep breath and looks at each of us again. “Well, I do love you. All of you. So much.” She shakes her head. “I can’t believe how much. I want this. I want all of you, all of us, together.” She pauses and wet her lips. “Can we do that?”
“Yes,” I say immediately.
“Absolutely,” Aidan answers.
“Fuck yes,” Blake says.
Her smile grows bigger and brighter. “Okay. Great. Awesome.”
“Blake?” I say.
“Yeah?”
“I think maybe you should carry your wife into bed.”
Now he growls. He immediately bends and scoops Elise into his arms. But he glances back.
“You guys are coming, right?”
I smile. That’s how this needs to work and it looks like we’re all on board.
“Right behind you,” I tell him.
“Nowhere else I want to be,” Aidan says.
