TAYLOR*Wade squeezed my hand and smiled as we walked toward the building. Although he reassured me everything was going to be ok, I could see anxiety flickering in his blue eyes. He was scared, I could tell. Blaze was surely going to kick Wade's ass. Wade and I were about to be unemployed. Being a pregnant unemployed single mother wasn't sitting well with me. Well, I'm not single, but still. I need to be able to hold my own. I can't expect Connor and Wade to take Mark and me in. Oh my goodness, after everything that has happened, I haven't once thought about how all of this was going to affect Mark. I glanced back and forth between Connor and Wade and stepped back."It's okay. This is the right thing to do," Wade said as he smiled and pulled me along with him.I was a bottle of nerves as we walked through the building, making our way toward Blaze's office. Even though Wade and Connor had assured me that we would all make it through this, I was still anxious about losing my job. My jo
TAYLOR*After messaging Connor, I looked around my office and the mess it had become since Blaze decided to run as mayor. I have been busting my ass to keep the Cunningham business running smoothly, as well as designing fliers for his campaign. I hope the pregnancy brain doesn’t start fogging up my senses like it had done before when I was pregnant with Mark. I wouldn’t be able to manage.I knew that I would have a while before Connor would get here. So I frantically started going through paperwork and other things that were strewn about my office. It was time to get organized before things got out of hand. When I was about thirty minutes into my organizing and cleaning spree, a knock sounded. I walked over and opened the door to see Blaze standing there.“We are leaving. Is Connor coming to get you? Or do we need to give you a ride back to your place?”I glanced at my phone to see what time it was and smiled at Blaze. “Connor should be here any minute. I messaged him about thirty mi
TAYLOR*I took a deep breath as I knocked on my parent's door. My nerves were getting the best of me. I shouldn't be nervous. It's not like I'm going to tell my mom that I'm with both Connor and Wade. I'm simply going to explain the most essential facts. No one needs to know the rest. I started getting light-headed as I waited for my mom to open the door. I jumped and yelped in surprise as my mom flung the door open. I don't know what's wrong with me. I could have just walked in instead of knocking. I'm not that far into my pregnancy yet, and my brain has already fallen out and stopped functioning."Taylor, come in, dear. I'll make us some tea," My mom smiled and hugged me, then grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the kitchen."You are early; I wasn't expecting you for a couple more hours. Your dad has taken Mark to the park; they should be back soon, though," mom said as she put a kettle on a burner to boil some water for tea."Oh no, it's ok. I had some stuff come up and left earl
BEFORE DINNER*WADE*Connor had come back from retrieving Taylor from the office alone and had told me about her plan of talking to her mom first. My heart fluttered and warmed at the thought that Taylor was now protecting me the best she knew how. I was more nervous about telling her dad than I had been about telling Blaze the news.I was somewhat upset when Connor had been honest in telling me that he and Taylor had had sex without me. I quickly got over my jealousy because, most likely, Connor would have our chances of being alone with Taylor more often than all of us being together. We would need to be careful; we didn't need to subject Mark to our arrangement."I know Taylor hasn't lived in her apartment for long, but we need to think about what we will do about our living arrangements. I don't know about you, but I don't want to be away from her. Taylor is going to need our help with Mark. We need something with at least four rooms and an office. Too bad Tanner and Kaysen have a
TAYLOR*I looked back and forth between them, and tears pooled in my eyes. Connor and Wade got a sad look in their eyes and looked at each other and then back to me."Did we mess up here? We can wait and propose in a more romantic way," Connor said as he reached out to me. I smiled the biggest smile I ever had in my life."Yes,"Connor and Wade looked at each other and then back to me. "Yes, what, baby?" Wade asked with a quizzical look on his face."Yes, I will marry you both. I'm crying happy tears, don't worry; this was perfect. I wish I could marry you both on paper. I love you both so very much, but yes, in a sense, I will marry you both. I don't ever want to be away from either of you ever again. I'm ready for us all to spend the rest of our lives together," I said as Wade pulled the ring from the jewelry box and handed it to Connor. Then Connor placed the ring on my finger.More tears fell upon my cheek as I looked at the gorgeous ring they had picked for me. The band was rose
CONNOR*Taylor had left many of her things at her parent's house when she moved into her apartment because it was a bit on the smaller side. Tanner had lent us boxes from when he and Kaysen had moved, and it had only taken a little over an hour to get everything packed up. The only things Taylor had remaining to pack by eight o'clock at night were the bed garments and bathroom toiletries. Taylor had left out nightwear and a change of clothes for her and Mark for tomorrow, and we had packed everything else. We made sure to label each box in the event something needed to be retrieved from them. Taylor bathed Mark, and then Wade put him to bed while Taylor and I took a hiatus on the couch.Taylor rested her head in my lap as I put my hands through her hair. "That didn't take long, but I'm sure you're tired. I'll run you a bath so you can get cleaned up and get to bed,""But it's so early; I love just being here with you,""We will have all the time in the world soon, love, but we have a
TAYLOR*I woke to Wade nuzzling my neck with his nose. How had he managed to wake up before me; he was usually the last one to wake up, and it would be because I waited until the last possible moment to do whatever I could to get him out of bed."Wake up, baby, we have a surprise for you," Wade whispered."Let me go to the bathroom real fast; I'll be right back," I said, then yawned and stretched.I crawled out of bed and went and did my business. After washing my hands and brushing my teeth, I returned to the bedroom. I looked to see Connor and Wade patiently awaiting my return and then looked over to see that a tray loaded with food was calling my name."You guys made me breakfast in bed; that's so sweet. Mmm...Eggs, bacon, sausage, and toast, you guys went above and beyond. Thank you so much," I chirped as I hugged and kissed Connor and Wade."Well, get back into bed so we can pamper you before we have to leave. Blaze will be here any minute; we are all getting measured for our tu
WADE*"Here's to Wade Cunningham being off the market! We never thought we would see the day!" Hector yelled over the music as we all licked the salt from our knuckles, slung our tequila shots back, and bit into our lemons.Strippers danced around us, but not one of us was paying a bit of attention to them. We all had wives and families at home. Blaze had bought out one of the private rooms at Hectors strip club for the night and had paid handsomely for stripper's food and booze. They were giving me one last hurrah before getting married next week.Hector would be a part of our wedding party because Taylor would have five bridesmaids. We wouldn't have it any other way, of course. Hector has been a part of our crowd since high school and has always been like family to us.Shortly after we had our first round of shots, food was served. We all scarfed down our greasy burgers and fries and chatted about married life and how my life was about to change. I felt terrible that I was the one g