I couldn’t breathe. The woman I loved and my daughter were fighting for their lives and all I could do was sit in the hallway, imagining the worst possible outcomes. That Scarlett wouldn’t make it and I would be a single father. That Joy wouldn’t make it and I would have a hole in my heart forever. That they both wouldn’t make it and I wouldn’t be able to keep on living. I felt horrible for hoping that if one of the babies made it, it was Joy. I didn’t want Lee to lose Julian, but I needed Joy at this point. I had changed so much to prepare for being her father. My life was completely altered because of her and it couldn’t all be for nothing. She and Scarlett had to be okay. I heard what the doctor said and yet it didn’t actually process for me. Lee and I had to choose who the priority was. Our babies or Scarlett. “I can’t choose,” I whispered. “Considering these are her first babies, we feel more obligated to Scarlett if you cannot make a choice.” He stated. “I can’t lose my

“Come on, sweetie!” Grayson pleaded. “I will give you whatever you want if you stop crying. A new dress? Or maybe a fun tricycle.”“Grayson, are you trying to bribe our baby into not crying?” I questioned. “I have to try everything right?” “Give her to me,” I held out my arms. “What’s wrong sweetheart? Huh? You upset?”Joy cried loudly in my face. I had never seen her like this. I had already fed and changed her. Maybe she needed to be burped. “Are you gassy, sweet girl?” I asked as I bounced her and patted her back. “Maybe you need a burp.”Her crying quieted. “Maybe she just missed you.” Grayson stated. “I mean I know the feeling.”“Maybe we shouldn’t go today,” I said.“Scar, come on, we need this. We haven’t done therapy in a while. It’ll be good. And we’ve been cooped up in this house for almost two months.”“Yeah, I guess you’re right, I just don’t want to be away from the babies.”“They’ll be fine. We are leaving them in the capable hands of their godparents.” Grayson assur

“Are you mad at me?” I asked. “What do you mean?” Lee questioned. “I mean that you’ve been kinda weird to me since we brought Joy home from the hospital.”He sighed as he attempted to put Julian in his onesie. He still hadn’t mastered baby clothes. He said they were much too tiny and hard to handle. “You let the people at the hospital call you Mrs. Wrenford. You didn’t correct them and just went along with it.” Lee whispered. “And that bothered you?”“Yes, because if you were so comfortable being called Mrs. Wrenford, that means you see yourself being his wife. Which means…you don’t see yourself-”“Being Mrs. Windsor.” I finished for him. “Lee, babe, that was…I was in such a frenzy at the hospital, I wasn’t really thinking. I mean Joy was sick.”“I know, Scar. I’m aware that I’m being ridiculously sensitive about this, it’s just…not knowing who you want to marry is absolute torture. I see you with Julian and I just want you to be my wife. I love you.”“I love you too, Lee. I have

Lee was smiling like crazy. After he won the coin toss he was giddy and had a pep in his step. Sex really can change someone’s mood, even if they hadn’t had it yet. “I would like to have sex before Faye’s wedding,” Lee informed me. “Why?” I asked. “Because I know how you get about romance and weddings, it makes you horny. But then you’ll feel like doing it with Grayson and not me, since it will have been his mom’s wedding.”“You think Grayson’s birth mother getting married is going to make me horny?” “Yes, I’m sure of it.”I laughed. “Um okay, what about tonight?”“Tonight sounds perfect.” He wrapped his arms around my waist. “Grayson will watch the kids and you’ll watch me rock your world.”I kissed him. “And I’ll be on my back the whole time.”“Just the way I like you.” Lee kissed me again. “What are we doing tonight?” Grayson walked in the living room, causing me and Lee to break apart. “Um, Lee and I are gonna hang out.” I stated. “Ah. So I’m on kid duty tonight?” “Sounds

I walked over to Grayson quickly. “Can I talk to you?” I asked.“Um, sure. Lee’s got the babies. What’s up?”“No, I need to talk to you alone.”I pulled Grayson out of the ballroom, down the hall to where Faye had gotten ready. I made sure to lock the door before turning to him. “What’s wrong?” Grayson asked. I smiled. “Nothing.”Before Grayson could speak again, I had reached out and pulled him to me for a kiss. He gave in easily as he always did. I pulled off his suit jacket as quickly as I could. “Woah, Scar…are we about to have sex?” Grayson mumbled against my lips. “You catch on fast.”“Here? Oh I missed this side of you.”Grayson lifted me off my feet and I wrapped my legs around his torso as he backed into the couch. By the time he sat down, I had his shirt completely open. I didn’t plan on taking it off, but I wanted to feel his abs. I moved my lips to Grayson’s neck. Hearing him whimper was making me even hotter. I had missed his sounds of pleasure and his eager hands o