Just Right (Bliss Peak #1)

by Shon

“Fuck, I love you, woman.” “I love you too, Rome.”

Chance’s whole demeanor changed in the blink of an eye. That calm, cool, collected façade he’d been rocking earlier was replaced by a stunned expression and tears collecting in his light brown eyes. Shit. I didn’t mean to make the man cry.

That was all it took for the first wave of my own tears to hit me. You’re mine. I didn’t realize I’d been waiting my whole life to hear someone say that about me until it fell from his lips. And he sounded so damn happy about it, it made me happy too.

“Your boundaries aren’t harsh just because they might make someone else uncomfortable. You have every reason not to want to be around that woman, and now you won’t have to be.”

Life with Sincere, Lorenzo and Romeo was a lot of things, but most of all it was just…right.

I expected a terse reply from Romeo, but he surprised me and said, “I’ve never felt like this before. About anything or anybody. It’s scary, but most days I don’t even give a fuck. I like being lost in her. I can’t go back to what I was doing before she showed up. I thought I was happy, but I was just existing.” “You’re in love,”

“It’s deeper than that. I don’t even know if what I feel is healthy, but it gets deeper every day.”

“How’d it go?” I asked. “So many damn tests.” He shook his head, scrubbing a hand down his darkly-stubbled face. “I was more anxious than her. I don’t know if I can do that shit again. By the time we got to the pharmacy after the appointment, she was trying to calm me down.”

I shot him a sympathetic smile, knowing exactly what he meant. All three of us were fucked up when it came to Goldyn. Romeo was the most extreme which was exactly why he’d been left at home today. But I wasn’t far behind him.

None of us liked the idea of her suffering and not being able to ...

I let my eyes roam over everybody at the table. All the people I adored in one place. The man I gave my last name. The woman who felt like home. And my best friend who was the mirror to my soul.

Especially the woman who turned out to be the perfect missing piece for all of us.

Because of Goldyn, I was finally taking my baking seriously. When we met, I knew right away that I would do anything to help make her dreams come true. But I didn’t know she’d end up doing the same for me. She was my partner in more ways than one, lifting me up and pushing me to do things I’d shied away from for too long.

Loving the people at this table and letting them love me in return had given me everything.

A few months after she was born, Sincere went to collect her from Ms. Ruby’s house and brought the Pit bull home to me. He’d remembered my drunken confession about wanting a dog once I settled down, and I’d cried so hard holding her for the first time. Yes, I’d always wanted a damn dog.

But it was more than that. Getting her meant I was gonna be here for a while. I had a home. A permanent place to exist with three men who loved me unconditionally. The puppy was just the icing on top.

So, tonight’s soft opening was the culmination of everything we’d been brave enough to believe we could accomplish.

Outside of me, Romeo wasn’t the most physically affectionate man. He much preferred acts of service over physical touch.

So, I’d seen him help Sincere build his herb garden week by week. I’d seen him buy Sincere an anthology they both loved in audio form. I’d seen him teach himself how to make Lorenzo’s new favorite drink and create an herbal tea to help balance my hormones. I’d also seen the way he showed up for me while I navigated my relationship with Chance for the past year.