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He iht about Luke and how close hiotten since Hannah’s birth He knew they hadn’t done it purposely, but he couldn’t help but feel guilty for so hih his hands Cole wouldn’t say so, but he was pretty sure it was Luke’s way of coical father

When the three of the children, it hadn’t been a sially solidify their relationship, they had to settle for doing it for love Because Sierra wanted to know, for the sake of the baby’s health, they’d gotten a little creative with their love , which had surprised the hell out of Cole When they decided that Cole would be the father, more from Luke’s unfounded concerns about his family’s health issues, he’d been beside hi with Luke even though Logan had confirmed there weren’t any health issues that he knew of, so they nancy was confirmed, Luke had used condoms with Sierra while Cole had not

Truthfully, Cole hadn’t expected it, but as he lived and breathed, he was grateful for the gift every single day Although Luke treated Hannah like his very own daughter, Cole wondered whether his own insecurities were pushing hithen his relationship with Sierra Not that theto worry about

And it didn’t seeical father, his name on the birth certificate, he still had plenty of his own insecurities The sa all the tile reason either of the their relationship, but it seerasp the concept

When they were together, during those re one or more of them in a different direction, it could only be described as co wild fire, and if Cole actually looked at it with rational eyes, their relationship was stronger than ever Probably irl in his ar to bring hi? Was he inadvertently pushing Luke away? When it came to sex, the heat was there, so was the intensity in what they were feeling for one another, but it was as though they were both holding the the away from him more now than before

Cole kneithout a doubt that they were going to collide one of these days In more ways than one The e to find their way out, and he would have no choice other than to confront Luke about them

Whatever happened, he had to remind himself that no matter what, he loved theed to them equally, and he knew he’d never be able to live without thehteen

It was late by the time Luke finally made it home After a rather heated discussion with Trent and Xander, he’d finally decided to call it a night He left Lucie in charge of the bar and Kane was there to assist Not because he had to, but because he wanted to be where Lucie was Those tere going to e entrance, he noticed that all of the lights in the house were off He’d gotten used to co Hannah in the living roolanced over at the monitor on the counter and saw on the video screen that Hannah was sleeping soundly in her bed

At the ht idea Sleep was obviously on his short list of things to do, and he hoped to get to it sooner rather than later He just wanted to shuck his clothes and fall into bed and not wake for at least eight hours He’d be lucky to get four, but he wasn’t going to co rooht on the back porch was on, so he headed that way to turn it off That’s when he noticed Cole sitting at the patio table drinking a beer and staring out at the pool He took a ht of hi there alone saddened hi away For a man with the patience of a saint, Luke didn’t understand whathim in that direction They were all three in this relationship together and as far as Luke was concerned, it was forever