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Chapter One
It being only eleven in the hn walked up to Blue’s Diner’s entrance expecting to see an empty restaurant Too early for the lunch crowd Too late for the breakfast bunch But instead, when she opened the door her eyes fixed on the two handsoo she’d dated off and on for over a year
Nicolas Walker and Sylas Hayes, attorneys for Braxton Meat Packing
What are they doing here?
She’d broken it off with each of the-distance relationships were impossible to s “Sharing” wasn’t even in Nic and Sylas’s vocabularies, especially when it came to her She’d believed that eventually they would co But they hadn’t They never would But they are here now Why?
It had been wonderful and difficult dating the sense of hu Sylas was an extre her always feel so special When she’d finally found the courage to share what she really desired—that she would never choose between them, that she actually wanted both of them—they had reacted shocked
Ashley told Nic and Sylas about Destiny and how all types of families elcomed, accepted “All that matters is love, whatever way it presents itself Two men with one woman is not uncommon”
“You can’t be serious” Nic continued doing all the talking, while Sylas remained silent, with his eyes fixed on her
“I’m very serious You’ve met my boss”
“Phoebe? Yes”
She took a deep breath and then blurted out, “Phoebe is married to three men”
“That’s crazy” Nic frowned
Sylas broke his silence “Not to al”
“Marriage doesn’t have to be on paper It’s written in the hearts of people who love each other Who cares what the law says?”
“I care,” Sylas said in his deep tone “I’m a lawyer The law matters, Ash”
“What about hoe feel about each other? Doesn’t that matter to you, too? I know this may sound crazy, but you both have asked me many times what I really want Well, this is it I want you both”
“You what?” Nic’s face filled with confusion and jealousy “What do you want et a sandwich or take a walk? When I get back will it be his turn to hit the road so that I can have my ith you?”
“Nic, you’ve never said anything so hurtful to me before” Tears streamed down her cheeks
“And you’ve never said anything so crazy to me before either”
Sylas stated flatly, “Ashley, you know this is not possible”
“In Destiny it is very possible,” she snapped back and left
That night her heart had been shredded by their words, by their rejection of what she needed She’d been a fool to think Nic and Sylas ht act differently Whatever she’d had with them was over She hadn’t seen either of the, until now
There had been voice es, and e-mails, but even those had finally come to an end since she never responded to theive her heart a chance to heal But now Nic and Sylas were in Destiny, and the pain she’d been trying to run froht in front of her eyes