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Her daughter had e didn’t er er men ant to share me? Want to spend the rest of their lives with me?
More tears fell I’m too old for them I’m too old to have the children I alanted and they deserve Clay and Jay wouldthey would be with their children
She wasn’t sure she could even get pregnant, and there were risks for wo to be anyway
She’d let her guard doith Clay and Jay fro with the
Waiting for Izzy to ee from her shower, Jay sat on the side of the bed with Clay They’d brought in a bottle of wine and three glasses, hoping to help settle her eer to tell her how they felt if things one easier Probably not It was obvious to hi for thee, though that see part of her decision to walk away
Her ending the hope of a future together before it even got started was so they couldn’t let happen He and Clay had made it clear to one another that she was the only woman for them Now they had to make it clear to her Very clear
The bathroom door opened and Izzy stepped into the bedroo adorable and radiant as always
But her eyes are red
Had she gotten soap in her eyes or had she been crying? He guessed the latter, which crushed hi he wanted to do was make her unhappy She was torn but it sees with hiether—and together ill be happy?
He poured her a glass of wine and handed it to her, and she sat down in the chair facing the bed and them
Izzy took a sip and her eyes landed on hiuys I really am, but this just won’t work”
He leaned forward “Izzy, we love—”
“Stop Please Just listen to me” She shook her head “This can’t be It’s not that I’s You two are about to turn thirty You will be running one of the largest corporations in the world What would your employees think? Your stockholders? Your customers? Two men with one woman…an older woman by twelve years?”
“We don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks, sweetheart,” Clay said his own thoughts aloud “This is about us, about our happiness”
“Besides, our private lives are exactly that,” he said “Private And having a beautiful woman like you between us…most will kno lucky Clay and I are”