Free The Navy's Ghost (Bad Boys of Beta Squad) by Siobhan Muir Page B

world to me.”
    When they didn’t say anything, she grimaced and sighed. Here she stood in her wedding finery and her grooms appeared to be getting cold feet. But she couldn’t ignore her heart and she refused to hide her feelings. She’d hidden them for too long. Time to stop .
    As the silence expanded , her hope of acceptance faded like the paint on her granddad’s old Jeep Willy. She met the chaplain’s eyes, hoping to find some reassurance, but he’d left the arbor. Chris frantically grasped for Todd’s and Jim’s hands, but the world tilted and darkness seeped into the edges of her vision.
    Where are they? She wanted to fight for them before she lost them, but damn, she was so tired.
    “I love you, Jim, and I love you, Todd. I don’t want to be without either of you. You’re the two halves of my heart.”
    Blackness converged on her and she succumbed to it, too strung out to fight.

Chapter Five
     
     
    Magic stared thoughtfully at Chris’s features as she slipped under the edge of exhaustion, tears still soaking her hair. Did she mean what I think she meant? Her words had been slurred with exhaustion and her eyes only half open. She’d repeated her declaration of love, though, and she hadn’t stumbled over the delivery. She genuinely loved both of them.
    The question became, c ould he share her with Jim? He tried to picture Jim fucking her, driving his shaft into her sweet center while she sucked down his own cock. Said anatomy hardened in his jeans. Guess it doesn’t creep me out to slide my dick into her pussy tightened by Jim’s cock snug in her ass.
    While Todd had no interest in fucking Jim, the idea of sharing Chris intimately with his best buddy made him shiver with arousal. God, could he really be considering something so personal with another member of Beta Squad?
    Without a word, they kissed Chris lightly on opposite cheeks and left the room so she could rest. They paused outside the door and stared at each other. Magic couldn’t read Retro’s expression, but his body language screamed unease.
    “Wanna get some coffee?”
    Retro snorted, but it didn’t sound humorous. “I think I’d rather get a drink.”
    Magic shook his head. “Too far to walk and I don’t want to be gone too long in case she wakes up again.”
    Retro lapsed into silence, shaking his head. “Do you think she meant it?”
    “What? That she loves us?” Retro nodded and Magic answered the same. “Yeah.”
    “Shit.”
    Magic grunted.
    “I dunno, man. Can you —”
    “Hey, come on. Let’s get a cup of coffee and talk about it. But not here. Too many ears.”
    Retro hunched a shoulder and led the way out of the Coronado Medical Center. Neither man spoke until they exited the hospital entrance and headed down the street to the Double Shot coffee shop. The bright sunshine reflecting off the duck pond and the quiet conversations of family’s visiting barely registered on Todd’s awareness. He suspected Retro struggled with the idea of Ghost loving two men. Magic had certainly never considered sharing his woman.
    He followed Retro through the glass door and tried to smile at the coffee shop cashier, but it came out more of a grimace. She didn’t say anything, just filled their orders and handed them their caffeine shots. Retro, usually quite the ladies man, didn’t even smile. They retreated to a booth far from the door where they could see anyone coming. Magic sat with his back to the entrance, knowing Retro would warn him.
    Silence stretched once more and the sounds of the coffee shop filled the space. Jim’s thoughts churned in his eyes, but his face showed nothing and Todd hoped the lieutenant wouldn’t shut down. Chris’s confession rocked the strict, militarily precise world they’d lived in, and Todd found he liked the upset. Hell yeah . He hoped she wanted them both in bed, too. Probably. She doesn’t do half-measures.
    “You ever considered sharing a woman?” Jim asked at last.
    “Before Chris