Chapter 27

Chapter

Twenty-Seven

Eden looked horrified as she regarded this austere man who was ruining the happiest moment of her life.

Nico wanted to pull away and thrash Father Andrew for his outburst and for barging in and spoiling their special vows, but he was tied fast to his two lovers. There was no way he could break away, so he glared at the priest. Later, he would reflect that it was probably a good thing.

Matty, however, burst into peals of laughter, causing everyone to stare at him openmouthed.

“What’s so funny?” Eden whispered. “He’s ruining everything!”

Matty brought himself under control and said in a loud voice, “Welcome to our wedding, Father Andrew. I’m sorry you saw fit to cause a commotion, but if you’d paid attention in seminary the way you ought to have, you’d know that you have no more ability to excommunicate me than that honeybee over there buzzing around the daisies. So please, either sit down and enjoy the rest of our wedding like a polite guest or get out of here. Your disruption is not welcome.

“Bishop Morrow is perfectly aware, by the way, that I’m performing this ceremony today, and I even checked with him about incorporating a handfasting as part of the vows. He had no problem with it—even if its roots predate Christianity—and he said he rather liked the symbolism and the promises.”

He didn’t add that he’d skipped over the detail that he would actually be part of the handfasting himself—he hadn’t wanted to take up too much of the bishop’s valuable time. Matty also arranged to have a courier pop over to the bishop’s office to deliver his resignation before he, Nico, and Eden sealed the deal on their marriage—in bed. The messenger was heading to the bishop’s office with the letter in his pocket at this very moment.

“Well… then you’re fired!” Father Andrew shouted as Nico’s two brothers Warren and Bay set aside their cello and viola. They took the priest firmly by his arms and began to drag him toward the exit.

“Already taken care of, thanks, Father,” Matty told him calmly. “My resignation will be tendered to the diocese in mere minutes.”

Desperate, Father Andrew cried, “You’re making a huge mistake, Matthew! I could show you so much! Give you so much if you just stay with me like we’d planned. ”

Matty regarded Father Andrew kindly and said in an understanding voice, “I’m sorry. You’re wrong, and you’ve been lying to yourself as much as to everyone around you for years now. I never made any of those plans; it was all in your head. I suggest a nice long trip to the confessional , sir. You’ll feel much better after that. Now, please, let us get back to our marriage.”

“Come on, Bay,” Warren said. “Let’s get him out of here.” And off they went, hoisting him off the ground so his feet had no purchase. He scrambled to get his footing, but they swiftly marched him out of the courtyard and through the front gate. Bay locked it as Father Andrew stood hollering all sorts of rude insults to them about their depraved family and their disgusting younger brother.

Breaking down in tears, the priest finally shuffled away.

“Poor deluded man,” Warren muttered. “Let’s hurry back so we can finish our music. But you’ll need to unlock that before anyone tries to leave.”

Just then, Jeb Hawkins, looking more dapper in a fancy suit than they’d ever seen him, stepped out of the house and offered, “I’ll guard the gate for a while, boys. Go back in so you don’t miss anything. Some ceremony, eh?”

“It’s fine, Jeb. I’m sure Nico would prefer to have you at the wedding,” Bay answered, clapping the big man on his shoulder. “I don’t think Father Andrew will come at anyone with a gun or try to scale the wall. He’s already left anyway, but thanks for the offer.” The three of them went back in and locked the front door for good measure.

When the men returned and took their seats, it was to find there was not a dry eye in the congregation. Later, they would hear stories about the beautiful promises Nico, Matty, and Eden made to one another. They had all vowed to love, support, trust, and cherish each other equally and fully for the rest of their lives. They saw themselves, as Matty had started to say when they were interrupted, like the three legs of a tripod—strongest when joined as three.

While realizing that the only legal marriage in the eyes of the state of California was between Nico and Eden, no one had any doubts whatsoever that Matty was any less a part of the marriage on a personal and emotional level. This was a union forever.

The guests raised toast after toast to the three of them. People stumbled over words here and there—so used to referring to the happy “couple”—but they finally settled on calling them the “tripod.” The less poetic guests compared them favorably to a three-legged stool. That was accepted with graceful cheer and plenty of laughter.

Royal, however, whispered to Jasper that he was glad no one ever called them a three-legged stool with their wife Adeline. “I was glad to get away from milking all of those damned cows. I had enough of those stools!” Then he kissed Jasper’s cheek and turned to Adeline, giving her a deep, passionate kiss that made her eyelids flutter. Royal had been raised on a dairy farm and determined early on that it was not his true calling—no matter how the rest of his family felt about it.

The bumbling servant who’d dragged Father Andrew into the ceremony by mistake sought out Suzette and made a groveling apology for her error. Suzette acknowledged that it was an accident and merely told the woman, “Please just be more careful in the future.” Besides , she thought to herself, this will give everyone an interesting story to gossip about for years . A wedding no one will soon forget . Ultimately, the only one hurt by it was Father Andrew, and he brought it upon himself by acting like a fool .

The celebration went on for hours, but finally Eden began to wilt, so her new husbands spirited her away to the wing at the far end of the house. As promised, Isaac had installed a new, much larger bed that accommodated the three of them quite comfortably, and it looked inviting with its soft mattress, fluffy pillows, and silky sheets. But upon entering the room, Eden gathered new strength and alertness.

“I have a surprise for you two,” she told the men. They looked at her with interest. “Someone who shall remain nameless whispered into my ear tonight—quite explicitly, I might add. She… oh, I mean that person recommended something special for us on our wedding night.”

Nico laughed, “Well, that narrows it down to a select few people, Eden. Not too many of our guests would either know of something special we could do or would share anything like that.”

“True, but I’m trying to be polite.”

Matty wrapped her in his arms from behind and nibbled on her ear, saying, “I like it better when you’re being naughty.”

“Well, this sounds pretty naughty, and I’ve been guaranteed that we’ll all love it as long as we’re careful and use plenty of oil.”

“Do tell,” Nico prompted as he undid his tie.

As Eden explained what she’d heard, however, both men’s jaws dropped.

“And you think that is possible?” Matty asked incredulously.

“She… that person… oh fiddlesticks… it was Marguerite! She swears it is not only possible, it is wonderful. And she promises that everyone we know who’s in a three-way union loves it!”

“That’s maybe more than I needed to know,” Nico laughed. He certainly didn’t want to be thinking about his parents on his wedding night. Still… the act sounded pretty incredible. “If you’re willing to try it, Eden, I’ll go along with you. It would seem to be the hardest for you to manage. I think Matty and I will be fine.”

Matty gave a small choking sound and said with a catch in his voice, “More than fine. Are you joking?”

They took extra care getting Eden out of her magnificent gown. “You look so beautiful tonight,” Nico told her, “but the less you have on, the more beautiful you are.” He winked and helped her hang the gown in her personal wardrobe. An expansion of their room was planned, but it had not yet begun. At least for now, they had enough furniture to accommodate all three of them.

For several minutes, they simply lay on the bed fondling and stroking one another. Kisses landed everywhere, and words of love filled the air. No one was in a rush, although the level of excitement for what they were planning grew and grew. Finally, after the men had brought Eden to a most satisfying climax, they began to stroke her internally with both of their fingers together. Nico kissed and sucked her breasts while Matty played with her sensitive clit. In and out, their joined fingers probed her, feeling how wet and excited she was. With no words, the men pulled out their fingers and entered her again, each with two fingers this time. Eden hissed a little, so they backed off until Matty added some oil to their hands.

“I want one of you in my mouth,” she told her men. Nico positioned himself so that he could accommodate her request, and almost lost control as she wrapped her lips around him. He and Matty were still probing her together, and it felt amazing.

Matty then positioned his body so that Nico could take Matty’s cock into his mouth.

This made Eden chuckle. She could see how excited the men were. She pulled off Nico with a pop and ordered them breathlessly, “I’m ready for it. Put your big hard cocks into me together now!”

Nico lay on the bed, and Eden positioned herself over him facing away. Carefully, she slid herself down toward his gloriously hard member. She moaned happily as he penetrated her in one long thrust. “Yes, Nico. So good,” she moaned. “Now you, Matty.”

Matty was so sensitive, he oiled up his cock, but almost couldn’t take the pressure of his own hand sliding up and down on himself. He tried to think of something else for a moment other than what he was about to do so he wouldn’t embarrass himself before he got inside. He looked down though and saw the most glorious sight of his favorite two people grinding on each other. Nico’s cock looked impossibly large going in and out of Eden, and he was supposed to fit himself in there too? He leaned over and sucked Eden’s clit, then licked Nico where they were joined, causing them both to shudder with excitement.

“Well, here goes,” he said finally.

Matty first slid a finger inside of Eden alongside Nico’s cock, and Nico hummed with pleasure at the feel of Matty stroking him. “Yes,” he moaned. “More, please!” So Matty added another finger. He continued to stroke Nico inside Eden until he felt that she was sufficiently relaxed to let in his cock as well.

“Do it, Matty. Put your cock in me with Nico’s,” Eden demanded on a groan .

Matty chuckled. “She gets pretty bossy when she’s aroused, doesn’t she?”

“Hurry up, Matty,” Nico urged. “I want to feel you in here with me. I’m not going to last all night like this. She feels too good.”

“Here goes,” Matty said, swiping one last smear of oil on himself. Carefully, he fed his erection into Eden in the same place Nico already occupied. At first it didn’t seem to fit, but when Nico began to manipulate Eden’s clit, she relaxed a bit more, and Matty could see and feel himself sliding inside. “Yes!” he hissed.

“Oh!” Eden cried softly. “It’s working! You’re both in me together. This feels… amazing and strange all at the same time. I never ever dreamed anything like this could happen.”

“Oh, my loves, this is the best thing ever,” Nico moaned. “I feel you, Matty, rubbing against me, and I feel Eden’s velvet heat surrounding us both together. This is heaven for sure.”

“The beautiful garden of Eden?” Matty asked in a choked voice. “Incredible.” He began the sensual dance of sliding in and out of Eden, simultaneously stroking his cock against Nico’s over and over. Nico kept up his manual manipulation of her clit as he grew more aroused.

Eden shook with a climax as she groaned, “I love you both so much. Everyone needs to experience this much joy! I almost feel selfish having you both to myself.” She moaned as another spasm rolled through her senses .

Nico was next. He shot his load, pouring inside of Eden and all over Matty, who could feel Nico’s hot seed coating him. This new sensation took him over the top as well, and he nearly cried with the joy and beauty of it. Panting and clinging to Eden, he declared, “This is the best moment of my life.”

Finally spent, the three of them remained joined until the men softened and slipped out. Still, they didn’t want to let go of one another, so they held on, whispering words of wonder and love to each other. Matty rolled to the side, pulling Eden off of Nico, and the three of them spooned until Eden nearly fell asleep.

“We need to clean up,” Nico whispered at last, so he slipped out of bed and returned with a damp towel to take care of his husband and wife. He loved thinking about them that way. The three of them drifted into deep slumber. It had been a long and wonderful day.