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It was damn hard to keep my mouth shut, but I wanted to hear it from her lips.

“I wrote a note for you two to open my phone. Which it appears that Raid found this morning and read it. It was a press release to the media about my death.”

“What do you mean your death?” Liam asked, panic all over him.

Nyx looked at me and closed her eyes. It wasn’t embarrassment. No, it was frustration and not knowing where to go from this point in her life.

“Yesterday I got in my mind that if I were out of the picture then Miles and his crew would leave, and you’d all be safe. So, I made a plan and was going to do it either last night or this morning.”

She started to shiver in my arms. “Liam, towel. She’s cold.”

He got up and grabbed two. I wrapped them around her as Liam grabbed her hand. “No, Nyx. We would not be safe. We would be destroyed without you. Nothing that Miles and his asshole kids could’ve done to us would be as painful as losing you. You’re the most important thing in this whole scenario.”

Tears rolled down Nyx’s cheeks. “I realized that after last night. I felt your feelings. I felt your touches. And I knew taking my own life wasn’t in the cards for me. You know I’m a fighter, but I had a very weak moment. Today I’m back in fighter mode. Ready to take those fuckers down in whatever plan everyone comes up with.”

“Never again, Nyx,” I told her. “I need you. We need you. You’re not alone. And alone you’re not going to make this shit go away. I told you last night all my regrets. You will never be one of those. I’d do every fucking thing again just to hold you in my arms.”

“You mind?” Liam questioned, holding his arms out to Nyx.

Let her go. Was he nuts? I wanted to duct tape her to me and never let her out of my sight again.

Yelling mine and running out of the room was definitely an option.

Was I really doing this with Nyx and Liam?

Staring at Nyx, I knew I was all in. Reluctantly, I handed Nyx over to Liam who wrapped his arms around her tight. Fuck, that was hot. Seeing them together. Watching him love her. Just the way I loved her, which I didn’t think was possible. But fuck, it was clear as day.

Sharing. That was never the plan with Nyx, but fuck me, that was what was happening.

“I know you want out of this clusterfuck, Nyx. But killing yourself isn’t going to fix anything. It would make our worlds worse because Raid and I would have to go in guns blazing and take those fuckers out. Then we’d end up in prison for the rest of our lives. And let’s face it—we’re both too sexy to be in prison.”

She chuckled loudly. “That is true.”

A smile came to my lips. “Nyx, you’re right. You’re strong, but every strong person has a weak point. Has a part inside of them filled with some kind of doubt. The key is relying on the people around you, who love you to pick you up when you feel like you’re falling. Liam and I aren’t going anywhere. You’re fuckin’ stuck with us, and we’re havin’ a long, happy life together.”

“Are we now?” Nyx asked cheekily. “Going back to bossy, huh?”

“Babe. That wasn’t bossy. That was tellin’ you like it is. How much you mean to me and us. How much we need you like our next breath. Swear to us, if you ever have those thoughts again, you’ll talk to us. One or both. I don’t give a fuck. Just please don’t go down that path again.”

I fell back on my ass and leaned against the tub. This was not how I’d planned on waking up this morning. I’d thought I’d either be buried inside her or between her legs.

Never did I want to wake up to this again. Never.

19

LIAM

“What do we do now?” I asked Raid while Nyx went into the shower to wash the bubbles off from her bath and warm up. We were sitting outside the door, listening to every movement she made.

Neither of us wanted to leave her, nor shut the door completely, but Nyx being Nyx lost her shit and told us not to treat her like porcelain.

But that’s what she was. Fragile. Whether it was fragile like a flower, or a fucking bomb was still up for debate.

“Watch her like a fuckin’ hawk,” Raid said.

A groan left me. “Please don’t use hawk. Fuckin’ hate that name for her.”

“Fuck. Forgot that shit. Got it. Won’t happen again. It really fucks with my head after reading that shit.”

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