Page 142 of Hate Me

“Not quite,” Caspian said cryptically.

“This one is special,” Caleb told me, rubbing his hands together excitedly.

“Well, consider my curiosity sparked.”

I took a seat beside Caspian.

Caleb pushed from his relaxed state and drew closer, along with Bastian.

And then Caspian reached into his pants pocket and pulled something out.

My breath caught in my throat when, in the next second, he was holding out his palm with a necklace nestled there.

A very special necklace.

A silver chain with a heart pendant surrounded by angel wings.

There was an orange gem set near the heart’s center.

“What the—really?” I uttered, unbelievably taken aback.

Bastian chuckled. “Yes, really, beautiful.”

“Long overdue,” Caleb said.

Caspian ran his fingers over the gemstone. “Orange to symbolize your confidence, your boldness, and the warmth you bring to our lives, love.”

He reached out to me and then draped the chain over me and clasped it at my nape. “Ours,” he spoke vehemently.

“Ours,” Bastian and Caleb enforced in unison.

I smiled out at them, tears pricking my eyes as I fingered the pendant, understanding the beautiful weight of this moment, of what it meant to them, to all of us.

“Yours,” I told them.

Bastian beamed out at Caspian. “Your wish came true.”

“Wish?” Caleb asked.

“He made a birthday wish,” Bastian told him. “For the four of us to come back to each other.”

Oh my God.

I couldn’t contain it and in the next moment I was cupping Caspian’s face, then taking him in a deep kiss.

I was expecting him to respond in his usual all-encompassing way, that thrilling dominance of his breaking through and clashing with the fierceness in me.

But he surprised me as he didn’t escalate it and instead took his time, kissing me back softly, savoring it.

A gentle tug to my hair had me looking over my shoulder and Caspian breaking the kiss to smile at Bastian behind me as he sank his fingers into my hair and took me in a sensual kiss too, licking and nibbling at my lips, before dipping his tongue into my mouth and curling around mine with toe-curling strokes.

As I turned into it, I felt Caspian caressing my bare shoulders, teasing down my arms too, across to my stomach, warming me. As his hand slid underneath my tank, I moaned into Bastian’s mouth as Caleb nipped at my ear, then soothed it with his tongue, before teasing my throat with erotic wet, warm strokes.

Bastian eased back from the kiss and I instinctively turned my head toward Caleb, licking at his lips. He smiled and opened for me and I sucked his tongue into my mouth, exploring and savoring him.

I pulled away and pulled my tank over my head, baring my breasts.

I’d barely managed it when Caleb leaned in and took one in his mouth. Before I could catch my breath from the sweet intensity, Bastian moved in and trailed his tongue over my left breast, drawing slow, sensual circles.

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