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“She was everything that we were hoping for,” he says, gulping a swallow while he stares at her.

“Agreed,” Cash says.

Now all we have to do is let her rest a bit and then try and convince her that she’s the one for all of us for good. Not just for one night.

All three of us clean up ourselves and then crawl in bed, surrounding our little princess like her own little court. The men that will take care of her and our family until the end of time.

And she’s just gonna have to come to terms with what we have.

I sigh and hold her in my arms, her head pillowed on my chest. Max sleeps with her ass cradled to his front. Cash, of course, stays away from all of us

He sleeps with his back to all of us. I’m actually amazed that he’s staying in the bed. He likes his privacy and he feels smothered if you try too hard to spend time with him.

Out of the three of us, he’s the most closed off and damaged. Although none of the three of us are super well-adjusted.

But here in this large bed, perfect for multiple lovers, it feels like we’ve finally found our home.

Now we just have to convince Court that she forgives us and she needs us. As much as we need her.

CHAPTER 7

Cash

I roll over and right into Max’s back.

“Humph! What the hell, man!” I sit up and push my hair back, closing my eyes and trying to focus on the bed, focus on what’s wrong.

“Where the hell is she?” I growl and stand up, stalking to the door to the bathroom that’s still wide open.

I glance inside just long enough to realize that she’s not there.

“Hey, assholes!” I throw a pillow at their heads. “Court isn’t in here!”

Reid sits up, his jaw clenching and his blue eyes cold and bitter. “She did a runner? Are you fucking kidding me? I thought we’d have time to work on her again before she tried to disappear in the wind.”

All three of us stand up and throw our clothes on. “Where the hell do you think she’s at?” I shove my bare feet into my dress shoes, wincing at the horrible way they feel without socks but I just don’t want to fucking take the time to put them on.

“I think by the time we get to her, she’ll be at her office pretending like nothing happened.”

I turn to glare at Max. “Are we letting her get away with that?”

Reid smirks, his blue eyes warming up. “Nope. One way or another she’s got to admit that we’re meant to be. Or we’ll fucking kidnap her sexy ass until she admits that she belongs with us, to us.”

Max snorts. “That should really win her over. Hey, princess! You mind slipping these cuffs on and the blindfold and then climb into this car so we can take you somewhere special.” He shakes his head, chuckling. “Yeah, that should go over well with her.”

“I’m not saying that. But there has to be something we can do.” Reid moves over by me. “Can you find out how she left?”

“Of course. Just let me check out the computer at work before we head over to her office. We’ll corner her on her own turf. I don’t really know if that will make her happy or not but at this point it doesn’t really matter. We need to make sure she understands that if she runs we’ll always find her.”

Reid moves to the door, tucking his dress shirt in. Max and Reid never wear anything but a suit and they’ve both slipped on their blazers as I roll my eyes and throw on my leather jacket. Max opens the door as Reid slips his gold cuff links in. I shake my head and sigh. “Seriously, guys? Can y’all get it moving since I gotta get to my computer if I’m gonna spot any reasons that our girl might have run.”

“She’s not ready but she needs to be so it doesn’t really matter at this point.” Max smacks Reid upside the head as we stalk out into the main lobby and wince at the soft neon that paints the room. There are no windows open on this side of the Centennial building this early in the morning but the neon feels glaring in the dim light.

“I called for our car to pick us up in five minutes at the street door.” Max nods at Reid as we stride to the door, unnerved by the quiet of the lobby.

I grin and lean towards Max. “It’s pretty quiet out here right now. No pussy for you to watch.”

“This is the public area, jackass. Gimme a break.”

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