Page 156 of They Break Beauty

She really was something.

Fuck me, that didn’t even cover it.

She was fast become everything to us.

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~Brianna~

Life was good.

My classes were going well.

After that duet a couple of weeks ago, it had drawn a lot of attention to me and the students on campus had made the connection to my apps and now I was labeled App Girl, with hundreds of people wanting the app. It was a major deal and it was all thanks to Colt.

Actually, my upbeat mood was thanks to all three of my guys.

My guys?

I couldn’t believe that was where we were at now.

Things were going so well.

We’d fallen into a really nice rhythm too.

I felt freer than I had in… ever.

I was happy. Actually happy.

I shrugged my fuzzy pink messenger bag onto my shoulder as I stepped out of my coding lab, headed for the café to grab a quick bite for lunch before my next class.

Usually, me and the guys would meet at this point to hang out. It was like the halfway point through our days. Then at night we’d hang at their place, or sometimes mine. Levi had helped me to make dinner at my apartment two nights ago and it had been cute seeing three big guys filling the small space. What had happened afterward had been far from cute, though, as the four of us had basically dirtied up my bed all night long.

But today, it was just me for lunch because Mason had a mock trial he was prepping for, Levi had a call with his father, and Colt was interviewing a bass player and drummer.

I ordered a coffee and a special meatball sub from the café then made my way out to my favorite bench at the back of the quad out of the way of everything to decompress and chill out before my next set of classes.

The café never used to carry this sort of special sandwich, but after Mason had found out it was one of my most favorite sandwiches, he’d thrown his weight around as co-leader of Hex and had not only made them carry it, but he’d also ensured it was always ready for me on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I ordered it. They even had freshly baked chocolate chip cookies now too.

And the bench we ate lunch at together now was always unoccupied unlike before when I’d only been able to gain access to it two out of five times a week. I’d found out from Colt that it had been Levi’s doing, using his power as co-leader of Hex to keep everyone away and mark it as off-limits.

Just like I was now.

Nobody bothered me or even looked my way. Things were so peaceful for me, so nice.

So life really was good.

In a completely different way to how this academic year had started off.

Because of them.

As I placed my bag down beside me on the bench and then unwrapped my sandwich and savored the first bite, my phone buzzed in the pocket of my pink houndstooth jacket.

I pulled it out and blinked in surprise at a text from Chloe.

I’d been communicating with her a lot via text, but she’d barely been replying.

For the last couple of weeks, I’d left her alone, figuring she was upset and dealing with the issues with her mom and needed some space from me and the reminder of this place in order to do that.

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