“I’ll make sure he’s up,” I say, handing him the cup of coffee. “You can bring the cup back later.”

“Okay.”

Then he walks to the bedroom to get dressed and I am left peppering kisses on my barely awake girlfriend.

“Fuck, I think I need to sit in ice,” she laughs. “I don’t think I can have sex again for weeks.”

I laugh as I nuzzle her neck. “I am sure the others will be very disappointed in that particular piece of news.”

She looks up at me, biting her lower lip before she asks. “So for real, you are okay with all of this? I would totally understand if you weren’t, Chase.”

I take her hand and bring it to my lips. “Last night was an experiment. I will admit that I was curious to see how they actually treated you. I wanted to make sure that I trusted them to take care of you and make you feel safe. It’s clearbaby,I can tell they care about you. So, my question is, do you want to do this again?”

She nods before leaning in to kiss the corner of my mouth. “Ye-es.”

“Then that it is all that matters.”

I am still kissing her bruised lips when Declan comes back fully dressed. “He’s still out,” he points towards our bedroom.

“That’s okay. He can totally sleep in…” I tell him.

And then he walks over and softly presses his lips to Millie’s lips. “Bye Amelia. You can take today off. You totally deserve it.”

That causes a bubble of laughter to erupt from her. “Gee thanks. I would sure hope so.”

He cups her cheek slapping it gently before kissing her forehead. “Such a brat.”

Then he turns to me. “Thanks, Chase…for the beer and for last night. Really!”

“Thank you for the open mind,” I tell him.

Then he’s gone and I’m carrying Millie back to bed. Finn instinctively turns in his sleep and braces an arm around her. Then he growls something inaudible and drifts back to sleep.

Millie chuckles softly as she settles her head on the pillow. “Come sleep for a while. It is barely six.”

“I planned on it,” I say, sliding in beside her. She wraps her arms around my neck and buries her face around my chest before falling asleep.

I watch her. She is sofuckingbreathtaking. “Mine,” I whisper. And then I watch Finn’s fingers flex in his sleep.

“Ours,” I amend, and that is the last thought I have before slipping off into sleep.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Finn

I wake up to find Millie sitting beside me, wearing just my shirt. She smiles down at me, her eyes sparkling. “Good morning.”

I groan and sit up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. “Where is everyone?”

“Declan went to check on Lily and Chase is walking Peanut.”

“What time is it?” I ask, still half-asleep.

“Nearly nine.”

I groan again, my muscles protesting as they always do after a game. “What are you doing?”

She holds up her phone, a playful grin on her face. “Making a group chat for the four of us. Trying to think of names.”