Page 130 of The Hat Trick

The last thing he tells us is that his brother died of an overdose and how that’s affected him. I can’t help but wrap my arms around him tighter. He doesn’t cry, but he’s emotional as he explains it.

“But Chandler, I want you to know that even though it seems like I was pushing you away, it wasn’t because of you. I did it because I knew you were too good for me. You deserved one of these two assholes—”

“Hey,” they both protest, but Brent doesn’t stop.

“They weren’t hiding skeletons in their closets and fighting a battle with their mind every single day. I just wanted you to be happy and I convinced myself your happiness couldn’t ever include me.”

I place my hand on his face, pulling him to look at me so he can see I’m serious. “I have never been happier than I have been when I’m with you guys. I don’t care about your past. I don’t care where you came from. I fell in love withyou.”

His eyes fill with shock, looking at me like he doesn’t believe what I just said. I press my forehead against this and say the words again quietly, just for us, “I love you.”

“I love you too, beautiful,” he mumbles before gripping the back of my head roughly to pull my mouth down to his. He pours everything into his kiss, letting me feel everything he’s feeling. All the emotions he’s letting go, even giving me some of the control in this moment.

“My turn,” Matt calls, effectively ruining the moment.

I roll my eyes as I look at him. “Your turn for what, McQuaid?”

“To confess my love for you too, duh, these two already got to do it. Now I get to do it better.”

I nuzzle against Brent, and he holds me tighter. “Go on then.”

“I’m not doing it while you’re on another man’s lap,” he protests.

I kiss Brent’s lips softly one more time before sliding onto the couch cushion in between the two of them. Not even a second later Matt is scooping me up onto his lap. I let out a yelp as I’m manhandled so I’m straddling his hips. I give him an unimpressed look.

“This is better,” he says with a cocky smile.

“Get on with your big confession then.” I wave my hand, but he grabs it in his own, holding it between us.

“I told you some things about my dad,” he says softly, and I realize he might actually be taking this seriously so I just nod.

“I cut him off. I’m done being his trophy and I told him that. I realized that even though he was a shit dad he was the only family I had left, and it made me miss you even more. I realized I don’t want to be without you again, Bunny. You became everything to me, and I didn’t even realize it. I love you and I really hope you love me back because even if you don’t, I’m not letting you go.”

I try to hold back my chuckle, but it bursts out of me right before I press my lips to his. “You might be obnoxious and a bit of an asshole at times, but I know you have a good heart way, way deep down. Somehow, I fell in love with you too.”

He attacks my mouth with his own, holding me right against his body and urging my hips to grind against his hardening length. I moan into his mouth, but I’m yanked away by another strong pair of arms before anything progresses.

Vince turns me around in his arms, pressing his forehead against mine. “I feel like I need a do over on my love confession.”

I give him a small smile. “Go on then.”

“My family is actually really great; I can’t wait for you to meet the rest of them. My sister already loves you; I think. I’m fucking crazy about you and have been since the moment we met, and I love you so fucking much.”

“I love you too.” I smile at him before bringing our mouths together in a blazing kiss. He tries to deepen it, but I pull away reluctantly. “Sit,” I tell him before taking my spot back in the armchair to look at all three of them.

“So, where do we go from here then?” I ask the three obscenely attractive men that are all too big to be squished together on that couch yet are all staring at me like I hold their world in my hands.

Brent kicks one of his ankles over his opposite knee and gives me the look, the one that tells me he’s about to be in charge and I light up at the thought. I’ve missed this with them.

“Well first, I think we have aproperreunion with you. Then, we never let anything come between us ever again.”

“I’m down with that plan,” Matt chimes in.

“Of course, I am too,” Vince smirks, licking his lips while his gaze trails down my body.

“Wait, hold on shouldn’t we talk more about how this is going to work, I mean I love you guys and I don’t want another media attack. How can we prevent that?”

Matt groans, “Bunny, we will be careful, and you know what? Who gives a fuck what other people think. We are all happy and that’s what matters right?”

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