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“There’s no way I could forget.” Uncertainty fills me, and I don’t want to let him go, suddenly uneasy about what’s going to happen next.

Griffin leads me to Cole, where he’s sitting on the sofa, a glass of wine held out to me in his hand. I sit next to him, tucking my legs to my chest, and down it in one gulp.

He smirks. “There’s no need for that. Just promise to hear us out.”

Unease settles into me, and wishing I had another drink, I nod. There are a million things tumbling through my mind about what they’re going to propose. Some kind of sharing situation where they pass me between them like I’m some sort of object? I know Cole loves me, but would he actually share me?

“We want you to move in with us,” Griffin says matter-of-factly, like he didn’t just flip the world upside down.

I’m hesitant to hope for what this can mean. “I can’t just move in with you. Why would you even want that?”

Cole stiffens, and a muscle ticks in his jaw. The playful gleam is missing in his eyes as he says, “I’ve put a lot of thought into this, and it’s the perfect solution. You’ll be closer to school. I can drive you back and forth. You won’t have to live in your shitty apartment. No more forty-minute bus ride each way.”

Everything he’s saying makes sense, but I hate it. I hate that these are the reasons that he wants me to move in. That it’s some rational thought process where the answers are simple but cold. I shake my head no when he pulls my hands into his and kisses my knuckles.

“Please, Eve. I’m not above begging. Please stay with us.” His voice cracks around the vowels, none of the cool reasoning present.

My heart swells as he watches me. There’s still a band wrapped around my chest, the one that says I could never be wanted. Never be anything more than a burden. I need to be honest about my feelings. There’s no surviving this if there’s any doubt remaining. I have to know if they want this for the same reasons I do.

I lean back, and Griffin’s chest warms me. The rapid beating of his heart matching my own gives me the confidence to say, “It was hard for me when we left the cabin. When it was all over. I can’t do that again. If I have you, I won’t survive losing you.”

Tears well as I wait for their response, desperately trying to build a wall before they reply, steadying myself for their answer.

Griffin wraps his hands around my middle, holding me tight as Cole leans in and kisses me softly. “Listen to me, Eve. Hear my words clearly. We don’t want to let you go. Ever. We want you to be a part of our family.”

I turn to Griffin, needing to see his reaction. “It fucking killed me to leave you in that cabin. I’m pretty sure my entire office stayed away from me when I got there.” He grips my chin. “There’s nothing I want more than to come home to youbothevery night. Live with us. Be our family.”

There’s something I need to know. Something that will gnaw on me if I don’t. “Do you love me?”

Griffin’s laugh travels up my spine. “You have no idea how much I fucking love you. I think I fell the second I heard you speak.”

This time, I can’t stop my tears from welling over and traveling down my cheeks. “I love you. I…I love you both.”

Cole’s mouth is hot on my neck. “Good, it’s settled. You’ll move in.”

“Are you sure you’re okay with that?” I don’t want to let either of them go, but I need to know how he feels.

“You kidding me? I couldn’t be happier.” He lifts me so my legs wrap around his waist and captures my mouth with his. “Promise us forever.”

“I promise.”

Chapter 17

Eve

Griffin growlsfrom behind me and lifts me into the air. “That’s all I need to hear.”

He holds me against his chest as he walks us through a series of hallways to a bedroom, Cole holding on to my hand as he follows close behind. I don’t have a chance to look around before I’m laid out on my back, the soft fabric rising around me as Griffin pushes me down into the mattress. I gasp as he presses down his rock-hard dick against my clit.

Cole leans down and kisses me senseless. I reach out to him, and my hand lands on muscle. At some point, he stripped out of his clothes, leaving him naked for me to see. My mouth waters as his abs flex, the cut V of his muscles leading down to where his cock stands tall between us. Precum pooling at the tip makes me want to lick it.

He groans and kneels on the bed. “You want this, Eve?”

I open my mouth wide and stick out my tongue in response.

“Fuck. You have no idea what you do to me,” Cole says as he enters my mouth. He’s so big it hurts, but all I want is to take in more of him.

“Look at how well you take his cock.” My leggings slip down my legs, quickly followed by my underwear.

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