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“Who you fucking?” Oliver barges in followed by Daxton and then Luna. Zac looks at me, then to each of them and then back to me.

“Don’t look at me man, go on, tell ‘em.”

He groans, stands, and walks out of the room, mumbling on about a tiny sex machine that came out of nowhere.

They all look at me with confused looks on their faces. “Oh no,” I hold my hands up in the air. “That story is all his to tell, don’t look at me.”

After a few minutes each one of them, besides Dax, go in search of Zac doing everything they possibly can to persuade him to give them a clue.

“So is this new girl gonna trigger another brawl between the two of you?” Dalton asks me, regaining my full attention. Through it all, knowing that I’d disappointed Dax was right up there on the list of most shameful things I’ve done.

Daxton is a guy we all look up too. He is the reason we are all here.

“No more fighting,” I assure him and he holds my stare leaving me nervous.

“How was your night with Aurora?”

And there it is. The joys of his girl being best friends with Ror.

“It’s gonna take us a bit to iron out all the kinks and find our way. But I’m not walking away this time.”

“Don’t play with her head,” he doesn’t sugarcoat anything, he never has. “If all your looking for is some conquest, some kind of feat you can brag about conquering then find another girl. Aurora may be a pain in my ass, almost hip to hip with Bree when I’d rather be alone with my woman, but she is Bree’s best friend. She’s my friend, and she needs a guy that is in it with her completely. No games, she deserves better.”

“I know,” I nod. I could get pissed about him lecturing me but nothing he’s said isn’t true. “She does deserve a guy that’s there one hundred and ten percent and though I may not know what the hell I’m doing when it comes to being that guy, I’m willing to do whatever I have to become him. I’ve hurt her enough, I’ve given everyone reason to doubt me, but I think we can all agree that her being with anyone else isn’t an option for me.” I smile, and a hint of a smile tugs at his mouth.

“There has never been a time that Ror hasn’t made me feel things I’ve never felt before. The difference now is that I’m done trying to run away from those feelings.”

Daxton seems pleased with my explanation as he grips my shoulder and offers a squeeze before he leaves my room, and I’m left alone. Having her at my place, the two of us eating side by side and then cleaning everything up together. The awkwardness still there, but I know with time that will fade.

It has too.

And I will give her whatever she needs from me to ensure that I want this.

I’m not saying I will be good at it, but I’ve never wanted anything more.

Chapter Fifteen

Aurora

Presley: Lunch, please tell me you can get away?

I glance up at the clock, weighing out the workload I have in front of me and how many hours I have left in the day. I don’t want to take anything home with me, instead wanting to soak in the tub with a bottle of wine and some soft music. I didn’t want to spend any of my night working.

Presley: Please!!!

Apparently, my cousin is desperate because she doesn’t even wait for my response before she starts firing one text after another.

Presley: I did something.

Presley: Bad!

Presley: Well, not bad. Actually it was REALLY good!

Presley: Bad as in I’m pretty sure it may backfire!

Me: Calm down nutcase! I will meet you at the café on the corner in thirty to forty.

She doesn’t respond and I spend the next half hour with my head down getting through everything I can before clocking out for lunch.

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