Page 52 of Beyond Repair: Part Two

"Any ideas of other ways instead of spanking her cute little ass?"

Someone snorts and another voice mumbles something inaudible. Then I recognize the next one. "Leave my flora alone and let her sleep."

Trevor's exasperated tone wakes me even more. "If we hadn't checked on her, she could have burned the house down, Kai!"

Did I leave my rose candle burning? It definitely smells extra nice in here.

"That's why we checked on her," Henry, the peacekeeper, states.

"Why didn't Meg blow it out when she left the room?"Ridge! He's still home.

My head throbs a little after staying up so late with my mom. The sugar didn't help either, I bet. Mom was the light in my dark tunnel that I needed though.

"She was half asleep too, man." Trevor sounds distracted. I find out why when something warm tickles my cheek. Unable to keep my curiosity at bay anymore, I open my eyes and take in my surroundings.

Chocolate wrappers are closest to me. Then comes Trevor, whose gentle expression turns stern when we make eye contact. "Baby girl, do I need to ban candles from your bedroom?"

I clear my throat as if it's scratchy from sleep and I'm not buying time to make up an excuse. Nothing comes out when I open my mouth though. I can't lie and say I didn't light it, nor will I blame my mom for my carelessness.

The candle Trevor's so bent out of shape about is about a foot away from me, and inches from my long wild hair. "I didn't mean to fall asleep." Which is the truth.

Trevor sighs and tickles my cheek. "Be more careful, please?"

I nod happily. "Yes, of course." He continues to watch me while the others pick up the mess my mom and I made. "Snuggles?"

Trevor grins wide at my request and glances across the bed. "Ridge, come love her for a second while I shower, please."

"Gladly," Ridge rumbles and plasters himself to my back as Trevor stands to leave. I giggle and lift my head back to kiss the underside of his jaw. "I gotta ask, Nina girl, do you have a bellyache? The amount of candy wrappers..."

"Shhh," I hiss, glancing at Trev's retreating form.

Ridge laughs against my neck. "Neen, he walked in here first and cursed up a storm about nutrition. Your secret’s out, so be ready for days of veggies."

Like a child, I groan and hide my face in my blankets.

"Up. Go brush your teeth."

Scowling, I lift my head and glare at Kai. "I'm sleeping."

"Are not," he fires back. "It's two AM and your mom said you passed out mid-sentence. Go get ready for bed before Trev gets back so you can get all the snuggles."

His reasoning isn't all that great, but still I do as he suggests because this has been the greatest night in a long time. A large part of that was the chocolate my dad gave me and Mom at midnight.

What he did with my four guys downstairs into the wee hours of the morning, I have no idea, but gosh am I happy.

Happy.

The sugar didn't do that. My girls’ night with Mom where we released our biggest feelings and laughed hysterically since dinner time did that. Now Trevor strutting into my room in just a pair of boxers as soon as I'm done changing?Whew.

I'm tucked in by Henry, Kai, and Ridge as Trevor gathers me in his arms. Dozing off to declarations of love and wishes of sweet dreams will forever be my greatest standard.

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