Page 91 of Knot Just Their Nanny
“No!” I snap, but I’m not angry at Henry. “How?” I turn back to Eddie. “How?”
“Find My Phone. Wasn’t difficult to hack into yours. I’ve been worried sick about you, Zara. You’ve made me worry, and I find you here with these three assholes. I’ve had to wait to come to find you. You knew I didn’t have the money to come straight away and had to wait. You made me wait and worry?—”
“Shut your fucking face before I rearrange it for you,” Ben snarls, not having a single second of Eddie’s gaslighting.
I step closer, anger simmering in my belly like a storm about to break. “Worried? You’re the last person who should be worried about me,” I spit out, disbelief and contempt colouring my words. “You never gave a shit before, so why start now?”
Eddie’s gaze flickers to the alphas, a sneer twisting his lips. “Because you’re mine, Zara. And you belong in London with me, not here playing house with…” He looks the alphas up and down with evident disdain.
Before he can finish, Henry steps forward, his voice low and dangerous. “She’s not a possession, you cock. She’s more than you’ll ever deserve or understand.”
Liam flanks me protectively while Ben still has a fistful of Eddie’s shirt. The tension crackles in the air, but then Liam’s voice cuts through it all, calm and collected. “Eddie, you need to leave. Now.”
Eddie tries to shrug off Ben’s grip but fails miserably. “Oh, no. This isn’t over,” he warns, pointing a finger at us. “Zara is mine.”
“Itisover,” I say firmly. “It was over the moment I left you.” My heart pounds with defiance as I stare him down.
“You’re sadly mistaken there, pal,” Liam says, stepping forward and giving Eddie a rough shove away from Ben and further down the path away from the house. He has gone feral, and I gulp. “You see, Zara is ours. She is our mate, so if you want her, you have to get through us first. Are you up for that?”
Eddie’s face pales as he realises the physical difference between him and the wall of muscle that is my alphas. He takes a step back, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.
“No, she’s—“ Eddie starts, but his voice is wavering now, the cockiness seeping away with each passing second.
“Yeah, I thought not,” Liam sneers. “Take your pathetic self out of here and don’t ever come back. If you think tracking her was clever, just remember we will do much more than that to protect what’s ours.”
Eddie’s scowl falters. “Fuck this,” he spits out, taking a step back. “You think you can just take her away from me? You think I’ll just walk away?”
“That’s exactly what you’re going to do,” I interject, my voice steady even though my heart is hammering against my ribs. “Because if you don’t, then they’ll have to answer your question, won’t they?”
Eddie’s eyes dart between the three men, clearly reassessing his odds. For a moment, uncertainty flickers across his face. A bead of sweat rolls down his forehead as he realises that these aren’t the type of men you mess with—not when it comes to their mate.
“Zara,” he tries one last time, aiming for a softer tone that comes off as insincere and desperate. “Come back with me. We can sort this out.”
I shake my head firmly. “There’s nothing to sort out. I’m happy now and mated. You need to leave.”
Eddie’s defiance crumbles as he sees no leeway, no sympathy in my stance or in the eyes of the alphas. With a huff of frustration and a glare that could curdle milk, he turns on his heel and storms off down the path, his retreat a sharp contrast to his earlier bravado.
Ben releases a deep breath and rakes a hand through his hair. “What an absolute tool,” he mutters, a look of pure disgustetched on his face. Liam nods in agreement, his protective stance easing now that the threat has dissipated. Henry reaches out to gently touch my arm, a silent offer of comfort.
I let out a long sigh, feeling the adrenaline start to ebb away from my body. The fear and anger that had surged through me now gives way to relief and an overwhelming sense of being loved and protected.
“You guys okay?” I ask, glancing up at each of them in turn. Their gazes soften as they look back at me.
“We’re good, Zara,” Henry says, his voice gentle but with an undercurrent of steel that suggests he would take on the world for me if he had to.
“As long as you’re safe, that’s all that matters,” Liam adds with a reassuring smile.
Ben wraps his arms around me in a tight hug, lifting me off my feet for a moment. “No one gets to treat you like that,” he says fiercely when he puts me down. “You’re our omega, our heart.”
I smile up at them, feeling incredibly lucky despite the close call. “My alphas,” I say softly. The words are simple, but they carry the weight of my gratitude and love.
“Do we have to worry about him coming back?” I murmur.
Henry shakes his head, his gaze firm and reassuring. “He won’t be back. He knows he’s outmatched, and we made it clear that there will be consequences if he tries anything again.”
Liam nods in agreement, his hand finding mine and giving it a comforting squeeze. “We’ll keep an eye out just in case, but I doubt he has the balls to show his face around here after today.”
“And if he does, we’ll kick his ass back to London before he can blink,” Ben says.
