Page 42 of Talk About… Secrets
Beck puffed up at that. “We did a few sponsorships in the sports world. That’s why you look familiar. The football fans sponsorship, right?”
“Yes,” Drew answered, shaking his head. “Small world.”
“Sorry about your injury,” Spencer said. It sounded genuine and my heart warmed. They were trying.
With a sigh, I stood up and moved over to my two bags, working on collecting my things as they chatted. Eventually, Drew left to do the same.
Arms encircled me as I stood there, frozen, unsure what else to do. I leaned back and breathed in Spencer’s sweet, icy scent.
“I’m not ready to let you go, yet,” he whispered as he buried his face in my neck. “I just found you.”
“It’s temporary, right?” I tried to sound optimistic but it fell flat.
“It is,” he said firmly. “We are coming to find you, Grace. Just don’t give up on us. There are a lot of details to wrap up but we’ll handle it as quickly as possible so we don’t have to keep leaving to fix things.”
“I won’t,” I vowed as I let my eyelids flutter closed, soaking in his touch for what might be the last time in two weeks.
He moved away and Cade took his place, turning me so I could bury my face into his chest. His tropical, creamy scent had me fighting back tears.
“Don’t cry, muse. It’s temporary and I will be talking to you every damn day,” he promised.
“You better,” I warned as I swiped away tears and pulled back before I lost my resolve.
I could go with them, they’d take me in a heartbeat. But my own work things were waiting in Rockwood Valley and we all knew I needed them to show up for me this time.
All four of them.
When I glanced around for Beck he was carefully folding some of their clothes and packing them in my bag. The sweet gesture was nearly my undoing and I launched myself at my alpha.
His purr soothed the jagged edges as he held me tight, picking me up so I had to wrap my legs around him.
“Promise me you’re going to be waiting for me when I get there, sweetheart. Don’t think we’re anything like that boy you lost. We’re men who are shifting everything to come to you, give us the time to do that properly,” he begged me.
I hated that he sounded as vulnerable as I was. The fact it was this difficult on us all meant that this wasn’t the same.
That we all would be fighting to get back to each others’ side.
This was the pack I’d dreamt of and I wasn’t going to let them go that easily. I just needed a bit of normalcy back in my life and a place of my own.
I’d overstayed at Hailey’s place and I needed to be back in control of my life.
Two weeks would fly by. Right?
Drew
I’d moved my truck beside Grace’s small car, my stuff loaded in the back, and I was leaning against the front while I waited for her.
She deserved to have a moment with her pack, the one I wanted to become a part of. It wasn’t going to happen by me forcing my way into a dynamic I hadn’t earned a place in yet.
However, while they were running off to the city to wrap up their lives, I had every intention of following her to Rockwood Valley.
Letting her slip out of my life again was not an option.
When Grace stepped out of the front door, her men around her and luggage in their hands, I stood up.
She smiled over at me, a soft, gentle ghost of one that hinted at uncertainty and the desperate need for reassurance.
That was something I could only offer with actions and I hoped this wasn’t too much.
