Page 50 of How to Win the Wild Billionaire

Frank, older-brother advice. Not that it was needed; he was planning to do that. He didn’t know if she’d accept his apology but he had to try, dammit.

But, before he ended this conversation, he needed to say one thing, just one, to Radd. Digby felt his throat tightening and pushed the words up his throat. “Radd, just don’t...” his voice, to his dismay, cracked.

“Dig? Don’t what?” Radd asked, immediately sounding concerned.

Digby ran his hand over his eyes, cursing the burn he felt within them. “Bay said that I should tell you that I’ve had nightmares about you most of my life, well, since Jack died. I dream that I’m burying you, saying goodbye...”

He shoved the words past the massive ball in his too-tight throat. “Anyway, I can’t lose you so don’t die on me, okay?”

Radd was silent for a long time before Digby heard his heavy sigh. “Dig, I have a life partner I love and adore—I want to have kids as soon as we can. I want my brother, and my new sister, to be an integral part of my life going forward. I have no intention of going anywhere.”

He couldn’t respond, too choked up to speak. But he did feel a little lighter for voicing his biggest fear.

“Dig?”

“Yeah, I’m here.”

“You’ve got fences to mend, apologies to make, a ton-load of groveling to do if you want to win Bay back.”

“Thank you, Captain Obvious,” Digby told him. Then he sighed. “But hell, you’re not wrong. Any advice on how to grovel? If I recall, you had to do it with Brin...”

“I did not grovel. I explained my position,” Radd growled.

“Brin says you groveled and I believe her,” Digby teased him, needing to distance himself from the emotion swirling between them. He started to walk again, heading toward the childcare center on the western edge of the property.

“Bloody hell, you’re annoying,” Radd retorted before disconnecting. Digby’s smile faded as he put his hand on the door leading to the building he’d erected to entertain the guests’ smaller kids. Roisin would be inside, as well as Liv.

Two of the three females causing havoc in his life...

Olivia was the first to see him and she let out a high-pitched squeal before bounding over to him, all but flying by the time she reached him. He scooped her up and closed his eyes when he felt her little face in his neck, all doubts about what he wanted fading.

He wanted to be Olivia’s dad, to be Bay’s husband, to spend the rest of his life loving them, and any other children they had, with everything he had.

Liv was the first to pull back and she placed her tiny hands on his cheeks, before dropping a kiss on his lips. “I’s missed you.”

Digby’s heart skipped a beat at her shy declaration. “I missed you too, kiddo.”

“I know.” Liv narrowed her amazing eyes at him. “Are you going to buy me a present because you missed me?”

Digby didn’t bother to hide his grin. She was smart little baggage and she’d keep him, God willing, on his toes and wrapped around her already overdeveloped finger for the rest of his life. “What do you want?”

“I still wants an elephant and a penguin.”

Digby dropped a kiss on her nose. “Mmm, what if I bought you a stuffed elephant and penguin instead?”

“Like Fluffy?” Liv, her hands still on his cheeks, considered his offer. “I’ll think about it. I’s go play now.”

She pushed against his hold and Digby lowered her to the ground, watching as she scampered off to join a little boy playing with blocks across the room. There, he thought, went part of his heart.

“She’s a handful but so, so sweet.”

Digby turned at the voice behind him and saw Roisin leaning against the wall, her blue eyes wary. She had his eyes, he noticed, Radd’s chin, their height. With her dark hair and blue eyes, she was, absolutely, a Tempest-Vane and Digby couldn’t believe he hadn’t noticed it before.

“Hey,” he said, wincing at the inane comment.

“Hey back,” Roisin said, her arms crossing over her chest as if to protect her heart. He’d hurt her, he realized, just as he’d hurt Bay.Enough of that now, Tempest-Vane.

Going with his gut, Digby opened his arms and waited, with bated breath, to find out whether Roisin would accept his gesture. She sniffled, just once, before moving toward him, then hugging him tightly.

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