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I nodded. “Thank you.”
He winked at me, sending tendrils of desire through me. Heat pooled between my hips. Damn him. How could he have me mad at him one second and ready to hop into bed with him the next? I was going to have to figure out a way to take care of my raging hormones and sexual desire soon or I was going to drive myself crazy.
“Plan C?” Noah asked.
I switched my gaze between the three men.
Liam shrugged. “Then we use you as bait.”
Noah smiled.
“So, we have a plan then?” Jacob asked.
“Sounds like it to me,” I said. “Now if there is nothing else, I highly suggest we all get some rest.”
“I’m not tired,” Jacob grumbled.
I rolled my eyes and stood up from the floor. I then carried my mug to the sink. I refused to argue. Especially with Jacob. I had done enough of it for one night. My partner’s issue would have to wait for another day. Besides that, there was Liam’s part of the plan that didn’t sit well with me. It didn’t matter what Liam said. Boss or not. I refused to follow a plan that used Noah as bait. But I was done trying to prove that point.
When I entered the living room again, I said, “I’m going to go to bed and sleep. Alone. I need to be rested for visiting my coven. Sleep wherever you need to. No destruction. No fighting. No arguing. No talking about sex.”
“You’re no fun,” Noah said.
I shot him a warning glare.
He chuckled. “All right, all right. Goodnight.”
“Sleep well,” Liam said. “We’ll be here if you need anything.”
“Thanks, but I don’t need anything but peace and quiet so I can sleep,” I said.
Jacob snorted.
I ignored him and headed to my bed. Once I climbed into the sheets, my eyes closed, and I was instantly asleep.
14
NOAH
Within minutes of Savvy leaving the room and heading to her comfy bed, the boss and partner settled in for some shut eye. Neither of them bothered to so much as look at me, much less speak a word to me or each other. I shook my head since the partner had mentioned he wasn’t tired. Yet it didn’t take long for him to start snoring. I, however, really couldn’t sleep and busied myself with staring at the ceiling of Savvy’s home.
The place really suited her. There was a constant green and earth smell that came from all the herbs and plants that filled her living room. Her furniture could use an upgrade, but I knew better than to say that out loud. She had chosen everything she had based on the piece calling to her. She had an eclectic style that I loved and only she could pull off.
I just wished the chair I decided to glue myself to was a tad bit more comfortable.
I let out a soft sigh as my mind wondered to the reason we came here in the first place. I was so worried about her. But then, watching the way they interacted with her gave me the realization the partner and Liam were like putty in Savvy’s hands. They wanted her badly as well.
I highly doubted Liam fought against sleeping with her all that hard. No wonder the detective was so irritated. It hurt me too, don’t get me wrong, but I knew how to keep my emotions hidden. That was one of the reasons why Savvy and I broke up in the first place.
I knew her better than anyone else in the room. It should have been me.
I frowned at my two competitors and then at Savvy. Liam and Savvy’s partner were never a part of the plan, but now that they were, I simply had to remain patient and wait things out while making sure they didn’t take her from me. After all, I needed them out of the way for my plans to work.
The realization also came with a hefty dose of betrayal. Why? I wasn’t sure, and I knew how out of line the emotion was. But I couldn’t deny the hit to my chest. She had moved on. Though the tabloids would paint me as a womanizer, I only ever had room in my heart for Savvy. No one else.
I had hoped that she and I would rekindle what we had. I considered my sister having gone missing being the one thing to bring the two of us together again was an unfortunate twist of fate. But I had my life, and she had hers.
I never could figure out how to bridge the gap between us to make our reunion work. Now I found myself wishing I had tried harder.
