Page 58 of Sapphire

“Fuck, Zoe,” he curses as he joins me over the edge.

“Fuck you both,” Tomas calls out, following not far behind us both as he releases onto his chest.

It takes us all a couple of moments to gather ourselves.

“I love you,” Mateo whispers in my ear.

My stomach drops hearing the happiness in his voice.I’m so sorry, I’m going to break your heart, Mateo.Turning around, I look up into those chocolate eyes. “I love you too,” I tell him before looking over at Tomas. “I love you too. I never thought I could be this happy.”

“I love you too, Zoe,” Tomas states, giving me a lopsided grin.

“We’re so happy we found you. Tomas and I never knew anything was missing in our life until you arrived. It’s as if someone up there knew what we needed and designed you especially for us both. Then delivered you to our gates.”

I tense because I now know it wasn’t anyone other than the devil who brought me here. The devil named Nikolai.

“Do Mateo’s words scare you?” Tomas asks, noticing my tension.

I can’t look at either of them. How can I confess to them that the Bratva’s top prostitute is the woman they fell in love with? I don’t want who I truly am to taint what we have together.

“What’s the matter?” Mateo asks as he picks me up off his lap and places me beside him on the couch. He quickly ties off his condom and throws it on the floor before grabbing his sweats and sliding them on.

I feel exposed sitting on the sofa naked while the two of them have redressed.

Tomas notices and hands me a blanket to wrap around me.

“I can’t do this anymore,” I say, bursting into tears the sudden emotion of everything hitting me full force.

They both sit there in silence with shocked expressions on their faces.

“What do you mean you can’t do it anymore?” Tomas asks, there’s a slightly angry tone to his voice.

“This, us, all three of us,” I say in a rush as my heart aches with each word.

“You don’t want to be with us?” Mateo questions me.

Making myself look up at Mateo, I see the hurt registering on his face, especially after I just told them I loved them. And now I’m doing a complete 360.

“You just told us you loved us?” Tomas states.

“I do, but ….”

“There are no buts, Zoe. You either love us or you don’t. There is no in-between when it comes to love,” Mateo says, raising his voice at me.

“I … it’s just …” What do I say to them that will make them understand that I must go to save their lives without telling them that. Because I know if they find out the reason, they will do everything in their power to bring Nikolai to justice which will put an even bigger target on their backs. The entire Bratva will be after them. They may be rich, but they cannot take on the entire Russian underground.

“I must go,” I say, standing up and pulling the blanket around me tightly.

“Go?” Mateo yells as he jumps up off the couch. “Where the hell do you think you are going? It’s not safe out there, Zoe. Not until your memory comes back. No, I won’t allow it. I will not let you go.”

Tomas walks over and places a comforting arm around Mateo’s shoulders, but he pushes him off.

“No. Don’t touch me,” Mateo yells at Tomas.

“Zoe, we don’t understand the sudden change,” Tomas asks.

I can see the begging for an explanation on his handsome face.

“It’s for the best.”

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