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We rush to her, holding her between us as she melts into our arms as we soak up every lost moment we can. No one, not even Lia made me feel the way Erin does at this moment. What I felt for Lia was infatuation, what I feel for Erin is love.

My heart knows the difference.

I lift her chin with my fingers, our gazes latch as I slowly part her lips with mine. A sensual kiss, as slowly I explore her mouth, my tongue greeting hers before pulling away and Beau and Atty do the same.

Atty grips her hips, lifting her in the air and twirling her in the air as he laughs.

“Stop it,” she screeches, but a beautiful smile is on her lips.

He places her feet on the floor and tilts her head until she is looking into his eyes. “Will you be ours?”

She swallows loudly. “I want...” The room falls silent as she stops and looks at each of us, and tension fills the air.

Chapter 23

Erin

“We’renotlettingyougo without a fight,” Jove says. His voice is full of emotion. “And the upper floor of the cottage is ready for you to live in right now.”

I take a deep breath. They don’t want me to live with them. But...

“When you’re ready to accept everything we are, we want you to move into the manor house with us. But only when you know you’re in it forever.”

“Forever...” The word is barely audible.

“We’ll have your dance school ready in a couple of months. We want you to make the final decisions.”

A dance school. And a place to live while I get it running.

Jove clears his throat. “I’m so sorry, Erin. I should never have put you in the car with Marco,” he states, his tone more intense than usual.

I swallow, my eyes looking from him to the floor.

Jove kneels on the floor in front of me, taking my hand. “I’m going to make it up to you every fucking day. I will go on my knees every day and tell you I am sorry. I truly am.”

Tears slowly fall down my cheeks. Jove raises his hands and swipes them away with his thumbs. “It’s okay,” I whimper.

Jove sighs. “Don’t say that. Atty and Beau were right. I made a stupid decision.”

I shake my head. “But it worked. He’s dead and I’m alive. Thank you for killing my cousin’s murderer.”

“We promised your father we would,” he admits, his voice cracking as he holds my stare. “But we did it because of you.”

A sob leaves my throat as he pulls me down to him and takes me in his arms and I weep, the tears flowing out freely.

“It’s okay,” he says.

“I thought I was going to die. That’s why I was so angry with you.”

“I know, baby. We were scared too.”

Atty drops next to Jove and pushes my hair from my face. “We’ll do anything you want from now on. But we will never risk your life ever again.”

“I kept pressing my cell, hoping it worked, and that I wasn’t too far away for the signal to reach you,” I blurt. I can’t stop crying as I let go of the emotions I’ve been holding onto.

“We had a tracker on your cell, Erin,” Beau adds, kneeling down at the other side of Jove. The three men are now on their knees, touching me, holding me... wanting me.

“You did?”

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