Page 74 of My Boss's Sons

“We saw.” Ethan went pale. “We saw him grab you. We heard him threatening you. He saved the security feed of it. We have it. If you want to use it, we’ll give it to you, Sophia.”

My stomach turned violently and barely managed to turn away from them before I threw up. I felt one of them try to help me and came up screaming. “No! I don’t want your help! Don’t fucking touch me.”

Ethan held up his hands as he backed away. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Sophia.”

“Delete the video. I don’t want it to exist anywhere. Get rid of it and don’t come back here. I’m done. I don’t want anything to do with your family ever again.”

“Sophia,please.” Alex moved into my space and took my face in his hands. “Listen to me. We’ll fix everything. We’ll take care of everything. Just give us a chance.”

I stared into his pale gray eyes and felt tears burning the back of my eyes. “No.”

Twisting away from him, I turned and walked up the driveway. I could see Ava standing in the doorway, her face pinched. She stepped out of the house when I got closer and wrapped her arm around my shoulder. “You okay?”

I shook my head. “No. Not even a little bit. I have to be, though.”

“Hold on a second, Soph.” She caught my hand. “You need to process what just happened.”

“I don’t. I need to find Lily and play with her. That’s all I need to do.” I didn’t let myself look back to see if the guys were still there. I didn’t want to know.

Davis looked up at me from where he was sitting on the floor with Lily. “Why don’t I cancel my date and just hang out withLily tonight? My favorite girl deserves some one-on-one time with her dad. Isn’t that right, Lily?”

I shook my head. “I’m fine. Go on your date.”

“Really, Soph, I don’t mind. I-”

“Go on your date, Davis. I’m fine. Everything is fine. I just need everyone to stop acting like I’m going to shatter. I can handle this.” I noticed my hands were shaking and squeezed them together. “Should we have a pool party, Lily? Just you and me?”

Lily jumped up. “Really? You won’t let Aunt Ava come? She’s being bossy today.”

Ava pointed at her. “You haven’t seen bossy yet, little girl. I’ll come to the pool party if I want to. Iamthe pool party!”

I forced a smile and patted Davis’s arm. “See? We’re having fun here. Go on your date!”

Milo stood up from where he’d been sitting and patted the front pocket of his vintage Hawaiian shirt, the place we all knew he kept his happy grass, as he liked to call it. “Don’t worry. I’ve got just what Soph needs to let go of some of that tension.”

“Milo!” Ava growled. “That’s not the answer to every problem.”

Davis made a noise that said he disagreed. “Maybe not to every problem, but to most of them.”

Milo fist bumped Davis and wagged his brows at me. “What do you say, Soph? It’s always four twenty somewhere.”

A real smile replaced my fake one and all I could do was shake my head at him. “No, Milo. I’m going to a pool party with my seven-year-old, not Woodstock.”

“Kids are better when you’re flying high, Soph. Trust me.”

I turned to Ava but she was already grabbing Milo’s ear and pulling him with her towards their room. I could hear her scolding him the entire way.

Davis hugged Lily and then ruffled my hair. “I’m here if you need me.”

Lily grabbed my hand. “Come on, Mom! Pool party!”

I smiled. “I’m good.”

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***Noah***

“You need to calm down before we go in there, Noah.” Ethan stared at me from across the elevator.

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