Page 83 of My Boss's Sons

She shook her head. “He was at my house today. Even if we were together, I can’t be around him. I won’t. Parents, even shitty ones, matter, though. I don’t want to be the reason you can’t see him if you choose to.”

“He was at your house?” Noah’s voice was harsh enough that Sophia lifted her head to look up at him.

“Yes. This morning.”

Noah gently passed Sophia to me and pulled out his phone. “If I have a detective come here, will you fill out a report? We need to take out an order of protection so if he tries to come near you again, we can throw him in jail.”

Sophia stiffened in my arms. “I don’t want to do that to you-”

“He’s doing it, Soph. Not you. Never you. If he ends up in jail, it’shisfault. We told him to stay away from you.” Noah took a deep breath. “We will do whatever it takes to make sure he never hurts you again, Sophia. You’re what matters to us. He used us to hurt you before and that’ll never happen ever again.”

She extracted herself from my arms and walked a few feet away. When she turned back to face us, she took a deep breath and stood taller. “Okay.”

Ethan let out a relieved sigh. “He can’t-”

“No. Not okay to calling a detective over. I mean okay to doingthiswill y’all.” She looked down at her shoes and frowned before kicking them off. Standing in just her bare feet, with her toes painted purple, she held her hands out by her sides. “I’ve tried to stay away. I’ve tried to be strong. I just… I’ve been taking care of everything for a really long time and I want to be cared for, too.”

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***Sophia***

Ethan looked perplexed. “Noah’s speech about our dad worked, but not the puppies?”

I leaned into him. “No. It’s everything. It’s…you. Each of you. I’m tired of being sad over missing you when you want me and I want you. I’m terrified but…I don’t want to wake up in ten years and wonder what might’ve been if I hadn’t hidden from this.”

“We still need to call the detective, Soph.” Noah gripped his phone. “I don’t want him anywhere near you again.”

I pressed myself into his chest and wrapped my arms around his waist. His warmth seeped through the thin tank top I had on and the feeling of his arms wrapping around me felt like I was coming up for air again. My body responded to his instantly. “Tomorrow.”

He swore under his breath. “Now, Sophia. I want to protect you.”

I ran my hands up his back and around to his chest, feeling the muscles as they reacted to my touch. Trailing my hands up andaround to the back of his neck, I slowly pulled his mouth down to mine. “Tomorrow.”

Noah’s lips were firm as I kissed him and I could feel him struggling to stay firm in his plans. I’d been torturing myself for weeks, though, and I needed them. I went up on my tiptoes and ran the tip of my tongue along the seam of his lips. His hands tightened on my hips so I kissed along his jaw and throat, tasting his skin as I went.

He growled and picked me up by my ass. I wrapped my legs around his waist and his bulge nestled against my sex. “First thing tomorrow, Sophia.”

I kissed him again and then leaned back to shake my cardigan off. I yanked my top over my head next and pressed myself to his bare chest. My nipples were hard against his hot skin and the sensation made me moan. “Can you focus?”

Alex laughed from behind us and then pressed into me. Running his hands up my side, he pulled me against his chest so he could cup my breasts and tease my nipples. “I don’t know if you understand how much we missed you, Soph.”

I rested my head on his shoulder and rocked my hips against Noah. “I missed you, too. And now I feel like it’s been so long since you’ve touched me that I’m going to die if it doesn’t happen right this second.”

Noah watched Alex pinch my nipples until I cried out and met my eyes. “You were stubborn.”

Ethan kissed my shoulder and ran his hand down my stomach. “And gone for way too long.”

Noah shifted his hips away from mine and watched Ethan’s fingers slide under the hem of my shorts. “I know it’s wrong but I want to punish you for not coming back to us sooner. You hurt yourself by dragging this out.”

I tried to narrow my gaze but Ethan’s fingers slid over my clit and I called out his name with a desperation that didn’t even sound like me. “Ethan, please!”

Alex pinched my nipples harder. “You’ve been bad, Sophia. You need to be reminded of one of the reasons you need us.”

I nodded. “Now,please.”

They helped me to the ground and stepped back. Noah unbuttoned his pants and slowly stepped out of them. He grunted when I wrapped my hand around his dick and stroked him. “Fuck, Sophia.”

I took of my shorts and went to my knees between them. Completely naked, I looked up at Ethan. “Please.”

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