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There’s a moment and then Tom says, “I didn’t blame Wyatt that night.I blamed myself.For being selfish about wanting to keep my friend.Now, I’m glad I did, but then I just knew that because of Wyatt’s dad, my dad was dead.”
“He was protecting both of you.”
“Fuck, I understand that now, but back then, I had to face my mother’s tears and my sister’s questions.Their pain.Every.Fucking.Day.My friends tried to help me but they were grieving too.They’d lost the father figure they loved.”
She says some very quiet words.Finn searches my eyes.His thumb caresses my hip and I’m surrounded by his sinful scent.I want to stay.I want to hear Tom tell his love what he did to mine.
“I blamed myself for a while but then I blamed Wyatt.When I noticed him looking at Sara differently…” He blows out a breath.“They all looked at Sara differently.Fuck.I knew it then.They all wanted her.My little sister.But Sara chose to put all her effort into chasing Wyatt.She didn’t know about our father’s death.So I told him I’d tell her.That she’d hate him if she knew he was the reason our father was dead.”
Natasha sucks in a breath.“Tom.”Her tone is chastising.
“I was a teenager, angry at the world, wishing my dad was still there to help me navigate who I’m supposed to be.The thought of Sara and Wyatt together tore at something fundamental in me.I didn’t understand it then, but it was jealousy.”
I gasp but they don’t hear me.
“He was my friend and he wanted my sister.I didn’t want to share him.I didn’t want to lose him.If they broke up, he would leave me and so would my other friends.I couldn’t lose them.Not like I lost my father.”
Finn cups my cheek and smears a tear across it.He rests his head against mine before dipping to whisper, “Let’s go, flower.”
I nod and he takes my hand, leading me back the way I came.I glance back at the door to the kitchen.Tom didn’t tell me about taking away Verity’s friends.And as vapid as she was at the fundraiser, Wyatt wouldn’t have given her much attention and probably would have humiliated her, even not knowing what she did to me.
Maybe I can find a way to forgive Tom for some of it.But part of me still feels trapped by his decisions.He left me vulnerable to protect someone else.And did she even need protecting or was there another way they could have solved their problem?We’ll never know now.
Chapter34
Federal Audit
Drew
Waking up with Sara’s naked body draped over me is a pleasure few men will ever experience.I can’t help but feel lucky that I’m one of them.
Wyatt taps my shoulder.“We need to go.”
He heads into the bathroom and turns on the shower.I played football in high school and college so walking around naked in front of other men doesn’t intimidate me.I also have a thing for watching and being watched while fucking, so that’s not an issue in a group setting like this.
It’s just odd how easy it was to accept that this is what I want.Sharing this woman with these men.My parents probably won’t think anything of it, to be honest.I’ve always been a little bit out there.
I played the proper prince for their kingdom and dated the princess they wanted me to.Even resigned myself to a loveless marriage to combine our name with someone from old money.But then there was that fateful dinner with Seth Hart, Cooper Graham, Noah Burns, and Blake Wagner.
Coop invited the two women I was fucking.Both truly wanted him.One, the woman I was supposed to marry, Leighton.The other woman wanted revenge for something from college.And since Leighton and I agreed we weren’t monogamous, I was all for revenge sex.
Noah brought Sara Morris.She was glorious.Eager to be part of the drama and so fucking beautiful.I’d caught sight of her at other events.The gorgeous redhead who was always flawlessly perfect.But it wasn’t until that moment that I honestly saw her.Those sparkling green eyes.Her easy laughter.Fuck, I might have gotten a little hard for her that night.
I run my hand down Sara’s back and she sighs against my chest.Her fingers digging slightly into my sides.I could be getting a little hard for her now.She’s everything I never thought I could have.Soft, warm, adventurous.I’d resigned myself to finding a wife who could help our family’s name.But the other women in society I dated were coldhearted vipers.
Not Sara.Fuck.Never in a million years did I think I would deserve someone like her.So when she asked me out, I fucking jumped on my chance and I’ve been holding on ever since.
With her soft skin pressed against mine, I could sink into her one last time before we leave.Claim her as mine.Watch her shatter for me.But even last night, she flinched a little as we fucked her.She was sore but didn’t say anything because she wanted us.
I kiss the top of her head and help roll her over onto Dante.She curls up against him and he wraps himself around her.Moving to the edge of the bed, I sit up and look back at them.
I’ve never really had friends like this before.Owen’s probably the closest, but we don’t hang out that much.If this relationship goes the distance, these men will be bonded with me through Sara for the rest of our lives.We’ll grow old and have children together.
I rub my face and walk into the bathroom.The shower is still running even though Wyatt’s out, standing in his towel at the sink.I step in to the shower and wash myself quickly.By the time I’m done, Wyatt is already in the other room getting dressed.
It makes sense for the two of us to go, and if we aren’t back by tomorrow night, they’re to assume something went wrong.I finish getting ready and pause at the doorway to look back at Sara cuddled up between Finn and Dante.
What would have happened if Coop hadn’t wanted me to blow it all up?Would I still be in those twisted relationships?Feeding off each woman’s anger at the other?Fuck, I hope not.But part of me had been resigned to that life.
