It’s worse than I imagined.Santa on a skewer.
Ines could be way off, and that would be the furthest thing from the truth, but what am I really doing here?I should save myself some embarrassment and just leave.Immediately.
Without anyone knowing.My romance novel may have gotten a happy ever after, after all, but I’m not living in a fantasy world.My reality says otherwise.Adalynn Miller, destined to be alone forever.
I swipe angrily at the tears in my eyes.Oh god.
I begged them to make me come.I devoured their cocks.I let them stick a plug into my bottom hole.What was I thinking?
That my life could be a romance novel?How did that turn out for me?
But the more I think about it, the more it makes perfect sense.Ines was right.She knew I had lifted my desperate plan from this very romance novel.Now I know one possibility about why they showed up at the ranch.
Even if I’m way off, it doesn’t matter.I need to leave.Before they realize I’m in love with them.I won’t be able to endure the embarrassment.
I take big gulping breaths.It’s fine.Everything is fine.I didn’t lose my heart to them out loud.That matters.I didn’t say I loved them out loud.
I may have begged for their touch, but I never put my heart on the line.So what do they have on me?Nothing.If I had said those three words to each of them, which I was dying to do, that would change everything.
I’m still in the clear.I swallow the huge lump of tears in my throat and pat my cheeks vigorously.
It’s over.And none of the four of us is any the wiser.But more tears threaten to break the wall holding in my control, my sanity, my heart.
I call a cab and ask them to come around the back.My plan is to sneak out.I’ll message my mom later, but for now, I have to leave.While I’m waiting for the cab, I shove my clothes into a bag, then sneak out the back without anyone seeing me.
Except someone did see me.Three someones.And they’re waiting with their arms folded, leaning against their massive four-wheel drive.
“Leaving without us?”
“I...”Wait, why am I stuttering?“Yes,” I say, raising my chin proudly.“The Christmas holiday is over.We have no more dealings.So good day, gentlemen.Have a nice life,” I add as I pull my coat tighter around me while still carrying my bags.
Tylan opens the door.Rafe takes my bags.Cove orders me to get in the car.I shake my head.
“I have a cab on the way.”
“Cancel it.Now get in, or I’ll carry you in.”
I sigh with great theatrics and get into their car.
“Thank you,” I say as I cancel my cab, thinking they’re going to drive me to the bus station.
They don’t.I may have fallen asleep after an hour or so, but when I wake up again, we’re parked in front of what appears to be a house that is so stunning structurally, I immediately know it belongs to them.
“Why am I here?”I ask frantically.Do they not know I can’t be trusted in their company?My body acts crazy, and my mind can’t stop me.
“It’s where you belong.Or anywhere else you choose if you don’t like this house.As long as you’re with us.”
