He breaks the kiss and returns to his grinning, his eyes shining with affection. “Now, what about you? Did you leave a trail of broken hearts all over the country? Besides my brothers’.”
I let out a sarcastic huff but look down at my hands, wringing them. “I had a thing once with a mechanic who worked at the same shop as I did before everything happened, and I left.”
“So you’re into mechanics? Noted.” Saylor nods with a serious face, and I try to slap his upper arm, making him laugh when my hand passes through him. “Sorry, go ahead.”
“There’s not much to tell. He saw me acting weird and ran before it even could get serious, not that I wanted it to be,” I lie, but my tone is telling, and tears are welling up when I look back up at him.
Fuck.
Saylor furrows his brows and is quiet for a second before he tilts his head and asks, “Do you still have feelings for that guy?”
“Fuck, no.” I huff a watery laugh, and he visibly relaxes. “It’s just… I don’t know…history repeating itself. I allow myself to feel, only to have my heart crushed when they see the real me.”
“Ah… the hurt I just saw was about my dickhead brothers. All right. You got me there for a second, Boo.” Saylor smiles.
“Why is that any better?” I scrunch up my nose, and he lets his thumb glide over the bridge, the tingling making me sneeze.
“Bless you.” Saylor laughs before continuing, “Because I can totally live and work with you being in love with my brothers. Anyone else… let’s just not.”
Would he be fine with me being with all of his brothers?
With Nash?
Even if that was ever an option anyway, and now…
I huff a sarcastic laugh, “As if that would be a choice because if I could, I’d choose not to be.”
I’d choose not to give a single fuck about them.
Saylor’s expression turns thoughtful as he adds, “Speaking of choosing…”
Having no idea where he’s going with this, I ask dumbly, “What?”
“The night you slept with Hunter…” Saylor trails off, watching me carefully.Oh well, it seems like he really does know.“The guys talked. And let me just start by saying I think they’re fucking stupid, and I would have never agreed to that.”
“Agreed to what? What are you even talking about?” I frown at him.
What now?
How can there be more?
“They all want you. Bad. And Hunter shared that you were falling for all of them.”
I roll my eyes.
Of course he did.
North already told me so.
How could I think for one second that Hunter was on my side?
“So they made a deal kind of thing that all of them would try to win you over, and when you chose, the rest would let you guys be happy and step back.”
My breath hitches.
“I’m sorry, what?” I try to let it sink in, but it’s hard. The night Hunter promised me that I could stay. He told me he thought I was good for all of them. I told him I couldn’t choose. But they still would have made me and acted like I was a prize to win.
For fuck’s sake.
