“She doesn’t have to choose,” Dad says. “As long as she is happy, so am I,” Dad says, smiling at Mom.
“Just share her,” Elijah says. “If we can all do it with Arianna, y’all can.”
“Son, I'm just going to pretend that you didn’t tell me that,” Dad says, and I laugh. ”I can’t imagine my little girl… Jesus.”
“They’re good men,” Ray says. “They know what will happen to them if they hurt her.”
“You’re scary for being so calm. Both of you,” I say. “Between these ten men, I think I’m pretty safe.”
“Ten?!” Dad asks with wide eyes. “Arianna…”
“Four are friends.” I laugh. “Hockey sticks are left out of the equation, so we are good.”
“Christ,” Dad says, shaking his head.
“Go spend time with Mom and Ray,” I say. “I’m okay. I have them with me.”
“I love you, Arianna,” Dad says, hugging me tightly. “I’ll be at the game tomorrow.”
“Did you know I got hurt?” I ask him.
“Yeah,” he says, cupping my face. “I might have disguised myself as a night nurse so I could visit you. You were asleep most of the time, but…”
“That’s why you are familiar,” I say. “You had a mask on. Like a surgical mask.”
“Yeah,” he says with a smile.
“You colored with me when Mom and Ray were asleep. I struggled to hold the pencils, and you helped me figure out how to hold them, so I didn’t drop them,” I say.
“You and I used to spend a lot of time coloring. I knew you wouldn’t recognize me, so I spent as much time with you as I could.”
“Your physical therapist was a friend of Anthony’s,” Rogers says. “Not gonna lie, Anthony. Not much gets by me, but you did.”
“Because I’d do anything to save my little girl,” Dad says.
“Go on and make it up to Mom,” I say to Dad. He hugs me once more before turning to Mom and Ray.
“Join me? I have a suite on the floor up,” Dad says. Mom looks at Ray, and he winks at her. When my mother blushes, I grin. I didn’t think I would ever be excited to know that my mom wasgoing to be railed by two men who are both my dads, but I am. She deserves all the good things in this world.
“Stay in here until you have to leave for the game,” Rogers says to us.
We watch as they all leave, and then it is just my ten men and me. “What do you want to do?” Jovian asks.
“Get railed.” I laugh. “But that might traumatize the boys.”
“Mmm. Don’t be so sure.” Kip chuckles.
“What?” I ask.
“Look at them,” Kip says. “Look at the way Tate scans your body. They look at you like we do; they just have more self-control.”
I look at Tate, Beckett, Logan, and Jaxon before looking at the others. They’re all staring at me. “There are ten of you,” I say. “I need y’all to be blunt. I can’t take vague statements or implications.
Tate walks over to stand in front of me. He pauses to look at me for a moment before speaking. “Let your men fuck you so we can see how good they make you feel,” Tate says. “Then… we will enjoy you.”
“Are you guys okay with this?” I ask Jovian.
“More than okay,” Jovian says. “We saw the way they looked at you and knew. We told them they were free to pursue you. Clearly, you feel the same way.”
