"Ranch can be managed remotely," Beau finishes, his gray eyes never leaving mine. "Maybe it's time I stopped waking up at the crack ass of dawn anyway."
The emotion hits me like a physical blow. They would do that. They would leave everything, Gabriel's position, Colt's clinic, Beau's legacy ranch, just to be with me.
"You would do that?" I whisper. "You'd give up everything for me?"
"Sunshine," Beau says, his voice rough with emotion, "there ain't nothing we wouldn't do for you. Only thing we want is you. We'll take you any way we can get you."
That's it. That's the moment my careful composure completely shatters.
I'm out of my chair before I even realize I'm moving, crossing the space between us in three quick strides, and then Gabriel's catching me as I launch myself at him. His arms come around me like they never left, solid and warmandhome, and I'm sobbing into his shoulder while Colt and Beau close in around us.
"I'm sorry," I choke out between tears. "I'm so sorry. I was scared and overwhelmed and I missed you so much I could barely breathe, but I thought…I thought maybe you were better off without me and all my baggage and—"
"Hush, trouble," Gabriel murmurs into my hair, his voice thick with emotion. "You're talking nonsense. We are the ones that will be apologizing for the rest of our lives."
"No more running," Colt says fiercely, his hand tangling in my hair. "You hear me, shortie? No more fucking running."
"Never again," Beau promises, his palm warm against my back. "We're not letting you go again, sunshine. Not ever."
I pull back just enough to look at them and see everything I was too scared to believe before.
Love. Pure, uncomplicated, unwavering love. For Lucy and Lucinda and every messy, complicated piece of me in between.
"I love you," I tell them, the words spilling out like a dam breaking. "All of you. I love how Gabriel makes me feel safe enough to be vulnerable. I love how Colt challenges me and sees right through my bullshit. I love how Beau loves quietly but completely, like I'm something precious. I love—"
Colt cuts me off with a kiss that tastes like coming home, rough and desperate and perfect. When he finally letsme breathe, Beau's there, his mouth gentler but no less devastating. And then Gabriel, whose kiss carries promises of protection and forever and everything I thought I'd lost.
When we finally break apart, I'm laughing through my tears, giddy with relief and joy and the overwhelming certainty that this is where I belong.
"So," I say, trying for some semblance of composure and failing miserably. "I guess this means the presentation was successful?"
"Unanimous vote from the board," Gabriel says solemnly, but his eyes are dancing with warmth.
"Motion carried," Beau agrees, pressing a kiss to my temple.
"Meeting adjourned," Colt adds with a grin that's pure trouble.
Diana chooses that moment to poke her head back in, her grin so wide it threatens to split her face. "Should I cancel the actual board meeting, Miss Reid?"
I look around the sterile conference room, then at the three men who just traveled across the country to win me back with a business presentation and a house built on hope.
"Cancel everything, Diana. I'm going home."
"Which home?" she asks, though her tone suggests she already knows the answer.
I look at my cowboys and feel my heart settle into a rhythm it's been missing for two months.
"The one with the wraparound porch and the creek out back. The one where the coffee's strong and the men are stronger and love comes with no apologies."
"Montana it is," Diana says with a laugh. "I'll call the jet."
As the door closes behind her, Colt pulls me back against his chest, his arms caging me in like he's never letting go.
"You sure about this, shortie? No more second thoughts?"
I lean back against him, feeling Gabriel's hand settle on my waist and Beau's fingers trace my cheek, and for the first time in two months, I can breathe again.
"I'm sure. I'm finally, completely sure."
