Con had gone still under me. “You two fucking idiots. You really had unprotected sex without talking about it with her?”
Zeke groaned. “You had to be there. It was intense.”
“Same.”
I shook my head hard and let out a helpless squeak. “This is weird! Right? Am I the only one sitting here, thinking about how weird it is that the three of you are having this conversation about me? Me. One woman. One average me.”
Griff leaned forward and caught my chin. “You are far from average. And honestly, it doesn’t feel weird. I don’t know why the fuck not, because it should be. It’s just not, though. I don’t lovethe idea of sharing you, but if I have to, these assholes are the only other men I’d trust you with.”
“He’s right.” Con kissed the side of my head and sighed. “I trust my brothers to be good to you. And to be deserving of you if you decide at the end of the summer you like one of them better.”
I shifted off of his lap and stood by the end of the couch, watching the three of them. They were all so handsome, and they’d all already stolen little pieces of me, but that was as much as I could give. I’d tried to be with one of them before, and it had nearly destroyed me. Entirely.
“And what if, by the end of the summer, I don’t want any of you?” It was almost comical how pathetic I sounded. I didn’t even believe the idea myself, even though it was what I was telling myself was necessary.
Griff smirked. “Not want any of us?”
I put my hands on my hips and frowned. “It could happen.”
Con just smiled. “If by the end of the summer you decide you don’t want any of us, you just leave. End of story.”
“But I think we all know you’ll be hitching a ride with me come the end of the summer.” Zeke shrugged. “I’m the real keeper here.”
“I don’t have the best experience with men. Chances are, I’ll leave by myself.” I looked them over, at the intensity in their eyes, and sighed. “It’s really not striking any of you that this makes me a...loose...woman?”
“Far from loose, baby.”
I glared at Zeke. “You’ll be lucky if I don’t avoid you for the rest of the summer at this rate.”
Con punched his brother and leaned forward. “There’s nothing wrong with a woman taking what she wants, when she wants it, Autumn.”
Griff reached out and caught my hand, using it to drag me into him. “You’re basically a mouthy angel, Autumn. You’re not doing anything wrong.”
“A mouthy angel? Really?”
He played with the hem of my shirt and nodded. “Super fucking mouthy.”
I pushed him away and put space between us again. “If I agree to this, there are going to be rules.”
“Rules?”
“Rules.” I ran my hands through my hair and tugged at it while I thought. “If we’re dating, it has to be normal dating. No millionaire bullshit.”
“Billionaire, technically.” Zeke laughed. “What does that mean, exactly?”
“It means no renting out an aquarium to get me alone.” I flashed a look at Griff. “And no expensive shit. Just normal dating, like normal people.”
Griff scowled. “We have the money. We should be able to spend it as we see fit.”
“With any other woman, you go right ahead. With me, though, there’s going to be a spending limit.” I bit my lip as I thought about it. “No more than twenty dollars a date.”
Zeke stood up, shaking his head. “No way. You can’t even get a good meal for that.”
“Then don’t take me out to eat.”
“Is this your way of keeping us from dating you?” Griff was all sour looks and huffs. “That’s cheating.”
I shook my head. “It’s my way of making you think outside the box. Plus, I don’t want the money. I’ve done the dating-a-rich-guy thing. It didn’t go well.”
