Page 23 of Crowned By the Mafia Billionaires

“Yes.”

A laugh escapes me, but there’s no humor behind it. “Oh my God.”

“Audrey—” He starts, but I don’t let him finish. I point at him. “No. I get it now. This is about my dad.” I lift my hands up and put them together as if this all makes sense now. “What better way to get back at Victor Sterling than to marry his daughter?”

Bennett shakes his head and steps toward me. “That’s not why.”

I put a hand up, and he stops. “Come on, Bennett. Tell me the truth. I deserve that at least.”

He takes another step toward me. “I want to marry you because I want you.”

I blurt out a laugh and shake my head. “You barely know me. This is insane.” I look over at Knox. “What about you?”

His gaze locks on mine. “What about me?”

“What do you get out of this?”

His forehead creases, and I gesture toward Bennett. “I understand what he gets. I become a Kingston. I’m his wife. What are you?”

Knox stands. He comes toward me slowly, stopping on my other side. “You’d be Bennett’s wife, but you’d be ours.”

My pulse jumps. “Ours?”

He nods. “Yes.”

I step away from both of them. “No.”

Bennett’s face tightens. “No?”

“I’m not going from one controlling father to two men who think they can tell me what to do.”

“That’s not what we want,” Knox says.

I laugh. “Really? Because since yesterday, you’ve decided where I live, where I work, who follows me, where my office is⁠—”

Bennett interrupts me. “To keep you safe.”

I point at him. “See? That. You just decide things and just make an excuse as if that makes it okay.”

He takes a deep breath. “That’s fair. I know that maybe I come off as bossy, but I am fine with you making your own decisions. I just want you safe.”

His answer surprises me. I blink. “What? So if I wanted to move out of here, you wouldn’t try to stop me?”

He seems to think about it. “If you don’t want to be here, I wouldn’t stop you from leaving, but you would take security with you.” Bennett looks at Knox and then back at me. “We’ve been making decisions because we’re worried about you. But we don’t want to control you.”

Bennett takes another step toward me. “We don’t want to take away your freedom, Audrey. We want to give you a place where you can finally have it.”

My chest tightens. I hate how much his words affect me. I look away from him. “You kissed me once.”

When he doesn’t say anything, I look back at him. “And after one kiss, you decided I should be your wife?”

His voice softens. “I knew I wanted you before I kissed you. The first time you walked into my office, I knew.”

My heart pounds harder. I can’t argue with him because the first time I saw them, I felt the same. I turn to Knox. “And you?”

He doesn’t hesitate. “Same.”

I shake my head. “You’re both crazy.”