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Breaking up with Ben hurt me badly enough, and he wasn’t anywhere near as devastatingly sweet and handsome as any of these Alphas. They have serious potential to break my heart into tiny little pieces and forget finding a way to put it back together again. I know what I’ll be left with if this goes wrong. There’ll be nothing but an empty space where my heart used to be.
I already have seriously warm and fuzzy feelings for these guys, and we’ve barely spent any time together so far. I’m in serious danger of falling too fast and too hard to ever recover if they let me down.
I wish I had some of Scarlett’s carefree energy right now.
My fingers tremble on the banister as I reach the bottom of the stairs.
I fold my arms to try and stop the shaking. I feel like I’m breathing too hard, and I know my face is flushing with color; I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks.
Swallowing, I force my feet forward.
I get to the kitchen doorway, and Rueben’s the first one to look my way.
He darts over to me, skipping past Scout, and gives me a warm smile.
“Hey. How are you feeling?” he asks, his voice soft.
I feel like a nervous wreck, but I don’t want to admit that.
First things first, they need to know what I came over here to tell them this morning before Gus accepted me as his mate, and the divine power of the fates caused me to pass out.
“I … There’s something I need to tell you,” I start, glancing at the others as they look my way. “All of you, if that’s okay.”
“Sure,” Rueben says, smiling.
“What is it?” Bishop asks, moving away from the stove and wiping his fingers on a towel.
Gus and Scout move closer, and I take a single step into the room.
I feel ready to burst into flames in front of them all.
This is so damn embarrassing.
“I’m not Scarlett Faris,” I admit, not seeing any surprise in their expressions so far. “Scarlett’s my identical twin sister. She asked me to switch places with her because she was embarrassed about losing that bet and, honestly, she hates cleaning. My name is Sapphire. I came over here this morning to tell you guys the truth, before … well, before I met Gus.”
Rueben smiles at me. “I knew you’d tell us.”
He glances at Bishop. “Didn’t I say it? I knew!”
Bishop rolls his eyes. “You called it.”
“You all know already?” I ask, not sure if I should be relieved or worried about that.
“Gus knew,” Bishop explains. “He must have some seriously finely-tuned instincts because none of the rest of us realized we were wrong when we met Scarlett and felt a connection to her.”
“Rueben’s the one who did some online searching,” Gus admits. “I just knew you weren’t Scarlett. We didn’t know she had an identical twin. Now we do, and her name is Sapphire, like the color of her eyes.”
He gazes at me intently, and I can’t help the way my stomach flutters when he says my name.
“You saw something different when you looked at me,” I murmur, feeling good about that right before I catch the scent of my perfume getting stronger.
I don’t think I can be around him without doing that. It’s going to get embarrassing if it doesn’t stop.
“I knew you were my mate,” he admits.
“I knew you were mine, too,” I confess.
“Starting to feel a little left out here,” Rueben complains.
