“You are my family, baby. You, Ellis, Anson, and Evan. I was so worried about you. I got here as quickly as I could.”
“I feel bad?—”
“None of that,” he said, brushing his lips against mine. “None. We’re handling things. You’re safe. Our family is together now.”
I closed my eyes and inhaled his rich, spicy scent. Klaus had joined us almost three years ago now. The two years after I left, he’d spent that time setting up his new life and getting to know Levin and Stefan. We spoke often, and he visited after we’d arrived in California all those years ago. It had been a good visit. Talking. Laughing. He and the guys hanging out. Nothing happened between us for a long time. And then he’d shown up to see me in concert in Orlando.
It just clicked.
I ran to him after the show and threw my arms around him. That was it. He was now with us and headed my security team. He owned a big security company that did a lot of work for Hollywood and even important people around the world. He got into real estate, or rather, continued it since he was already in it when we’d met.
“I love you,” he whispered against my lips. “My sweet little hummingbird. I have missed you so.”
“I love you,” I answered before kissing him deeply.
His hand tightened on my waist. Klaus came to see me sometimes on tour when he wasn’t busy. But like everything else, we were always very careful with how he was presented. Hewore a suit and carried a weapon. Since he was the head of my security, no one questioned him if they saw him.
“Oh, baby,” he groaned, his voice low.
I ground against him, feeling his hard cock against my pussy. I hadn’t been with any of my guys, minus Anson, in so long. Too long.
But we had company, and I definitely didn’t want anyone to hear us. Klaus had a tendency to get a little too loud.
“Tonight, you’re mine,” he growled, giving my ass a squeeze. “I’ll make you forget all the bad things.”
“Mm, I like the sound of that,” I said, nipping his bottom lip.
He smiled and pulled away. “Come. It’s time for dinner. Anson was making sure food was being delivered courtesy of Ryder.”
I sat up with Klaus, who was quick to smooth my hair and adjust my white tank top.
“Pretty as a perfect rose,” he murmured.
My cheeks heated at his sweet words. He had a way of saying things that, despite the time we’d known each other, made me weak in the knees.
All my guys did.
“Come.” He held his hand out to me and helped me off the bed. I let him lead me to the living room area. Evan and Anson were both at the table looking at Anson’s laptop. Ellie and Trix were playing with dolls on the floor. And Dante was missing.
“Where’s Dante?” I called out. He refused to get his own room. He said he was going to be right next to me the entire time he was here. I expected nothing less from him. That was just how he was. So incredibly overprotective. I wasn’t sure how Sirena dealt with it all, but she was also a force to be reckoned with, so it was likely she didn’t put up with a lot of shit.
I didn’t get to see her often. Dante rarely brought her with him, and I didn’t ever go to Chicago. We’d been putting offtouring Chicago because I refused to play there. The city broke my heart too many times.
Or at least the men who still lived in and ruled that city.
I’d seen Enzo in the news quite often. Handsome as ever. Maybe even more. Now, he was older and wore a look of no-nonsense and terrifying authority.
Not that I saw him often. I typically avoided any story that included him because I didn’t want to see him. It hurt too much. The way he’d broken me when he’d told me he cheated… it still made me sick to my stomach. Then, he left and married her after he got her pregnant. Now, he was a father.
I tried not to think about any of the guys, but they always found a way to creep back into my head. It drove me nuts most days. It didn’t help that a majority of my songs were fueled by them.
I didn’t talk about my feelings regarding the horsemen to Evan or the guys because I didn’t want them to think they weren’t good enough or something, but I knew Evan would understand the most since he’d been with me when I’d been with them, and I knew he missed them too.
Ani probably would too, but I knew he didn’t get along with the guys all that much, except Ethan, and I didn’t want to put that burden of worry on him.
And Klaus. Absolutely not. He was as far away from them as could possibly be. There was no way I’d talk to him about it all. I knew he’d listen, but again, burden.
“He’s with Ryder,” Anson said, not looking away from the computer.
