“She needs to meet Ace first, and then we need to ask Adam his thoughts,” Grayson says simply.
“You don’t like that idea?” Adrian asks with a chuckle.
“He’s possessive. He wants to be the only one to unbreak me,” I laugh.
“That’s not true,” Grayson says.
“Well, how about this? I’ll take her down to Adam real quick and get his thoughts, and then we try it for today?” Adrian suggests.
“Fine. Toys only until we can all sit down,” Grayson says with a sigh. He stands and kisses me before wrapping me in a hug.
“Is this the part I remind you that I’m safe?” I ask.
“Alright,” Adrian laughs. “I’m pulling rank. Come on, Milly. Let’s go have some fun.”
“I do like fun.” I laugh.
“Where is your limit?” Adrian asks Grayson.
“No one but Ace touches her for any reason,” Grayson says. “Ace will know beyond that.”
“So just follow his lead?” I ask Grayson.
“If you’re comfortable, yes,” he tells me.
“So does that make me a hypocrite that I don’t want you even talking to Hope, but I’m okay with this?”
“No, Baby Girl. Just because my boundaries are different doesn’t mean you have to match mine. I have no interest in anyone but you and Adam. Okay? If you mesh well with Ace, I am completely okay with that.”
“But no one else?”
“Exactly,” he says, kissing me. “Go talk to Adam.”
“Okay!” I say happily. I walk out of the office with Adrian and down the long corridor.
“Greg raped me,” I say. Adrian stops and turns to look at me. “That’s what the meeting is about. My uncle got me pregnant when I was ten, shot me, and then himself. Mom married Greg and went from filming me getting raped by my uncle to Greg. There is a lot I don’t remember. Yesterday morning, he ran me off the road, raped me, and then kept hitting me. I accidentally cut my hand open, but he broke the same wrist. Mom is running some kind of child porn something. I don’t know.”
“Why are you telling me now instead of waiting for the meeting?” he asks.
“Because I just wanted to get it out when I didn’t have everyone looking at me,” I say. “I know you’ll tell the others, so maybe the meeting can just be the resolution rather than me going through all of that.”
“I’ll tell the others,” he says. “Thank you for trusting me with this, Milly. It takes a lot of courage to speak out against an abuser.”
“I’m afraid they’ll try to kill me,” I say. “I feel like I am just not getting a chance to live, but they will try to ruin that.”
“I promise you, Milly, you are safe,” he says. “I won’t promise that it won’t change, because it might. They could very well get to you, but you will survive. You will outlive them and get to watch life fade from their eyes.”
“Okay!” I say with a smile. We start walking again until we get to Adam’s office. When we walk in, Adam grabs my face and kisses me. “Hi,” I laugh.
“Gray called me. I think you should absolutely do therapy with Ace. Grayson and I shouldn’t be the ones doing it,” Adam says. “Grayson trusts Ace, and I do too. I very much would love to see him fuck you and would be thrilled if you two fell for each other… mostly because I would absolutely get on my knees for that man.”
“I love you,” I laugh. “I will meet him, and we can go from there.”
“I’m going to sneak up later and watch him play with you,” Adam says, kissing me. “My appointment is about to be here.”
“See you later,” I say.
“Take care of her, Adrian,” Adam says, waving before we leave.
