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“All of us,” Adrian confirmed. “Look, you don’t need to decide anything right now. But I’m just saying, if you wanted to get to know the guy better, none of us would have any objections. And if you wanted a relationship with him, we would be okay with that.”

I heard the words he was saying, but it was like there was static in my brain.

“I’ll think about it,” I said finally.

I didn’t know what to think right now or how to process what he said, so it was all I could give him right now.

Adrian squeezed my hips. “That’s all I ask. Just know that you deserve the world, and if Dominic wants to give it to you, let him.”

I nodded, and he took pity on me, carrying me to the bathroom so we could get cleaned up.

Dominic was in the kitchen making breakfast when we entered. He was dressed in gray sweatpants and a white T-shirt. Seriously, did they all own gray sweatpants? Was it part of the standard hot guy wardrobe?

At our entrance, Dominic looked over his shoulder. My cheeks flamed. I ignored Adrian’s chuckle as I took a seat at the counter. Dominic, to his credit, didn’t say anything about hearing us. He slid a cup of tea in front of me.

My eyes dropped to the mug, and I groaned. “Not you too.”

His brow furrowed. “What? I made it how Adrian said you like it.”

Adrian cracked up behind us, and I turned to glare at him fiercely, then looked back at Dominic. “Adrian is on a mission to deprive me of the sweet, life-sustaining sustenance that is coffee.”

Adrian finally stopped chuckling and took a seat next to me, although his grin was wide. “You like tea, though.”

“That’s beside the point.” I waved my hand at him. “Tea is for bedtime. Coffee is for mornings. And afternoons.”

“She would mainline it if we let her,” Adrian told Dominic.

Dominic laughed. “Got it. I take it the life-sustaining part is to sustain the lives around you, not just your own?”

I beamed at him. “Exactly. See.” I smacked Adrian on the arm. “He gets it.”

“Well, let me get this out of your way then.” Dominic took the cup of tea and poured it down the sink. “One cup of life-sustaining sustenance coming up.”

He poured me a cup of coffee, and Adrian got up to fetch the creamer from the fridge. Dominic watched Adrian closely as he made my coffee, like he was committing how I liked it to memory. Adrian handed the mug to Dominic, who slid it to me.

I let out a happy hum when I took my first sip. Dominic’s eyes darkened at the sound, and I fought the urge to squirm in my seat. Dominic was an attractive man, but was mutual attraction enough? He had a life outside this city, and my life was here. Ugh, I didn’t have enough coffee for this yet.

I looked away first, breaking the spell, and Adrian and Dominic worked together to plate up the breakfast Dominic had made. They worked well together. There was no awkwardness as they moved around the kitchen. It was like they had done this for years instead of less than two weeks. Was this what the future could look like? I wasn’t sure, but I think I wanted to figure it out.

CHAPTER 15

EVELYN

My phone rang, and I picked it up without looking at it. “Stone Dynamic Security, how may I help you?”

“First of all, what the fuck is that greeting? Is that your customer service voice?” Danny asked on the other end of the line.

I looked down at my phone. I had grabbed my personal cell, not the office phone. “Sorry. I didn’t realize what phone I picked up. It’s been crazy.”

When I walked in this morning, Marcus informed me that he had terminated the Keenan contract. I wasn’t crying over it. Keenan was an ass, but it was a flurry of reorganizing resources now that we didn’t have to deploy a team for that contract.

“You sounded weird as fuck,” Danny teased. “All professional and prim and proper.”

“Fuck off.” I rolled my eyes. “What’s up?” I asked, typing quickly to finish an email to the R&D team.

“We’ve narrowed down the building the truck originated from to three buildings.” Danny’s words stopped my typing.

“Say it again?” I asked, then pushed back from the computer and walked into Alexander’s office. He was in there with Adrian, going over some documents. Both of them looked up when Iwalked in. “I’m putting you on speaker, Danny. Alexander and Adrian are here too.”