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“Fine, but one of us comes with you.”

“I won’t tell anyone, I promise. I have to take Maya to school in the morning.”

“Or you could stay here, and we can pick her up on the way to work,” Cyrus says.

“We aren’t letting you go anywhere without us,” Eli says.

“Ring your mother and tell her we will stop by in the morning to get Maya before school starts,” Cyrus says, handing me his phone.

“I am not staying here.”

“So, one of us goes with you,” Cyrus says.

Cyrus grabs my keys off the bench before walking off somewhere and returning with a suit. He hands it to Eli before passing him my keys.

“Come on then.” I look to Eli as he folds the suit over his arm.

“I can go by myself, Eli. I won’t run. I won’t tell anyone,” I tell him.

“I know you won’t because I will be with you,” he says, turning and pecking Cyrus on the lips when Cyrus grabs the back of his head, deepening the kiss as I watch his tongue slip into his mouth, making Eli pull him closer.

Arousal floods me at seeing them like this, yet it also weirds me out slightly that it turns me on so much. Cyrus lets him go, and Eli reluctantly moves away, both of them turning to me. Cyrus smirks.

“Like what you see, Addie?” Eli asks, his lips tugging slightly in the corners.

“No,” I lie, pressing my legs together.

“By the smell of your scent, I would say otherwise,” Cyrus says, making my face heat.

“You can smell my scent?” I ask, confused by exactly what it is that they can smell.

“Yes, and your arousal. Pretend all you want that you don’t want us, Addie. Your body gives you away every time,” Cyrus says, making my cheeks flush.

Chapter Sixteen

Adeline

I follow Eli to the car. He refuses to let me drive, so I climb in the passenger seat, clipping my belt. The entire drive home is awkward and silent.

“I don’t get it. How come Sam doesn’t have to be guarded for knowing what you are?” I ask as we pull onto my street. Eli growls but says nothing.

“How does he know?” I wonder out loud.

“Doesn’t matter, you won’t be seeing him again,” Eli says, parking the car.

“You can’t tell me who I can and can’t see,” I tell him, reaching for the door handle when he pulls me back.

“You are ours, Addie. You won’t be going near him, or I will kill him.”

“Whatever. What are you going to do? Give him fleas?” I spit back at him.

He growls, grabbing my arm and pulling me closer. “You would do well not to provoke me, Addie. If I had my way, you would be locked in our house in Soya, so do well to remember that,” he says before letting me go.

I get out of the car, heading for the front door.

I hold my hand out for my keys, but he doesn’t hand them to me, instead unlocking the door before stopping and turning to me while I glare at him.

“Lose the attitude, or I will take you home. So, which is it?” he says, gripping my chin and forcing me to look at him. I fight the urge to roll my eyes.