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Lee pressed a hand on her shoulder. “We’ll figure it out.”
She shook her head, her hair flying around her bare shoulders. “No. I’ll leave. I’ll resign from my position with Dreams with Wings. You can clean up the PR nightmare when I’m out of the picture. It’s better for the foundation this way.”
Tyler rushed to the side of the bed. “Hell no. That isn’t going to happen.”
Her eyes flew to his. “Don’t try to protect me in this. I did it. I hacked in. I helped Niall. And maybe I didn’t get caught then, but I’m going to have to pay for it now. My past. My sins. My penance to pay, not yours. I deserved to be punished for my crimes.”
Tyler’s hands moved to her face. “We’ve all done shit we’re not proud of, sweetheart. But no one is going to hurt you again. Lee and I will make sure of that. We’re in this together now. Your past and everything that comes with it. We meant every word of what we said. What good would our word be, if we only said it for the good times, right?”
“How can you forgive me?” she whispered.
Lee smiled. “You were in bed with us about thirty minutes ago, weren’t you?”
She blushed. She
was beautiful and sexy. Still so innocent. “Yes.”
“You belong to us. We belong to you. That means something, Brooke. Those weren’t just words. We are men of honor. Our word means something. Tyler and I will take care of your cousin. You aren’t alone anymore.”
There was alarm in her voice. “What are you going to do to him? Are you going to pay him off?”
Tyler scoured the room for his clothes. He threw a shirt at Lee. “He’s not going to bother you. That’s all you need to know.”
“Wait. Please tell me something. Anything,” she pleaded. “Don’t do something stupid. I don’t want either of you to get hurt. Niall is crazy. You can’t trust him.”
Lee leaned to kiss her on the cheek before he and Tyler left. “We’ve got you. We’ve got this. Try to get some sleep. We can handle him. Stop worrying.”
“Sleep? You expect me to sleep?” Her eyes darted back and forth. “There’s no way I can close my eyes.”
“Work?” he suggested.
She bit her lip. “Maybe. I can try. I do have to get to the office. I have another meeting.”
“Good. Focus on that today. We’ll meet you there. And stop worrying.”
If he could, he’d stay in bed with her all day and kiss away the fear that was in her eyes, but there was a way to make sure the fear never returned. And for that, he and Tyler were going to have to deal with Niall McIntosh.
Forty-Two
Brooke
They were gone. Brooke blinked at the door. It could have gone worse—much worse. The way Lee and Tyler handled the news impressed her. There was no end to how amazing they were. She knew as long as she lived, she’d never meet anyone else like them.
There was no point in sitting around her room, worrying about what was ahead of them. Brooke hopped from the bed and walked to the master suite. She started the hot water in the shower. At least if she were in her office she could be distracted by Dreams with Wings. She’d rather listen to her new assistant Maureen ramble on about her dating life than sit alone and worry about what could happen when Lee and Tyler faced Niall.
She had never expected them to take on her problems. As she stepped in the shower she wondered if knights in armor were a real thing. Were Lee and Tyler her knights? It didn’t seem possible they could forgive her after what she had done.
But they had rushed off to fix everything.
The water ran over her shoulders and down her back. On top of everything, she had shared something with them this morning she never imagined she could experience. They had both been inside her at the same time, filling her with more. She wrapped her arms around her body trying to hold on to that feeling.
What it felt like to be totally possessed. To be filled beyond her dreams.
Niall couldn’t take that away from her. Niall didn’t control her destiny anymore. She turned off the water, watching the last bubbles slide down the drain and disappear.
Brooke reached for a towel, wrapping it around her chest. She loved Tyler and Lee for what they wanted to do, but this was her mess. She had to clean it up. She couldn’t stand by while they faced Niall. She had to do something.
She got dressed and grabbed her keys.
