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“Are you all right, baby?” I asked, smoothing my hand up and down her back.
“Yeah,” she said, letting out a shaky breath into my ear. “Mostly scared. A little bruised.”
I found her wrist, which was banged up like someone had grabbed her and yanked her around. I was relieved to see her before, but now, I was fucking furious. He didn’t deserve to even look at her, much less touch her.
“You hurt her?” I yelled at Neil, who was still pinned face down on the ground. Ethan was calling the police on him with one hand while tying him up with the other. “You piece of shit.”
“Don’t,” Harrison told me, holding me back when I lunged toward him. “The police will be here, and they’ll handle him. Let’s take care of our girl.”
“Just a second.” I jerked out of his arms. Ethan, sensing what I was about to do, let Neil lift his head. I had just enough space to punch Neil across the jaw, making the old man groan.
I turned to Taylor, who was clearly satisfied that Neil had been put in his place.
Just then, the door burst open, and six cops poured into the room with their guns drawn. Harrison handed him over to the police officers. The police left the room with Neil, and Harrison told the cops that we all needed a moment but would be out briefly to answer questions.
I cupped the back of her neck and held her close. I’d almost lost her again, but she was still here, warm in my arms. How had I ever let her go? The weeks when we hadn’t been together had been utter misery. What if Neil had seriously hurt her? Then we would have ended physically close together, but emotionally far apart.
I couldn’t let myself stay away from her anymore. Loss was always going to happen, but the idea of losing time with her because of my own fears was even worse. I wanted every minute of the rest of my life with her.
“I’m sorry,” I said, pulling back so I could look at her.
“It’s not your fault. How were you supposed to know that they were going to drug and kidnap me in a public place?” She wiped her face with the back of her hand.
“Not just about that,” I said. “About breaking up with you the way I did. I can’t live like this. I love you and want to be by your side for as long as you’ll have me.”
The way her face brightened could have gotten me through anything. I had to kiss her. It was impossible not to. And it was the best kiss I’d ever had. Every bit of pent-up feelings I’d had for her came pouring out into it.
“Really?” she asked when we finally broke the kiss.
I grinned. “Really. I love you, Taylor. I want what we had before back. All four of us together.” I looked over at Ethan, who was kneeling next to me. I’d never seen him look so raw and undone before, his eyes shining.
“I want you back, too,” he said. “I don’t want to live with regrets, and the moment I thought we’d lost you for good, I had so many of them. The biggest one was being too afraid to let you in, even though I’m so in love with you. I’ve never felt like this toward anyone.”
Ethan’s words brought tears to her eyes. She crawled over to him and kissed him, too, soft and sweet. From the way Ethan’s eyes lit up like I’d never seen before, it was perfect for him.
Her smile grew even more as she searched for Harrison. He kneeled on my other side and cupped Taylor’s face. Without another word, he leaned forward and kissed her. She made a little noise of pleasure in the back of her throat and melted into him.
When they broke apart, Taylor looked at us.
“So, this is it,” she said. “All of us together.”
“All of us together. No bullshit between us,” I said, threading my fingers in hers.
“Sounds perfect to me,” she said, squeezing my hand in return.
Epilogue
TAYLOR
THREE MONTHS LATER
“That’s everything?” I asked Cody, who had a box in his arms.
“Yep, it’s the last one,” he said.
He was moving out of his place and into the one that we’d bought for all of us. I was there for moral support.
And to be honest, to ogle him, Harrison, and Ethan as they lifted things. I loved my guys when they were in suits, but seeing them in t-shirts, their biceps flexing and their shirts clinging to their muscular backs, was a whole new level of delicious.
