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“Aurora Hart,” the dean announced, and I strode across the stage, wearing high heels and trying not to fall.
I could wear them now that I wasn’t having to look over my shoulder every second of every day.
I was also carrying a cane in my hand—one with a sphinx on top of it.
Just like what Jenna had described in those first days.
It was my right as a member of the Sphinx, after all.
I could hear the roar of the guys, and then an air horn went off. I didn’t have to look over to see that Remington was responsible.
I took the diploma, feeling a sudden spark of emotion as I clenched the paper in my hand. The dean’s expression was terrified as he shook my hand, his entire body trembling at our touch.
I smirked at him, not bothered by it at all.
I’d earned that reputation, after all.
I strode off the stage, Jenna waiting on the other side.
She threw her arms around me and squeezed me tight. “Congratulations, Aurora,” she whispered in a tear choked voice.
I pulled away from her, studying her face. “Congratulations to you too, babe. But what’s wrong?”
She sniffed and wiped at her eyes. “Everything is going to change after today. They’ll whisk you away to do sexy things. And I’ll never see you again.”
I hugged her tight for another second. “Although I’m sure they will whisk me away from time to time, and I will be doing lots of sexy things, nothing is ever going to keep me from you. Best friends, remember?”
Jenna was headed to New York for a marketing job. I’d already had Remington do a deep dive on the company to make sure my bestie wasn’t going into a bad situation. But everything had come back clear.
She was going to kick ass in New York City.
And I’d be visiting her every chance I got.
She squeaked and wiped at her eyes, right as Cain, Paxton, Remington, and Stellan appeared in my periphery, their gazes locked on me.
As they always were.
Jenna saw where I was looking and laughed. “Apparently, the sexy times are about to commence.”
I wrinkled my nose, but didn’t dispute her.
There were a lot of sexy times in this life of mine.
She gave me another hug and then went to find her family, somewhere in the crowd. I watched her go, a tendril of sadness looping through me.
Because she was right.
Everything was going to change after today.
“Hey, none of that,” snarked Remington, smacking a kiss against my lips before gracing me with one of his heartbreaking grins.
He worked as Cain’s right-hand man in the organization, and hadn’t changed one bit. He also slayed the financial markets and had gained back his fortune, and then some.
It was fucking hot.
“Congratulations, sweetheart,” murmured Stellan, pulling me away from Remington.
“I still don’t know why you weren’t out there,” I said, melting against him. Stellan had decided against going pro, and instead chosen to get his masters in psychology so he’d still been on campus with me after the others had graduated. And today had been his graduation day too.
