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I hear all of them laughing at me as I curse them inside my head.
“Uh oh. Belle is thinking in curse words again. I think we might be testing her patience tonight,” Nick says, his voice filled with glee.
I keep my mouth shut, not wanting to ruin this surprise they have for me, but I’m definitely annoyed.
Finally, we come to a stop and the blindfold disappears. I blink against the sudden intrusion of lights, frowning at our surroundings. They look familiar...
I have to bite back a cry as I realize where we are. Why would they bring me here? I have to get away.
Nick grasps ahold of me before I can bolt, wrapping his arms around me as he leans down to whisper in my ear. “Just keep breathing, Beautiful. You’re safe with us. We wouldn’t let anything happen to you, but this is something you need to see.”
“You can’t do this to us!” someone screams and my head snaps up.
I swallow against the rising bile as I take in the place where I grew up. We’re standing just outside of the house my stepmom moved us into when my dad married her. The street is filled with police cars, and I frown as I watch both my stepmom and stepbrother being led down the stairs.
“We didn’t do anything wrong,” my stepbrother yells. It takes me a moment to realize he’s had the shit beaten out of him. His eyes fall on us as the cops drag him past us, and he starts screaming. “Those are the assholes who you need to arrest. They’re the ones who did this to me, and it’s clear they’re the ones who kidnapped my stepsister!”
The cop glances at us and scoffs. “Yeah, okay. It totally looks like she’s been kidnapped. Stop making this harder on yourself.”
My stepmom’s eyes narrow on me as she passes. She’s not fighting the cops, but she snarls at me. “I don’t know how, but I know this is your doing.”
I bite my lip, watching the circus around us until my dad comes to stand in front of us.
“Hi, Belle.”
My back straightens as I stare up at the man who didn’t love me enough to get me out of this bullshit place. “What do you want?”
“I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I didn’t believe you, and that was so wrong. You were right. What your stepmother was doing wasn’t right. I’m just glad that you got away and met your mates.” My dad shoots them a tight smile. “Thank you, boys, for what you did here today. And thank you for filling me in on what that piece of scum did to my daughter—after beating the shit out of him.”
His eyes turn to me, anguish in them. “They also told me you spoke with your mother’s ghost, and she said I killed her. I promise you, I had no idea. I know I was in the wrong in that situation—I never should have strayed from your mom—but I just loved the tea that your stepmother brewed, so I bought some from her to share with her. It never occurred to me it could be hurting her. I don’t expect you to believe me, but it’s the truth.”
All I can do is stare at my dad in shock before turning my eyes to my mates. There’s no way I can address everything else that my dad just admitted. That’s something I’ll have to deal with eventually, but not today. “You did this? For me?”
Jack smiles. “We wanted to make sure your past was behind you, so you could move on to our future.”
The guys spread out around me before dropping to their knees, and I lift a hand to my lips. There’s no way... right?
“Belle, you’re what we waited forever for. We never thought we’d find our mate,” Nick says gently.
Cypian snorts. “We’d all but given up on finding our mate.”
“But then you crashed into our lives, and it was the best day of our lives.” Derek gives me a small smile.
“And we’re hoping that you’ll do us the honor of becoming our wife,” Jack finishes, holding out a ring to me.
I gape at the four of them before my eyes find my dad. There are tears in his eyes as he gives me a soft smile. I don’t know if I can ever forgive him for what he forced me to live through, but who knows. Anything is possible.
Letting my eyes fall back to the guys, I nod. “Yes. I’d love nothing more than to marry you.”
The four of them jump to their feet, enveloping me in their arms as they kiss me. Finally, the ring is on my finger, and I know that today is just the beginning. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life married to my mates.
The end.
