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I giggled. "Not into MM within the harem?"
Three sets of eyes glanced at me with curious expressions. "Book language. It's when the guys also have physical interactions with each other as well as their female."
Andrei coughed before he burst into laughter. "I agree with Colby. I love you both, but I'm straight."
"Sorry, baby girl." Kaleb grinned and kissed my forehead. "No ‘MM’ here. Sorry, not quite the same as your book boyfriends."
"Book boyfriends? You've been on BookTok, haven't you?" My brows furrowed as I pointed a finger at him.
Kaleb shrugged. "Possibly. Wanted to know more about what you like to read. Which led me down a crazy rabbit hole."
I bit my bottom lip to keep from laughing. The fact that this man had done research on BookTok was both hilarious and one of the sweetest things ever.
"No more about BookTok," Andrei grumbled. "Spent entirely too much time of my life on that damn app. Time that I'll never get back. Now, let's get some sleep."
I sat up in bed and stared down at Andrei, who was getting settled against the pillows.
"What?" He asked me with a furrowed brow as my mouth dropped open as I continued to stare at him.
"I can't believe you both spent time on BookTok."
Colby cleared his throat. "All of us, not just them." Heat rushed to his cheeks, redness rising to the surface as I smiled.
"You guys are just incredible. I hope you know that." I was overwhelmed with emotion. They had wanted to know more about what interested me and looked into it. No one had ever cared so much about my interests, not even Ryan.
Andrei settled me against his chest, my ear just above his rapidly beating heart. “Love you all, my perfect Daddies.”
CHAPTER 8
Kaleb
Ilet out a soundless sigh, not wanting to disturb Lottie or Andrei—the latter had finally fallen asleep after tossing and turning for a while. I turned onto my side so I could watch Lottie sleep. Her golden hair was pulled up into a loose knot on the top of her head. I found it endearing that she insisted on wearing it up to sleep.
"It's hot and gets all in my mouth," she commented with a wrinkled nose.
I bit my tongue to keep from snickering at her comment. Colby’s cheeks darkened, and Andrei furrowed his brow.
“I think we’d all love to give you something hot in your mouth.” Colby broke first, then groaned. “Now, I’m the one with the brain-to-mouth filter problem.”
A smile spread over my face, as I remembered how Lottie had giggled.
Andrei had his arm draped over her middle. His face had relaxed in sleep, although there was still a harshness to his features that hadn’t been there before.
I hated my best friend going through this pain. It was all too familiar.
FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER
I wiped the sweat from my brow with my forearm and sucked in greedy lungfuls of air. The air around me was heavy and stifling. The air conditioning in the small gym hadn't been able to keep up with the ridiculous heat wave the city had been dealing with this week.
But I didn't mind. In fact, as long as the bag I was pounding my fists into didn't break, I was content here.
My mom wouldn't be caught dead in a place like this. It was on the wrong side of town. Too low class. Too many homeless on the streets. Not enough plastic in the people working here or working out.
The moment my twin sisters were born, she thrust them into the arms of the new nanny and went back to her ridiculous lifestyle.
A lifestyle that my father had paid for and was still paying for even from his grave.
With a snarl, I resumed punching the bag, hitting it so hard it rocked back and forth on the hook it was suspended from.
