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“Seger,” I say out a breath, unable to take my eyes off the shit happening across the street.
“River,” he mocks back in a smooth voice.
“Why…”
“I need you to come to the office. We need to, uh, have a meeting,” he says, clearing his throat like uncertainty is rocking through him.
“A meeting?” I ask, swallowing hard. “Wait. Where are Whispered Words, and why are there moving vans outside their house?” Emotions bubble to the surface as I bring a fist to my trembling lips.
Was this all too much? Have they decided that this can’t happen anymore? Am I still too much baggage for them?
“Deep breaths,” Zepp pipes up in a smooth voice. “Just come down here. Take your time.”
“Don’t fucking crash on their account,” Seger quips playfully, not sounding the least bit worried about what is happening.
“Seriously? That’s all you’re going to give me? My band is moving out of the house… They…they…”
A sigh rocks through the phone. “I can tell you’re overthinking whatever is happening, Riv. Just trust us, okay? And please get down here so they can explain what’s happening. You might puncture my lung or something if I tell you. You need to hear everything from them.”
“Are they quitting?” I ask, swallowing the thick lump forming in my throat. If they’re quitting, then they probably got the offer they were looking for. We pay well, but they’re probably due a raise.
“Jesus. Yes. Now, would you get down here so they can explain everything? It’s not what it seems,” Seger says in what he thinks is a soothing voice.
It’s anything but.
Nerves take over when I hang up the phone and make my way to my car. It’s not as bad as it seems?
Liar.
* * *
“Good, you’re here. And shit, you’re mad as fuck,” Seger whistles, shaking his head.
Well, he’s not fucking wrong.
My face tightens as I march through the halls of West Records with murder on my mind. The entire drive here consisted of anxiety and burial plans.
First, my brothers will go. Their wife may miss them, but she’s got two more husbands to make up for their loss. RIP, West bros. It was nice knowing you.
Then, it’s my turn to murder my baby daddies. All four of them. Whatever they’ve got up their sleeve is killable. I’ll have their graves dug before they can say—River, please don’t.
“Yeah! I’m fucking fuming,” I grunt, moving past him as he catches my arm, stopping my movements in the middle of the hallway.
His green eyes dart around before he moves in, which is brave on his part. I narrow my eyes, ready to bite his nose off in retaliation.
“Riv,” he says, forcing my gaze to his. “Listen to them. Don’t just go off, okay?”
Don’t go off? No, I’m going to decimate them for leaving my program and walking away. For leaving me. They’re supposed to graduate in a few months and live their dream. Now, they’re giving it up or going somewhere else.
“In here. You’re making a spectacle,” Zepp grumbles, nodding us into the small room with the two-way mirror connected to the conference room.
The same damn room I saw them for the first time after five years of being apart. It’s like we’ve jumped in a time machine and traveled back in time to the point at which this all started.
Seger grumbles and curses under his breath, dragging me like a rag doll into the closed-off room. The door softly shuts behind us, leaving us to view the guys sitting around the conference table through the two-way mirror. My heart speeds up. I can’t fucking stand to look at them right now. I don’t know what scares me more. That they didn’t talk to me about this? Or that they’re possibly leaving me?
I narrow my eyes. “Why are you so calm? If they quit, that means they’re going somewhere else. Doesn’t it?”
My eyes drift to them, finally taking in the four men who’ve come to take over my life. Again. A long time ago, I promised myself I’d never fall into their dirty trap. Or fall in love with them. It’s so hard to resist their charms when all these old feelings have resurfaced with a vengeance, begging me to be in their orbit. I wonder if this is how fated mates feel when they finally find that perfect person their soul was made for.
