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“Was our life,” Kieran adds, bringing my gaze to his. “River Blue. This band was our dream for years. Getting here to this place, it was fucking wild. We’ve soared on stage and sold-out shows. But nothing compares to the little girl that wraps her arms around me and calls me Daddy. That’s the real dream with you and her.”
“And you, Little Star,” Callum murmurs, coming to my other side and moving a piece of hair from my shoulder. “You’re the ultimate dream.” His face softens when tears burn the back of my eyes.
“No. I can’t let you quit because of me,” I whisper, sucking in a breath. “You can’t—”
“We can,” Rad says with a shrug. “Plus, we kind of already did. We’ve signed the papers giving up our contract.”
My eyes cut to the mirror, where I know my brothers are watching. Nosy bastards. They set it up so they could quit, and I’d have no say in the matter. Their death is still on the table. But my guys? Not so much.
“We knew you’d try to stop us if we talked to you about it. We were damn sure that this is what we wanted.” Kieran swallows hard, continually tracing the freckles lining my cheeks.
“You’ll regret it later,” I whisper. “You’ll…”
“Nope. No regrets, Pretty Girl. This,” he murmurs, pointing between the five of us. “This is our new dream. We’re going to build you a house on the beach with enough room for all of us.”
“We’re going to walk you down the aisle and say I do and make you ours forever,” Asher says with glossy eyes.
“I’m going to put so many babies in you—” Rad grunts when Asher punches him in the gut. “Asshole! Why do you keep doing that.” He sends Asher a scathing look.
“We’re going to take you out to dinner. Make you breakfast in bed. Give you the best orgasms you’ve ever had,” Rad says, wiggling his brows. “We have it all planned out, Pretty Girl. Every day. Just you, Lyric, and us.”
“Those, River Blue. Are our dreams. Music will always be here,” Kieran says, tapping his chest with his free hand.
“We don’t have to go on tour or play for millions of people…” Rad wheezes, trailing off.
“We’re right where we want to be. With you and Ly, building our future,” Asher says with determination.
“Besides, your brothers offered us jobs,” Rad beams, crossing his arms over his chest. “So, you can’t say no.”
“You’re all serious?” I ask in disbelief as tears stream down my face. “You’re seriously going to work here?”
“Yes,” Kieran chuckles, brushing the tears from my cheeks. “We’ve lived our dream. You helped us with that, and we appreciate what you did for us. Back then, in Central City, helping us set up for Battle of the Bands. And now, helping us work through our shit. You’ve done so much for us, and it opened our eyes. We weren’t happy because you weren’t in our lives. We weren’t happy because Whispered Words is nothing without River West.”
“We’d give up the world for you, Little Brat,” Asher whispers, licking his lips.
“But we’re doing this for us, too. We want to be in your lives. We want to help take Ly to school every morning and pick her up in the afternoon. We want to wake up for the night feedings and let you sleep. We want the shitty diapers, long nights, and beautiful sunrises with you,” Kieran adds again.
“We want all the things. Firsts, seconds, and lasts,” Rad whispers, moving in on me. “We want it all with you at the center of it. You’re our number one. You always should have been. Music can take a backseat. Everything else can get fucked. I mean, you can too; we’ll help with that. But you’re ours. Forever. Whether you like it or not.”
I sniffle, leaning into Kieran’s touch.
“I can’t believe you’re giving up everything for me.”
“You did it for us,” Asher says. “You gave up your whole life because we walked away. You raised our baby into an amazing child. You sacrificed your time and freedom to give yourself the life you deserved all along. Now, we’re here to help you keep moving forward. We love you, Little Brat.”
I close my eyes when their touches start softly stroking different parts of my body. Arms. Face. Back. Shoulders. They’re everywhere, surrounding me, promising to never leave my side.
“I love you, too,” I murmur through a ragged breath. “I can’t believe it.”
“Believe it, Pretty Girl. You’ll be seeing our faces every day from now on.” He wiggles his brows, forcing a laugh from my throat.
“So, what do you say?” Kieran asks, bringing my attention back to him. “Are you ready to start this new chapter in our lives?”
“Yes.” A smile breaks free, stretching across my lips when he leans in and kisses my cheek.
“Good, because I think we would have just kidnapped you, anyway.” Kieran shrugs, pulling back.
“I don’t doubt it,” I say with a laugh, shaking my head. “Well… Looks like I’m free for a day or two. What should we do?”
