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“Yeah,” she said, separating from me long enough to lean into his side and accept the kiss on her temple. “Someone being a bitch to Ocean, but thankfully, the bitch’s friends took care of it.”

Cade looked at me. “You all right?”

“I’ll be fine.”

He looked at me the way Everett looked at me. Like he saw too much and wasn’t quite ready to accept the answer. But he nodded before turning back to Isolde. One of his hands gripped her hair as he kissed her. Soft and slow and…

I knew what that felt like now.

“Enjoy your waffle, princess. The five of us decided we need some studio time later.”

My friend gasped softly. “Really?”

“What do you think about that?”

She smiled up at him like he was the only thing in the world, and he did the same. It was beautiful. Her hands curled into his t-shirt. “Yes, Sir.”

Cade flicked her nose playfully before he whispered something in her ear neither Rin nor I could hear. But by the way Isolde turned redder than her hair, it wasn’t meant for us.

Retreating back to her pack, he left us alone.

“You good?” I asked with a laugh.

“Yup.” Her voice was hoarse. “Fine.”

Trinity leaned on me with a heavy sigh. “Promise you won’t leave me even though you both are in the middle of your happily ever afters.”

I didn’t protest and say it wasn’t going to happen. Because, for the moment, I was going to ignore my fear. In three days we were going on our honeymoon, and I was going to fucking enjoy it.

“Only for the honeymoon,” I said. “Then I’ll be back.”

“Perfect. Now, you should order two waffles just to spite that woman, and you need to tell us everything.”

I glanced between my friends. “Everything?”

“Everything,” Isolde confirmed. “As much as you’re comfortable with.”

Making sure no one else in line could hear me, I told them everything.

Mostly.

32

LABURNUM

(GOLDEN CHAIN, GOLDEN RAIN)

MEANING: FORSAKEN; PENSIVE BEAUTY

OCEAN

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My heart was in my throat as the car pulled up to the Caldwell mansion. My home. Or it used to be. Even when the estate fully passed to me, I wasn’t sure I would want to come back and live here.

Yes, there were good memories of me and Mom, and a few of Dad, but there were more bad ones. Even pulling up felt like the world was darkening, even though the sky was crystal clear and blue.

My husbands had been so busy I’d barely seen them, getting ready to take time off for the honeymoon. There was a product launch soon, so they were putting things in place to run smoothly.

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