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“You already know how I feel,” he repeated, his thumbs stroking gently over my arms. “I love you, Sadie. Completely. Helplessly. Irrevocably. I will love you every day for the rest of my life if you let me.”

I let out a shaky breath, overwhelmed. “I?—”

“You don’t have to say it yet,” Kai said softly. “If you’re not ready.”

Adam nodded, his touch reassuring. “We’ll wait for you.”

I closed my eyes. My chest ached with everything they were offering… love, acceptance, a place to belong.

A family.

The word lodged in my throat, terrifying and wonderful all at once.

I could still feel the echoes of my own fears, the ugly voice in my head whispering that I would ruin this, that I wasn’t worthy. But standing there, wrapped in their arms, I realized something.

I wanted this.

I wanted them.

I wanted to be brave enough to love them the way they deserved.

I swallowed hard, my hands shaking as I reached out, gripping Kai’s shirt with one hand and Samuel’s with the other. I turned slightly, pressing my cheek against Adam’s chest.

“I want this,” I whispered. “I don’t know how to do it, but I want this.”

Kai exhaled, like he’d been holding his breath.

Samuel kissed the top of my head. “Then we’ll figure it out together.”

Adam tightened his arms around me, his warmth seeping into my bones. “We’ve got you, Sadie.”

I let out a breath, my body slowly relaxing into theirs.

Maybe love wasn’t something I had to earn. Maybe it was something they were already giving me, freely and without hesitation.

And maybe I could learn how to accept it.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

Samuel

I wasn’t nervous.

That was what I kept telling myself as I adjusted my shirt for the tenth time, my fingers drumming against my thigh beneath the heavy wooden table at The Foundry.

The entire back dining area had been set for tonight. One long table, candles flickering, plates and silverware neatly arranged.

It looked warm. Inviting. But my stomach twisted like I was walking into a goddamn interrogation room.

Because in a way, I was.

Sadie sat beside me, her hands folded in her lap, her fingers worrying at the hem of her dress. Kai and Adam flanked her, the three of us moving in sync like always, but there was a weight in the air that we couldn’t shake.

We’d never done this before.

Not like this.

Bringing Sadie here, sitting down with all our parents at once, laying everything out on the table… it was uncharted territory. And the fact that Sadie was pregnant? That just made the stakes even higher.

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