Page 158 of Stuck with my Boss Daddies

She turned, eyes shimmering. “You did this?”

Kai smirked. “Technically, we had it done. We’re not that handy.”

Samuel shrugged. “But it was our idea.”

Correction: It had been my idea, but I wasn’t about to fight for credit. Not when she was looking at us like we’d just hung the damn stars for her.

I stepped forward, taking her hand, rubbing my thumb across her knuckles. “It’s yours, Sadie. All of it.”

She let out this little breath, one of those soft, disbelieving laughs that made my heart sing.

“I…” She shook her head, swallowing hard. “I don’t even know what to say.”

Samuel, ever the steady one, gave her that rare, quiet smile of his. “You don’t have to say anything.”

Kai looped an arm around her waist, pulling her into his side. “Just tell us we’re your favorites.”

She laughed, blinking rapidly like she was trying to keep it together, but then she looked up at me, eyes shining, and boom. That was it.

I was done for.

I curled a finger under her chin, tilting her face up toward mine. “You happy, sugar?”

She nodded, exhaling another one of those shaky little breaths.

“Yeah,” she whispered. “Yeah, I really am.”

“Well, that isn’t everything,” Kai continued. “We need to go.”

“Go? Go where?”

I slipped my hand into hers. “Come on, we’re going now.”

I could tell she wasn’t happy, but she followed me anyway.

She sat in the passenger seat, hands curled around her sweater, her gaze locked on the road ahead as we drove. But I caught the way she kept sneaking glances at the street signs, her brows pulling together in confusion as we got closer.

Kai smirked from the backseat, clearly enjoying this way too much. “You figuring it out yet, S?”

Sadie narrowed her eyes. “You’re loving this, aren’t you?”

Samuel just reached over and squeezed her knee. “Just trust us.”

She huffed but didn’t argue. Then the second I pulled into the parking lot, the second she saw the sign, her breath hitched.

Willow Creek Orphanage.

Her fingers tightened around her sweater, her whole body going still. And for a moment, she didn’t move. Didn’t breathe.

Then, slowly, she turned to me, her voice barely above a whisper. “We’re meeting Miss Evelyn?”

I nodded. “She’s expecting you.”

Sadie let out a slow breath, blinking rapidly. Then, without another word, she was out of the car, moving toward the entrance like she couldn’t get there fast enough.

Kai let out a low whistle. “Damn. Think she’s excited?”

Samuel smirked. “Let’s go find out.”

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