Page 57 of Stuck with my Boss Daddies

I shrugged, pushing off the counter. “It was a long time ago. And we werewaytoo young to be thinking about marriage, so I guess she did us a favor.”

Sadie didn’t look convinced, but she let it go. She turned back to her cutting board, running her fingers over the knife handle.

“What about you?” I asked, nudging her with my elbow. “Any tragic love stories?”

She hesitated. Not a long hesitation, but enough for me to catch it.

Then, finally, she said, “Kai.”

I blinked. “Wait…Kai, Kai? I guessed there was something between you… but it was serious?”

She nodded, looking down. “We were together when we were young. First everything.”

“Wow. Kai never said anything.”

Sadie shrugged. “It was a long time ago.”

The same words I’d said minutes ago.

Except when she said them, there was more to it.

Something unfinished.

I stretched my arms over my head, rolling my shoulders like this was just another casual conversation and I wasn’t totally dumbstruck.

“Huh. So you and Kai were childhood sweethearts. Guess that explains why he’s been acting like someone shoved a stick up his ass every time you’re around.”

Sadie huffed a laugh, shaking her head. “He’s notthatbad.”

“Mm. Debatable.” I leaned on the counter again, watching her carefully. “You know, it’s funny. Did you and Kai keep in touch?” She shook her head. “So you don’t know about his life since you left Medford?”

She narrowed her eyes. “What do you mean?”

I hesitated for half a second. Long enough to rethink what I was about to say.

But the thing about me? I was never great at keeping my mouth shut.

So, before I could talk myself out of it, I let it slip.

“The three of us—me, Kai, and Samuel—we’ve… shared before.”

Sadie blinked. “Shared?”

I smirked, tilting my head. “Don’t play innocent, sugar. You know what I mean.”

Her lips parted slightly, and for the first time all day, she lookedgenuinelycaught off guard.

Which, I had to admit, was pretty damn cute.

“You’re serious?” she asked. “You were in a harem relationship, too? With Samuel and Kai?”

I nodded. “Yeah. There was a woman, a while back. It was a… situation. We were all into her, and she was into us, so we figured, why fight it?”

Sadie stared at me like I’d just flipped the entire town of Medford upside down.

“What happened?” she asked finally.

I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck. “Didn’t work out. She liked us, but she didn’t like the town. Or, more specifically, thegossip.”

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