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“No!” Mills took a shuddering breath. “No. I’m not letting her walk out.”

“She isn’t leaving tonight.” Tate sighed. “It’s too late and I highly doubt she’d chance hurting Lucky by going out in the dark to find a place to stay. Let her go and we’ll talk again in the morning. We all need some sleep and to clear our heads.”

As soon as Mills’ arms loosened, I pushed away from him and hurried upstairs to my room. I couldn’t handle him holding me for a second longer because I was so close to cracking and accepting whatever scraps they’d give me.

I locked myself in and curled up under my blanket in bed with all of my clothes still on. Their words banged around in my head for hours until I finally passed out. Even in my sleep, their sad faces haunted me. I knew I was doing the right thing, though. So, when I woke up just a couple of hours after falling asleep, I texted Harley to ask her to come pick me up.

CHAPTER 45

Reagan

“Are you going to answer that?” Harley spoke around a big bite of her breakfast sandwich. “If you aren’t, maybe turn it off? I’m starting to hear that ringtone even when your phone isn’t ringing.”

I ignored the call, just like I had the first fifty. It was clear the guys weren’t handling my disappearance very well. They hadn’t expected me to be gone when they woke up. Harley had been awake when I texted her, though, and she was desperate for something to get her mind off the upcoming auction so she’d gotten in her car and come straight to me. I’d snuck out with my things and Lucky before the sun came up.

“Well?” Harley swallowed and turned to look at me. “Judging by the tears and the pouting, it doesn’t seem like you actually want to leave them. And judging by the incessant phone calls and texts, it doesn’t seem like they want you to leave.”

I picked at my own sandwich and rested my head on the seat with a heavy sigh.

“I’m doing the right thing.”

“I’m not sure either of us know what the right thing is anymore. You got knocked up during a sex auction and I accidentally got high and lost my virginity so I wouldn’t lose it during a sex auction. Your supposedly wrong thing led to Lucky being born. I’m still waiting to see what mine brings…” Sighing back at me, she shrugged. “I just think you were happy with them.”

“You hated them until a couple of days ago.” I rewrapped my sandwich and tossed it back in the bag. “This sucks. Everything sucks.”

“I hated them until I saw them with you and Lucky. They’re probably stupid but they love Lucky.” She hesitated. “I would’ve sworn they loved you, too.”

I scoffed. “Don’t.”

My phone started ringing again but when I looked at it to ignore the call again, I saw that it was Maxie. Harley saw, too, and nodded for me to take the call. I didn’t even get to say hello before Maxie was talking.

“Reagan? Are you okay? Mills just called me and said you left and they didn’t know where you went. They’re freaking out and now I’m freaking out because I’ve never heard Mills sound like that.”

That was all it took for me to start crying again.

“I’m okay. I’m just moving out.”

“Where are you?”

“I’m with Harley. We got breakfast and now I’m about to—”

“Come over.” Maxie didn’t sound any less stressed. “You’re not going back to the motel and there’s nowhere else for you to stay in town. You’ll move in with us. We have plenty of room. You can have an entire side of the house to yourself.”

I hesitated and when I did Harley took it as her chance to speak up.

“She’ll do it!” She looked at me and my shocked face. “What? You need a place to stay and Maxie is awesome.”

“Thanks. You can come, too, Harley. If you get tired of Dallas, I mean.”

“I might take you up on that depending on how this auction goes. Did Reagan tell you about it?” Harley saw me shake my head no and smiled. “Of course, she didn’t. She’s the best, isn’t she? Well, I’ll tell you everything when we get there. Is one of your fine husbands going to be cooking breakfast? I’m still hungry.”

Shep spoke up. “This fine husband will start cooking now.”

I sat there in silence as they finished the call without me. Harley grinned at me when she handed my phone back. I just sighed and shook my head.

“I don’t even know what to say.”

“You’re welcome. You have a home now.” She pulled out of the empty parking lot we’d been loitering in and headed towards Maxie’s ranch. “This keeps you close enough to reconsider things, too.”

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