Page 26 of Beyond Repair: Part One

Dropping her eyes, she shakes her head. "I don't know what you want from me. I have nothing to give."

"That's not true," I state adamantly, wishing like hell I could hug her. Just the fact that she's holding a conversation with me has my heart pounding. Is she more comfortable with only one of us at a time? That's not going to work well. Henry, Trev, Ridge and I are a package deal. Nina too. We just have to prove it to her.

"Come on." I add some cheer to my tone and back out of the bathroom. "I'll show you what we want from you."

Eyeing me like I could be a predator, she side steps me and exits. I watch in satisfaction as she blushes up at Henry when she realizes he was right outside the bathroom the whole time.

"Hi, pretty girl," my fiancé greets her with a soft smile.

"Hi," she whispers while shifting on her bare feet and wringing her hands together.

Henry's smile widens and instead of heeding any of the warnings we've received, he reaches out, then takes hold of one of her hands. She gasps. Hell,Ifucking gasp and gape at them as she allows him to lead her toward the kitchen.

"Here," he beams and guides her to a stool at the island. "Trev's making grilled cheese with ham and seasoned fries. I brought tartar sauce."

Like a deer in the headlights, Nina blinks at him.

Then Trevor swoops in with a fry. "Open, baby." She does without a second thought. "Crispy enough?"

I swear I see a happy little smile ghosting over her lips when she nods. Maybe, justmaybe,we can be what she needs.

Chapter 21

Nina

"Why are you blushing?"

"Nina?"

Someone clears their throat, annoying me. "What?" I mumble, still attempting to read through the distractions.

"Pretty girl."

A finger tickling my cheek makes me suck in a breath, just like the girl in my book. Henry smirks at my reaction, but he can't possibly know the low thrum coursing through my body right now. That one little touch while readingthathas my mouth filling with saliva.

Kai went upstairs to get my eReader when I was bored. I’ve been lost in my own world ever since. Considering the way my ass hurts, I doubt I’ve moved for a few hours.

It's not Henry who says something about my reaction, though. Kai reaches for my e-reader from behind me. "Please put me out of my misery and tell me what the hell you're reading that has you wiggling and blushing like that?"

I scramble to keep hold of my device. "I?—"

A cold French fry enters my line of sight. "Open," Trevor demands. I scrunch my nose but do as he asks.

"No more," I say while chewing, but that leaves my attention split, thus allowing Ridge to snatch my book from my hands. Screeching, I try to lunge for him, but he's securely on the other side of my coffee table now.

"If you're about to come all over my leg, you'll use my first fucking name, Miss Sessions,"Ridge reads, and I swear I beg anything listening to let the ground swallow me whole. "Damn, Neen. You're a little kinky, huh?" he teases.

I'm so mortified and trying to think of the best way to make him stop when a cold sensation tickles the back of my leg. I didn't think this moment could get any worse. Honestly, I'd rather Ridge keep reading my smut.

When they got here a few hours ago, I was running for the bathroom in my shorts. I know Kai saw one of my most brutal scars, but I completely forgot about it until this moment.

These guys are just so...so...overwhelming. I don't have time to think around them. They take so much space inside my head that everything goes quiet. This morning I struggled to pay attention to my book, but with them buzzing around my house, encouraging me to continue eating my lunch in small portions and playing cards at my dining room table, I was able to let everything go.

Sure, I still glanced out my front window from time to time to make sure Mr. M wasn't here, but I think my heart, mind, body, and soul finally took a much needed break.

I'm not sure why they want to be here, but I don't have the confidence to ask or to kick them out. And why would I? In a shocking turn of events, I think I like having them here. I have to remind myself it's only day two of seeing them again.

Pressure on my calf makes me stiffen. Then Trevor growls out a question that makes my eyes immediately fill with tears. "What is this?"

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