Page 50 of Beyond Repair: Part One

Blinking up at me with her big gray eyes, she looks nervous. "I was joking. But even if there are bras and stuff around, I won't judge you. You're single."

"No, we are absolutelynotsingle, Nina," I snap, ready to prove to her just how fucking taken I am.

Trevor slams a hand down on my shoulder. "Ridge, come inside."

"One sec," I grumble and shake him off. Without hesitating, I slide my right hand around the back of Nina's neck and get close enough to push her further into Henry.

"Ridge," she gasps. Her free hand grabs the front of my shirt, but she's not pulling away.

"If I'm not mistaken, Nina girl, you committed to be ours when you showed Trevor your hot fucking body. Did you not?" The wind picks up, swirling Nina's rose scent and Henry's cologne together in front of my nose.

"I just meant?—"

My lips purse automatically. "Justnothing. I'm not single, I'm yours. Trevor's not single, he's yours. Kai and Henry aren't single, they're yours as much as each others."

Henry nuzzles into the other side of her neck. "I know this is all happening really fast."

I huff. We've loved this girl for far too long without acting on it. "Six years isnotfast."

Henry glares at me through Nina's brown locks that are twirling in the wind. "And we've only reunited a few months ago, asshole." With one final narrowed look, he returns to loving on our woman between us. "This is happening, pretty girl. We love you. And no, there have been zero women in this house aside from family."

Nina visibly relaxes and presses a kiss on the inside of my arm. "Sorry," she whispers, looking sheepish.

I squeeze the back of her neck a little and give her a quick kiss on the lips. If I linger, I won't stop. "No more making what we have seem insignificant." She nods, looking thoughtful now. "Ready to see how anal Trevor is about where things go in the kitchen?"

She giggles and I swear the sun shines a little brighter.

Kai knocks on my doorframe and looks around my room. "Have you seen Nina?"

My heart falls out of my ass. "What do you mean?"

His brows furrow even more. "She was checking out Henry's rock collection last time I saw her."

"Well, did you ask Henry?" My mouth spits logic, but my emotions are getting trampled bywhat ifs.

Rolling his eyes, Kai starts walking away with me hot on his heels. "Obviously I would have, but I haven't seen him yet either. I figured they would both be with his books for longer than the fifteen minutes I left them alone."

Logic leaves the room right along with me. "Why the hell did you leave them alone?"

Throwing a look over his shoulder that screamsthat's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, Kai throws his hands in the air. "What the fuck do you mean, Ridge? Whywouldn'tI let Henry and Nina nerd out over rocks and books alone?"

I bite my tongue to hold back more dumb accusations. It's not like we haven't left Nina alone. Hell, we left her every night that first month we saw her. I knew she was alone every time andwas always on high alert, so now, in the safety of our homewithone of us near her, Kai can't find her?!

I should have stayed with her.

"Ridge, we can't follow her everywhere," Kai reprimands softly yet with every room we check and having no luck, his shoulders get tighter.

I'm about to start shouting for her when Kai throws Trevor's office door open with absolutely no finesse. "Nina?"

"What the hell?!" Trevor exclaims with a scowl. Leaning against the window behind his desk, my cousin looks ready to throttle us. "What if I was naked, assholes?"

"Then I would say get used to it, brother," Kai murmurs, but his focus is on checking the room for Nina. "We'll be seeing a lot of each other's hairy asses once we get Nina between us."

My dick perks up, not because I want to see anyone’s ass except Nina's, but having her between us sounds damn good. "Speaking of, have you seen our girl?"

Trevor's features soften, and he looks out the window. "Yeah," he confirms, nodding outside.

Rushing to the window, both Kai and I take a collective breath. "Thank fuck," I murmur.

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