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Nikolay and Holdenshowed up with Bridget and Evie around eight p.m., and I knew it was time to say goodbye to my guys. Nolan decided to go on this mission since Holden would be behind for surveillance, and something kept nagging at me, watching him tighten his bulletproof vest.

I walk over, wrap my arms around him, and he squeezes me to his chest. “Are you okay, Lovie?”

I shake my head and look into his soft brown eyes. “I’m just worried.” I grab his hand and pull him to the side. “I feel like I need to say something here.” His brows furrow, and I squeeze his hands. “I know this is new for us, but I need you to know that I want you here. No, I need you here. I can’t imagine this life without you now.”

His whole face transforms with a huge smile, and tears spring into my eyes. Did he think that I didn’t feel anything for him? I wouldn’t call it love yet, but it’s heading that way. I remember what he told me about his parents, and it makes my heart break that he ever thought he was replaceable. No one could replace him in my life. I know I would feel that loss like a gaping wound. Nolan drops my hands, cups my face, and kisses me so softly that I let the tears fall down my cheeks. But this time, they’re happy tears. He pulls back and lays his forehead against mine. “You make me feel like the luckiest guy on earth. You trusted me to help you through what he did to you, and I’ll spend the rest of my life showing you how much that means to me. I need you in my life too.”

Nolan gives me a small smile and steps back for Axel to take his place. Axel kisses me and then pulls me into a hug. “Thank you,” he whispers, and I know he overheard what I said. “You made him so fucking happy, Cupcake.”

“You do that for him too. You need to tell him how you feel.”

“I promise I will.” Axel pecks my lips. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

Each guy takes their turn kissing me and telling me they love me. The girls and I watch as they pull away from the house until their taillights disappear. Les grabs my hand and pulls me back inside to sit on the couch. She plops beside me and looks at Holden. He pulls out his laptop and sets it on the coffee table after pressing several buttons.

“The yellow dots on the screen are your guys. Red is ours, orange is Bridget’s, and green is Evie’s. All their trackers are working, and you can watch everything. I also have it set up so you can hear their comms.”

Bridget grabs the laptop and then my hand. “We can watch it upstairs. Time to talk.”

She practically drags me upstairs with Evie and Les trailing behind us. We get settled on the bed with the laptop between us. Evie sets a bag on the bed with a grin. She pulls out two bottles of liquor, a bottle of wine, and several fruity alcoholic beverages. “I didn’t know what you would like,” she explains. “So I brought a little of everything. I had to wrestle Micah for the liquor because it was in his cabinet.”

Les snorts. “You wrestled him naked. That’s not playing fair.”

Evie laughs. “It’s not, but it was so much fun.”

“Oh my God. It never gets any easier that you’re fucking my uncle, and I have to hear about it.”

I grab one of the fruity drinks and twist the cap off. “I enjoy hearing about it.”

“Same!” Bridget exclaims, giving me a high-five. “But I need to know what the hell that text was about earlier.”

I can already feel my face getting hot just from thinking about what happened. Sean described it in detail as he made me come on his fingers in the shower. I explain all that to the girls, and Les’ eyes get wider with each sentence. “Sean said the next time, I needed to be there,” I finish speaking and then drain my drink. Evie hands me another without a word.

“Holy shit,” Les says, tossing back a shot and handing her glass to Evie for more. “I love my guys, but that’s shit I’d pay money to see.”

“You see it all the time,” Bridget laughs.

“Yeah, but not those guys. I’m married, not dead.”

“Speaking of,” I say, looking at Bridget. “Did Banger ever start playing around with the guys?”

“He let Caden suck his cock, but that’s as far as it went. He truly just likes watching the guys.”

Evie leans in closer. “I have to know about Nolan. He seems so innocent.”

I snort and take a sip of my drink. “He’s not in the bedroom. The first time we had sex, he made me come so many times I almost passed out.”

“It fits,” Les laughs. “Holden was practically mute for over a year when we saved him. Now he has the filthiest mouth of them all.”

“And the biggest dick,” Evie says with a laugh.

“You got that shit right,” Les grins. “Talk about a surprise when I first saw it.”

“Can we talk about how head over ass in love these guys are with you, Chels?” Bridget says, clutching her chest. “I saw it before, but damn, today it smacked me right in the face, and I’m so fucking happy for you!”