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“I love you, too,” I breathe.
He locks eyes with me, holding me captive in his gaze as he sends me tumbling over the edge into an orgasm. Pleasure radiates through my entire body, turning me to mush in his arms.
“Fucking stunning,” he growls, slanting his mouth down over mine in a hard kiss. I cling to his shoulders as he devours my lips…
Right up until the doorbell rings.
He pulls back with a curse, his brows furrowed. “Who the fuck is at my door?”
The doorbell rings again, and then someone knocks.
“Don’t know, but it sounds like you better go find out,” I say with a soft laugh, squirming for him to put me down. “Sounds important.”
He pegs me with a hot look, his eyes wild with lust as he lowers me back to the floor. “Stay right there. Don’t even think about moving, baby. I’m not finished with you.”
“Whatever you say, boss man.” I smirk at him, leaning up against the glass door as he turns to stride into the living room, muttering under his breath about killing whoever the hell is ringing his doorbell at this hour. It’s not even late. It’s barely even seven o’clock. He’s just cranky because he wants to come.
Which explains so much about the last two weeks, honestly. He’s a tyrant when he doesn’t get what he wants… and what he wants is me. I was just too blind to let myself see it, too afraid to let myself hope. But the blinders are off now and I’m full of hope. For the first time, I feel peaceful, hopeful. Like nothing can break us.
“Uh, Lyric? You might want to come in here!” he shouts from the living room. “Preferably before your sisters shiv me between the ribs.”
My sisters? Oh no.
I quickly tug his t-shirt down over my hips and hurry toward the living room to rescue him from the chaos that is my three sisters.
“Guys, I told you that I’d be home…” I trail off when I find all three of them squared off with Josh, glaring daggers at him. Even Harmony looks like she’s thinking about shivving him, and Harmony doesn’t have a tough bone in her body. If any of my sisters are pushovers, it’s her. Melody may look delicate, but she’s tough. And Lyra is a badass. But Harmony is as sweet as they come.
“There you are,” Josh says, relief in his voice.
“What’s going on?” I ask, glancing between the four of them.
“We came to ask him the same thing,” Lyra sniffs, tossing her long ponytail over her shoulder as she crosses her arms. “We had dinner with Finn and the MC tonight and learned a few things.”
“Mmhmm,” Harmony says.
“W-what things?” I glance between Lyra and Josh, who looks guilty as hell.
“I can explain, sweet girl,” he murmurs.
“Explain what?” I demand, my heart in my throat as he takes a step toward me.
He hesitates for a long moment, clearly searching for words.
“Are you going to tell her, or are we?” Lyra growls, her hazel eyes flashing.
He mutters a curse. “After I found out that you were working two jobs, I was worried as fuck about you,” he says, taking another step toward me. “I needed to know what I could do to help you, and I was afraid you wouldn’t take any help I tried to offer because I’d fucked everything up so badly, so I went to Giant Carmichael to get information on you. I asked him to send me everything he knew about you.”
“Josh, you didn’t,” I whisper.
“He found out that you entered the contest to win a free year from the matchmaking service, so I hunted her down and convinced her to let you win.” He licks his lips. “Except I made sure you were only going to date me.”
“You rigged the contest.”
He nods. “I couldn’t risk you going out with someone else, sweet girl. When you brought it up on Friday, I already knew about it. You asked your question, and I told you to go because I knew you were going to meet me.”
“Now tell her the rest,” Harmony says quietly.
“I should have told you before I kissed you Friday, but I knew there was a chance you would kick my ass to the curb if you knew the truth, so I kept putting it off.” He exhales a breath. “I’m crazy about you, Lyric. I’ve been so fucking in love with you that I can’t think straight. I’m sorry if I hurt you by not telling you, but I’m not sorry for doing whatever I have to do to ensure you’re taken care of. I’m not sorry for not wanting to share you. And I’m not fucking sorry for making you mine. I’ll never be sorry for that.”
