Page 103 of Silk Sheets

I met their gaze individually. Kaden had his arms crossed over his chest in the doorway. Logan stood beside him with both hands in the pockets of his slacks, and Chase was sitting down on the sofa across from me.

“If this is about me leaving without you—’

“It’s not, and you know it,” Chase cut me off. “It’s about you meeting Josie today.”

I swallowed hard, dropping my eyes to my spoon as I dug out some more ice cream. “Right.”

“You left before we could explain—”

“Actions speak louder than words,” I cut Chase off, and in response, he fists his hand on the armrest of the chair. “So you don’t need to explain. Your actions wereloudenough. There is no need to rub it in by going into horrific detail.”

Logan was quick to chime in. “You don’t know anything.”

“I know enough,” I shot back. I didn’t need to hear this. Didn’twantto hear this. Their actions wrapped around my heart, squeezing it senselessly, and with the ball in my throat, I was on the verge of tears.

I took advantage of this moment to get up, but with Logan and Kaden in the doorway, I had no chance.

“Please, can you move out of my way?” I didn’t meet their eyes.

“Not until you sit down and we discuss this.”

“There’s nothing to discuss. It’s fine, everything’s fine,” I dished him some false reassurance, but of course, it didn’t work.

“Sit. Now,” Kaden nodded to where I was just seated and reluctantly, I listened.

Each of them found their place on the couch as well, and it seemed as though Logan wasn’t keen on diving into their past with Josie, but he did, nonetheless. “Josie was our first submissive.”

I swallowed hard. I’m not an idiot. I knew that I wasn’t their first, but I still hadn’t expected it to make me feel such… unfamiliar things. Things I couldn’t explain.

“Years ago she suffered a terrible car accident that sent her into a coma for almost two months.”

My heart sank. For them. Forher.

“We stayed by her side every day, but one day her family decided that it was best for them to move back to their home country.”Oh?

“We didn’t get to say goodbye to her, Dakota,” Chase added, and I shifted my attention to him. “I can understand why youreacted the way that you did, and we never meant to hurt you.”I know.

Chase’s eyes were sincere, and I could tell that he cared deeply for her. All of them did. I exhaled hesitantly.

“The last time we saw her…” Logan trailed off, twisting one of the rings on his fingers. “She was still in a comatose state, and her family didn’t stay in contact with us.”

My heart shattered for them. They didn’t get to say goodbye. They didn’t even know whether or not she’d ever wake up again…

My blood ran cold. Thick tension filled the silence until all eyes were on me. Fearful eyes. With a heavy heart, I avoided their gazes and kept my eyes on my lap.

“Say something,” Logan broke the silence first.

I chewed the inside of my cheek. “How long ago was it?”

Logan answered. “Four years.”

“And how long had you been together?”

He answered again—a bit more reluctant. “Three years.”

My heart dropped to below the pits of fucking hell. Three years. They’d spent three years with her until she was forcefully taken out of their lives by her family. And they didn’t get to say goodbye.

My brows drew together, and I blinked back tears, nodding. “Oh.”