Page 63 of Tame Me

I open my eyes, and we are in the living room. I am curled up on a towel on the couch with Thane stroking my hair. When I sit up, I see a man and a woman smiling at me.

“This is my mom and dad,” Thane says.

“It’s nice to meet you,” I say. “Sorry this is how we are meeting.”

“It’s alright,” his dad says. “My name is Victor Benson, and this is Paula.”

“Ayla,” I say.

“Pause for a second,” Thane says as the door opens. When I see Mom and Jerry, I jump up and run to her. I am suddenly in tears again as we both start crying. Jerry holds us both as he gets us to sit on the couch.

“You are pregnant,” Mom says. “Is that…”

“I’m gonna be real honest, Mom. I don’t know whose it is, but it’s not Josh’s. I was already pregnant,” I say, and she sighs in relief. “Her name is Grace.”

“That’s a beautiful name,” Jerry says.

“So tell me what happened. I know you are sick of saying it by now,” Victor says.

“It’s okay,” I say, and start at the top to explain everything. When I am done, he explains how Dad worked for Josh’s father, and that’s how they connected me so quickly.

“I will handle everything,” Victor says. “All I want you to do is to make these boys take care of you, and grow my grandbaby. Okay?”

“Dad, I know I said I didn’t want to do anything with the family business, but… I also don’t want you to kill yourself doing it. It’s no good for Declan to subject himself to that if he doesn’t want to.”

“Son, I have already been making moves to make everything legitimate,” Victor says. “Now that there is going to be a little girl here soon, I need to make sure I am alive and not in prison. I’m getting too old to hide from the law, so I’m walking away. I am handing things off to trusted individuals, and all will be well. You can learn and take over those things, but I think between you and Declan, I might retire.”

“We can talk more later. We need to get her a shower and some rest,” Thane says.

“You’re welcome to come have a cup of coffee with us,” Mom says to Victor

“They mean fucking. They’re freaky swingers,” Giovanni tells me, and I laugh.

“As long as everyone is happy,” I laugh. “They can get freaky over there. We can get freaky over here.”

“Speaking of freaks,” Thane says. “Declan is in love with… Ow!” Thane laughs when I slack his arm. “Jeez, woman!”

“Be nice to him,” I say with a frown.

“I’m sorry. I’ll be nice. Okay. Declan and Ayla hit it off. Declan is going to be too scared to say anything in fear of being judged, but we are all… her partners.”

“Well, put a ring on her finger with six stones. One for each of you and then one for Grace, then you can be her husbands,” Paula says. “I’ll start planning the wedding with Allison.”

“Yes! We could do a summer wedding so Grace will be older and maybe walking,” Mom says.

“You hear her. Better get to looking at rings,” I say with a grin.

“Right after we welcome you home,” he says, patting my leg. “Night, y’all.”

“Night,” Victor says, ushering the mothers outside with Jerry’s help.

Thane scoops me into his arms, and I am taken upstairs to the shower. My dress is taken off, and Thane gets me into the shower. It’s massive, so all four men are able to get in and start washing my body.

Thane is the one to kiss my belly first, and then Reid and Giovanni do. Declan is hesitant, but Thane elbows him. Going down to his knees in front of me, he places his hands on the sides of my belly before gently kissing the spot he always finds the head on the scans.

“Thank you for not letting me give up,” Declan says.

“Thank you for being willing to die for my daughter and me,” I say. “Now get up and cuck your brother,” I say, making Reid and Giovanni cackle. Thane smacks my ass hard before grabbing me by the hair and pulling my head back to kiss me hard.