“You are the reason that a scared and vulnerable girl never gave up. You made her strong in ways she never could have imagined. You gave her a reason to fight and because of you, I am standing here right now. I gave you away to save you, not realising at the time that it was you who had saved me.”
A single tear slides down his cheek, making me squeeze his hands a little harder.
“Do I have any brothers sisters?” he whispers, desperately trying to fight back his emotions. I shake my head. For a long time, the fact that I couldn’t give my men babies of their own hurt my heart but seeing this man-child in front of me soothes those fragile, tender spots inside of me.
“It’s just you, it has always been just you.”
“Shit,” he chokes out before I find myself back in his arms again.
“Hey, what’s taking so long, pretty girl?” I hear Mason call a second before he steps into the hall.
“What the fuck?” he growls out.
We both swing our heads around to look at him. I watch Mason’s eyes widen as he takes us in, shock evident on his face.
“Whoa.”
“What’s all the yelling about? What’s a guy gotta do to get laid around here?” Noah grumbles, making me blush as he wanders into the hall with Eli right behind him.
“Noah, you are such an impatient dickhead. The world does not revolve around you if—” Eli shuts up the second he sees us.
Noah, who was looking at Mason, turns to see what’s going on and spots me crying my eyes out in the arms of another man and loses his shit.
“What the fuck is going on and what the hell are you doing in my house?” He goes to charge forward but Mason grabs him—something he has had to do more times than I can count over the years—and shouts at him.
“Get a grip, asshole. Look at his eyes.”
They all turn to look at the man who has taken two steps in front of me to shield me from them.
“Well, fuck me,” Noah says in shock.
“Damn. I would recognise those peepers anywhere,” Eli says, stepping forward and offering his hand.
“I’m Eli, the loudmouth over there is Noah and the giant beside him is Mason. It’s nice to finally meet you.”
My boy slowly reaches out his hand and shakes Eli’s firmly. “Seb.”
“Want to come into the kitchen for a coffee?”
Seb looks back at me for an answer so I nod my head and smile before linking my arm with his. Eli, Mason, and Noah head to the kitchen, leaving me alone with my son for a minute.
“Hey, Seb. It’s really, really nice to meet you again.” I swallow down the lump in my throat and use my free hand to wipe away my remaining tears.
He smiles at me, most of his nervousness clearing from his face.
“You can call me Eden,” I offer. He nods, relieved a little, I’m guessing, that I don’t expect him to call me mom.
“So, um, Eden, which one of those guys is your husband or boyfriend or whatever?”
I lead him towards the kitchen, knowing we are going to need a whole lot of coffee for this conversation.
“All of them.”
He stops for a second and looks at me to see if I’m joking, which of course I’m not. “I… erm… huh, okay.”
“I know it’s a little unconventional, but it works for us. Flip it around. Imagine for a second what it would be like having three insanely hot girls who adored you, catering to your every need.”
I watch as a huge grin transforms his face completely. “Tell me more.”
I throw my head back and laugh as we make our way into the kitchen towards the men I love on the arm of the boy that stole my heart a long, long time ago.
The End
Also by Candice Wright
THE INHERITANCE SERIES
Rewriting yesterday
In this moment
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