I grab my purse, my long coat, and Sapphire’s hand. Speaking of, now that they popped my cherry, I don’t need to do this show thing. Let’s go.”
“Going somewhere?”
Their aura is breathtaking. The power they emit into the room sucks the air out of the space and my lungs and all they had to do was walk through my door.
“Gage, Aziel. Rush,” I squeak.
Wearing an arrogant smile, Gage speaks first. “I didn’t peg you for a runner, beautiful.
I cross my arms over the tiny silk robe I was told to slip into upon arriving. “Runner, sprinter, flat-out ass hauler when I have to be.”
To Gage’s right, I catch Rush’s lips twitching with what I think might be the start of the first smile I’ve seen him crack but nope. False alarm. I get a growl with a downward pull of his brows.
“Can you excuse us for a minute, miss?”
Gage turns to Sapphire and he cranks up that irresistible southern charm to the max. Even never-before-seen dimples come out to play at the tips of his smile. Oh shit. Wow…okay then. Those are sexy.
Sapphire must think so too. She’s grinning and when her attention shifts from Gage to me and back to Gage, I know she’s as smitten with their looks as I am. It’s impossible not to be.
“Ms. Constantine,” she offers and I cringe inwardly.Shit. I didn’t tell her they don’t know who I am. I hold my breath and look at her wide-eyed hoping she can see I’m freaking out.
From behind me, I can feel all three Navy SEALs consider my cousin for a minute. I don’t need to see their faces to know they instantly know the name and it leaves a bad taste in their mouths.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
They cannotfigure out who I am. Not until I am ready. Or ever.
Sapphire winks in my direction and heads for the door. “I'll leave you all to it.”
She ducks out and I’m left alone in a small dressing room with three huge alphas. I release a sigh the second the door snicks closed.
“Gentlemen,” I start, turning on my heel with a smile in place. My voice starts to tremble as hard as my hands.
They surround me. As soon as their heat cocoons me, our first time together comes rushing back. The caresses, the feeling of being safe in their arms and I forget about secret identities and mafia blood ties.
Gage and Rush reach for me and settle my palms over their hearts. Clean-shaven and dressed in nothing but robes it would be so easy to fall into their embraces and get lost in their touches again. One jerk of the knot holding the sides together is all it would take.
Which is what tonight is all about.
In front of a lot of people.
My stomach is back to rioting against me. And as fate would have it the music from the room we are set to perform in eases higher as the signal it’s almost time to get started. That’s what the stagehand had said anyway.
I start pulling the sides of the robe back and forth. Was it always this hot in here?
“Are you ready, baby girl?”
Umm, news flash. Hell no. It’s impossible to miss Rush’s fingers slipping around mine. He turns my palm over and places gentle kisses to the inside. Warm, caring. Sincere.
“About that. I’m not sure,” I say honestly, my eyes locked on where his lips touch my skin. They’d called last night and talked over the terms. There’s nothing about tonight I didn’t already agree to. So why am I freaking out?
“I think I was high on lust last night when I agreed to sex on stage. I don’t think this is for me.” We agreed verbally on our call earlier with the intent of me signing tonight.
I see their copies of the contract sticking out of Aziel’s robe pocket.
In the time we’ve spent together I’ve done a good job of hiding my nervous side. Tonight all three of them are getting front row seats to the Belle freakout show.
I start to breathe hard and tiny dots start to dance in my vision.