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"Well, damn I didn’t mean for any of that to happen You all know I’m usually better around the ladies than this"

Cora walked over and hooked her arh mine and rested her head on my shoulder

"It’s okay She would’ve had to break the news eventually It’s just a lot to take in Those two are tight It’s gonna be hard for theht around the corner for every little thing Honestly, we all saw this co Ayd needs to be where Jet is and Jet needs to be where the music is It’ll be fine It always is"

"I can’t believe Rule’s gonna be a daddy"

We both sort of laughed and she turned her head to look up at ht if she ends up having twins"

I barked out a laugh that had the other two girls pulling apart and scowling at us Coradistance as Ayden stalked over and punched ht her up in a tight hug as well

"Sorry I didn’t mean to spill the beans"

She just shook her head and wrapped her arms around my waist "Probably better it came from your pretty face than from me anyway I would have screwed it up"

"You’ll be here when she needs you"

She nodded her silky hair underhere anyway? Why aren’t you at the Marked?" Ever the busybody, Cora would have to be the one to point out I wasn’t where I was supposed to be

"My last appoint by and see as going on"

She snorted "You thought you would swing by and get Sale on, but it’s like watching two boxers circle each other in the ring One of you is going to get knocked out by a sucker punch sooner or later"

Ayden made a noise and pulled away from me "A sucker punch called love Rowdy likes her Jet told me he hasn’t been with anyone else since Salem showed up, so we know it’s serious You never keep it in your pants for very long"

I fake-growled at her and stepped away froirls "Salem and I have history, is all She used toto figure it out The then and the now can be a little bit tricky"

"Does she know you swore off ever getting serious about another girl because of her sister?"

"Yeah I told her all about it this weekend; that’s why she’s been dodging me She says she doesn’t really knohat to think of it Saleht it was simple puppy love"

"Even puppy love can have some nasty teeth" Cora’s tone waswe shared, a tie that bound us together the others didn’t have Cora’s first love had cheated on her, left her broken and soured on the idea of what love should look like as well, so I just nodded at her assessment

"It sure can, but now I think I want to see what’s past the one What the one after ht look like Salem was my best friend when I really needed someone and now she’s here and I want her to be an entirely different kind of friend" I wiggled h "The kind with benefits andclothes"

"They do say friends hed in a dreamy way "You deserve soht I wasn’t happy, but now standing here in a rooood women that loved difficult and complicated men I wasn’t so sure Then I foundbetween the three of theood women that loved hard and loved couy to have them in my life

"Well, this is quite the love fest"

Salem’s voice held a aze over the top of the girls’ heads She stood watching ht ofsmothered in love by three beautiful woirls broke away and I took a step toward her I saareness flare in her dark gaze and she took an autorab her wrist because one oing to topple backward down the steps I felt her pulse thunder out of control under her delicate skin

"I was looking for you" I let my voice drop a little lower and aze scanned her froarb that put every curve she had on display Her hair had a bunch of big, loopy curls in it and her face was painted in that pretty retro way that made her look like a rock-and-roll dream I still preferred her with no makeup and less camera-ready

"You were?" She sounded sarcastic and sirls in the room