He’d never had trouble focusing during a board meeting before. Sawyer kept blinking at the reports. He didn’t need help staying awake. He needed something to keep his dick from growing every time he thought about Lily and the wedding weekend at the vineyard. Napa had changed everything.

He had it bad.

Monday morning had hit him like a wrecking ball. All three of them had to climb out of Lily’s warm bed and get ready for work.

She was nervous people in the office would know something was up, as if they could see it on her forehead that she had slept with both her bosses.

Jack laughed about it and offered to give her a lunchtime quickie if that would help her calm down. It only seemed to make her more nervous.

Sawyer knew things had gone to a different level over the weekend. A level he never expected. A place he and Jack had never been with a woman. There were already feelings involved. Serious feelings. He looked at the chart in front of him while the board member droned on.

Sawyer was falling for this girl.

He had to know if Jack was too.

As soon as the board meeting was over, he pulled Jack aside.

“I think we need to talk.”

“What’s going on?”

“It’s about Lily. Let’s take this to my office.”

Jack looked concerned. “Is she ok? I just saw her before we came in here. She has a meeting with the tech team for the launch. Did something happen?”

“She’s fine. Come on. I don’t want to talk about it here. It’s about us—not work.”

Sawyer closed the heavy double doors to his office, sealing them inside.

“Ok, what’s this about?” Jack questioned. “What’s going on?”

“Where do you stand with Lily?”

“Where do I stand? I think you were there. You know exactly where I stand. We had a phenomenal weekend. She’s incredible.”

Sawyer rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeah, she is.”

“I get the sense though that something is wrong. You don’t seem as happy as I thought you were. Aren’t you happy? She’s perfect. We’re trying to get her pregnant. Unless you’ve changed your mind?”

“No. No. Of course not. Nothing is wrong. I think this weekend changed everything.” He looked at his best friend. “I’ve completely fallen for her. I want us to have this baby. Am I fucking nuts?”

“Oh, I see.”

Sawyer paced in front of the windows. “I want to know where you are. Is this what you want too?”

“Why? I’m committed. I’ve told you that. I’ve told her that. I’m not backing out. I told her and you, that this is it. I want her to have my baby too. What has you freaked out?”

“We’re family now. She’s going to get pregnant, if she isn’t already. We need to think about the future. We need to think about this baby. We need to make sure that she is completely free and clear of her uncle. I can’t stop thinking about it. The deal. The debt. We have to get her out of that situation.”

Jack stared. “You don’t think she’s safe?”

“Look, when this started she was part of a debt payoff. And yeah, I wanted to fuck her. I don’t deny any of that. But she’s ours now, Jack. We made her ours. She’s going to have our baby. We owe her this. She gave us something she’s never given anyone. We have to protect her. And if her uncle is the asshole he seems to be, he could break his deal with her. Who knows when he would try to use her again. He could threaten her. We have to make sure that never happens.”

“What are you saying, Sawyer? We aren’t in the murder business. We aren’t criminals. We are in the global business of making money. I don’t disagree, but I’m not going to start killing people.”

“Calm the fuck down. I didn’t say I was going to kill the bastard.”

“Then what are you suggesting?”

“We’ll pay him. Buy him out. Whatever he wants.”

“You’re going to buy her?” Jack looked stunned.

“Do you have a better idea? I’m buying her protection, not her. She has already pledged herself to us. This is insurance Gino doesn’t come back.”

Jack sighed. “I don’t think Lily would see it that way. She told us how she feels about her uncle. She hates him, man.”

“I’m going to tell her before I talk to Gino. She deserves to know what I’m thinking. I want her to know we’ll do anything we have to do to keep her safe. She has to come first.”

“I agree. I’m in. Whatever you need.”

Sawyer paused. “I had another idea.”

“Well, shit. You’re all over the place today. I can’t keep up with you since Arnie’s wedding.”

“Actually it’s about that. Not Arnie, but about the wedding weekend. Hear me out. We need to give her a couple nights off.”

Jack shook his head. “Now that she’ll never go for. She’s insatiable. And I feel the same way when I’m around her. I can’t stop thinking about her. I want her all the time, man. All the damn time. We’re trying to make a baby. We can’t take a break from that.”

“But she has to rest. And her body will adjust, but both of us together was a lot for her. I think we should send her to an advertising conference that starts tomorrow. Just for two nights. Penny told me about it this morning. Lily would fly out tonight, take a work trip and give her body and chance to recover. You know she’s sore. She’s not going to tell us.”

“A conference? And what in the hell do we do while she’s gone?” Jack argued.

“What we did before she was ours. We work our asses off. We watch football and drink beer. It’s two nights—that’s it.”

Jack huffed. “You’re right.”

Sawyer eyed him. “Now, that we are not going to tell her. She doesn’t need to know everything.” He smiled.

“Got it. She doesn’t need to think we’re sending her away. It would crush her.”

“Exactly. It’s just a chance for her to rest. We’ll put her up in a five-star hotel. Penthouse suite. Everything she wants. She can get a massage. Go shopping. Maybe she’ll want to shop for baby things.”

“You know she doesn’t want that stuff, man. She just wants us.”

“I know.” Sawyer’s smile faded. “I know.”