Chapter 39

Finn

Her tits are on full display.

Her legs are splayed and her eyes are begging for more.

My cock throbs uncomfortably against my suit pants as I think back to the moment when she was mine.

In my mind, it’s all still so real. I know I have to have Aurora...permanently.

I thought maybe I could forget about her. I thought I wouldn’t have to change my life around. But this is certainly not the case.

She’s on my mind every moment. I know I want more. I know I need to have her.

With that in mind, I have to make the dreaded phone call. I need to talk to my brothers about the situation because it’s getting out of hand. I don’t know if they’ve seen Aurora, but I certainly have.

And I need to make it clear that she’s mine.

I won’t be backing down anymore.

So, I call my assistant over the intercom. “Please get my brothers on the phone. We need to have a little meeting.”

“Sure thing, Mr. Grayson. Give me just a moment.”

Waiting is not my thing. I tap my fingers on the desk, and then turn around in my chair to look at the city out my window.

Yeah, I’m on top of the world, but none of it means anything if I can’t have Aurora. I’m going to do my brothers a favor by letting them in on my plans.

I will pursue Aurora to matter what. But the time for this contract is over. They need to know my intentions, and I’m about to make that clear.

“What’s up man?” Jasper says.

“Hey guys,” Declan says, joining the call.

“Good, I have you all on the line,” I began. “Listen, there’s something we need to discuss. And I think we should do in person.”

“Come on Finn, I’m a busy person. I have a strip club to run,” Jasper says.

I shake my head. “Whatever, man. I’m sure there’s no pressing business at this time of day. It’s not even five o’clock. Who would be at a strip club now?”

We all think our own part of the business is the most important one. I know that the phone sex division pulls in a lot of revenue. But I’m still willing to take time out of my day so that I can fix this situation with Aurora.

I tell them as much. “You guys, it’s about Aurora. I need to talk to you. Come over.”

“What about Aurora?” Declan asks.

“I think we need to discuss it in person,” I say calmly.

“Fine,” Jasper says and slams down the phone.

“Be right there,” Declan says.

Hmm...At the sound of her name, they’re quick to jump into action. This makes me wonder if they’ve had their private time with her, too.

Is it possible we’ve each broken the contract?

God, I hope not. I want her as my own—nothing more, nothing less. She’s off limits for all of us, but if I’m going to date her regularly, I need to come clean to my brothers. I’m doing them a fucking favor.

Normally, I wouldn’t care what my brothers think of my dating life. I would break a verbal contract with them, no problem. But we’ve been warring against each other for so many years, and I’m tired of it.

I’ll admit that, after my father died, there was a tiny piece of hope in my heart that maybe my family could patch up.

We bid on Aurora. We bought her. Then, we devirginized her.

I smirk. It’s the most time we’ve spent together as a family in a while.

Aurora is the glue holding us together. And now I’ll have to ruin all of that by admitting the truth—that I have no intentions of leaving Aurora alone.

It doesn’t take them long to get to my office. I barely have time to make a drink so that I can take the edge off and prepare myself for another reunion of the Grayson triplets.

Jasper’s the first to come in. “What’s all this about Aurora?”

“Why don’t you calm down, man, and have a seat?” I tell him patiently.

“Just tell me what’s going on. I don’t have all day.”

“Well brother, we need Declan here, don’t we? I don’t want have to repeat myself.”

I turn towards him, wondering why he’s so hung up on Aurora. I have a sinking suspicion in the pit of my stomach that my brothers might be into her as well.

Declan walks in without even knocking. “What’s up?” he says.

I cordially offer them some of my finest scotch.

“That’s great,” Jasper says, “but fancy liquor isn’t going to derail the situation. Why did you call us down here? What do you have to say about Aurora?”

I frown but keep my mouth shout. No point in starting an argument the minute he sets foot onto my part of the world.

“Good to see you, too, Jasper.”

I motion for them to take a seat.

The air thickens with hostility. I already regret having called them.

Why had I thought doing this in person was a good idea? I would have been better off sending them each a text message and then changing my phone number.

I glance from one to the other. Maybe they won’t care that I saw Aurora and want to see her again. Maybe they have no interest in her.

“Okay fine,” I say. “I called you in here for a specific reason. I want to ask Aurora out, and I’ve had date with her already.”

There, I fucking said it.

Now, I brace for the thunderstorm.

Jasper will do the shouting, and Declan will add the pointed, biting comments.

But neither of them says anything...at first.

“But you couldn’t have...” Declan starts, but Jasper cuts him off.

“So much for the band of brothers and our secret oath and all that shit,” he throws at me.

I let out a breath, trying to remain calm. “Jasper, we didn’t swear a secret oath or anything else. We simply—”

“I fucked her, too,” Declan interrupts, and we shift our attention to him.

The air in my office is getting heavier. We can all feel the aggression, the tension. It’s tangible.

I’m fucking pissed. I never imagined my own brother would go behind my back and do this.

And yet, I know I’m being a hypocrite. I did the same thing after all.

The only words that get out of my lips are, “Holy fuck.”

“Okay,” Jasper begins, “I’ve done it with her, too.”

I stare at each of them in disbelief. I called this meeting to make it known that I have my sights set on Aurora.

Now, I find out that she’s been with both of my brothers. Fuck.

And the competition begins again. Can we ever go a fucking minute without there being a woman between us?

My possessive nature kicks in. I want to punch both of them, but I don’t. I need to get the full story first.

“What the fuck are you guys talking about?” I ask, trying to tame my rage.

We look at each for a long moment.

Finally I say, “I knew you couldn’t keep a promise. I don’t know why I tried again with you guys.”

“What are you talking about, Finn?” Declan says. “You’re the reason we’re here. You broke your promise, too.”

I hate to admit that he’s right, but I never expected to have to compete for her. It didn’t even really cross my mind.

But now I realize that my brothers are as devious as ever. I should’ve known that someone as gorgeous as Aurora would come between us.

“Shut up, Declan,” I say bitingly. “I didn’t know you guys were betraying me this entire time, stabbing me in the back.”

“I don’t know what you guys are fighting about,” Jasper says. “She’s going to pick me anyway.”

Now my rage is bubbling to the surface, and it’s hard to contain. The last thing I need is to deal with Jasper’s arrogant attitude.

“What makes you think that, huh, Jasper? You don’t know her the way I do. You have no idea what we have,” I say the words, but I can’t help wondering at their connection.

“There’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?” Declan says. “We have to make her choose.”

For a second, my heart stops at the mention of making Aurora choose. I mean, what if she doesn’t choose me?

Usually, I’m so confident. I don’t care about other people’s opinions. But when it’s between my brothers and me—two other guys who look just like me—and when there’s a girl like Aurora involved...well, the stakes are high.

I can’t lose her.

I had never thought about Aurora not choosing me until this moment. I called my brothers to tell them that Aurora and I are now dating.

I thought maybe I’d lose them, my only family...but never her.

It’s as if I’m in a giant spider web of complexity that I may never escape. If this thing doesn’t go my way, I’ll be fucking crushed.

If she chooses one of my brothers and not me, I’ll be fucking tormented forever.

The idea of seeing her with one of them and not me is just not something I can handle.

“Fine,” I say, voice laced with anger. “Let her choose.”

But I only have one thing on my mind—I can’t lose her.

“Let’s do it in person,” Declan says. “I’ll have my limo come pick us up.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Jasper says.

We’re each trying to control our inner rage. None of us wants to show any kind of weakness.

Barely a word is spoken on the entire journey to her apartment.

Yes, I want to see her again. But not like this.