22. Harper
HARPER
My body burned with the need to be fucked.
I was so turned on and primed to be split in two by these brothers, only to have everything come to a crashing halt because of pissy old Maggie.
Anger at him for denying me what I wanted almost had me question if what I’d been saying was true.
Could I give myself to someone who made me so mad?
“Now, I want this to be clear. Sex is off the table,” Magnus announced. “If you need to take a cold shower or deal with the situation yourself, we can give you time, but right now, I need you to clear your head.”
Ghost reacted before I could as he shot off the bed and slammed his brother against the wall.
“Who are you to decide that? Jaxson and I were just fine with how things were going. Neither one of us believed her. It was the hormones talking. You haven’t been with her enough to know that she spouts out all sorts of shit when you deny her an orgasm which we’ve been doing.
Don’t fuck this up for us just because you have your dick in a knot about how you think this should go. ”
“Are you finished?” Magnus asked, shoving his brother off him.
“If you let her talk like that, say those words, I can’t stop you.
When I’m in the room, that shit isn’t going to fly.
We have all made it extremely clear what it means to us when she asks us to claim her and make her ours.
Those words shouldn’t be coming out of her mouth unless she means it.
Once she is ours, it’s forever. There is no leaving, no divorce, no ‘I didn’t know what I was getting into, and I can’t handle it.
’ That shit isn’t gonna fly because we told her.
” Magnus paused, panting as if he were running a race.
His eyes were wild with the intensity he was feeling about this matter.
“I told her I loved her, but I don’t think she knows what I mean when I say it. ”
His eyes shifted to mine as he continued to speak, “The love that I have for you isn’t the kind that will ever die out.
I would lay down my life for you in a heartbeat.
If you asked me to take down Francois and his entire operation because you don’t feel safe, I would.
You don’t ever want kids? That’s fine as long as I have you at my side.
Everything else we can deal with. Harper, the only reason I have a beating heart left in this body is to love you.
I was more than willing to give you time, as much time as you need to see you are exactly what we need for forever. ”
Magnus walked up to the bed and reached out a hand.
I took a moment to search his face, but all I could see was a man desperately in love, laying his heart out on the table before me.
Slowly, I reached out my hand and placed it in his, allowing him to pull me off the bed.
Once I was standing, he dropped to one knee.
My eyes went wide, and I looked at the other two, but they were also down on one knee on either side of Magnus.
“Wait,” I begged.
Magnus shook his head. “No, Harper, the time to wait is over. We’ve had two weeks to build up to this point, and it’s clear to me you’re not taking us seriously enough. Maybe with this, you will.”
“Now? You want to do this now? Three of us are naked, you’re pissed at me, and my vagina is begging for someone to take it to pound town. How is now possibly the right time to do this?” I asked, flabbergasted.
Magnus rose only to strip out of his clothes.
He was the only one I hadn’t seen buck-ass naked yet, but I assumed since the other two were nearly identical, he would be as well.
This is where Magnus once again proved to me how wrong I could be and his need to one-up his brothers.
Around the crown of his penis were four bar piercings with thick balls on either end.
This ensured that when he was fucking someone, those bad boys would be able to rub up on all the special places inside.
“Holy shit,” I blurted. “That had to hurt.”
Magnus grinned at me. “But the pleasure they bring now far outweighs the temporary pain of when I got them done.” He gripped my chin, lifting my gaze from his quickly growing cock. “Let’s not get distracted now.”
“Easier said than done,” I muttered. “Did you purposely hide that from me?” He just smirked and pulled out one last thing from the pocket of his jeans.
“Magnus, no, we are not doing this right now,” I stated, trying one last time to talk this man out of doing what I thought he was doing.
“It’s only been two weeks. How can anyone know if they want to be with one person, let alone three people, for the rest of their life in that amount of time? ”
“I’ve said my peace. Do either of you need to get something off your chest before we do this?” Magnus asked his brothers, ignoring everything I just said.
“Crazy bastard, never listens to a word I’m saying.
Why the hell would I want to marry him when all he does is boss me around?
Nope, nope, nope, that was my answer. Why even bother asking,” I muttered, running my hands through my hair, on the verge of ripping it out.
“This should be romantic. It should be amazing, fireworks, champagne, pretty dresses, and my friends secretly hiding behind a bush filming.”
“Angel,” Ghost crooned as he stood before me, pulling my hands out of my hair. He kissed my forehead, my nose, each eye, then my lips, effectively calming me down. “There we go, thought we were going to lose you there for a second, muttering to yourself like a mad woman.”
“This is mad, Casper,” I snapped.
He just smoothed my hair out with his fingers and tucked it behind my ears and out of my face.
“Angel, as much as it pains me to admit this, Magnus is right. This moment might not be the best timing… I’m with you there.
I’d much rather have my cock shoved deep in your ass as I asked this question, but here we are.
” Pouting, I crossed my arms, wishing that was how this went down, myself.
“Seems Magnus always gets to be the first for popping the I-love-you bit, but he certainly isn’t the only one who’s been dying to say it. ”
“You’ve told me you’re in love with me before,” I pointed out.
He nodded as he cupped my cheek. “That isn’t the same as looking you in the eye and saying, Harper, I love you with every fiber of my being.
You are the first and the last woman I will ever say this to because no one else will ever be enough after I’ve experienced what life can be like with you in it.
I want you to be my best friend, my partner in crime, the mother of my children, and most of all, my wife.
Add in everything else that Magnus said, too, because he might be a passionate, controlling asshole, but everything he said is how I feel too.
I don’t want a life without you in it. That would be a life that wasn’t worth living.
” Ghost pressed another kiss to my lips and stepped back.
Jaxson took his spot and pulled me into a hug.
“I’m sorry, Harpster, we don’t ever seem to do things normally.
You absolutely deserve dinner, champagne, and a sexy dress with your friends here to celebrate.
Even so, I understand why Mag is having us do this now.
It’s better to have asked and be rejected so we can ask again and again than to never ask and watch you leave us.
Mag talks a big game, but if you told us no and meant it from the bottom of your heart that you could never love us, then we wouldn’t keep you trapped.
You would own us forever, but just like Beauty and the Beast, we would love you enough to let you go.
” He pulled me away from him so I could look him in the face, and I saw tears glistening in his eyes.
“We would set you free from us to find love, but it’s only right to warn you that you are it for us.
You have the biggest heart I’ve ever seen.
The bravery you have isn’t loud or in your face, but when you’re needed, nothing will stop you from defending someone.
The brilliant mind you have has so much untapped potential, it’s amazing to watch you grow and become more confident in who you are.
That is how I want to spend my life, taking care of you, encouraging you, making you laugh, watching you fall apart in my arms as pleasure overtakes you.
The little things, Harper, that’s what I want for our life, those small moments we keep making and treasure forever. ”
Finished with his speech that had me nearly in tears, he dropped to his knee beside Magnus once more.
The three of them looked at me with more love than I’ve ever seen, even from my own parents.
Magnus lifted a small velvet case and opened it to reveal a stunning ring inside with three pink oval diamonds with a halo of diamond chips connecting all three in an infinity sign.
“Harper, will you give us forever?” Magnus asked.
Tears burst out of my eyes as I covered my face.
They were right. Over the past two weeks, I had absolutely fallen for them, and my heart knew it, but my brain was being a bitch, telling me I was fucking crazy.
Who would marry three men who were assassins?
Their lives were dangerous. Look at everything that I’ve already encountered hidden away on an island.
What would normal be?
Is there such a thing as normal?
Using the palm of my hands, I wiped away the tears and looked at the three men before me.
I’d dated countless men, and they all came up lacking.
These guys had blown everyone out of the water on every account.
Never had someone pushed me to better myself, to strive for more than I thought possible.
The love I received from them was mind-blowing.
It was hard to think it could last forever, but that’s exactly what they wanted to give me.
Forever.
With them.