Chapter 4
Mason
Well, so much for easing her into it. I probably should have given the drink to Dimi instead of Eden.
We all love her, are in love with her and have been for as long as I can remember but Dimi is more intense than Gray or I.
Watching her almost get away and not interfering has been hardest for him.
He has a very “Fuck it” attitude about things, especially when Eden is involved.
“E, what Dimitry is saying is that we will give you any and everything you want. A home, a baby, a family. We want to give those things to you if you’ll let us.” I try my best to lay it out as gently as possible because Dimitry has hit his limit and it’s up to me and Gray to diffuse the situation.
“I-what?” She looks stunned and confused. Rightfully so.
Gray tucks a finger under her chin and eases her head around to look at him. “Breathe, gorgeous. I know it’s a bit overwhelming; we didn’t mean to spring it on you like this.” He looks pointedly at Dimi who cocks a brow and just shrugs. He gives no fucks. About anything. Ever.
When the beast opens his mouth to say something I place a staying hand on his shoulder.
“For as long as I can remember we have loved you E, and not just like the little sister you thought. We wanted you to experience life though, do the college thing, date…” That earns a grunt of disagreement from Dimitry.
“We made sure that you did all of that so that you never felt that we were your only options.” Her eyes, more blue than usual, dart around my entire face, looking for the punchline I’m guessing.
She won’t find it. “I know this seems sudden and Gray’s right, it’s not the way that we wanted to tell you but you know this guy.
” I nudge Dimitry and her eyes fall on him.
They’ve always had a different connection, not deeper, just different.
He’s been her protector, whereas I’ve been her rock and shoulder.
Gray has been her partner in crime; the person she loved getting into trouble and laughing with. We all had our roles.
“Do you feel that way too, Dimi? The way he’s saying?” The words fall from trembling lips and it takes everything in me not to wrap her up in my arms and let her feel the truth.
“Yeah, baby. I feel that way too.” He reassures. She glances in Gray’s direction and he nods his agreement.
“See?” I coax her eyes back to me. “We’ve just been waiting for you, E.”
“I’m so confused.” She whispers before shaking her head as if to clear it. “All three of you? Is that-do you? Have you…before?” Her brow is pinched as she takes us in one by one.
“We have but not like we want it to be with you.” Dimitry tells her. “We’ve fucked the same woman, shared her like that but that was just fucking.” Jesus, this fucking guy. Gray pinches the bridge of his nose and lets out an exhale.
Eden’s mouth is turned down in a frown to match her brow. “Now I know why you hate it when me sleeping with anyone else comes up. I feel like growling just like you do.” She says teasingly, making us all smile. “How would this work? What does it look like?”
“Well, since we’ve never done this before either, we’d learn together, but it would be all of us. You, me, Gray and Dimi. We’ll build our family together and it will look however you want it to look.”
She’s a shit poker player and it’s because her face gives every damn thing away. Right now, I can see the confusion, the fear, the curiosity, the temptation, and the want. All of it, right there on her beautiful face.
“Just us?” Eden asks in a more timid voice than I’m used to hearing from her. I know it’s because her feelings are still raw over Scott.
“Fucking right just us.” Dimi grits out.
“You’d be ours, and we’d be yours. The only sharing would be between the four of us.” Gray reassures her more gently.
“It’s a lot, E. I know. We wanted you to know where we stood.
We’ve been holding it in long enough and after watching you almost marry that fuck stick we knew that we couldn’t wait any longer.
” In fact, we may have orchestrated a cheating scandal if he hadn't done it for us. I know now that there was no way in fucking hell we would have sat by and watched as she married him. Not a chance in hell. “You're ours and we’re done hiding it.” I sound like Dimitry but I’m done sitting back.
Whatever it takes. That’s where we’re at now.