Chapter 27 Cam
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As soon as the door clicked shut behind her, I let out a dramatic sigh.
I stared at the spot she’d just been sitting, my pulse still unsteady, my dick painfully hard, and my chest full of something I hadn’t felt in…
hell, I didn’t even know how long. Hope.
It was like the imaginary weight I’d been dragging around my entire life had finally slipped off my shoulders.
I sank further back into my chair and dragged a hand through my hair, letting my head tip back for a second, just breathing. God, I was happy. Like, actual, honest-to-god happy. And not just because Harper said she told Reed that she might be falling for me.
It was them.
Her laugh, the way she looked at me, the way she always surprised me with how much depth lived behind that sharp tongue of hers. Harper’s body was stunning, yeah—but her mind? Her heart? Her wit? That was what had me absolutely wrecked.
Even though Tucker and I hadn’t spent a lot of time together recently, I couldn’t get him out of my head.
And every time I thought about the three of us together, I almost wanted to cry.
It was such a relief to finally figure out what I wanted for myself.
The joy they brought into my life was overwhelming.
All the confusion, distress, and anger over the years made sense.
I felt lost all these years, and now I had finally found myself.
Harper suggested going to the beach together and getting to know each other. October in northern Michigan was a bit chilly, but off the water was a different story. Very few people would be there, which would give us some illusion of privacy.
I was still half hard, so I gave myself a few minutes to get my shit together, splashed some water on my face in my bathroom, then made my way back down the hall.
Wren was curled up in the corner of the couch with a blanket over her lap, and Reed was sitting sideways with his head in her lap, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles.
Harper was sitting on the loveseat, typing something on her phone.
I loved the little found family we'd created over the years.
We all knew each other for ages, but have never been so close.
She looked up when I walked in, a little smile playing on her full lips.
“Look who finally emerged,” Wren teased. “We were starting to think Harper killed you.”
I dropped into the recliner, across from them. “You never know with her.”
Reed snorted. “She’s been threatening to kill people, mainly you, for like a decade.”
Harper rolled her eyes but smiled, cheeks turning a pretty shade of pink under her golden skin.
We spent the next twenty minutes just… existing. Eventually, Wren stood and stretched, then twisted her hair up into a quick bun.
“Alright, we’re heading out,” she said, looking at Reed. “It’s date night!”
“You ready now?” Reed sat up and looked at her.
Wren nodded and looked over at Harper. “Will you be okay if I go?”
Harper rolled her eyes but nodded. “Yeah, I was fine before, and I’ll be okay now! Go have fun.”
“After your class tomorrow, we are going out,” Wren advised.
I swear Harper’s smile had never been bigger. She let out a soft, “Okay.”
Reed gave his sister a one-armed hug, then glanced at me and said nothing—but the look he gave me was not casual.
I just nodded. Got it. Behave.
The door shut behind them a minute later, and the house fell quiet.