Mistletoe (K19 Security Solutions 3)

It wasn’t exactly what she’d said, but he was smart enough to drop it at the time.

Either way, he had a hell of a lot to be thankful for this year.

—:—

“I want details,” Ava said to Aine as she walked over and closed the bedroom door.

Zary looked between the two.

“I really like him,” Aine admitted.

“Who?” Zary asked.

“Striker. She brought him with her.”

“He met me here, but you’re right, I invited him.”

Zary nodded. “They’re seeing each other.”

“Wait,” said Ava. “You know already?”

Zary nodded again. “He’s a good man.”

Aine shrugged. “He is. Although…”

“What?” asked Ava.

“Gunner doesn’t like him.”

“That isn’t true,” Zary told them. “He respects him. It’s just that Gunner struggles with telling people how he feels.”

“You really love him,” said Ava.

“I do. I have for a very long time. Years, in fact.”

“Wait. How?”

Zary told them about the day she first saw him, and how she’d risked her own life instead of killing him. “If anyone had found out I let him go, I would’ve been killed.”

“What happened next?” asked Aine.

“Nothing. I didn’t see him again for a long time, but I always knew he was the man I was meant to be with. I know now that he felt the same way.”

“Oh my God. That’s so romantic,” gushed Ava.

“I’m so glad for you,” added Aine. “You and Gunner both deserve to be happy.”

“We all do,” said Ava. “We all deserve to have men in our lives who love us, make us feel safe, and whom we love just as much.”

“And who tell us their real names.”

Zary and Ava laughed.

“I’m serious.”

“What is Striker’s real name?” asked Ava.

“Griffin Ellis.”