But Kate shot us a disgusted glance.
“You’re hiding behind travel?” she asked in a disbelieving voice. “That’s why you dumped me?”
“We didn’t dump you,” I said quickly. “Again, it’s all for your own good.”
The brunette really snapped then.
“Don’t patronize me,” she said angrily, fire shooting from her eyes. “What do you mean, it’s all for my own good? And don’t start up with that ‘We’re rockstars and travel a lot bullshit.”
Her attitude should have riled us up but all it did was make us want her more. Because this was our girl, filled with sass and fire, a true equal to the three men who adored her. And eyes filled with emotion, I spoke again.
“Sweetheart,” I said, ignoring her warning glance. “You deserve better than us. Better than this,” I said, gesturing at the messy hotel room. “You deserve a man who worships the ground you walk on. A man who will take you to heaven and back, just because he loves you so much. A man who will make your every dream come true because that’s what rocks his boat.”
She was silent for a moment, eyeing us warily.
“And that’s not you?”
Oh shit. The million dollar question was here. We should have lied, but we couldn’t. Not when the stakes were so high.
“Sweetheart,” began Brody slowly. “We adore you, but there’s three of us. You’ll be surrounded by scandal non-stop. People will talk when you walk in the room, and not because we’re rockstars. But because you’re in a relationship with three guys. Short-term means nothing, honey, the months you spent with us were the happiest of our lives. But long-term? That’s a different story. Are you ready for the tabloids to label you as a whore? A slut? A woman who’s with three men?”
And that’s where we underestimated Kate. Because the brunette looked at us again, eyes searching.
“Don’t you know me by now?” she asked softly. “I’m not afraid of anything. Not with my men by my side.”
And that’s when we knew the game was over. Because our girl is everything we dreamed of, and yet so much more. Our girl was willing to take a chance on a life with us, non-traditional and gossip-ridden. But also satisfying, fulfilling, and filled with light and love. Who knew that this would happen? That our brave, bold and beautiful Kate would make us so happy, holding our hearts in her hands.
“Are you sure?” I rasped, the words coming from the bottom of my soul. “Are you sure Kitty Kat because once you say yes, there’s no going back.”
I could sense Brody and Gunner nodding beside me, emotion high in their chests.
And slowly, a beautiful smile broke over her face.
“Yes, Hudson. Yes, Brody. Yes, Gunner. I can do it. I can handle it. I want to be with you because I love you, and because you love me too. We can do anything if we stay together.”
And once the words were out, we descended on her like ravenous animals desperate for their woman. Our hands caressed, our lips touched, and the curvy woman fell back into our embrace, giving her all.
“Yes,” she murmured again. “Yes, Hudson, Brody and Gunner. Yes, Hard Fought. I’m yours.”
It was too good to be true. City lights spilled in through the floor to ceiling windows. The stars burned down at us. Cars rushed through the streets far below us in a ribbon of light, and yet we saw nothing. Because Kate was back, the answer to our dreams. So I buried my nose in her soft throat, whispering against that milk-white skin.
“Thank you honey,” the words came out slightly choked. “We won’t ever leave you again.”
She mewled and held on tight, her soft body trembling like a leaf caught in a rainstorm. Our girl clung like she would never, ever let go.
“Do you promise?”
“I promise,” I rumbled into her ear.
A growl of possession flashed through me. Because she was ours, the answer to our dreams. We would survive, both as a band as a quartet. Hard Fought was on its way back to the top with the girl who made it all possible.
And I had to tell Kate. I had to make sure there was no confusion whatsoever when it came to our love and adoration.
“We love you, Kitty-Kat,” I rasped. “You are the answer to our dreams, you and the baby now. You belong to us.”
She mewled in assent, tilting her head back as we stripped that lush form bare. And finally, the woman was nude. Brody took her hand and tugged her all the way back to the living room of our suite, by the big windows overlooking the city. She walked like Aphrodite strolling through a garden, hips swaying like a pendulum while those beautiful breasts bobbled with each step.
At the window, the gorgeous female stopped and turned to face us.