“We’re totally down with it. It would be great to know that there’s always someone looking after you when we’re not around,” I said.
Carter nodded. “Thanks to your bringing us together—or should we thank your friend Shelle?—Wyatt and I are going to partner in our work. Most jobs we do require the skills we both bring to the tabl
e. Dig, as he builds his clientele, is going to send more and more clients our way. Things could really explode.”
“Where does that leave Tanner?” she asked.
He reached from his seat to take her hand. “Jayma, what would you say to you and me opening our own small boutique firm?”
“What? Can we do that?” she asked.
“Actually, I’ve discussed it with Mr. Renner. He has more business than he can handle and would love to send some of the smaller clients my way. If you joined me, we’d be doing our own thing but partnering with him at the same time.”
“Are you kidding?”
“Absolutely not. It’s up to you, but you now have options. Mr. Renner will support you, I know he will.”
With a rush of emotion, her bottom lip quivered, and tears ran down her cheeks. We all rushed to her, surrounding her like we were her harem.
She mumbled something I didn’t catch. It didn’t look like any of the other guys did, either.
“What was that, sweetie? We couldn’t hear you,” I said.
“I said okay. Okay, I’ll stay with you guys.” Her voice was wobbly through the tears.
“I love all of you, too. I really do.” She blew her nose and laughed.
“I’m in. I’m all in,” she said.
Chapter 29
Jayma
Whoa.
They all wanted me. And I wanted all of them. So I decided to jump in with my heart open wide.
What’s the worst that could happen?
I’d end up out on my ass with a house in foreclosure...
Oh, wait, that had already happened to me.
I wanted to tell myself it was a crazy, silly idea, and that it would never work. That it was wrong, or dirty, or something terrible like that.
But the thing was…it didn’t feel wrong. It felt natural. It felt smart. It felt safe.
The minute I said yes, I was surrounded by all the guys. The air around me was warm, really warm, and my pulse was slamming every inch of my body.
All four of the guys—my guys—remained completely silent while their eyes blazed into me.
“Hey, do you guys think—”
But I never got to finish. Dig pulled me into him, his lips searing mine with a fierceness that momentarily scared me. I moaned into his mouth as I felt six more hands on my body. A pair of lips fell on my neck; someone was unzipping my dress and someone else was removing my shoes.
A girl could get used to this.
And I planned to.