Page 30 of Save Me

Colt’s hands moved up to my waist. “We cared for her, but what we have with you is different.”

“How so?” I asked.

“She was selfish and spoiled,” Creed said, his tone curt.

“Creed,” Colt admonished.

Creed looked past me at his brother. “She was and you know it.” Creed’s eyes flicked to mine. “I didn’t see the negatives—how she took and took from us. She never wanted to get to know Keelan and Knox.”

“She hated Knox,” Colt said. “And he hated her.”

“She didn’t understand our bond or what it was like to lose a parent. She was our girlfriend, but she wasn’t what we needed. I didn’t realize that until you showed up,” Creed said.

Colt’s arms wrapped around my stomach and hugged me from behind. “You’re the least selfish person I know, babe. Hell, you fight us when we try to do anything for you.”

“From the very beginning, you included Keelan and Knox,” Creed said. “You not only take Knox’s bullshit head-on and throw it back at him, but you understand why he is the way he is.”

“You slid into our lives like you were always meant to be there,” Colt said.

If they kept saying wonderful things like that, I’d start crying.

Creed leaned his forehead against mine. “So when I say I don’t know how this works…it’s because you’re not just what we need, but what Keelan and Knox need, too.”

I stopped breathing and I forgot how to blink.

“Well, Knox isn’t exactly on board yet,” Colt added.

Creed rolled his eyes. “After catching him this morning with her splayed before him like his personal buffet, it’s very obvious he’s in denial.”

That knocked me out of my shock. I really wished they’d forget that had happened.

Colt sighed. “He thinks he’s being a good brother.”

“He’s being a stubborn ass,” Creed snapped. “But let’s get back to the point we’re trying to make.”

Colt brushed his nose along my ear and whispered, “We know you have feelings for them, too.”

I was about to deny it, but Creed kissed me before I could. He pulled away with a smirk. “You aren’t allowed to be in denial like Knox. We see how you look at them. The only reason I’m not turning into a possessive caveman is because you look at us the same way.”

“This is thetalkKnox said you needed to have with me?” I asked.

Creed nodded.

“After you kissed Keelan—” Colt started to say.

“And Knox,” Creed interrupted.

“Knox kissed me,” I corrected.

Colt huffed a laugh. “Regardless of who kissed who, the four of us knew it was time to have a talk about our feelings for you and how that would affect us.”

“So the four of you all discussed sharing me?” I asked. I was a little peeved I hadn’t been included in that particular conversation. What if I didn’t want to be shared between the four of them? Not saying I didn’t. It just would have been nice to be asked.

“When you say it like—” Colt said with a strained voice at the same time Creed bluntly answered, “Yes.”

I appreciated the bluntness for this particular conversation, which was causing my head to spin a little. It had taken me a while to wrap my brain around dating Colt and Creed, but also pursuing relationships with Keelan and possibly Knox? “That’s the talk you had when Jacob attacked me?”

Colt’s arms tightened around me. “I shouldn’t have asked you to leave. You told me about him, and I should have made sure you got to your car safely.”