Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 91809 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 459(@200wpm)___ 367(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91809 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 459(@200wpm)___ 367(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
Rafael chuckled. “Everything has changed. The Rogues disbanded. Us running the new Rogues. Regalia as we knew it, gone. You went from engaged to the most eligible bachelor in the country to dating a bunch of college dropouts.”
I laughed. “I’m very happy with all of that. The only reason I stayed in Regalia U is that it’s still my dream to become a therapist and help at-risk young people. The Rogues help a lot of people, but there’s more I can do. For Winter.”
Victor laced his fingers through mine. He hadn’t dropped out either, of course. Adonis was teaching and writing novels. That left him to take over the family business.
Together we strolled down the sand, wandering away from crowds and families to the private stretches of beach claimed by the owners of the nicer and grander homes we passed.
“I wish Alistair and Winter could’ve seen all of this,” I said. “I wish we had a chance to be a family.”
I looked at my guys, overflowing with love for all of them. “Thank you for being my family. For being there for me when no one else was. I love you so much my heart physically aches all the time.”
“We love you, Cloud Girl,” Rafael said, spinning me off my feet. “It was always you.”
“It was not always you,” Victor put in, “until it was.”
“Mine,” Cato said simply.
Laughing, I ran around them, kissing them all in turn.
Wilder snagged me and lifted me onto his back. “This is it,” he said, turning up a stone path.
A gorgeous peach-painted beach house glittered under the sun. It was a lovely, two-story masterpiece with a wooden balcony and thatched roof.
“I like it,” I said. “Let’s take it.”
“Whatever you want,” Lucien replied, “is yours. I bet we get it for a good price.”
“We should vacation here every summer. The Maldives is as close to paradise as it gets.”
I skipped up to the front door and knocked. After a minute, I heard movement on the other side.
He threw open the door. One look and the smile melted off his face.
“Hello, Levi,” I sang. “I know your ass didn’t think you’d get away from me that easily.”
Wilder shoved him inside.
I inhaled a deep lungful of fresh, island air as the screaming started. “I miss you, Dad, Big Sis,” I whispered. “My life can’t be perfect without you, but this is pretty close.”