Buy Me (The Complete Series)(36)

“Baby, I promise you, anything she said is a fucking lie.” Justin says, looking into my face. “Fuck, don't cry. It breaks my heart.” It's then I realize my face is wet, the tears finally coming. Justin tries to reach for me like Aaron did, but I rebuff him too.

I expect Natasha to fight the guard, to scream and yell, but she doesn't. Maybe because people might be watching. Can actually hear her now. She strolls calmly by with guard escorting her like she just didn't crash my world.

“Did you set this all up?” I ask, squaring my shoulders. I shouldn't be having this fight with them right out in the open, but I really just don't care at the moment. They won't be able to try to distract me like this.

They both blanch at my question, telling me all I need to know because they clearly know what I'm talking about.

“It's not what you think.” Justin is the first to break the silence.

“It's a yes or no question,” I throw back at him.

Aaron just stands there, his face growing hard. He's pissed. Good.

“Yes, but—”

I cut him off, not caring what he has to say.

“Then I'm done here. Our contract is up. I'm free to go.” I go to push past them, but Aaron grabs me by the arm. “I said I'm done here.” I try to jerk my arm free, but he only pulls me closer, leaning down to my ear.

“Well we're not done with you. You think we'd let you go so easily? We'd do all this work to get you here and just let you slip through our fingers? Come on, Lucky, you're smarter than that.”

I glare up at him. I feel Justin move in closer. They are caging me in between them, not caring who can see what’s happening.

“You can't make me stay here,” I say, but it comes out breathier than I intended.

Keep it together, Stella. They tricked you into being here. Made you think they saved you when they orchestrated the trouble in the first place.

Aaron's free hand goes to my stomach, rubbing softly, and then I feel Justin's hand there too.

“You could already be carrying our child. You haven't had your period since you've been here. ” He presses his lips to my ear, his warm breath against my skin. “I would have noticed since we've both been inside you every day, multiple times.”

My body starts to buzz. He's right, I haven't. But I had that IUD, so I couldn't be. Maybe that messes with your periods or something.

“You're wrong.” I whisper my reply, but they both are so close I know they hear me. I'm oddly sad that I'm not. “Samantha had me implanted with birth control.”

Aaron pulls back so he can look me in the eyes, but Justin is the one to speak “I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you.”

Before I can process his words, I’m in Justin’s arms, and he's striding across the lobby of the casino. People part to make way as Aaron bulldozes a path through. I can't even imagine the look he is giving people to make them move so quickly.

“Put me down.” I jerk in Justin's arms, but he only holds me tighter.

“Careful, Lucky. You could hurt the baby if you fall.”

“I'm not pregnant you big…oh! You big…” I search for the right word, “…caveman!” I finally shout, making people turn and look at us.

They both seem oblivious to the attention we’re attracting as they power through to their private elevator.

“I'll be more than happy to remedy that for you.”

“I'm not getting into the elevator with you two, I swear,” I continue, ignoring him trying to be cute. It's what he always does when he says I’m in a mood. But this isn't a mood.

“If you say so, Lucky,” he says, a smile playing on his lips as he strolls into the elevator after Aaron, who still has a hard look on his face. Why is he mad? I'm the one who should be pissed.

They tricked me! Not only that, but they plotted to get me pregnant. I fight the butterflies that take flight in my stomach when I think about all they have done to actually try to trap me and tie me to them.

No. Stella, you're mad. Keep it there.

“And you, drop that pissed look from your face before I smack it off,” I threaten Aaron, who cracks a smile.

“Don’t smile either!” I snap again, making his stupid handsome smile grow bigger.

“I can’t even talk to you two. I hate you both right now.”

“Now you’re just lying, Lucky. You love us,” Justin says, placing a kiss on my cheek.

“Do not.” My words sound childish but I don’t care.

“That’s all right. We love you enough to make up for it.”

Justin’s words make me heart clench. I glance over at Aaron who just stares at him. “I’m sorry you even have to look at me for confirmation of that, Lucky,” Aaron says, taking a step closer to me. “I love you so fucking much. That’s what we’ve been trying to do these past few weeks—make you fall in love with us. To show you how perfect we could be for you. I thought you could tell, I…” He glances up at Justin, “We love you more than anything. You’re it for us.”