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Note to self: the hot-tempered triad does
not throw confetti at parties. Rose, Lo, and Ryke are nowhere near the little
bits of paper.

I jolt at that voice. His smooth tone sounds like heaven, and I spring to
my feet, beyond ready to meet Connor. I approach him so fast and nearly
run into his arms.

Connor Cobalt and Lily Calloway are my absolute favority brother sister duo

I’m so tragically in love with him. To the point where
breaking a simple promise has my stomach twisted. It’s not nearly as
catastrophic as infidelity

I adore Rose, so much so that I lean nearer too

He beats me to the punch. “Hey!” he shouts. “Crazy Raisins!” Ryke and
Daisy both look over at the same time.

“Mommy’s going to
dropkick anyone that touches you.”
“And Daddy’s going to bail Mommy out of jail,”

Very softly, he whispers, “I’m so sorry, Rose.”
Connor aww no sweetie

“You’re infuriating.”
“You’re gorgeous.”

Lily’s husband, Rose’s brother-inlaw, and my best friend.

“Just switch with us,” Rose tried it this way. “It’s the polite thing to do.”
“Why?” I asked. “Because you’re a girl?”
Her eyes narrowed. “Richard.”
“Rose.”

. “Thanks,” I tell Connor.
“For you, anything.”
This time when he says it, I recognize the depth to his words

“I need a favor.” My shoulders tighten. I rarely ask him
for favors, and I know that Connor Cobalt attaches a million strings to a
single one. He does something for you; you do something for him.
That’s how it works.
“For you, darling, anything,” he smiles genially, but I trace grief in his
blue eyes. Or maybe that’s just my own

“Because she’s like my bratty older sister. Even though we can’t stand
each other at times, we still love one another and she’d be willing to do this
for me.” I know she would. “Though, she’ll need to be a partner in that
division. Rose likes her titles, and she won’t want to take orders from me.”
I’m always honest with the board.

I wait for Connor to banter back and ease the tension. Like he always
does. But he stares off at the rug, not even looking in my direction.
“Come on, it was a joke,” I say dryly, my ribs binding around my lungs.
Connor suddenly rises to his feet, visibly upset. And he’s trying hard to
hide it, avoiding everyone’s gazes. “You’ll have to excuse me for a second,”
he says softly, sidestepping past the armrest.

The four guys, sauntering twenty feet ahead of us, all turn their heads in
unison. Damn. That was sexy. I can admit that without flushing, right?

And then Connor’s deep blue eyes meet mine, and he smiles at me, a
genuine one that he only reserves for friends.
He can slice through arguments, lower boiling points and keep our
friendship intact, not even remotely awkward after we just kissed.
And he’s a part of my life.
Thank God.
Or rather, thank him. Yeah, I smile, he’d want me to rephrase that.

And then Ryke says, without missing a beat, “Kiss Loren. For thirty
fucking seconds.”

“I hoped you would roll over,” Connor quips. “I didn’t even get to rub
your belly.”
Ryke is not amused. He doesn’t even flip him off this time. Shit.

Connor is too conceited.
Rose is too high-strung.
Daisy is too wild.
Ryke is too aggressive.
Lily is too awkward.
I’m too hateful.

“Don’t be offended,” Connor says, not denying it. “Almost every animal
plays a role in the kingdom. Even zebras.”
“Yeah?” Ryke says roughly. “If I’m a fucking zebra, then what’s my
brother?”
Connor’s deep blue eyes pin to me, full of clarity, something I
desperately crave. His face becomes a complacent blank slate. “What
animal do you want to be, darling?”
My eyebrows rise. “I have a choice?”

The bedroom door flies open in response, unsurprisingly. Both Loren
and Ryke rush in while the patio door slides for Connor’s quick entrance,
his phone still in his hand.

To be so closely tied to Lily and the Calloways makes
me truly realize what I’ve gained by being with Rose.
I have a family. A real family. It’s not something you can win. I didn’t
manipulate a soul to get here. I have it because they like me for me.
Each day, I’m more thankful for them. And I’m more aware of how
much I can lose

Ive always loved Lily and Connor's sibling like relationship its so cute he cares so much about her and Im sure Connor is her favorite Brother in law<333

“I have a rule about drugs.”
“And what’s that?”
“Don’t do them.” He grins. “My body is a temple.”
“One that only Rose can enter,” Loren banters.
“I’ll let you in sometime, darling. Don’t worry.”
Loren laughs.
I roll my eyes, but I’m actually smiling at their “bromance” that has
been heavily praised on blogs. People only like Connor when he’s with
Loren. It’s weird.

Am I using Loren Hale for his father’s company, the multi-billion
dollar baby product franchise? At first, yes. Now, no.
He’s my real friend. Maybe my first one ever.

I mouth, Don’t fuck with me. These five people mean more to me than
words can express. I’ve never once felt like I had a real family.
But with them—I know I do.

I try to imagine a life without Rose and I see something gray, something
motionless—a world without time and a place without color. I see mundane
and dreary and lackluster.
I can’t lose her.
Not for anything.

Watching Ryke inch around a cobwebbed space in search of a dead rat. I
smile. Fuck sleep. It’s the little things in life that matter most.

She slipped on my blazer that dwarfed her frame. “What part of you do
you show me?” she asked.
“The best part.”