The same one I annotated, marked with little hearts and underlined quotes. I never knew he still had it… and it seems so new, like he preserved it somewhere. I thought he might have thrown it away.
A tiny glint of happiness sparked inside me, but I didn’t let anything show on my face.
“Oh,” I said softly, flipping it open casually. “Looks interesting. And it’s romance.”
I looked up briefly and caught the pain in Lennox’s eyes.
But I blinked it away, pretending not to notice.
Then came Levi, stepping in with a small speaker in his hands. “I figured you might want music,” he said, setting it gently on the bedside table. “I… uh, made a playlist. You can listen if you want.”
I glanced at the speaker, then picked it up.
As soon as the screen lit up, I saw the playlist name: O&L Vibes.
My chest tightened, but I forced it down.
“This is nice,” I said lightly. “Thank you. It’ll help with the silence.”
I couldn’t believe he still had this.
He looked like he wanted to say more, but didn’t. He just nodded and stepped aside.
Then came Louis, walking in with a small tablet. He handed it to me carefully. “I downloaded a movie,” he said with a nervous smile. “You might like it. It’s called Flip.”
I blinked.
Flip. My favorite movie. When it first came out, Louis had found a way to get an early download just for me. We watched it together three times in one night.
But now, I only smiled, tilting my head slightly. “Hmm. Haven’t seen it before. Thanks, Louis.”
He looked as if he wanted to say something, maybe remind me-but instead, he just nodded slowly.
The room fell quiet as all three brothers stood around me, all three staring with a look in their eyes. A look of warmth. The last time they all looked at me this way was before my fourteen birthday.
“Apart being married to Gabriel and being his mate… is there anything else you remember?” Lennox suddenly asked, and I frowned, looking up at him. There was a certain look in his eyes, and I could feel it-something was coming. And it wasn’t going to be good.
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I blinked at Lennox’s question, pretending to think deeply.
“Hmm… other memories?” I tilted my head slightly, letting my fingers play with the edge of the blanket. “Well… I remember when Gabriel and I were younger, we used to sneak into the pack house kitchen at midnight just to steal cookies. The chef would always pretend not to notice.” I gave a soft, fond laugh.
Lennox stiffened.
Levi’s brows twitched, and Louis looked down at his hands.
I had done that with all three of them.
I continued, my voice light and dreamy. “Gabriel used to braid my hair when I was ten. He wasn’t very good at it, but he always tried. Once, we ended up tangled in my ribbons for hours.”
I glanced up briefly, watching their expressions shift into shock, pain.
That day had been with all three of them… and it was hilarious.
“There was a time,” I added, as if reminiscing warmly, “Gabriel helped me build a treehouse behind the pack house. It was crooked and ugly, but I loved it. We spent the whole summer in that treehouse, pretending we were explorers.”
The silence in the room thickened.
That had been Levi.
He was the one who built that treehouse with me. He’d scraped his palms and bruised his knees. We painted it together, made up stories inside it. But I acted like I didn’t know.
“And once,” I said with a wistful smile, “Gabriel gave me this necklace for my twelfth birthday. It had a little wolf charm on it. I never took it off.”
Louis’s jaw clenched. He’d saved up for months to get that necklace. I’d cried when I opened it.
“I think those are the strongest memories,” I said, folding my hands neatly in my lap. “Gabriel was always there. Like my anchor.”
I finally looked up-really looked.
Lennox’s eyes were filled with tears.
Levi looked like he’d just been slapped.
Louis looked like a child who’d been mistreated.
I tilted my head. “Why do you ask, Lennox?”
He didn’t answer right away. He just stared at me, his jaw tight.
I held Lennox’s gaze for a moment longer, then looked away, acting calm, though I could feel the pressure building in the room like a rising tide. Something was shifting-subtle, but undeniable. They were digging now. Prodding in places I hadn’t prepared for.
I had to stay ahead.
“Do you…” Levi began slowly, his voice quiet, almost hesitant. “Do you remember your fourteenth birthday?”
I froze for a split second, my pulse skipping.
Why are they going there?
I nodded slowly, masking the alarm buzzing under my skin. “Yes… I remember.”
I could feel their attention sharpen like blades.
“That day was…” I hesitated, then gave a soft sigh, eyes dropping to my lap,
“…a disaster.”
Louis stepped forward slightly, voice laced with concern. “Why? What happened?”
I looked up at them with just enough sadness in my eyes. “I lost my father that day.”
Their expressions changed-subtle, but clear enough.
They knew.
They knew the truth. My father hadn’t died-he had been arrested. They were there. They remembered.
But they didn’t correct me. Just stared.
I didn’t blink.
Then Louis spoke again. “Did you… receive three gifts that day?”
I stiffened inside. I knew exactly what he meant.
They were talking about their gifts.
The ones they gave me, which I never opened.
The gifts had gone missing. I remembered crying over it, but never had the chance to tell them.
“Yes,” I said calmly, meeting Louis’s gaze. “I received them.”
I saw it instantly-the hope lighting up in their eyes. That spark of eagerness that made my chest twist.
Lennox’s voice was low, careful. “Do you remember… who gave them to you?”
I smiled gently. “Gabriel.”
Their faces faltered. Slightly. But enough.
I wasn’t done.
“I never got to open them, though,” I added softly. “The gifts went missing before I even unwrapped it.”
That part was true. But I let them draw their own conclusions.
A heavy silence settled again.
And then I saw it.
Realization.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.