Page 129 of Broken Prince

Kai pulls me into his arms and holds me tightly.

“How are you all okay with this?” I ask after I’ve calmed down. “Me being with all of you? It’s not very conventional.”

“No. But polyamory is a thing. And there’s nothing wrong with it. As long as we’re open, honest, communicate, and work together, I think it could work,” Elijah says.

“You’re all too good to me,” I sigh, leaning my head against Kai’s chest.

“Not possible.” Logan grins.

How did we get to this point? Life has changed an insane amount in the past three months. So much has happened.

But there’s a big part of me that’s eager to get this off my chest, to stop living with pain and worry.

I just want to be happy. To be able to breathe without worrying about what bad thing is going to come next.

“I think we better pick this up later,” Kai suggests. “It’s Thanksgiving, and I’m sure there are some very confused parents inside.”

“We can’t tell them.” I look at all the guys. “Not yet, at least. I just... I need some time.”

“This can stay between us.” Logan nods.

“I hate lying to my mom, but I need things between us to be stable before this comes out. So we can all be ready to deal with whatever the outcome might be.”

“Agreed,” Owen says, and his brother nods.

“What about him?” Elijah asks. “What are you going to tell your mom about him?”

“Ah, well.” I scratch the back of my head. “Mom kind of already knows about him.”

“She does?” Kai looks at me.

“I was a little overwhelmed when I found out who you were on the first day of our class. I told her about you. She didn’t seem upset, just wanted to make sure I was okay.”

“I know we can’t really be out publicly, but I’d like to at least tell my mom, maybe James?” I turn to the guys. “Would you be okay with that?”

“I’d like to show you off to the world as mine,” Logan mutters. “But clearly that would cause more harm than good. But I don’t want you to feel like you have to keep your whole life in the dark. We’re going to tell them eventually, so tell them about you two for now.”

“What he said,” Owen grumbles.

Elijah just nods, seeming more quiet about this whole development. I hope he’s not just agreeing because he thinks he has to. I’m going to have to get him alone and talk to him myself.

As we head back into the house, I feel better. Even if my head is killing me, my make-up is fucked, and there are still so many things up in the air.

“Are you okay?” Mom asks as soon as we step inside.

“Can we talk?” I ask, looking from Kai to her.

“Of course.” Mom leads us into James’ office. “What’s going on, Delaney? I’m freaking out right now.”

“I’m sorry if we scared you. It’s just seeing Kai here was a lot to take in.”

“But why? How do you two know each other?”

I chew on my lower lip as I think of how to tell her. “Remember when I told you I had a one-night stand and then later found out it was with my professor?”

“Yes,” she says slowly, her brain trying to process what I’m saying.

“Well, meet my World History professor.” I laugh awkwardly.