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at her that it was wrong to let her lover’s brother hold her while she cried. After a few more moments, she placed her hands on his warm chest and levered herself away from his strength.
    “I’m sorry.” Lame, lame, lame, but what else could she offer?
    “Don’t be,” Brandon said as he slung an arm around her shoulders and turned her back toward the car. “Did Jayden ever talk about our friend Louise?”
    “Louise?” Well that was a strange turn in the conversation.
    “Yup, she was kind of like the kid sister we never had. Always following us around when we were little, getting into mischief, leading us astray.”
    “Uh-huh,” Violet said with a knowing smile. She doubted Brandon was the type to be led anywhere, even as a kid.
    “That’s right,” he said with a hand over his heart. “She was a terrible influence. We wouldn’t have gotten into half the trouble we did if she hadn’t been around.” He laughed when Violet rolled her eyes. “Anyway, Louise recently fell in love with and married three men.”
    “Three?” Violet was trying not to sound incredulous, but she couldn’t hide her curiosity. She wasn’t sure she’d be able to handle one husband. Three sounded impossible. Although, if the three men were anything like Jayden and his brothers, maybe she understood some of the appeal.
    “And she’s happy?” Violet winced when she heard the wonder in her voice. She probably shouldn’t have sounded so interested, but wicked images of what Jayden and Brandon and even the brother she’d only seen in photos could do to her together were winding sensual promises through her skull. Hell, she probably shouldn’t have read all of those ménage romances, but imagining sex with all three Delko brothers…Oh, wow.
    “Louise seems very happy. She was working as a sheriff’s deputy when she met them, so I can assure you she’s more than able to hold her own, even surrounded by three bossy husbands.”
    “Seriously?” He grinned widely like he was having a great time shocking her with the unusual circumstances of his friend’s marriage. Again a million questions buzzed through her head, but at least this time she managed to keep her mouth shut. He grinned and watched her as she tried to hide her curiosity.
    Finally he breathed out and laughed heartily. “She is a very happy woman, and so are the men she loves.”
    “Wow, that’s…um…wow.”
    “It is wow,” he said with a teasing grin. “She has three men loving her, protecting her, providing for her.”
    “Hell, I’d settle for one half-decent guy,” she lamented before she really gave the words serious thought.
    He chuckled. “Isn’t my little brother treating you right?”
    “Oh, no. I mean, yes, he’s treating me right, but,”—she turned away, unable to look at Brandon as she voiced her concern—“surely you can see I’m not a good choice for him. He’s young and has the whole world at his feet. I’ve been around the block a time or two.”
    “Hmm, I can see your point.” The words were so unexpected that her gaze flew to his face, but he grinned wickedly and added, “Maybe you better run off with me.”
    She laughed, relieved that he wasn’t taking her maudlin thoughts too seriously. “I’m not sure Jayden would like that.”
    “Actually, Jayden would love that.” His sudden change in demeanor threw her off-balance once more. “We’ve actually discussed what it would be like to live in a relationship like Louise has with her men. I think you might fit perfectly.”
    Three men? Three rich men? Geez, maybe she’d had too much sun. She glanced up at the sky, frowned at the dark clouds, and wondered if she was maybe suffering brain freeze. Surely she was hallucinating or having a breakdown or something. This entire conversation could not be real.
    “Think about it,” Brandon said as he pulled her hand into his, and turned her to look at him. He touched her face with the back of his knuckles. The skin was rough and