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calloused but so very warm. How the hell could he be so warm?
    She didn’t even have the sense to pull away when he leaned in to kiss her. She just melted into his touch and mentally catalogued every sensation. Heat coursed through her, his nearness warming her blood and sending her brain into forbidden territory. Three men? What the hell was she thinking?
    She jerked away from Brandon, half afraid he would dissolve into thin air and half afraid that he wouldn’t. “I…I need to talk to Jayden.”
    “Of course,” Brandon said with a grin before he stepped away and gave her some much-needed space. They walked back to the car in companionable silence, and he didn’t even try to hold her hand. Hell, why was she disappointed?
    “Lunch,” she blurted as they got into the car.
    “Sure. What’s your favorite restaurant?”
    “Hell, no,” she said, holding up her hands in an effort to stop the suggestion. “I am not letting you take me to a restaurant for lunch. This isn’t a date.”
    “Of course not,” Brandon said agreeably, but he was wearing a wide grin, and she couldn’t quite reconcile it with the words coming from his mouth.
    “Seriously. This is just two friends hanging out. All that stuff about your friend and her husbands, that doesn’t affect today. It has nothing to do with this…this thing between us.”
    She groaned aloud at his happy smile. Clearly he wasn’t getting the point. She went to list all the reasons why she needed to talk to Jayden first, but Brandon cut her off.
    “Okay, how about we grab a couple of pizzas and head back to the apartment. Jayden will need to eat as well, and I doubt he’ll grumble about the interruption if we grab an extra-large meat combo with double cheese.”
    She smiled. It was Jayden’s favorite pizza. She had no idea how a man studying medicine, and who should know better, could put such huge amounts of cholesterol into his body. Yet, she’d watched him do it on more than one occasion. Ten minutes later Violet’s jaw nearly hit the counter when Brandon ordered two of those heart-attack-waiting-to-happen pizzas and a half-and-half vegetarian and barbecue chicken one for her.
    By the time they entered the apartment Violet had almost managed to convince herself that their surreal conversation in the park had never happened. Three husbands? Where had she dreamed up that idea?

Chapter Five

    Jayden smelled the pizza long before his brother’s and their mate’s scents reached his nose. He was already salivating by the time they walked into the apartment. But he went straight for his woman, sensing that the talk she’d had with Brandon had left her feeling a bit shell-shocked.
    She moved into his arms easily, and he breathed a sigh of relief that she didn’t pull away. He could feel a nervous energy bouncing off her and suspected it had something to do with his brother’s behavior. His theory was proven a moment later when Brandon stepped up behind her and pressed a kiss to the back of her neck.
    She startled, like she wanted to move away, but Jayden laughed quietly and whispered, “See I told you he’d love you.”
    She lifted her head and looked at him. He couldn’t quite contain his joy as he took her mouth in a kiss that seared him all the way to his bones and left the arousal level much, much higher in the room. Very deliberately he broke the kiss, smiled at their girl, and turned her around so that his brother could give her the same. Jayden caressed her hips, hoping to soothe and encourage as his brother took her lips in a kiss that left them all aching with need.
    Finally, Brandon lifted his head and smiled down at their mate.
    “I must be out of my mind,” she whispered.
    “Nope,” Brandon said as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Not yet.”
    She seemed stunned for a moment, but then she giggled and whispered, “You’re probably right.”
    “Lunch,” Brandon proclaimed as he broke their clinch, patted her hip, and then headed for the