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her,” Ryan said. “At least we don’t think. He was parked on the street. Holly saw him from the store window.”
    “Fuck.”
    This certainly complicated things. He exchanged glances with his brothers. All silently agreed. Something would have to be done about the bastard. They couldn’t allow Holly to be terrorized any longer.
    Adam lowered Holly to her feet and then framed her face in his hands. “Listen to me, baby. We won’t let him hurt you, I swear it.”
    She stared at him for a long moment then said in a low whisper, “I believe you.”
    He held her face in his hands for a long moment, and then he lowered his mouth to capture hers. Her lips melted over his in a sweet rush. They were on the verge of something wonderful. Her trust. Carefully given, and very precious.
    Adam ran a hand down her cheek, down the curve of her slender neck and down to the neckline of her shirt.
    “Let us take care of you,” he murmured. “First a bath…” He let his voice trail off, suggesting there was more to come.
    She shivered underneath his touch. But she didn’t look at all worried about the idea of more to come.
    “I’ll run her some bathwater,” Ryan said as he turned to leave.
    Holly watched him go and then turned nervously to Adam. “There’s something…there’s something you should know.”
    He lifted his brow at the hesitancy in her voice. He looked over at Ethan who shrugged.
    She pushed away from him, and he allowed her space. She moved several feet from both him and Ethan.
    “I feel so stupid saying this,” she began. She wrung her hands in front of her, her agitation increasing.
    “Holly,” Ethan said. “Whatever it is, just tell us. It can’t be so bad, no matter what you may think.”
    She took a deep breath and looked between them. “I thought you should know, I mean I don’t even know how this whole thing works. Between us, I mean. About sex.”
    She broke off, her cheeks pink with a blush.
    Adam waited patiently for her to come around to her point. The fact she was entertaining thoughts of sex was promising, but she wasn’t sure how it would work between them. He smiled. She was delightfully innocent.
    “It’s just that I’ve never done this before,” she said awkwardly. “I mean sex in general.”
    Not that innocent surely… His head jerked in surprise, and he looked at Ethan to see the same surprise emblazoned on his face.
    “Say that again?” Ethan said.
    Her blush deepened.
    “But you’re married,” Adam began.
    “I left him on our wedding night,” she mumbled.
    A slow smile spread across Ethan’s face, and the same sense of satisfaction took hold of Adam. She was going to be more than just theirs. She would only belong to them. They would be her first. And her last.
    “Water’s ready,” Ryan called from the door.
    “We’ll let you talk in the tub,” Adam said. She stepped back slightly when his hand slid under her shirt. “Trust me, baby. I won’t hurt you. We need to get you out of your clothes.”
    She licked her lips then captured her bottom lip between her teeth and nibbled furiously. She was, in a word, adorable.
    Holly glanced between the three men in front of her and nearly hyperventilated. She wanted them, but she wasn’t sure she wanted to be naked in front of them again. The mere idea had her wanting to hurl.
    Adam’s hand slid underneath her shirt, his fingers brushing the underside of her breast. The thin material of her bra did nothing to diminish his touch. She felt the scorching blaze of his heat to her very depths.
    Feather light, his fingers brushed across her skin, around to her back and to the clasp of her bra. With a flick of his hand, the clasp broke free.
    Another hand slipped underneath her shirt, shoving it upward. She gave a startled gasp as she realized Ethan had joined Adam.
    Ethan pushed her shirt to her neck then Adam gently tugged it over her head. She self-consciously covered her chest with her arms.
    “Don’t,” Ryan said