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huskily. “You’re beautiful.”
    She looked up to see him staring at her from across the room, his eyes burning into hers.
    Slowly she let her hands fall away until she stood in front of them in only her jeans.
    “Jesus,” Ethan breathed.
    Adam undid the button on her jeans then slid the zipper down.
    “If you don’t hurry the water’s going to get cold,” Ryan drawled.
    “We can’t have that,” Adam said in a voice that sent spasms from her belly to her pussy. Her muscles clenched in red-hot need.
    He began to peel her jeans down her body until she stood in only her panties. Ready for the agony to end, she hooked her thumbs in the waistband and quickly shimmied out of her underwear.
    Satisfaction and approval glimmered in Adam’s eyes. “You’re perfect.”
    She found herself lifted in his arms, and he carried her into the bathroom. He lowered her into the huge tub of foamy suds, and she moaned in pleasure as the warm water lapped over her body.
    “We’ll give you some time to relax,” Adam said as he stood back up. He dropped a kiss on top of her head. “I’ll be back to wash your hair and dry you off in a few minutes.”
    She watched as they filed out of the bathroom, and she sank lower into the suds, closing her eyes. Would they want to have sex with her now that she had told them she was a virgin? She was nervous about the whole idea. Not only had she never done it, but she had three men wanting to make love to her. And she had no idea how they planned to go about it. But damned if she wasn’t eager as hell to find out.
     
    ***
     
    Adam faced his two brothers once they reached the bedroom. “This changes things a bit.”
    “What are you talking about?” Ryan demanded.
    “Holly’s a virgin,” Ethan said.
    Ryan lifted a brow but said nothing more. He merely pinned Adam with a questioning stare.
    “What?” Adam asked, sensing there was a lot on his youngest brother’s mind.
    Ryan sighed and shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. “How do we know she won’t change her mind? How do we know she didn’t have cold feet and take off from her husband?”
    Ethan started to protest but Adam silenced him with a look. He could see the uncertainty in Ryan’s eyes, knew Ryan would be the most distrustful.
    A twinge of pain squeezed his chest. Would he ever know what Ryan had endured in Iraq? Sadness weighed heavy on his mind. God knew he and Ethan had tried to get Ryan to open up, but ever since his return a year ago, he hadn’t uttered a word about the time he’d spent in captivity.
    “Ryan, she needs us. I’m not saying it’ll be easy. Hell, she’s married. She’s scared to death, and she’s confused over what she’s feeling for us. All we can do is protect her and show her how very good it can be with us.”
    He turned to Ethan. “She trusts you. She’s already established a bond with you. I think you should be her first.”
    “She’s not a piece of meat to decide over,” Ryan said in disgust. He turned and walked out of the bedroom before Adam could respond.
    Ethan chuckled softly. “He’s right, you know. You don’t have to control everything, Adam. No need to orchestrate the entire act of sex. I think we can handle it on our own.”
    Adam didn’t respond. That wasn’t what he meant, but maybe they were right. He was trying too damn hard. He rubbed a hand through his hair and massaged the back of his neck.
    “I’ll be out in the barn,” Adam said. “You can see to Holly.”
    Truth was he needed some fresh air.
     
    ***
     
    The water had grown tepid, and Holly wasn’t going to wait on the men any longer. Hell, it wasn’t as if she couldn’t handle herself anyway. Yet she sat docilely in the tub like an obedient stooge.
    She stood, water running down her body. She reached for a towel that hung on the rack beside the tub and began drying off.
    “Let me.”
    The towel slipped from her fingers as Ethan took it and began rubbing her back.
    “I can do it,” she