Love Under Three Titans by Cara Covington Read Free Book Online Page B

unfamiliar voice. Behind her stood two men, tall and buff, with dark hair and eyes. She’d never seen them before, but their easy smiles had her smiling in return.
    Those smiles seemed to widen, and then she realized that Trevor and Kevin had shifted, subtly, so that they flanked her. However, there was nothing subtle in the way Richard moved. He simply eased her back and stepped in front of her as he greeted the newcomers.
    Maggie felt as if she was suddenly swimming in a sea of thick, gooey testosterone.
    Then Rick’s voice sounded more than a little frosty when he said, “I don’t believe we called for medical assistance.”
     
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    “Nice to see you again, too, cousin.”
    Rick realized that his greeting hadn’t been exactly cordial. He couldn’t really help that. He’d seen the way Maggie had smiled at the Drs. Jessop, and he’d felt the hair on the back of his neck actually quiver.
    The echo of Maggie’s gasp coupled with the feel her stare drilling a hole in his back let him know the lady was less than impressed with him. He sighed and then held out his hand to David. “Sorry, man. It is nice to see you again, David. You too, Robert. I’d heard you were leaving Yankee territory, of course, and coming back where you belong. Welcome home.”
    “Thanks.” David Jessop shook his hand and nodded to Trey and Kevin. And then he tried to look around Rick in a bid to see Maggie.
    Maggie punched Rick in the shoulder.
    Rick didn’t know what David and Robert were grinning about, or why both Trey and Kevin turned their laughs into coughs. His brothers should be helping him, not hindering him.
    They’re laughing at you, moron, because you’re acting like a moron. Step aside and introduce your cousins to your woman .
    He guessed he took too long to process that order to himself. Maggie stepped around him and outstretched her hand.
    “Hi, I’m Maggie Morrison.”
    Not for the first time, Rick felt as if the intricacies of social interaction were slipping away from him.
    “Nice to meet you, Maggie. I’m David Jessop, and this is my brother Robert.”
    Robert reached out toward her and offered his hand. “Hi, Maggie.”
    Rick realized he needed to man up. He put his hand on Maggie’s back, and when she met his gaze, he sent her what he hoped was an apologetic smile. Then he turned to his cousins.
    “Maggie’s new in town. She’s opening a B and B in the old convalescent home.” He turned and met Maggie’s gaze again. “David and Robert are both doctors.”
    “Any relation to the Drs. Jessop that run the clinic here in town?”
    Rick counted it a blessing that Maggie didn’t seem inclined to object to his keeping his hand on her. He used his fingers to trace a tiny, gentle circle there, just at the small of her back, a half hand’s width above her very fine-looking ass. Simply touching her seemed to restore his mental acuity and settle his emotions.
    Robert grinned. “They’re our dads. David and I will be spelling them a couple of weeks a month.”
    “I heard they were looking to cut back some.” Trey moved ever so slightly so that he was standing next to Maggie on her right.
    “So, Miss Maggie, a B and B! That’s great. Something this town has long been in need of, if you ask me.” David gave her his full smile, and Rick felt himself get a little hostile. He might not be as clued in as most, but damned if he didn’t realize that David was flirting with their woman!
    Maggie must have realized it, too. Rick had seen other women fairly melt under such personal attention from his cousins, but that didn’t seem to be Maggie’s reaction at all. She edged just a bit closer to Rick.
    “Yes, so I’ve been told. It was Grandma Kate’s idea, actually. I just thought to move to town to be close to my niece Ginny.”
    “We haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Ginny yet,” Robert said. He turned to give his brother a look that Rick had no trouble reading.
    David laughed and raised both