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or her when his words penetrated her passion-fogged brain.
    Giving her a wink, he turned around and left the kitchen while she struggled to bring her racing heart back under control and finish dinner.
    Thirty minutes later, the three of them sat around the dining room table, enjoying the pasta and chicken parmesan she’d prepared.
    “This is fabulous, Whit,” Brett said, cutting another piece of the juicy white meat and sticking it inside his mouth with a satisfied groan.
    “Thanks.”
    Ryan sipped his wine and watched her over the rim of his glass, his eyes skimming over her face in a caress. She shifted on the chair as her belly quivered with need.
    He can send my thoughts between the sheets with nothing more than a look. She glanced at Brett and remembered his kiss in the kitchen. Shit! Both of them make me wet and needy.
    “What shall we do after dinner?” Brett asked as a wicked grin played on his lips.
    “How about a movie?”
    “Anything in particular you want to see?” Ryan added.
    “No, not really.”
    “Action, romance, or slasher? I know Brett has some of each in that collection.” He nodded toward the massive amount of DVDs against the wall. “If he doesn’t have it, I probably do upstairs.”
    “Leave it to a man that two out of three choices will be guy flicks.”
    “What?” Ryan asked with an innocent look.
    She rolled her eyes and smiled. “Nothing, Ryan.”
    “I could show you my collection.” Ryan waggled his eyebrows suggestively, and she had to wonder at his provocative look.
    “I haven’t seen your place yet.”
    “Kind of hard to do with the cast, princess. The stairs would be a bit difficult to maneuver, but I could carry you up there.”
    I love it when he holds me against his chest, but… “Alone with you isn’t a good idea. Alone with either of you is a really bad idea.”
    “Mmm…Why?”
    “You’re both at least one of the seven deadly sins in a finely wrapped package. A temptation I don’t need right now. I’m still married, remember?”
    “Unfortunately, and yes, I do remember.” He glanced at Brett. “I’m sure Brett realizes that, too.”
    “Definitely,” Brett murmured as his gaze slid from her face to her breasts, making her nipples pucker against her shirt. She clamped her teeth together, forcing the moan in her throat back down. Resisting the urge to rub the tight nubs to calm them, she shifted in the chair. Damn! How in the hell am I going to fight this attraction for several more weeks?

Chapter Four

    The following Saturday all three of them were in Brett’s car, zipping along the winding roads north of Flagstaff. “Where are we going?” Whitney asked. They’d given nothing away when Ryan had handed her a sexy black, strapless dress and told her to get dressed. It didn’t surprise her that it fit perfectly, molding to her curves like a second skin. He’d handed her a pair of low heel dress shoes to go with it, even though she could only wear one with the cast. After she’d become their guest, they’d forked out a small fortune for clothes since she didn’t have any. A quick check of the hotel where she and Eric had rented a room revealed he’d taken her suitcases with him when he’d disappeared.
    “You’ll see, princess,” Ryan said with a secretive smile curving his tempting lips. Warm fingers brushed her bare shoulder, sending shivers down her back.
    “I’m not one for surprises, you know. By the way, who picked out this dress?”
    “Me,” Ryan replied.
    “How did you know what size to buy? I’m pretty sure I didn’t tell you dress sizes when you bought clothes a couple of weeks ago.”
    “I’m a pretty good judge of a woman’s curves.” Ryan chuckled softly.
    “I bet,” she grumbled.
    A quick glance from Brett had her nipples puckering. The wicked grin he wore got bigger, and his eyes turned even darker brown.
    Damn it!
    She looked out the front windshield again and watched the pine trees whiz by the car windows while she