Page 26 of Wild Bliss

“We haven’t given her the option yet,” Sawyer pointed out.

Wyatt winced. “Isn’t it a little soon to ask her if shewants to go to bed with two men?”

“I’m going to be honest with you. This weekend is all I’mwilling to commit to. I wasn’t lying to you. I can’t be in a relationship likethe one you want. I don’t even want to be in a relationship.” He didn’t. He washappier alone. Though happy wasn’t the word he should use. Comfortable. He wasmore comfortable alone. Except he’d liked the last year of his life. It hadbeen nice to have Wyatt around. But he wasn’t about to bring Sabrina in when heknew how people would react.

Wyatt stared at him for a moment. “You really don’t want todate her?”

The idea of him holding hands with a woman and taking her toStella’s for dinner and then dancing at Trio was ludicrous. “I don’t have timeto date.”

“Not everyone will leave you, Sawyer.”

He wasn’t doing this. “I mean what I’m saying. I would loveto spend this weekend with her, but a weekend is all I have in me. If you wantto try to see her afterward, then that’s your thing. I’m going to be open andhonest with her about what I’m willing to give. And if you don’t want to, I’llunderstand and I’ll back off.”

He didn’t want to. Every cell in his body shouted at himbecause he couldn’t conceive of never touching her again now that he had. Oncehe’d spent real time in bed with her, she would be out of his system, and hewould be able to be friendly with her. Then it wouldn’t matter if she chose todate Wyatt. Though he still thought it was a bad idea.

Wyatt was wrong. He wasn’t backing off because his brothershad both left and didn’t seem to give a shit about him. He wasn’t staying awayfrom close ties because his mom had died and then he’d watched hisgrandfather’s body and mind slowly decay. He simply knew himself and wasrealistic.

“All right.”

He wasn’t sure what Wyatt meant by those two words becausethere wasn’t much inflection behind them. “So you want me to back off?”

“No,” Wyatt replied. “Let’s talk to her. Be honest. See ifshe maybe is interested in a hot weekend and in getting to know me better.You’re only here for the sex. I’ll take care of her. She moved her whole lifeto Bliss. She’s got to be curious. Her sister’s in this kind of relationship. Ican’t imagine she doesn’t want to try it, but hopefully she’ll also be open todating in a more conventional way. Or we can find another guy.”

Wow. Those words had him standing up straight and forreasons he did not want to think about right now. Or ever. “You can’t bring insome random guy. You have to have a partner. You don’t, like, audition for athird. The guys have to be long-time friends.”

Wyatt’s brows rose in question. “Like Alexei and Caleb?”

“Okay. They weren’t exactly friends.” Caleb had pretty muchhated Alexei. Or so he’d heard. It wasn’t like he sat around gossiping aboutthe town citizens. He sometimes happened to be in the room where his serverswere gossiping. Or he overheard Lucy and River talking about it.

Wyatt wasn’t done. “From what I understand, Michael didn’tknow much about Ty when they started dating Lucy.”

Now he did know about that particular threesome. “Ty screwedup with Lucy or they wouldn’t have needed Michael at all. Michael kind ofslipped through the cracks, and now they can’t get rid of him.”

“They’re happy together,” Wyatt shot back. “I’m keeping myoptions open, and you should understand if you decide to be stubborn, you don’tget a say in what happens to us after you’re gone.”

What did he mean by gone? “Well, I didn’t say I was leaving.I kind of live here.”

Wyatt’s eyes rolled. “You are so literal. I’m saying ifyou’re out, you don’t get a say in what I do when it comes to Sabrina.”

Sawyer wanted to argue because sometimes he thought Wyattwas a baby bird except with muscles and a rap sheet, but he was right aboutthis. “All right.”

Wyatt seemed to ready himself for battle. “So we’re going towalk out there and ask her to sleep with us while we’re snowed in.”

“Or I could just kiss her and then we don’t have to talkabout it.” He didn’t see why they had to be so formal. He’d told her what hewanted. She’d let him lay her out on the dining room table. Talk over. “Thistime, you come in from behind. Like kiss her neck or something.”

“We’re talking to her. I need verbal confirmation ofconsent,” Wyatt replied with a long-suffering sigh. “Buck it up, Sawyer. I’m incharge of this. I know that’s going to be hard for you, but this isn’t sometourist we’re picking up. I like this woman.”

Sawyer liked the tourists. They tended to be nice ladies.Well, he thought they probably were. It wasn’t like he spent a lot of time withthem.

He would be spending days with Sabrina.

Maybe this was a bad idea. Locked up in a cabin with a womanhe had no business being friends with, much less lovers.

But Wyatt was walking out of the kitchen, and Sawyer foundhimself following.

This was going to be a train wreck.

Or an amazing night. He wasn’t sure which one he hoped for.

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