Page 5 of Torn Between Two Brothers

She arched a curious brow. “How do you know that?”

“Just a guess,” he answered as she bent down to scoop up her panties. When she stood back up he tore his gaze away. “After you eat, I’ll walk you to work. I don’t have anything on the agenda today.”

“How do you know where I work?” she questioned.

He filled the coffee maker with grounds. “Adam’s my brother. We talk.”

At the mention of Adam her face drained of color.

“Oh, God, Adam,” she groaned out loud, her voice wavering.

“You really like him?” he asked.

Her glance met his and she didn’t hesitate when she said, “Yes. A lot.”

Garret smiled. Adam was right. She was everything he said she was. Honest, sincere and loyal. Qualities that were important to him, qualities he admired but had yet to come across in a woman. Until now.

Gulping loud enough for him to hear, she waved her hand toward the bedroom. “Which is why…”

When he took a small step toward her, she took a small step back. “Trust me you don’t have anything to worry about,” he said, addressing her worries. Honestly Lauren had no idea just how understanding his brother was going to be when he found out how good they were in bed together, but it was best for Adam to tell her that himself. “Neither of us realized what was happening until it was too late. He’ll understand that.”

> “Do you think so?” She blinked rapidly. “I really care about him, and wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt him.”

Garret could tell she more than cared about Adam and that pleased him. “I know he cares about you, too.” Which, once again, was the reason Garret was there. He moved close and lightly brushed his thumb over her kiss swollen lips. Warm desire moved across her face before she blinked.

Lauren put her hands up and pushed on his chest. “I have to go, Garret.”

He smiled at her, realizing it was the first time she’d said his name out loud. Something about the way she’d said it had his mind conjuring up images of hot bodies rocking together in synch. He wondered how his name would sound on her tongue when she screamed it during orgasm.

As if she knew what he was thinking, she gave a brisk shake of her head and turned. “I need a shower.” She tossed the words over her shoulder as she sashayed down the hall, her sweet bare ass dragging his focus and generating heat and need deep inside him. “Then I need to get out of here.”

As Garret watched her go, he wanted to say something, anything to help put her at ease but closed his mouth instead. Even though things hadn’t quite gone according to plan, what he wanted to say was better off coming from his brother. Besides, he had other more important things to think about, like how he was going to get to know her better, and what it was going to take to gain her trust and show her just how good they could be together. Inside the bedroom and out.

Chapter Four

“You did what?” Shiloh asked as she dropped her mocha latte onto the cafeteria table with a thump and sloshed the hot liquid over the side of the Styrofoam cup.

Thoroughly embarrassed—not to mention sexually satisfied—Lauren pressed her hands to her face and muffled her words when she said, “I slept with Garret.”

“Garret? Who the hell is Garret?”

Desperately needing to get the ugly truth off her chest, and bare her sins to her best friend and colleague she blurted out, “He’s Adam’s brother. I slept with Adam’s brother!” Lauren slowly peeled her hands back from her face and pushed away the coffee Shi had brought her, unable to enjoy their ritual, early morning latte before they both began their rounds.

“Holy Jesus, Lauren,” Shiloh whispered and leaned forward. “How the hell did that happened?”

“It just sort of…happened.”

“Sleeping with your boyfriend’s brother doesn’t just sort of happen. Now give me the details.”

Lauren fell silent for a moment and gave a polite nod to the group of nurses who were walking by. When they were finally out of earshot she went on to explain, “Well, I went to feed Nate, and when I arrived at Adam’s condo, I found Adam in bed.”

“Only, it wasn’t Adam,” Shi added and slowly shook her head from side to side, clearly astounded. “And you slept with him?”

“I slept with him,” she echoed and pinched the bridge of her nose.

Shiloh let loose a long, low whistle. “Cripes…”

“Yeah, that just about sums it up.”

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