Page 70 of Second First Kiss

“Sounds rough.”

“It’s the worst. And now my date, who’s a weekend warrior with no idea who I am, is supposed to meet me here and the twins will tag team him.”

“You want to know what I would do?”

“Yes!” Brynn’s eyes brightened.

“Tell them both to fuck off and then walk right out that front door with your weekend warrior on your arm. Then I’d flash these at your brothers.” Kat handed over a six-pack roll of condoms that she kept in her purse. “They will be so stunned, they won’t know what to say and you can make a run for it.”

“You’re a genius! I want to be you when I grow up.”

“It sounds cooler than it really is, but I think your weekend warrior just walked in. Tall, built, ginger?”

“That’s him.”

“Well. Get a move on, Taylor Swift. It’s time you got yourself a man-made orgasm.”

Brynn stood and gave Kat a big hug, which Kat endured. She wasn’t big on public displays of genuine emotion. Stick her tongue down a guy’s throat, whatever. Girl hug? Hives galore.

Kat watched like a proud mama as Brynn strutted across the room, ignoring the death glares coming from the cockblockers in the back, and gave her Prince Harry a big, brotherly hug. Huh, it seemed her brothers weren’t the only thing working against her. She’d friend-zoned herself in two seconds flat and didn’t even realize it.

When the twins went to pounce, Kat hopped the bar and cut them off short. Not that she needed to intervene. Brynn pulled out the ribbon of condoms and wiggled them in her brother’s faces, then strutted out the bar.

Jax and Lucas stood there, confusion and a ninety percent chance of puking in their expression, and Kat laughed.

“Sucks to lose at your own game, doesn’t it?” Kat asked the twins.

“Did you just give my sister a condom?” Lucas demanded to know.

“No. I gave her a roll. I hope she puts them to good use.”

“I think I just threw up in my mouth a little,” Jax said.

“You don’t know the first thing about that guy,” Lucas said, puffing out his chest and trying to be intimidating.

Kat was unaffected. She went toe to toe with him and said, “Neither do you. What if he’s Brynn’s soulmate or some shit other women believe in, and you blew it for her?” She looked at Jax. “How would Milly react?”

Sweat broke out on Jax’s forehead. “She’d kill me. Are you going to tell her?”

“Depends. Are you going to track down your sister like a pack of wild dogs?”

Jax backed up in surrender. “Not anymore.”

Lucas exploded. “What do you mean, ‘Not anymore’? We don’t know the first thing about this guy.”

“And you don’t know the first thing about relationships, man. I’m not willing to jeopardize my sex life to scare the shit out of some guy who may or may not be a prick.”

“Great, then you go home and we’ll pretend this never happened,” Kat said.

Jax sprinted out of there like the hounds of hell were on his tail. Lucas gave Kat a hard look, which she returned with a nut-freezing glare. The standoff lasted for about sixty seconds before Lucas sighed. He pointed two fingers to his eyes, then at her, like I’m watching you.

Kat flipped him the finger and walked off with a grin from ear to ear. Brynn might not have won the war, but Kat helped her win the battle and damn, it felt good. So good she went looking for another fight to dominate.

After reinterviewing a half dozen kids from the party and filling out mounds of paperwork still left over from Glock-Gate, Nolan dragged his tired ass home. He locked his gun in the safe, grabbed a cold brew from the fridge and drank it while soaking in a hot shower.

A stall with water shooting out of the wall was more like it. When he’d first bought this house two years ago it had been with a family in mind, and he’d spent every free hour renovating it from the studs up. Until Nina called things off, then everything came to a screeching halt.

Sure, he’d painted a few walls, finished off what would have been Tommy’s bedroom— which was why a grown man had race car wallpaper—and was halfway through the kitchen remodel made for a woman. But what was the point of turning this into a family-ready home when apparently people didn’t consider him a family-ready guy?

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