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
“Y ou 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.”
Shiloh’s eyes
darted around the cafeteria, then she pointed toward the swinging
door that