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between him and Aiyanna, he just knew he’d never felt it before. The way she smelled, her smile, her curves, they all stood to be a temptation that was slowly weakening his resolve to show her that he wanted more than her body. But Aiyanna was worth the ache that developed every time he got near her so he would continue to push through it until it got better.
    “No,” he finally answered his brother. “We both need love.”
    Havan stared at him for a few seconds before he started laughing; long and hard. He kept going until he was bent over at the waist and barely able to breathe. When he saw that Julian hadn’t joined in, he stopped. “Oh...you’re serious.”
    “Yes, I’m serious.”
    Sighing, Havan leaned against the stall door. “Little brother, let me clue you in on a small fact.”
    “I would say no, but I believe you’d drag me out of here, and sit on me then tell me regardless.”
    “ One time. I did that one time and still you will not let it go.”
    “Please give me the advice that I plan to avidly ignore so I can move on with my life,” Julian replied drolly.
    Havan slapped a hand against his own chest. “ Usted no se merece un hermano como yo.”
    Julian gave a cheeky smile. “On that we agree. I don’t deserve a brother like you.”
    “One day, Julian. One day you will need my wisdom and I will turn you away.”
    Brow arched, Julian asked, “Will I need a new coat for the arctic temperatures in hell also?”
    Havan simply snarled before turning and storming out of the stables.
     He chuckled, watching his brother stomp off. Havan had been irritated with him more times than he could count. This time would be no different. He’d be back before he left for Pennsylvania to prod Julian into coming to see him compete and he would of course go and cheer for him in the stands.
    Despite Havan’s tendency to be an asshole, Julian really couldn’t have asked for a better protector, teacher or brother. Their bond had always been there. From the time they were boys and watched their mother go from man to man searching for something their father hadn’t given her for the brief period that he’d been around until now.
    Julian had needed someone to care because their mother certainly hadn’t. Maybe that was why he’d hit this point in his life—searching for something more; something deeper.
    As a boy, all he really wanted was affection. To be told that he was loved or wanted, but what he got was the constant reminder that he looked just like his no good Padre and that he would probably amount to nothing. Julian looked around his horse stable and smirked.
    How wrong Alyss Almanza had been.
    Just as quickly as he felt a spark of pride, it dissipated. Alyss had yet to forgive Julian and Havan for leaving Argentina to pursue their bull riding careers in the US. The amazing thing was, she had no problem taking the monthly checks they both sent to keep her more than comfortable back home.
    He shook his head. His mother had complained every day that they’d been in her presence, yet she acted heartbroken when they gave the news of their leaving.
    Maybe it was guilt? Julian didn’t know. He just understood that now he wanted to know what it felt like to be loved. Correction. He wanted to know what it felt like to be loved by Aiyanna.
    Grinning, Julian left the stables and realized tomorrow was the day that he would get to be around Hermosa again. That was enough to knock away his maudlin thoughts as he made his trek to the main house.
     

Chapter Four
     
    “Okay, two things,” Aiyanna stated, walking into Lalani’s office, “my mother may honestly have the fear that over the past ten years of our friendship we’ve become lovers—”
    “Wait...what?” Lalani looked up from the game she’d been playing on her Android.
    “And—”
    “ And? How about we go back to the part of you proclaiming that I like cookies to your mother? Do you know what will happen to me if Alana Noble hears that? It’s