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blonde
hair was begging me to run my fingers through it and I never stood a chance
with those bright emerald green eyes.
    I blinked over at Gus and decided to finally answer him and
take my mind off of those eyes before I let myself get carried away. "I
lost count. Strongest can I've ever seen."
    Emily's brow furrowed and she looked between us and damn it
if every time her eyes landed on my brother I didn't feel like tackling him to
the ground. This was getting ridiculous. I took another bite of eggs and chewed
slowly, the flavor lost to me since my mind couldn't focus.
    I don't believe in love at first sight. I don't even believe
in soul mates outside of the case of Ash and Luke because those two had been
made for each other. I wasn't the guy that was looking for emotional
fulfillment or even the guy that wanted to settle down. I tried that once
before and it backfired. But something about Emily made me wonder what it would
be like. Her eyes were filled with so much emotion and I could only guess that
had to do with a past I was forcing myself to ignore completely.
    I quickly took a bite of bacon and swallowed to see if Gus
would be filling in the blanks for her. I didn't like to talk about myself even
though not talking about myself seemed to attract the wrong type of
women. They considered me brooding and mysterious when I really just didn't
want them knowing anything about me at all . No attachments. They were
all wrong for me, but I didn't need right. I just needed a night .
    When Gus just sat there smirking at me with a wiggle of his
brow, I wiped my mouth and hoped he could understand the look I was giving him.
Guess it wouldn't matter, though. He liked to see me squirm.
    When I turned back to Emily, the green in her eyes seemed
darker and they were zeroed in on my mouth, which in turn made me look
at her mouth, and that was just too God damn dangerous. I shifted in my
chair and waited for her to meet my gaze and when she did, her cheeks burned
red.
    "It was the only way to get her to let me clean the
floor," I said vaguely.
    My brother rolled his eyes, ever annoyed by my limited use
of words.
    "I don't understand."
    "Luke, her fiancé, kept stalling her until Con here
could discreetly make a mess and get her to make him clean it up
himself," Gus explained and I seriously agreed with Ash that he was
begging for a kick between the legs. I have never wished that on any man, but
he was pushing it.
    Gus kept going, "Ended up cleaning all the floors on
his hands and knees."
    I interrupted him with a shake of my head, "That's
because you thought it would be a harsher punishment and she heartily agreed
with a big smile on her face."
    This made my brother throw his head back and laugh and I
couldn't stop myself from joining in.
    Emily smiled at us before looking back down at her hands.
"You boys are good to your sister. That's sweet."
    She sounded surprised about that and I couldn't for the life
of me figure out why. I mean, I know other families aren't anywhere near as
close as we are, but still. She's our sister. The girl may have annoyed the
hell out of us over the years, but we love her. I hated going very long without
talking to her so I had made it a point over the years to call her often. Why
wouldn't we be good to her? Why wouldn't we protect her and watch out for her?
    Yes, we may have taken it a little farther than we should
have in the past, but look how that turned out. She was now engaged to the love
of her life. Our sister was happy. Our job was done, until she needed us again
and if Luke wanted to keep his balls, she wouldn't need us again for anything
other than the things normal brothers do.
    I glanced up at Gus who was watching Emily carefully and
apparently trying to figure out the same things I was. "We are her
brothers," he stated as if that explained everything. Which, to me, it
absolutely did.
    Dad had been standing at the island watching the whole
conversation and when I met his gaze, he nodded at me,