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I’m not in a good head space.”
    “What do you mean girl? You have three hot to death men over there foaming at the mouth over you. Why don’t you go back over there and enjoy yourself?”
    “I don’t understand what’s happening. You know how I feel about Roman.”
    “Right as does the entire city of Charlotte.”
    “Well why did I feel like every nerve ending in my body stood on end just now when Diego took my hand?”
    Joy’s eyes widened in surprise. “Seriously?”
    “Yeah!”
    “You don’t even like Diego like that. Matter of fact, you don’t even like him at all.”
    “I know right? I don’t get it.”
    Joy thought for a moment. “Well, maybe your body knows something your mind doesn’t. Look, I need to go back over there. I’ll see you later.”
    Kristen grabbed Joy’s arm, practically digging her nails through her skin. “See me later? Where are you going?”
    “I’m going back over there with my F boys.”
    “F boys?”
    “Girl, I was having such a good time. I can only imagine how much funner the evening is going to get from here on out.”
    “First of all, funner is not a word and second, aren’t you supposed to be going on a date with Damian?”
    “Yeah? So?”
    “So how are you going to hook up with both of them? You saw how they were acting. They were ready to kill one another over you.”
    “I know. Isn’t that hot?”
    “Hot? Only you would think starting a feud between two brothers is worth your panties dropping.”
    “Girl, I thought Damian was fine but after meeting Beau today and looking into his eyes, I don’t know. Damian might have a fight for my affection on his hands.”
    “You are so twisted.”
    “Girl the way Beau’s voice sounds when he talks to me. He talks in this magnetic whisper…” Joy shivered. “Mmmph. I’m starting to believe I was born to lay on my back for this man.”
    “Good luck explaining that to Damian.”
    “Something tells me I won’t have to. Who knows? If the universe is on my side, I might end up seeing what both of them have to offer in the romance department. See you later.”
    Joy hugged her, kissed her cheek, and walked back over to the Foster boys, her best friend forgotten. Kristen looked on in a daze as both guys fell in step with Joy and walked alongside her towards the back of the house. Kristen could only wonder what kind of trouble her wild friend was in for this weekend.
    She shuffled back and forth on her feet for a few moments, then turned to look back at the Foster boys and Mr. Braxton. They were all looking at her expectantly, their smiles ranging from platonically friendly to unrestrained excitement.
    “You coming Kristen?” Nick hopefully asked.
    Kristen forced a smile on her face, her insides stirring with all kinds of wild, conflicted emotions. Where the fuck was Roman?
    “We promise you we won’t bite,” Diego said with a warm, teasing smile that dripped with molten heat.
    Kristen feared her knees would give way. When the hell had Diego gotten so sexy? And why was she noticing? “I’m coming,” she said, biting her lip.
    She walked towards them with trepidation; then steeled herself as Diego took one hand and Nick took the other. Alex followed in behind them like a lost puppy and she couldn’t help feeling sorry for him. For some strange reason, she felt even sorrier for herself. She’d barely known them an hour and she was already embroiled in some kind of strange ménage a trois.
    Forget Joy and her As the World Turns problems. The bigger question of the day for Kristen was, what kind of trouble was she in for?
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 4
     
    An hour later, Kristen was having the time of her life. Compared to how she felt when she’d first arrived, her emotions were on a totally different plane now. She was having such a fantastic time with Nick, Alex, and Diego. They gave her a tour of the Deans’ ridiculously large backyard and Kristen had to admit the residence