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mean. I like to be free. I have relationships with several men at a time. They’re all casual, and they all understand that I see other people.”
    “And sometimes more than one at the same time.”
    She drew her shoulders back and held her head high as she stared into his eyes. “Exactly.”
    “Okay.”
    Her heart sank. Was that, Okay, that means we’re dead in the water before we even start or …
    “How’s Saturday for our first date?” he asked.
    “Saturday?” She toyed with her ring, pivoting it back and forth.
    This was moving so fast. She needed to get used to the idea of … oh, man, having sex with Sloan. It was such a weird concept, yet … totally compelling. Especially after that kiss.
    Actually, every kiss he’s ever given me. There had only been three. Her first kiss ever. The kiss last night. And this one. The first one, there’d been the issues with Ben. The one last night had quickly been followed by his lecturing. Tonight’s, though, had opened up a whole new world of possibilities.
    She gazed at his intense blue eyes, knowing that despite their powerful chemistry, he’d never be able to accept her type of relationships. Maybe giving him a chance would prove to him once and for all that it would never work between them. Maybe it was the only way she would ever be able to convince him.
    “Janine? Is Saturday okay?”
    “Sure, Saturday will be fine.” She gazed his way. “But I have a few stipulations.”
    *   *   *
     
    God damn it! The woman always had to have her own way.
    Sloan tapped his fingers on his knee as he stared out the back passenger window of the moving car.
    Sure, Janine had said she’d come on a date with him, but she wanted Derek and Jonas, a friend of Derek who was visiting from out of town, to join them. It wouldn’t be much of a date with those two tagging along, and he sure as hell didn’t need chaperones.
    Derek, who sat in the front passenger seat, pulled out his cell phone and called Janine when they were about a block from her apartment building. She stood at the front door when they pulled up. Sloan’s body tightened at the sight of her in a snug-fitting black dress, which accentuated her curves and was short enough to show most of her incredibly long, shapely legs, augmented by the black spike heels she wore. The strap around her ankles glittered with rhinestones.
    Sloan hopped out of the car. “You look sensational.”
    She smiled. “Thank you.”
    “You know I would have come up to get you.”
    She smiled. “That’s okay. This is faster.”
    He ushered her into the backseat and closed the door, then rounded the car, climbed in the other door, and settled in beside her. She set her black wrap and small purse on the seat between them.
    Jonas, their designated driver for the night, pulled back onto the road and, fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the tavern Janine had suggested.
    Derek opened the tavern door and Janine entered first, followed by Sloan and the others. They settled into chairs at a round wooden table and ordered drinks and nachos. Sloan snagged the seat beside Janine.
    “It’s nice to see you again, Janine,” Jonas said, smiling at her across the table.
    Janine smiled back. “You, too.”
    The waitress returned with a tray of drinks and set them on the table.
    Janine leaned toward Sloan. “Jonas is a good friend of Derek’s. He comes to town every few weeks or so for a visit. Derek introduced us last time he was here. About a month ago.”
    Sloan nodded. Had that meeting led to Janine and Jonas having sex? Had both Derek and Jonas made love to Janine at the same time?
    The thought troubled him, but at the same time, his cock stirred a little.
    “What do you do for a living?” Sloan asked.
    “I’m a cop, too. Derek and I worked together until he transferred here two years ago. I’ve got a sister in town, so now I’ve got two good reasons to visit.”
    “He also went through a nasty breakup a few months ago,” Derek