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slide through his fingers.
    Brett wanted to break his hand.
    “Just so you know, I don’t want anything more to do with Eric. I’m not one of those women who would stay with a guy who would abuse her, or in my case, who would attempt murder,” she said, her gaze flipping back and forth between the two of them.
    Ryan growled, “Good. He’s a dead man if I get my hands on him.”
    “I appreciate the sentiment, but I’ll take care of Eric.”
    “ We’ll take care of him, Whit. You aren’t in this alone,” Brett answered.
    The look on her face told Brett she was confused. Her eyes held the look of awe, like she couldn’t believe two strangers would do this for her.
    “How about something to eat? I can order pizza,” he asked, grabbing the phone next to his elbow.
    “Pizza sounds good.”
    “What kind do you like?” Ryan asked.
    “Everything but anchovies.”
    “A woman after my own heart,” Brett said, giving her an appreciative glance. “Supreme it is.”
    Wiggling her butt on the couch, she said, “Mmm…guys? Can someone point me in the direction of the bathroom?”
    Ryan stood and swept her up in his arms. A startled squeak left her mouth, and Brett smiled.
    “Never let it be said I’m not a gentleman,” Ryan said, heading down the hall with her in his arms.
    Voices sounded far off as Brett listened to the other two conversing for a moment. Ryan returned and took his seat on the couch with a frown.
    Brett had finished ordering the food while Ryan had taken Whitney to the bathroom, so now he needed to say something while she wasn’t in the room.
    “We need to talk.”
    “I know.”
    “You know?”
    “I can see the attraction, Brett. I’m not blind.” Ryan raked his fingers through his hair. “I want her bad, too.”
    “Then you know she wants us both, or at least that’s the impression I’m getting.”
    “Yep, but she’s confused. She doesn’t understand.”
    “Then we need to make her understand. She needs to know we don’t have a problem sharing.”
    Emotions rippled across Ryan’s face before he asked, “What do you want from her?”
    The sun had begun to set behind the hills with streaks of orange and purple, bathing the backyard in gold. Pine and alder trees dotted the front yard beyond the glass, and a small waterfall tinkled in the distance. “I wish I knew. I want to fuck her so bad, my balls are like rocks. Beyond that?” His shoulders lifted in a shrug. “I don’t necessarily believe in love.”
    Standing behind him, Ryan chuckled. “Especially not after Corrine.”
    “Corrine was the bitch from hell.”
    “And she took your heart and snapped it in two before she left.”
    He didn’t want to talk about Corrine. That part of his life was over a while ago, and he really didn’t want to hash it out again. The love he’d felt for Corrine made him leery of getting involved with anyone on a permanent basis, but then again…
    “Whitney brings out a protective side of me I haven’t felt in a long time. We need to figure out how to protect her from this guy until she can get her insurance policy changed and file for divorce. I don’t think he’ll try to hurt her if he’s not the beneficiary anymore,” Brett added.
    “True. I’m sure her dad will take care of that, but if there is someone in her father’s office that’s in with Eric, she’s not safe there either.”
    “The only place she is safe is here with us.”
    “Ryan?” she called from the bathroom.
    “I’ll be right there.”
    Brett didn’t think he’d ever seen his cousin jump to the bidding of a female so fast in his life, and it worried him.
    Within a moment, Ryan carried her back to the couch and gently set her down.
    “Have we figured out where I’m sleeping?”
    Ryan looked at him, and Brett knew they were both thinking the same thing.
    How about between the two of us?
    “There’s a spare bedroom connected to the bathroom you were just in. I put fresh sheets on the bed and dusted this