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“Ididneed to do it,” I said. “After everything you guys have done for us, I couldn’t let you just stay down here and be miserable all night—especially since it was my fault you guys had to give up your rooms.”
“That was sweet of you,” Boone said, his tone finally softening a little. “But it was still dangerous for you to come out here. I nearly had my gun drawn before I realized it was you. And your uncle probably would have—”
“Shot me from the front porch,” I finished for him. “And then he probably would have shot me again when he realized what I was up to.” I shrugged. “But he would have already been down here if he’d seen me, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
Boone walked over to the window and looked out toward the house. “You’re probably right, but it’s best if we don’t take any chances. Thank you for the blankets—you shouldn’t have brought them down here on your own tonight, but it was very nice. Now, just let me put my boots on and I’ll walk you back up to the house.”
Cade was already moving from the bed. “And I’ll keep watch until you get back. An extra pair of eyes couldn’t hurt.”
“What… wait, no!” I shook my head. “I’m not ready to go back up there yet.”
They both stopped and looked at me with confused expressions that were nearly identical and somehow adorable at the same time. God, how was it possible for every move they made and every look they gave to be so sexy?
“O-kay,” Cade said, drawing the word out slowly. “Did you… need something? Not that we don’t enjoy your company, of course. But I think Boone is probably right. The longer you’re out here, the more likely it is that you get caught going back.”
I wasn’t sure if I agreed with his logic, but it didn’t matter. I wasn’t going back. Not yet. Not until I’d at least spent a few more minutes with them. As far as I was concerned, they would always be worth the risk.
“Maybe I’ll just spend the rest of the night down here, then,” I said, mostly joking. Well… sort of joking. “Uncle Justin can’t catch me if I don’t go back.”
I was a little surprised that they didn’t immediately rule out the idea. Instead, I watched as they made eye contact. I could tell they were doing that silent communication thing that drove me crazy.
Boone was the first one to break the silence—not a surprise, since he always seemed to be the voice of reason—but this time was different. He didn’t look so sure of himself as he shook his head. “I, uh… don’t think that would be…” His voice trailed off as he scrubbed a hand down his face. “You know we can’t do that, Janessa.”
“Yeah,” Cade added. “We… we probably shouldn’t.”
Probably shouldn’t.
There was a big difference betweenprobably shouldn’tandcouldn’t. And judging from the heat I could see in their eyes as they looked at me, I could tell it wouldn’t take much to change their minds. I was pretty sure they were just waiting for me to push the issue a little more.
So I did.
We all wanted the same thing, right? Why deny it?
“There are a lot of things we probably shouldn’t do,” I said. “Most of the fun things in life are things weprobablyshouldn’t do.” I paused, looking back and forth between them as I felt myself start to smile. “What if I just refuse to go back to the house?”
Boone took a deep breath. “Janessa, please don’t do this. You know we both want—”
“You both want me,” I interrupted. “And I want both of you. Why are you fighting it? We’re all adults here. We’re all capable of making our own decisions.”
Then, before either of them could say anything else, I lifted my shirt and shrugged it off. I tossed it aside and stood there in my bra and jeans, silently daring either of them to try to make me leave.
I could feel their eyes on me, roaming up and down over my body before they looked back at each other.
“It wouldn’t have to be anything serious,” Cade said, then looked over at me. “Right? We’re just talking about a fling? A one-time thing?”
I shrugged. “I’m not limiting myself to just one time. But yeah, if that’s what you both want, then I’m happy with a fling.”
Not exactly the whole truth, but whatever. I would have been happy with much more than a fling, but it wasn’t like I was expecting either of them to drop down on one knee and propose or anything. And who was to say they wouldn’t change their mind about wanting more once we’d had our little fling?
Either way, I wanted them both naked.
With me.
Now.
I was pretty sure Cade was on board with whatever I had in mind, but he was clearly waiting on the go-ahead from Boone. And Boone looked like he might need a little more persuading. The way his eyes kept darting back to my barely covered breasts, though, I could tell it wouldn’t take much.
I walked toward Boone and didn’t stop until just a few inches separated our bodies. He was looking me in the eyes now, and I was close enough to see the little muscle in his jaw clench as I reached behind my back and unclasped my bra.
