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“I think Harper can figure out how to eat fondue, Jackson,” I said with a laugh.
“Yeah, I think I got it,” Harper said. “But thank you, Jackson. Your lesson was very informative.”
Harper dipped her fork into the fondue and the entire table waited as she tasted it. Her eyes closed and she let out a sound of pleasure. “Oh God, this is the best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth.”
Jackson, next to me, coughed to cover up a laugh. I pretended to wipe away something from my face to hide the look of amusement. Aiden just grinned like a fool, not hiding the fact that he enjoyed the sexual innuendo. A look from Kat made him keep his mouth shut, however.
Harper opened her eyes, looked around the table at all of us staring at her and asked, “What?” It seemed to hit her then that her words may have come out wrong. She covered her mouth, “Oh God, I didn’t mean–”
“It’s okay, sorry my brothers are pervs,” Kat said as she stuck a potato in the cheese.
Maybe we were pervs. The idea of Harper’s luscious lips around mysaucisson seccaused some tightness in my pants. I was grateful for the tablecloth hiding my lower half from view.
My brothers all seemed to be equally uncomfortable, watching Harper eat as if it were the most exotic porn of their life.
Even if I stood a chance with Harper and could get Kat’s approval to date her, I still had my brothers to consider. And she might be civil to me, but I highly doubted she could ever get over the past completely.
Still… if she could, the foursome that Jackson had insinuated earlier didn’t sound bad at all. If that ever became a possibility then we could all win—there would be no contest, no rivalry.
Would I be okay with a foursome? I had never thought about it before, not seriously. I didn’t like to talk about it much, but Carly had been the only woman I’d been with, and she wasn’t very adventurous. The idea of my brothers and I sharing Harper though… that filled my head with some vivid and appealing imagery.
The wine was flowing as we continued our meal. The food kept on coming. Anytime we ran out of bread, there was a fresh platter of it ready for us.
“Is that–” Aiden stood up and walked over to the windows overlooking the street. “It’s Mom, and I think that’s the friend she was talking about.”
Jackson got up and walked to the window, frowning. “Who’s that guy?”
Kat got up and walked over as well, followed by Harper. I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
Mom was at a café across the street, sitting on the terrace. An older man sat across from her, and the way she was smiling, I had a feeling they were more than just acquaintances.
“Who is that?” Jackson asked again, his voice sounding tense.
“I have no idea, but good for her,” Kat said. “He looks loaded.”
“We don’t need more money,” Jackson grumbled.
“No, but at least we don’t have to worry about him using Mom for hers.”
“What do you mean using her?” Jackson snapped.
“As in, if they were to—” Kat began but when she noticed the way Jackson held his fists at his side and the look on his face she stopped in her tracks. “Never mind. They’re probably just friends, or maybe they’re fuck buddies.”
Harper choked, turning a laugh into a cough.
“Mom does not have a fuck buddy,” Jackson said through gritted teeth.
“Why not? She’s a woman, she has needs,” Kat said, shrugging as she walked back over to the table. She resumed eating. “She looks happy, Jackson, so I’m happy for her.”
She did look happy.
It wasn’t until after Dad left that I realized how little my mom smiled. She was smiling now; that was clear even from a distance. She looked happier than I had ever seen her with Dad.
“Good for her,” I said, going back to the table.
Aiden followed. “Yeah, good for her.”
Harper joined us as well, leaving Jackson to continue staring out the window at our mother. I looked at Aiden and he seemed to read my mind.
