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“Anywhere. Everywhere.” She throws her hands to the side. The motion lifts her crop top high enough that the bottom of a lacy bra peeks out. Jesus. I need to make sure she keeps her arms down while we’re here. That small touch of sex appeal will have all my brothers drooling after her.
“Yeah, that happens.” I reach over and try my best to smooth her wayward hairs down.
“I must look a mess.” She beams at me while I fail at setting her right.
“Nah. You look fine.”
“Fine?” Her nose wrinkles.
“You know what I mean. You look beautiful.” My eyes meet hers, and the world around goes quiet. If she were any other girl, this would be the perfect moment to lean in for a kiss. She’s not, though, and she’s likely to run screaming, even if I could make it right in my head.
“You think I’m beautiful?” she asks, then shakes her head. “Sorry. That was me begging for a compliment. How pathetic.”
“You know you are.” I take a step back, needing to put more distance between us.
“That’s the thing. I never did until I moved into the Honey Pot. It’s only been a week, but that place has changed me.”
“Whatever, you’ve always been cute. Even when you were six years old with your nose in a book.”
“Oh, right.” She tucks her hands in her pockets, her smile falling.
“What did I say?”
“Nothing. Should we go inside so you can show off your littlesister?”
“About that.” I lead her toward the entrance.
“What?”
I take a breath, readying myself for this. “I don’t think I’m gonna mention you’re my sister.”
“Why not?”
Yeah, idiot. Why not?
“I don’t like people in my business, and I never told most of the guys about how things were growing up. I’d rather not get into it with them.”
“Lucky, Cy, and Mary know.”
I nod. “Yeah, but they won’t say shit. I’d rather keep this on a need-to-know basis.”
“But you said you wanted to introduce me to everyone. So, how are you going to do that?”
“Just as Vivi,” I say.
“Navy,” she corrects.
“You’re pretty serious about that, huh?” I stop just outside so we can finish the conversation.
“Do you want me going around calling you Colin?”
“Point taken. Fine. I’ll introduce you as Navy.”
Her chin tips down, and her voice quiets. “You don’t think they’ll get the wrong idea?”
I’m betting on it.
“We’re not big into asking questions around here. Unless information is offered, we don’t ask.”
