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“Makes sense.” He takes my hand in his. “I’m glad you changed your mind, Bree. I really enjoy spending time with you and getting to know you.”
“I am too,” I admit truthfully.
The rest of the meal is delicious, and after I mention which wines are my favorites, Hayden surprises me with a bottle of each one.
The drive home is filled with conversation, and when he walks me to my door, our kiss turns heated. I’m forced to stop it from going any further, making me realize I can’t keep doing this. It isn’t fair to either guy—or me—to keep everyone at arm’s length. I need to choose. The problem is, I have no idea how to.
“Have sex with them both.”
“Are you out of your mind?” I glare at Lacey. “I am not having sex with both of them.”
“Why not?” She looks at me like I’m the crazy one. “Whichever one is better in bed is the one you choose. Life’s too short to be stuck with a man who’s shit in bed.”
“It’s bad enough I’m dating them both behind their backs. I’m not having sex with them too. That would make me a seriously horrible person.”
“So you’re, what, going to keep dating them both forever?”
“No. I’m going to pick one. It’s just hard. They’re both so damn perfect,” I mutter, feeling like an even worse person for complaining that I have two amazing guys who have both made it clear they really like me.
The problem is, it’s been almost three weeks since I’ve started dating Brody and Hayden, and I’m nowhere closer to figuring out which one to choose. After my date to the vineyards with Hayden, I went home and made a pro/con chart, but for every good thing about Brody, there was one for Hayden. And crazily enough, neither one has done a damn thing that I can put on the con side. I’m sure it’s because I’ve yet to spend the night with either of them, and we’re still in the early stages of dating, but there isn’t a single flaw that I can name that would put one ahead of the other. They’re both pretty damn perfect, which would be great if I didn’t need to find a reason to choose one over the other. And with every date they take me on, they only get that much more amazing.
“Whatever.” Lacey shrugs. “If you want to take the moral high road, that’s up to you. Just seems like it would be a horrible waste not to try them both out.”
“Try what out?”
My eyes go wide in shock, and I spin around to find Brody standing at the counter, dressed sharply in his business suit sans tie.
“I was just telling Bree that it would be a horrible waste not to try out her new chocolate chip cookie recipe with white and milk chocolate chips,” Lacey says, not missing a beat. “I mean, how can she possibly know which one tastes the best if she doesn’t try them both?”
“If I try every variation, I’ll get sick,” I say dryly, asking myself why I’m even arguing with her.
“Not if you just take a small bite of each,” Lacey says with a smirk.
“I agree,” Brody says, “and if you need a taste tester, I’m your man.”
Lacey snorts out a laugh, and I shoot her a quick glare. “On your way to work?” I ask, stepping out from behind the counter and away from my best friend’s nosy behind.
“Yeah, thought I’d grab a coffee and a muffin and…” He pulls me into his arms and leans in to kiss the corner of my mouth. “I was thinking we could do dinner and a movie tonight… at my place.”
My stomach sinks. Shit, at his place? Where there’s privacy and a bed. How the hell am I supposed to keep him at arm’s length if we’re alone behind closed doors?
“Ummm…” I look up into his sexy hazel eyes and want to say yes, but I can’t. “I can’t,” I say. “I have plans.” Technically, it’s not a lie since I plan to spend the night figuring my shit out. It’s gone too far, gotten out of control, and I need to decide before I go out with either of them again.
His gorgeous smile disappears, and my heart clenches in my chest. “All right. Well, what about Sunday?”
“Can I let you know?” I say, not wanting to make any plans until I know what I’m going to do.
“Sure.”
Lacey gets him his coffee and muffin, and then with a soft kiss that makes my knees weak, he heads out. The door has only just closed when it reopens and in walks Hayden.
My gaze swings over to Lacey, and her eyes go wide because, holy shit, that was close.
“There’s my favorite baker,” Hayden says, encircling his arms around my waist and kissing me. “You having a good morning?”
