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. I think I do, Chris countered and turned back to his quest formore things to put into play. I know you, apparently better than youknow yourself. You know what I want you to know. Barrett took a long pull ofhis whiskey and breathed out as the burn coated his throat, warminghim throughout his body. We are Gideons.It s in our blood to dominate in everything wedo.You can t stop being who you are, Barrett.Gail made you holdthat part of you back.You weren t yourself with her.At least now youcan finally be yourself again. I m exactly who I want to be. One miserable bastard. Bullshit. Can we just get this over with? He whipped around and glared down at Barrett. What the hell iswrong with you? Sarah is going to walk through that door any minute.If she sees you wallowing in your own goddamn self-pity, what doyou think she is going to say? To think? You can tell by the way sheholds herself that she has self-esteem issues.She sees you mopinglike that and she s going to take it personally. She s beautiful.There s no reason for her to have a self-esteem 58 Eve Adamsissue. Chris laughed. No argument there, cuz.I knew she d be perfectfor us, which is why I flagged you over.Sarah does love a challenge,and to have two Doms challenge her made her all that much hotter.You like her, don t you? She d definitely caught his eye, and it bothered the hell out ofhim.He wasn t even over Gail, and here he sat, lusting over anotherwoman.A woman with dark red curls of satin and big brown eyes thatpulled him into their depths. Yeah, I like her. Chris chuckled and flashed that charming, Gideon smile. Yeah,me too.She s got the cutest little crinkle between her eyes when shelooks at you like you ve lost your ever-loving mind.And the way shechallenged us both was spectacular.Man, I ve never seen you sofrustrated and me so goddamn hard I could split rocks. Barrett continued to pout as he stared at his glass of whiskey, atthe way the ice had begun to melt and swirl around in the amberliquid. At least with Gail out of your life, you are finally free.You getthat, right? Ignoring the pinch in his gut at that little dose of reality, Barrettclosed his eyes and tried to tune out his cousin as Chris continued onwith his theory. Barrett, I m going to tell you something that you need to hear.It s going to piss you off, but you need to hear it. Barrett opened his eyes and glared at his cousin. Is it worthending your life over? Chris rolled his eyes. Oh, yeah.Always the tough guy.Listen tome, you have to know that you never had her. Excuse me? Barrett tensed and readied himself for jumping outof the chair and kicking the shit out of his favorite cousin.Despite knowing it could be his last breath, Chris used it tocontinue pissing Barrett off, as always. Seriously, cuz.Gail used Trio 59you.She used you to make Tom jealous before they got together.Sheused you to get back at Tom when those two split up.She used you toget Tom back.It s always been a game to her.Why can t you seethat? He lowered his gaze to his glass as the truth of what Chris saidstruck him hard.Still, Barrett tried to refute. You re wrong. How am I wrong? You don t know Gail the way I do. I don t need to know her.I know women like her.Hell, I ve beenon both sides with women like her. Did any of them tell you they loved you? Barrett didn t havemuch of a defense left and started to grasp at straws. Those are just words, dude.Did she ever look you in the eyewhen she said it? Goddamn it. She didn t need to.I know she meant it. You need to see it for what it really was, Chris said, his jovialtone gone.He rarely showed this serious side.Barrett took notice and glanced up at him. And that is? Chris s hazel eyes bore into him. Gail never loved you.And,frankly, I hope this time she s gone for good.The rest of us have hadto stand back and watch the way she strung you along.It suckedknowing that whenever she wanted anything from you, you d dropeverything to be at her beck and call. That s being a good friend. At what cost? Jesus, Barrett.You re thirty years old and havenever had a serious relationship because of her. Barrett s blood began to boil.He didn t need to hear this.Hedidn t want to hear this. This from the guy whose idea of a seriousrelationship is the same woman for more than one weekend. That s by choice. And so is mine. Keep trying to convince yourself of that.All I m saying is thatwith Gail out of the picture, maybe you ll finally be able to find 60 Eve Adamssomething more than being a third party in a weekend ménage. Justthen a knock at the door sounded, and Chris grinned wide as he closedthe folding closet doors before approaching the other door. And thatsomething may be closer than you think. Before Barrett could protest against his cousin s ridiculous notion,Chris opened the door and immediately lost his smile. Carol? Barrett stood as the blonde bombshell walked into the room.Hespotted her in the bar.She already had so many guests, men andwomen alike, surrounding her, all trying to claim her, that he didn teven bother.She screamed high maintenance, from her fake boobs,fake tan, and fake nails, all the way down to shoes that probably costmore than her fee for the weekend.So why was she here instead of Sarah?Chris didn t seem to mind, the heartless son of a bitch. Well,well, well.Are we adding a bit of flavor to tonight s activities? Carol gave him a slow once-over. More like a replacement. Where s Sarah? Barrett demanded. She left. Chris and Barrett exchanged surprised glances. Where s your couple? Chris took a step toward her.Barrettknew from the look on his cousin s face and that horny gleam in hiseye that he d already forgotten about Sarah. Were you too much forthem? They re sleeping, Carol explained and batted her large blue eyesat Chris. And now I m all alone. You don t have to be. Carol s gaze flicked over to the bed.Instead of fear flashing in hereyes, she licked her lips and bit down. Looks like you already haveplans. Plans can be altered, Chris countered in a hungry growl.Barrett didn t want Carol.He didn t realize it until she hadn tshowed, but he was actually looking forward to seeing Sarah again.Having her decide to leave even after the heated banter between them Trio 61really cut deep. Where is she now? Carol turned to Barrett and gave a long sigh. She s out front.Itried to talk her into staying, but she refused.She said somethingabout not being good enough for two men.Wait, did you both pinher? Barrett didn t answer.He hurried out of the room and toward thefront door to stop Sarah from leaving.Carol s voice echoed behind him. Why would either of you pinher instead of me? Let me see if the twins are busy, Chris said, and then closed thedoor
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