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JULIA

My brothers had each found their “The One” Even my cousin Porter It had happened fast for them Bam, hit by a Mack truck of love They were all pussy-whipped and happy about it

It was hard to watch because I wanted what they had A guy as ridiculously possessive, attentive, protective Loving Devoted All the adjectives a woman wanted in a man

Their hot and heavy affection made me even more depressed Made Friday dinners even harder to s Clearly, a relationship wasn’t for me Love existed, but for everyone else

I was doo the spinster who had six cats and even more vibrators

I’d been in such a funk about relationships, I didn’t see one when it arrived on the doorstep It even rang the doorbell forit took me to fall in love One weekend and a story could be written about it

The Duke boys were nicknamed for cuts of meat Sir Loin of Beef T-Bone Tri-Tip Porterhouse We were a ranching family after all And me? I was known as Skirt Steak I didn’t think much of it until Cash and Bennett, because they told me—and showed me—how much they liked ood

I was going to take their word for it Every single time they made me come

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“Dildos weren’t what I had in reen one in her hand She pushed her glasses up her nose and frowned at it

I paused as I pulled one fro box I’d ordered them online for the party “You haven’t seen one up close before?”