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“Okay, umIt’s Nick”

Suzy threw her head back and started laughing

Wow, she sure was taking this well Beth laughed along with her, relieved that Suzy didn’t seem to be upset over her involvement with Nick

Suzy wiped her eyes, still s Spill the name already”

Oh, crap, I should have known it wasn’t going to go that well “Suzy, I’ each other since ere both living with you after your accident I mean, not immediately, but after a feeeks It just happened One minute I hated him and the next minute ere on the kitchen counter naked”

“Ugh, please stop! Tellwith Nick? He’s like our brother That little shit I should have known he couldn’t be trusted to keep his pants on He seduced you, didn’t he?”

Beth gri red face “Suzy, I’m not a kid, and it’s not his fault Honestly, I practically ripped his clothes off”

Suzy was starting to feel light-headed Why hadn’t she suspected anything? Nick was around a lot Where you saw Beth, he was nor of it She had just been glad that they were getting along better Ugh, she had forced the to keep the peace Oh, God, I’ my sister up for sex withbut pay the man to do my sister

“Get your stuff; we’re going back to my place I want to hear all about this, but I need to be drunk first”

“Bu— But Gray will be there”

“Does he know about this?”

“No, I pro Ella is the only other person who knows”

“Trust me, if Gray’s home, he will et out of here”

The silence in the car during the drive to Suzy’s house was broken only by an occasional groan from her Beth decided to stay quiet and let her cothat she was sleeping with someone like Nick Never in her wildest drea interested in her She had never been coh she was a norht Yet when Nick looked at her, she felt beautiful Even when she tried to hide her body from him, he refused to let her He had kissed every inch of her, and the desire in his eyes said that he didn’t see any of the flaws that she did Maybe he just needs glasses or he has secretly longed for a fluffy girl to cushion his hard contours

Beth had no idea how Nick would react to the news of her surprise pregnancy Everything about their relationship was casual They did spend alether, but there was never any talk of feelings For all she knew, he was still fitting in dates with other wos were for him, either If she let herself, she would probably fallthat stopped her was the certainty that irls like her

He was a rich, sexy, handsome man with a killer personality Everyone loved him When he walked into a roos were just better when he was around Beth, on the other hand, knew she was just average at best Soht consider her attractive, but she was far from model material, and those were the kinds of wo She couldn’t work out what he could possibly see in her besidesaround? Boy, there had been plenty of that They’d had hot, furious sex all over Suzy’s new home Beth chuckled; her sister would croak if she knew that

“All right, stop with the laughing I can well ih your ht here in your precious VW Bug”

Gray’s BMW was sitting in the garage beside Suzy’s SUV when they pulled in “I’o”

Suzy snorted and ot this” When Suzy threw open the door to the beach house that she shared with her fiancé, she looked around as ifin for the kill When Gray picked that particular moment to walk in from the patio, Beth almost felt sorry for him A smile lit up his face as he walked toward her sister, the love he felt for her evident in the intimate look in his eyes As he leaned in for a kiss, Suzy put out a hand and stiff-arh, slick”

Any other man would be confused by such a state, Beth” When she smiled weakly at him, he turned back to Suzy “Ah, baby, it would appear that I’ain We could save tiuilty of”

“You’re guilty of having a horny brother who lowered his zipper in the wrong place this time!”

Beth could see the instant Gray looked at her and hed

“You won’t have to; I’ to stick ain”

Beth looked back and forth between her sister and Gray as they each threatened bodily harm to Nick in turn This was really absurd Nick hadn’t seduced so thirty What did it say about her that they thought she was this easily led astray? Poor fat Beth, she has to be protected froirl some attention and she loses her head

Screw this, she had had enough

“Stop! My God, do you hear yourselves? Nick hasn’t done anything wrong Let me tell you—I wanted him Hell, I still want hientlerabbed hiue down his throat and ripped the buttons off his shirt right in your kitchen I have been fully willing and eager every time we have had sex and, believemyself and when I’m ready, I’ll walk away”

When Beth paused to take a breath, she saw the stunned expressions on Suzy’s and Gray’s faces Okay, possibly she one a bit too far in her defense of Nick Maybe a si them know it had been consensual would have been better than, “Hey, I’m a slut”