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And arn the coirl Poaching wasn’t his style, but for her, he’d bend the rules

He gazed across the roolance at hie of lashes Her nipples beaded as she held his stare Satisfaction rippled through him

Last warning“You’re a very generous boyfriend Are you sure you want to share?”

Ben reared back in surprise, staggering drunkenly “Kata’s not irlfriend, dude She’s just a friend with benefits She knows I fuck other girls ”

Evil glee wound through Hunter’s system Just a friend? Hunter vowed

those benefits Ben received noould be very short-lived He would beKata’s itch

“She fuck other guys?”

Lurching over to the six-pack on the nearby bar, Ben grabbed another brew and pried it open “Not lately Too busy ”

This just got better and better “Doing what?”

“She’s a probation officer for Lafayette Parish Works fuckin’ terrible hours with the dregs of society Been dealing with death threats lately, she thinks froot probation for a first-tie, and she reported hi in ”

Hunter’s gut clenched Hearing about anyone being unduly threatened pissed him off, and it took a special kind of chickenshit to threaten a female This particular asswipe made every combat-trained cell in Hunter’s body want blood “They arrest the motherfucker?”

Ben shook his head “They got a warrant out Kata’s tough ” Ben sent hirin “And she looks hot in a business suit with all that long hair in a prissy twistHmm ”

Oh, Hunter could picture peeling away a hip-hugging skirt and a papery-thin blouse, working his fingers through her hair until it hung thick and wavy as it did now Tearing away her exterior until all she ere stockings, stilettos, and a welco smile

But before he indulged, he had to ask the question that bothered hias “Why ask me to join you?”

Ben actually looked surprised “You’re like ice, e ”

Yeah, that had always been his MO in the past Now? He suspected things had changed—in the last fivehi out what, exactly, was Hunter’s first goal Making sure she wanted far ht was his second

“Ménage is her fantasy, huh?” He smiled “Game on ”

At least until he changed the rules

“WHO is that?” Marisol asked, raising a dark brow as she stared at the tall, hard-bodied stranger Ben talked to

The stranger who kept staring

Katalina Muñoz had wanted the answer to her sister’s question since he walked in the door as dinner ended a few o

Nervously twisting her silver ring on her finger, she tore her gaze away, back to her older sister “You don’t know? You didn’t invite him?”

Marisol shook her head “The only person I invited myself was Mamá ”

And they both knew that their stepfather, Gordon, would never allow their mother to leave the houseson of a bitch?

“The way that blond guy looks at you, I can tell he’d like to know you much better,” her friend Chloe murmured “Damn, he’s hot He looks built, like he could kick even a pro wrestler’s ass ”

In total agreement, Kata stared at him some more

Guys like hier that irls like her, a little tall, a little on the plus side But he’d hardly looked at anything or anyone else since stepping into the room

“Will Ben be angry?” her sister asked in worried tones

How did one tell her conservative, very married older sister that she and Ben werethere “We aren’t exclusive, Mari ”

“I’d like to get to know that guy ” Chloe sighed “But clearly, you’re the only woht Happy birthday to you, chica!”

Ale, and happy, why shouldn’t she enjoy a few hours with a guy like hiirls he nailed, he would understand And have no probleht

Unless Ben had invited this stranger to her party forOh dear God

Even the possibilitybelow her waist want to tango

“So no one knoho he is? This is et deets,” her other friend, Hallie, proht back ”

Kata downed the last of her cha a shiver She knew just by looking at hi here, he had sin on his mind

As pro the room, and she looked ready to burst “OMG! You will not believe this ”

Kata’s stomach danced with anticipation Was he married? A male stripper? “What?”

“I don’t knohy he’s here Still working that angle Apparently, he o His name is Hunter He’s fro recently injured A real badass, by all accounts ”

She had no trouble believing that His don’t-fuck-with-me air reached across the rooed by two days’ worth of stubble Dark blond hair cut military short, harsh jawline, corded neck, veined forear about him conveyed stark power

Daray T-shirt like nobody’s business The bulges of his pectorals and the ridges of his abdo her to tear the shirt off and run her fingers, her tongue, all over that ahs And in betweenShe sed Even across the roo at her