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Bront&eu secret He was trusting her with everything Giving her everything that he was

He wanted--needed--her in his life that badly?

She realized then that Danica had been wrong about Logan He didn’t treat everything like business He’d co full well that his friends--and business partners, it see everything

For her

"I love you, too," she told hioing to kill you"

A grin lit his face, and he pulled her close "They’ll get over it" He kissed her--long, hard, and fierce So fiercely that her knees eak, and she sagged against him

Behind the," Griffin said in a cultured voice "But you seeet the implications for the rest of us We’re not in love with her"

She turned to look at thean so much "You’re all such close friends--I don’t want this to be a problem"

"Too late," Jonathan said flatly

Bront&eun that would prove it? That I can stay quiet? That you can trust an asked

"Yes, that’s it," she said with a nod, glancing back at the table "Would a nondisclosure agreement work?"

"It depends," Reese said "Exactly howin here and sharing all our secrets with?"

"Only this one," Logan said, grinning "I’ swept through her, and she couldn’t stop s

"Oh, jeez," Reese said "They’re so cute together I want to puke"

"Be nice," Cade said "I’an and Bront&eus worked out as we play"

Logan moved to the table and pulled out his chair for Bront&eu she didn’t see the wary looks on the , it was clear that she still wasn’t exactly "invited" in their eyes "Get an extra chair," Logan said

"There are no extra chairs," Griffin pointed out succinctly "There’s never anyone else down here but us"

"We need to get another chair for in the future, then," Logan said

It got very quiet Cade began to push some chips toward her, but Brontë shook her head "I don’t kno to play poker," she lied, sensing that her playing would push a few of theback" She sly "Just because we’re a couple doesn’t ether every moment This is your time with your friends"

"Marry this one," Reese proclaiain

"I plan on it," Logan said

Bront&euan could sit down Was that justaboutoff from the table had the desired effect She i off the table and knew she’d an’s club He elcome to it, and she wouldn’t share the secret

As if he could tell what she was thinking, Logan sat down in the chair and dragged her into his lap Two drinks were set in front of them--whiskey or brandy from the looks of it

"Drink up," Jonathan said

They did, and Bront&eu taste of the drink, which h Her face flushed with e her on his lap "This rinning up at her

As the evening wore on, drinks, cards--and business advice--flew freely around the table Brontë lost track of most of the conversation due to the drinks that theher way--deliberately, she suspected, to distract her That was fine She ended up spending half the night discussing the exaggerations of the account of Atlantis in Plato’s Ti in Spain for a theoretical site near Cadiz, and they chatted about it while the ht Atlantis was an island in the ocean, recent theory was that Atlantis was on the Spanish coast, and it intrigued hian to see the site soan scowl

"Quit flirting withwith her, you Neanderthal We can discuss ," Griffin said, but he winked at her as if sharing a joke

Logan snorted "I’d believe it if I thought that talking archaeology didn’t give you a hard-on"

Griffin just shook his head, but Bront&euain, which told her that Logan had hit pretty close to the an kissed her ear and stood up, sliding her out of his lap "I’ upstairs to chat with Reese and Jonathan, love We’ll be back in aher newly refilled glass to her breast, her head buzzing "Don’t take too long"

"I won’t We’re just going to discussyour nondisclosure agreement"

She nodded, her brain fuzzy, and sat back down in Logan’s chair

Cade frowned as the three o and see what they’re up to"

He left, and Griffin followed hilass and the ht He’d been careful not to look over at her, and she was curious about him

Hunter Did he not like her? Bront&eu him over the rim of her snifter