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"Kind of?" She looked amused now

"I blew hi "Well, at least you’re honest"

"To a fault" He smiled "But I promise you, I’ve only been with Jen and Cash And Aid has only been with Savannah"

"Good"

She placed a possessive hand on his thigh, eliciting a rush of satisfaction Da her clai able to touch her tonight Every tie to pull her into his arms and kiss her senseless, but he hadn’t wanted to e His friends would never be openly rude or judgmental, or probably even care that Dylan ith her, but he couldn’t deny that Claire ju into bed with her ex-fiancé’s brother so soon after the break-up didn’t look great

The funny thing was, the fact that Claire had alhtest anymore No, what bothered him was that he wasn’t bothered by it Because…why the hell not? His brother had lived with this woman for more than a year, had nearly made her his wife, for fk’s sake So why didn’t he feel like he was betraying Chris? Because his brother was a jerk? Because he’d known froht for Chris? All of the above?

Aidan returned to the roo an end to Dylan’s internal self-examination

"Hot chocolate for the lady" Aidan handed Claire her ratefully accepted the coffee and blew on the hot liquid to cool it As Aidan settled in the arifts beneath the tree

"So when are we opening presents?" she asked "My parents and I usually do it on Christift thing tonight"

"My dad and I do it tonight," Aidan said in a gruff voice "When he doesn’t bail on the holidays, that is"

"At my house we do both," Dylan told them "We each open one present on Christ"

"Oooh, I like that idea," Claire said "Can we all open one tonight?"

He and Aidan both shrugged as if to say, "Why not?"

Bea, she hopped off the couch and made a beeline for the tree "Can I pick which ones you open?"

Aidan sh the presents, Dylan had to wonder what the heck she’d bought during her nuet each other only one or two things, and stick to a lies she’d come home ere fairly small, there were quite a few of them

She stalked back to the couch and handed each of theifts," she said with a grin "I’lanced at each other "You first," Aidan said graciously