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Marnie shrugged and reached under the bar She calass filled with aht, Hannah picked it up and sla for her this time
Unlike the first two she’d had, this drink lacked bite It was silky slass down and stared with a frown “I don’t think this is tequila I like this one, Marnie I could drink this all night”
She’d probably have to Glancing at the pilot again, Hannah asked, “Do you have any idea when Billy ht be sober?”
It was rude to rand exit She was supposed to be halfway to Anchorage by now She couldn’t sit here er or the brothers would find her What would happen then? She shivered in anticipation No, you’re supposed to be leaving the about all the delicious ways they could punish you
Marnie leaned forward “You’re in trouble, girl Why don’t you tellthis is about my boys”
“I’m sorry, ma’am I don’t know your boys I just flew up from Dallas yesterday with my boss—well, my former boss—and his brothers I haven’t exactly seen much past the bedroom, if you knohat I mean” Had she just said that out loud?
Hannah felt herself flush Where had her one? Fled in a haze of alcohol, she suspected Except she didn’t feel very drunk Tipsy, lass and sniffed it “Hey, is this apple juice?”
Marnie merely poured another “Now see, it sounds like you have met my boys Gavin and Slade would be just the type to hide a wo Dex, he’s become like one of my own, too He can be a caveman when it suits him”
“Perfect” Hannah downed the drink “I flee, and I run straight into their surrogate momma
If you’re not going to help et ainst the beat-up hardwood floors sounded behind her Hannah sighed Theher every move since she’d walked in Initially Marnie had scared thean belting out offers
“I’ll buy you a drink, ma’am”
“Me, too One of them fruity drinks, if you want,” added another
“I have soet…comfortable and drink a few”
Wincing, Hannah turned The dozen or so roughnecks had closed in The big, burly men in faded jeans and flannel shirts, clearly used to hard work if their battered boots were any indication, hovered If she hadn’t already given her heart away, she uys attractive But not a one could hold a candle to her men
Except Gavin, Slade, and Dex weren’t her men anymore
Hannah sentleh of ht, I really don’t need eneral store Is there one around so I can pick up a few necessary iteratitude to Marnie for cutting her off while she could still stand She wasn’t used to drinking, except the occasional glass of wine Slade ordered for her
“The store is next door What do you need?” Marnie asked “I’ll have someone pick your items up”
“Well, I need some underwear, for starters Dex didn’t pack any He said I wasn’t allowed to wear the I like And I like underwear” She heard the men behind her erupt into a ru Others blatantly talked ast themselves
“The new girl ain’t wearin’ no underwear”
Hannah held her head high and glared at the man who’d made that statement He had to be at least six foot five and all of twenty-one, but neither trait excused hiatives, at least not in Hannah’s book “It’sany underwear It’s also rude to point that out” She turned back to Marnie “I would also love a bra”
“I told you she didn’t have no bra on I can tell”
Hannah glared over her shoulder at yet another ed friend’s trouble with grammar
“Sorry,his skin a dark brown “I ot a bra on”
She shook her head, resolved to ignore him and the others
Marnie set a cup of coffee in front of her Hannah picked it up, wondering if she could pour it down the pilot’s throat instead Ti thin
The older wo her dark eyes “I can see why irl But I’m sorry to tell you that unless you like boxer shorts in an extra large, you’re out of luck And I definitely don’t stock bras, although the way soht need a little support”
“It’s e man said as he crossed his ar to hide his chest
Marnie’s eyes rolled “Roughnecks Suddenly, they’re so sensitive Nohich ofyou trouble? I bet it’s Gavin Unless you’re leaving over the underwear thing Then I’d say that’s either Dex or Slade I like ive them up”
Hannah could probably live without the underwear, though she’d intended to fight theet the plug out of her bottom It was still there, a subtle re now that she’d left those perverted, wonderful men “It’s just…Gavin isn’t interested in me” Marnie’s dark eyes turned shrewd “I doubt that I know him I’ve been worried about hiht a woman here, I was so damn happy Now that I’veyou’re already involved with Slade and Dex, while Gavin is being the stubborn holdout” Hannah flushed “You’re perceptive”
“Well, sweetie, ive edicts about whether a woman can wear delicates unless they’re involved, and I know Slade and Dex have been looking for a wo time”
“That’s a way of life around these parts, Miss,” the large ot a lot of women here We have to share And if the Ja you threeto offer you five”
“Not really a selling point,” Hannah said, unable to keep the horror from her voice What on earth would she do with fiveand laundry alone would make her suicidal
“Don’t mind them” Marnie reached out and covered Hannah’s hand with her own “So you say Gavin doesn’t want you?”