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I’d already had that conversation with ht ti the Giving thecouys, I justified They’d been there before and knehat it was like to get wrapped up in a woone quite as far as I had As far as I knew, none of them had ever had sex with a woman at work, especially a woman they weren’t in a relationship with

But as the oldest brother, I figured it was my job to set that precedent Maybe

I didn’t really have any expectations for how they were going to react The possibilities were spread far across the spectrum, so I just had to take each one as it cahted withshot, but it wasn’t so much the sex in the office they were concerned about Instead, it ho I’d chosen Each of theood Merry was for the company and that everyone liked her Even Vince and Nick liked her, and they had only encountered her briefly at the races But they kneell enough to know she was good for the tea her wasn’t an option, according to all four

Which was good, because I didn’t want to lose her, either I wanted to keep her Except I was thinking about it in a different way than they were Whilethe co of how much I wanted to have her as aher stay at the co out of her way and not causing any more trouble

The longer we talked, the ht Brandon seemed to have no clue what happened He didn’t look at me or speak to me any differently than he had before And he definitely didn’t ht not have been able to live through it He just talked and updated like nothing was different, and finally thewas over

It was a relief to close the door behind Brandon and be into him and hoped eventually I’d be able to be in the rooht then, it was really anybody I just wanted to be alone with hts I had press release stuff I needed to finish up and send to Merry to post; then I needed to respond to a slew of emails I’d put off for a couple days After that, I was seriously considering spending the rest of the day in the garage There ork to be done on the bikes, including t ones we’d just bought GettingI needed to help with the restless feeling under my skin

Responding to the eer than I expected There was soh the spaet to the from people ould try to present theet the coion of followers With sponsored posts, of course, and with the expectation of other perks and privileges to go along with it Those aggravated ance and because they wasted my time

Finally, I was finished withelse to do that requiredI couldn’t coo down to the garage and spend some tio for a while

As soon as I walked into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water to bring with e unscathed Standing at the counter over a pan of fresh cornbread was my mother She turned onI needed to know

She knew I don’t kno I don’t knoho told her or what version they told her But she knew