Bend by Bailey Bradford

Author:Bailey Bradford [Bradford, Bailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ménage à Trois MMF/ Western
ISBN: 9780857156143
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2011-07-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Justin’s least favourite chore was working on the books for the ranch. On days like today, he’d give his left nut to be able to afford an accountant. He scowled as the computer beeped at him, the numbers he’d just put in blinking. Squinting, he saw he’d hit the ‘o’ instead of ‘0’.

“Well, no fucking wonder it wouldn’t take it.” Backspacing to the offending letter, Justin promptly deleted it then re-entered it. “Damn it all!”

“Must be accounting day.”

Justin looked up at his brother leaning against the doorframe. Josh was smirking and—Justin scowled again. “How big was that guy’s mouth? Looks like he sucked on half your neck!”

Josh rolled his eyes as he waved away the question. “Adult here, remember?”

Justin pointed to the big hickey. “Yeah? Well that looks like something a horny teenager would be running around with.”

“Like you’ve never sucked up a mark on Evan. Please.”

“That’s different. Me and Ev have been together for almost ten years,” Justin was quick to point out. “And even so, I never put anything the size of a damn dessert plate on him.” At least not where it showed.

Josh stepped into the room and sank down into the chair in front of Justin’s desk. “So you want to talk about this hickey or do you want to hear what I have to say about Annabelle.”

Justin’s stomach dipped and quivered. In the week and a half since Annabelle had ran off in a panic, he’d started to call her several times. He and Evan had discussed how long they should wait before contacting Annabelle if they didn’t hear from her first—or whether they should even bother. He considered calling Evan and having him join in on this conversation, but the truth was, Josh always clammed up around Justin’s lover, or he became borderline combative. Neither of those would be particularly productive in this instance. Any instance, really.

“What about her?”

Josh shrugged. “Just that she and I are going to be at the Xxchange tonight. I thought maybe y’all might want to know.”

Justin didn’t want to even think about why Belle would be going out to the club. “Not really. She’s made her opinion on me and Ev pretty clear.”

Josh clucked his tongue. “I’d never have thought you’d give up so easy.”

“She doesn’t want us.” And it hurt to admit it.

“I think she does,” Josh disagreed. “She was a mess for the first week, and now she’s trying to figure a few things out about herself. I thought it might be a good opportunity for y’all to remind her what she’s missing.”

Justin rubbed at his forehead as he closed his eyes. “Josh, it’s not that simple. And it’s not just me I have to watch out for. I don’t want to see Evan hurt again, and I sure as hell don’t want to be hurt. Annabelle could have called or even freaking emailed, but we haven’t heard from her at all.”

“Yeah, I know.” Josh looked down at his hands for a long moment before sighing and looking back up at Justin.

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