Fourplay: Ever After Duet, Book 1 by Jayne Rylon

Author:Jayne Rylon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Happy Endings Publishing

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Ford leaned up against the wall near the door of the diner Josh had sworn Kari drooled over. Of course he would know. He paid attention to little shit like that.

The smell of eggs and bacon made Ford’s stomach rumble. Or was thinking about how today might end that had him desperately hungry?

This was either the best or worst decision they’d ever made. But he felt it. They were at a crossroads. How they handled this situation could break the three—no, four—of them apart. And that certainly included sitting back and doing nothing. So he’d have to act. In the most cautious and careful way he knew how, because if Kari got hurt due to their artless fumbling around, trying to figure out how to make this work, he’d never forgive himself.

Their friendship and their partnership would crumble.

For the first time, Ford acknowledged that meant something to him. More than simply for the pursuit of success or the epic quenching of their lust, he’d gotten used to having Brady and Josh in his world. They had an everyday routine—at home and at work. Their lives were irrevocably entwined. He wasn’t sure when it had happened exactly, but sometime in the past decade, they’d grown into a single high-performing unit.

Losing at love meant demolishing that foundation, too.

He wasn’t sure he could handle rebuilding from scratch and certainly didn’t want to in any case.

When he spotted the bounce of gorgeous, long auburn waves through the plate-glass window, he stood at attention. Was that some sort of code? Was she prepared to see them as something other than her employers? Unfortunately, when Kari pressed through the strangers surrounding her, her infectious smile was nowhere to be seen.

Oh shit, maybe he should send her away and pretend like this hadn’t happened. Josh and Brady would never forgive him if he did. There was too much at stake not to fight for what they really needed.

Ford crossed to the door and opened it for Kari, ushering her inside. “Good morning.”

“Hey.” She didn’t flinch or run, so he figured that was a decent start. When she tipped her face up and breathed deep of the warm vanilla and strawberry scent permeating the place, she hummed. “They have the best waffles here. At least if we have to have an awkward conversation, we might as well do it over good food.”

Biting his tongue lest he say something about rather having her for breakfast, Ford nodded and extended his arm. Not because he thought of her differently today, but because he was always as much of a gentleman as he could pretend to be around her. A gentleman with a bit of a possessive, protective streak. If she was going to accept their proposal, it was better that she saw each of them for who they really were.

She leaned into his hold instead of away from it, so he didn’t retract his light touch on her lower back as he steered her toward the table where Josh and Brady were eagerly waiting.

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