Love Her Madly Kobo v3 by Christie Ridgway

Author:Christie Ridgway [Ridgway, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Christie Ridgway
Published: 2015-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

Bing met his twin’s eyes in the bathroom mirror as he stepped into the room and pretended that guilt wasn’t digging a hole in his belly. “Come on in. Don’t bother knocking.”

His brother leaned one shoulder against the doorjamb. “Hot date?” he asked, eyeing the shaving cream swathing his face.

As an excuse not to answer, he poked his tongue into his cheek to get a better swipe with the razor.

Brody moved to the shelf of colognes, uncapping one to sniff. He made a face. “This is crap. Smells like disco polyester.”

“Your last girlfriend gave it to me. She said it reminded her of my smooth moves.”

Without a change in expression, Brody pitched the bottle into the trash.

Bing raised a casual eyebrow but braced for what was coming. “Something on your mind?”

“I promised myself I wasn’t going to say anything.” The struggle in his brother’s head played itself out on his face. “I realize you’re two grown people.”

“Uh-huh.” He continued moving the razor over his face.

“I told her where to find you the other night.”

“Yeah.” And it had surprised him, that Brody had sent the lamb straight to slaughter and then never brought it up to him. Until now.

“We ran this morning. She was quiet.”

“What? No nonstop commentary on the cat across the street, the color of the house on the corner, the rude driver who didn’t give you two the right-of-way?”

“Like I said, she was quiet.”

A pang of concern stabbed at him, a bitter spice added to his stew of self-reproach. Two nights ago she’d been crying during sex. He hadn’t gotten to the bottom of that, had he? Then afterward, he’d let her leave and go home on her own because he’d been still half-drunk on booze and her taste and because she’d been right, damn it, to walk away from him.

Lifting a towel from the counter, he wiped at the remains of the white stuff from his skin. “We were together.”

His brother met his eyes in the mirror. “So?”

Did he need to clarify? “I mean Alexa and I had sex.”

Brody snorted. “Figures.”

When his twin didn’t move a muscle or even raise his voice, Bing lifted a brow. “Don’t you want to hit me?”

“Only when you go all insisty about measuring twice.”

“Insisty?”

“It’s an Alexa word.”

Bing half-smiled. “Figures.” Then, sobering, he rubbed at his brow. “I’m going to dinner at her parents’ house tonight.”

“Have fun.”

“That’s all you have to say?” He stared at his brother. “I’m the bad twin, remember? Further contact with me might mess her up.”

“You could avoid doing that.”

Yeah. Like how? “I don’t get close to women…and Alexa?” He blew out a breath. “She’s…you know. You’re the one who said it. She’s a babe in the woods.”

“Be the big bad wolf that’s going to protect her then.”

“That’s supposed to be your job,” Bing told his brother. “Not mine. I’m emotionally unavailable, remember?”

Brody laughed. “Have you been reading women’s magazines in the grocery line again?”

He pushed past his twin and stalked into the bedroom to begin pulling on clothes.

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