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Authors: Dawn Forrest
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the odds of meeting this really great woman and then finding out, quite by chance after the first round of amazing sex, that her best friend, Rachael, is getting married to a cattle rancher on July twenty-sixth, and that she’s going to be the chief bridesmaid?” He paused for breath. “Her name is Shannon O’Reilly, and as we speak she is on her way to Ridge Water.”
James’s mind was doing a mental jigsaw, filling in the pieces as he absorbed the information.
“Hello? You still there?” Luke queried after half a minute of silence had passed.
James let out a breath that he didn’t realize he’d been holding. “But Shannon’s not due to arrive here for a few more days, July thirteenth I think.”
“She was asked to fill in at the conference at the last minute, and I guess she thought she’d surprise Rachael by pitching up earlier.”
James stood up and began to pace the room. “Shit, Luke, this could get complicated. Does she know about our partnership?” He had a sharp mind and was running through all the possibilities.
“Ah, well, not exactly, not all of it.”
“What exactly doesn’t she know?”
“The bit about us sharing women.”
James winced when he heard that.
“I was completely shocked when I found out who she was. I didn’t know what to say and I didn’t want to scare her off before she’d even met you. She was gone when I woke up this morning, but she left a note, phone number, and,” he snorted a laugh, “a cute model.”
“What?” This was getting bizarre.
“Never mind. I did manage to get in a bit of positive suggestion about polyandry ménages though.”
“Luke, start from the beginning and tell me everything.” James sat back down, put his feet up again, and took a long swig of his coffee, thinking he might as well get comfortable.
Ten minutes later, he was sporting an erection that could pound nails and not feeling very comfortable at all. Luke’s description of Shannon’s reaction to the ménage fantasy heated his blood. Trying to think clearly they analyzed the situation and came up with a loose plan of action. James needed to meet Shannon to see if there was attraction between them or not. Either way, there wouldn’t be much time before they had to explain everything to her. Although Luke had really only omitted the truth and not told an outright fib, it would get more difficult to not lie as time went on. Soon someone, probably Rachael, would mention Luke and the threads of information would weave together into an exaggerated tale of deceit. Then the shit would really hit the fan.
If there was mutual attraction the plan became a little vague with only a loose theme of coming clean and showing her how good it could be with them both. Luke’s idea was to court her and take things slowly. James wasn’t so sure, thinking that it was all very well for Luke who’d already had some. Before he hung up Luke impressed upon him how much he liked Shannon.
“Behave and don’t screw this up, partner,” he warned.
“Hey, it’s me you’re talking to, I can do depraved, er, I mean, behaved,” he chuckled at Luke’s groan and cut the call.
James sat back in his chair smiling, looking out of the big window onto the yard and wondering how he was going to proceed with Operation O’Reilly as he’d just nicknamed it. Luke had always had darn good taste when it came to the ladies, so he was expecting to like her looks, but this wouldn’t be only a physical thing, and that upped the ante. He also had to consider the real possibility that Joshua would lynch him if he did anything to upset Rachael or the wedding. As he pondered the facts, he first heard and then saw Joshua’s truck roll up to the house. His brother languidly got out and looked around at the morning activity. Some of the hands were in the closer fields seeing to the feed and water for the young calves. Two were cleaning the yard and stables. A few were away, out on the range.
Joshua’s face was set
James’s mind was doing a mental jigsaw, filling in the pieces as he absorbed the information.
“Hello? You still there?” Luke queried after half a minute of silence had passed.
James let out a breath that he didn’t realize he’d been holding. “But Shannon’s not due to arrive here for a few more days, July thirteenth I think.”
“She was asked to fill in at the conference at the last minute, and I guess she thought she’d surprise Rachael by pitching up earlier.”
James stood up and began to pace the room. “Shit, Luke, this could get complicated. Does she know about our partnership?” He had a sharp mind and was running through all the possibilities.
“Ah, well, not exactly, not all of it.”
“What exactly doesn’t she know?”
“The bit about us sharing women.”
James winced when he heard that.
“I was completely shocked when I found out who she was. I didn’t know what to say and I didn’t want to scare her off before she’d even met you. She was gone when I woke up this morning, but she left a note, phone number, and,” he snorted a laugh, “a cute model.”
“What?” This was getting bizarre.
“Never mind. I did manage to get in a bit of positive suggestion about polyandry ménages though.”
“Luke, start from the beginning and tell me everything.” James sat back down, put his feet up again, and took a long swig of his coffee, thinking he might as well get comfortable.
Ten minutes later, he was sporting an erection that could pound nails and not feeling very comfortable at all. Luke’s description of Shannon’s reaction to the ménage fantasy heated his blood. Trying to think clearly they analyzed the situation and came up with a loose plan of action. James needed to meet Shannon to see if there was attraction between them or not. Either way, there wouldn’t be much time before they had to explain everything to her. Although Luke had really only omitted the truth and not told an outright fib, it would get more difficult to not lie as time went on. Soon someone, probably Rachael, would mention Luke and the threads of information would weave together into an exaggerated tale of deceit. Then the shit would really hit the fan.
If there was mutual attraction the plan became a little vague with only a loose theme of coming clean and showing her how good it could be with them both. Luke’s idea was to court her and take things slowly. James wasn’t so sure, thinking that it was all very well for Luke who’d already had some. Before he hung up Luke impressed upon him how much he liked Shannon.
“Behave and don’t screw this up, partner,” he warned.
“Hey, it’s me you’re talking to, I can do depraved, er, I mean, behaved,” he chuckled at Luke’s groan and cut the call.
James sat back in his chair smiling, looking out of the big window onto the yard and wondering how he was going to proceed with Operation O’Reilly as he’d just nicknamed it. Luke had always had darn good taste when it came to the ladies, so he was expecting to like her looks, but this wouldn’t be only a physical thing, and that upped the ante. He also had to consider the real possibility that Joshua would lynch him if he did anything to upset Rachael or the wedding. As he pondered the facts, he first heard and then saw Joshua’s truck roll up to the house. His brother languidly got out and looked around at the morning activity. Some of the hands were in the closer fields seeing to the feed and water for the young calves. Two were cleaning the yard and stables. A few were away, out on the range.
Joshua’s face was set
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