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could if you wanted to.”
    “But where would that leave you?”
    “On the outside, where I belong.”
    “No,” Bradley said, his anger suddenly flaring. “You have a chance to be happy. We all do. Don’t you dare think like that!”
    “Whoa, settle down, little brother.”
    “Don’t little brother me, you asshole,” Bradley said in a dangerously calm voice. “I’m not the one trying to sabotage a good thing before it’s even begun.”
    “Yeah, well, you’ve obviously had time to think about it. I learned two hours ago that I’m expected to fuck my brother’s fiancée under the guise of submissive training, yet now you’re telling me you want to live a permanent ménage? How the fuck am I supposed to react?”
    “Grateful, excited, pleased…I don’t know, pick one.”
    “Grateful? To you? You’re the asshole who stole her out from under me years ago.”
    Bradley rolled his eyes. “You know that’s not true. You were already pushing her away long before she and I went off to college together.”
    Ryan ground his teeth and refused to comment. He couldn’t really deny it. He’d been barely twenty-two when he’d realized his need to dominate was far more a part of him than he’d first thought. He’d struggled to hide it from Melody, but when Bradley had come home from college without her, Ryan had finally explained what had happened to change things between him and Melody to his brother.
    Melody had stayed an extra year at college, eventually pursuing career options a long way from home. She’d only come back into their lives a few years ago.
    And Ryan had never found the courage to explain to Melody what had gone wrong between them.
    “I was happy for you both when Mel accepted your proposal.”
    “Me, too,” Bradley said with a more natural tone. “But I was happy for you when she wandered into your club.” He shifted slightly, gazing at the woman in his arms as he spoke. “We’ve both loved Mel our entire lives. Will you abandon her again without giving her a chance to understand?”
    Ouch. Low blow, but exceedingly accurate. The fear and confusion he’d felt while questioning his own kinky needs still didn’t excuse the way he’d treated Melody back then. He’d broken both of their hearts by being too much of a coward to explain.
    He shook his head in answer to his brother’s question.
    No, he wouldn’t abandon her. Not ever again.
    He just hoped he wasn’t going to hurt her this time by staying.

Chapter Fifteen
     
    I wake feeling surprisingly refreshed. The sunshine streaming through the window, however, is a tad disconcerting. I slept all night?
    It takes another full minute to realize that the arms wrapped around me don’t belong to my fiancé.
    “Good morning, little one,” Ryan says as he pulls me closer. I can feel his hard cock pressed against my ass, and I can’t help but moan softly at the delicious feeling. He laughs quietly as his hand slides up my torso, eventually stopping just under my breast. “How are you feeling?”
    “Good, I think. Embarrassed, maybe. I’m not really sure.”
    “Regrets?”
    “No,” I say, trying to roll in his embrace so that I can see his expression. “Well, I kind of regret falling asleep, but only because I cut our night together short.”
    “So you’re not ready to call us both assholes and run for the hills?”
    “Why would I do that?”
    “Good answer,” Bradley says with a wicked grin as he comes into the room. He’s wearing only a towel and has obviously just come out of the shower. “We were talking last night—”
    “While I was asleep?” I ask, trying to hide my annoyance but doing a lousy job.
    “Yes, sleeping beauty,” he says as he sits on the edge of the bed, “while you were asleep.” He reaches over and brushes the hair out of my eyes, his touch sensual, intimate. “I know you took this week off work to organize some things for the wedding, but I think maybe this is more important at the moment.” He