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me, and then you slept with him. Is your family forcing you to find a husband?” Liam ignored the flash of hurt from knowing he meant so little to her that she could fuck another man.
    “No.” Her single-word answer confused him more, but she didn’t elaborate.
    “Just no?” Frustration bubbled in his veins. “I’m trying to understand, Jolán. I want to understand.”
    She tilted the cup again. “I can’t—”
    “Anybody get the number of that bus?” Ivan’s raspy voice broke into coughing. “Shit, that hurts. What the hell happened?”
    With his heart in his throat, Liam buried the urge to strangle his brother for taking ten years off his life. “Shut up and take a drink.”
    Jolán tsked at him before turning her attention to Ivan. “You fell when you were climbing down the ladder. We think you might’ve passed out from heat exhaustion.”
    He blinked as if clearing his vision. “I kinda remember feeling dizzy. You’re not making me go to the hospital, are you?”
    “No.” Holding the cup to his lips, she frowned, evidently unsure whether to tell him they weren’t going anywhere. “Drink. You should eat, too.”
    “Yeah, hungry.” Reaching toward his knee, he gritted his teeth. “Man, my legs itch like crazy.”
    She grasped his hand, linking her fingers with his. “Don’t scratch. You’re having an allergic reaction to the ant bites. I put salve on the spots I could see, but it’ll take a few more minutes to relieve the swelling and start absorbing the toxins.”
    Unable to watch Jolán’s gentle interaction with his brother, Liam eased his arm out from behind Ivan. “I’ll get lunch.”
    She stood in one quick movement. “I’ll help you.”
    He swallowed a growl. The woman confounded him at every turn. Instead of acknowledging her offer, he rose and stomped toward the crisscrossing tangle of two-by-eights. She obviously cared for Ivan, negating the importance of her and Liam’s earlier conversation. Her motivation for screwing him didn’t matter. Neither did the explanation she didn’t seem to want to give.
    A light touch on his shoulder sent a shiver to his balls, and he tensed. He kept his tone at a whisper to keep their exchange private. “I don’t need help, and you shouldn’t be wandering around with bare feet. You’ll end up with a nail or a splinter in your foot. Considering your family’s preference for home remedies and herbal treatments, I doubt you’ve had a tetanus shot in your life.”
    She frowned. “ What is your problem?”
    An unamused snort escaped. His patience had worn too damn thin for manners. “You mean besides the fact that I’m trapped under a couple thousand pounds of lumber with a sick brother and a girl who—Never mind. Go back over to the corner.”
    “A girl who what?” Her braless tits jutted out at him with her fists perched on her hips.
    “I said never mind.” He bent to put the container of vegetables in the basket and pick it up by the handle. Why the hell hadn’t he kept his mouth shut?
    She was quiet until he straightened. The color had drained from her face, and she’d crossed her arms in front of her. “You and Liam are brothers?”
    A muscle in his jaw twitched. “Stepbrothers.”
    “You’re friends as well, aren’t you?”
    He shrugged. Had she finally realized the consequences of having sex with both of them? That she’d not only caused a rift between them, but she’d also left at least one of them aching from her rejection?
    “I told Great Grandmother I wasn’t ready.”
    “I don’t suppose you’re going to explain that comment, either.”
    Her teeth came out to bite her lower lip, and all the willpower he could rally wasn’t enough to stop his cock’s response. “You don’t understand.”
    She was right about that. “No, I don’t.”
    “I can’t explain. I’ll endanger everyone.”
    Endanger everyone? “Who is everyone, and how will explaining why you slept with us both endanger anyone?”
    Her gaze