Read Online When We Met by Susan Mallery - Free Book Online

hero thing going on. Add to that the fact that they were good-looking and well-off... Attention was inevitable. The only question no one seemed to ask was why were they all single.
    Taryn knew the answer for each of them, and she wasn’t going to say a word. She loved her boys and she would keep their secrets.
    Noelle sighed. “Really? Touching them like that.”
    â€œNeed I remind both of you, you’re happily married?” Taryn asked.
    â€œI’m not interested that way,” Isabel told her with an unrepentant grin. “Just curious. Ford’s a former SEAL. I know about guys who work out regularly. Speaking as the woman who sleeps with him, I think being with him is very nice. But this is a whole different level of muscles.”
    â€œExactly,” Noelle said. “Our curiosity is purely intellectual.”
    Larissa laughed. “Sure it is.” She thought for a second. “I don’t know what to say. They were all professional athletes. They did things their bodies are not designed to do. They were all successful and they all pushed too hard and now there are injuries. I try to make them feel better.”
    Noelle sighed. “That’s so sweet. Are they naked?”
    Taryn grinned. “And here we are, to the real question.” She looked at her new friends. “Yes, they are naked. They are very comfortable being naked. I can’t tell you how many meetings we’ve had in the company locker room, or worse, the steam room.”
    She paused as three pairs of eyes widened. “I stay clothed,” she added.
    â€œThat would be weird,” Isabel admitted.
    â€œYou get used to it,” Taryn told her.
    Noelle looked at Larissa. “Yeah, for you, it’s no big deal. You’re a professional.”
    Larissa shook her head. “I’m not licensed, if that’s what you mean. I took the classes, but I never bothered with the exam. I don’t work with the public. I work on Sam, Kenny and Jack and sometimes Taryn.”
    Jo appeared with their drinks. When she left, Taryn reached for her iced tea. “I notice no one wants to talk about the thrill of seeing me naked.”
    â€œI’m sure you look great,” Noelle said absently as she continued to talk to Larissa. “Is it weird to see them that way, then around the office?”
    Isabel rolled her eyes. “Let’s cut to the real question. Who has slept with whom?”
    Dellina choked on her drink. “That’s direct,” she murmured when she could speak.
    Noelle looked at her. “A genuine ‘it went down the wrong way’ or are you keeping secrets?”
    Dellina held up a hand. “It went down the wrong way. Although the body talk is fun.”
    Taryn was less sure. The great bodies were nice, but in her opinion it was what a man could do with that body that was more appealing.
    â€œThey’re sweet guys,” Larissa told her. “But we’re like a family. We don’t get involved like that. The guys are always bringing around girls.”
    â€œNot Sam,” Taryn said.
    Larissa nodded. “That’s right. Sam is more careful. Of course he has the worst luck with women.”
    Dellina, who had just taken another sip of her soda, started coughing again. “Allergies,” she managed, when she could talk. “What are you talking about? What worst luck?”
    Larissa sighed. “It’s kind of sad, when you think about it.”
    â€œAnd funny,” Taryn added.
    â€œOkay, funny. But not in a mean way.” Larissa drew a breath. “Sam seems to find the one woman in the room who’s going to be a disaster. His ex-wife wrote a tell-all about their marriage.”
    Noelle winced. “Seriously?”
    â€œUh-huh. There have been stalkers and, oh, do you remember the girl who pretended to be pregnant?”
    Taryn nodded.
    â€œI feel bad for him,” Larissa admitted. “He’s a great guy, but