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bared by a skirt so short it neared indecency, a strip of pale belly bared, she danced—sandwiched between Adam and his brother, Burke. The club was smoky and crowded and just getting loud. And despite all that, Deke couldn’t mistake the lust on either brother’s face.
    “Are you listening to me?” Luc ranted.
    He gripped the phone tighter. “You made yourself real clear last night, cuz. I’m going to play Sir Galahad and ride in to save the day.”
    “Don’t forget the apologizing part.”
    “Back off.”
    Luc sighed. “Tell her we’ll help. Nicely. No mention of using her ass so harshly that she won’t sit for a week.”
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    Deke winced. He’d treated her badly, hoping to dissuade her from this foolish, reckless idea. Luc knew that, but admitting it out loud would only give him more ammunition. He already had right on his side…
    “You’re pushing it.”
    “You’re the one pushing. You’re shoving Kimber away when she’s done nothing but ask for a favor. And it’s a favor we’re both dying to grant.”
    “Hell, yes, I pushed her away. She’s a virgin.”
    “She isn’t Heather.”
    That was just dirty pool. Deke gripped the phone, pissed at how low this conversation had become in the space of a heartbeat. “She has nothing to do with this. Kimber just isn’t my type.”

    Shayla Black Decadent Luc laughed in his ear. “Really? Who is your type?” Deke paused. Hell, he could barely remember another woman’s name for thinking about getting inside Kimber. “Alyssa Devereaux.”
    “That blonde strip club owner with the Tupperware breasts?”
    “She’s not a whore,” Deke protested, knowing from previous discussion that’s exactly what Luc thought.
    “Maybe, but you don’t really want Alyssa. She doesn’t want you.”
    “She wants you.” A fact that had pissed Deke off when he’d last seen Alyssa a few months ago.
    “And I’m not interested. Besides, you’re only telling yourself that you want her because you think she’s ‘safe.’”
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    “I want her because she’s hot and I hear she gives a killer blow job.” Luc snorted. “You want Alyssa so bad that you jacked off last night and moaned Kimber’s name. I heard you through the wall.”
    Deke felt a flush crawl up his face. “Invest in some fucking earplugs. Yeah, Kimber got me hot. So what? She’s a virgin. Man, I’m telling you, they’re bad news.”
    “I’ve been with a virgin. It was a beautiful experience. They’re not bad news; Heather was.”
    “Leave her out of this.”
    “No! You pushed Kimber out the door with a slew of ugly words yesterday because of Heather. Deke, you weren’t responsible—” Shayla Black Decadent

    “We all know I was. I live with that fact every fucking day. Drop it,” he growled.
    “Now.”
    “I think you’re wrong.” Luc sighed. “But I’ll drop it if you’ll go talk to Kimber.
    Apologize. Tell her we’ll help.”
    He took another long swallow of his beer and stared as Burke Catrell grabbed Kimber’s hips and gyrated his cock against her ass. The bastard apparently wanted to wear his nose somewhere in the middle of his forehead. Deke would be happy to make it happen if Catrell didn’t get his fucking hands off her. His blood was beginning to boil, and the fury rising in him was about up to his eyeballs, ready to overtake his brain.
    “She looks otherwise occupied,” Deke snarled into the phone.
    “But she came to you first.”
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    Yeah, she had. Damn Luc and his logic. And Kimber was putting on this show for his benefit, he’d guess, given the way she kept sneaking glances in his direction.
    “Get over whatever snit you’re in,” Luc said, “and do the right thing.”
    “If I bring her home, I’m going to end up fucking her. We both are.” He sighed heavily. “You know it.”
    Deke wanted inside her. Bad. Damn bad. Not just her ass, though he’d enjoy it.
    Not just her mouth, though he was sure a blow job from Kimber and her lush pink mouth would be