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intention of leaving her perch—unless it was to climb onto the lap of the man who sat next to them.
    Brian lifted her legs and placed them on his lap. Then he removed her sneakers and socks, and began to massage her feet.
    Carrie groaned, the pleasure nearly bone-melting. “Oh, God, you have about an hour to stop that.”
    “Just enjoy, darlin’, it’s the least I can do in repayment for that oral delight.”
    “May I say, sugar, you are one hell of a kisser.”
    “Ha! That wasn’t me. That was all the two of you. Y’all got some serious talent there. I swear, too much more of that and my clothes would have melted right off my body.”
    “So we figured,” Brian said. “Not that we would really mind, you understand.”
    “But the first time we have you in bed between us, Carrie, we want to be sure it’s what you want, too.” Chase kissed the top of her head.
    “And even though we’ve known each other since you came to town, I don’t reckon you’ve been thinking of us that way until recently. Have you?” Brian’s question, his voice quiet, pinged her conscience.
    Carrie sighed again. Who knew these two cowboys were going to prove to be gentlemen as well as being so damn hot? “No, you’re both right, on all counts.”
    “You were pretty resistant to us—until Saturday. We think something changed for you then.”
    Chase tipped her face up toward him, his finger gentle on her chin. “If we were interested in just a few fast lays, sugar, we’d be there right now. But we want more than that from and with you. At the very least we want a relationship with you that is real and honest, on all sides.”
    “You’ve got secrets, darlin’, shadows that haunt you. Maybe others don’t see them, but we do.”
    “Everyone has secrets.” Carrie couldn’t help the feeling of defensiveness that rose up in her. She’d spent a lifetime alone, keeping her thoughts and her words to herself. Damn straight she had secrets. She wouldn’t have been able to survive if she hadn’t learned how to hide—both literally and figuratively.
    “Yes, everyone has secrets.” Chase stroked her face with his finger. “But not everyone is the woman we love. You can’t expect us to share your body if you’re not also willing to let us share your soul.”
    Well, hell . She’d been hoping to find out just what these shivery sensations would lead to. And then the words he just used echoed loudly in her head and Carrie shot up straight in Chase’s lap and gasped.
    She would have climbed off him but he held on tight.
    “Love? You don’t love me! It doesn’t happen that way. That was just…just…kissing!”
    Instead of being pissed off, Chase just smiled. He shared a look with his brother, and so naturally Carrie had to look at Brian, too. They were both grinning like fools.
    “Maybe you don’t love us yet, and that’s okay, sugar. We’re not going anywhere and we have lots of time to court you properly.”
    “Truth is, darlin’, it happens to Benedicts all the time—though not to us before we met you.”
    “And one more thing, sugar. That wasn’t just kissing. That was foreplay , and not even our best effort at it. And sex isn’t happening until you admit that you’re in love with us.”
    “And that will happen sometime after you tell us what you’re hiding from.”
    Well, hell . Carrie didn’t know if she wanted to cry—or praise God.
     
    * * * *
     
    Nothing had ever felt as good as holding Carrie in his arms. When he’d picked her up and sat down on the sofa with her on his lap, she’d snuggled into him just like an affectionate little kitten.
    Right at the moment she still looked like a little kitten—a mad, spitting one.
    “You can’t possibly expect me to just roll over and let you rifle through my closet, looking at all my skeletons.”
    “Not right now, no.” Chase didn’t know a lot for certain in this life but one thing he knew without question.
    Something had hurt their woman, something she