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Authors: Nona Raines
of hot sauce. He handed the drinks around before he flopped onto the sofa.
"The perfect way to spend a Saturday night—beer, pizza, and looking at your ugly-ass face," Adam groused.
"Ah, brotherly love," Kim remarked as she stepped into the kitchen for plates and napkins.
Adam grumbled something unintelligible. He wasn't happy unless he was bitching about something. Or doling out unwanted advice. Still, this was Matt's standing Saturday-night dinner date since the break up with Chelsea. Matthew knew he had to seem in pretty bad shape if his grouchy-ass big brother was willing to let him horn in on some of his private time with Kim.
Adam was closer to him than anyone in the world, but he did not go in for sharing feelings or any of that "touchy-feely crap." He was not the kind of guy you'd bare your soul to, unless you wanted to be called a pussy.
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Matthew was not about to mention Andie, and how she'd left him wondering. Why had she run off last night? This morning she'd run from her front door to her car as if Freddy Krueger was on her tail, obviously hoping Matthew wouldn't see her.
Matt glanced at Kim as she returned from the kitchen with plates and napkins. He wondered what a woman's take on the situation might be. His brother's girl wore a pair of cut-offs and a tight camisole that made it clear she was braless. She had the languid look of a woman who'd just gotten laid.
Uh-oh. It appeared he had interrupted a little afternoon delight.
Matt gave his brother a knowing look. "Looks like my timing's bad."
Adam was not a mellow-tempered guy even on his best days. At the moment he looked grumpy and frustrated.
"Then eat your slice and beat it, Wash Boy," Adam told him. "So Kim and I can get back to business."
Kim swept aside her long brown hair and grabbed a slice of extra cheese and sausage. "Classy, Vostek. Very classy."
Adam shrugged and took a sip from his bottle.
"Sorry," Matt told him, not sorry in the least. After all, what was the point of being a younger sibling if you didn't occasionally break your big brother's balls?
"Don't listen to him, Mattso," Kim said, licking a dab of tomato sauce from her upper lip. Adam watched the movement of her tongue with narrowed eyes. "You can bring pizza any time you want."
"No, he can't," Adam growled.
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"Hey, don't be so pissy to your brother." Kim flicked Matthew a look of sympathy which made him want to groan.
Shit, he must really look pathetic if his brother's girl, who didn't even know him that well, felt sorry for him.
"It's for his own good," Adam said. "If he's got nothing better to do than hang with us on Saturday night, prime pussy night, then he seriously needs to get laid."
Matt lifted an eyebrow. "Oh yeah. To quote Kim, very classy."
Adam chose a slice from the box and shrugged.
"Whatever."
Matthew was not about to tell his brother he had indeed gotten laid already. Shit. Andie wasn't some conquest to be bragged about. And he wasn't sure how he felt about it, anyway. It had been fun, sure. But why had she run off?
Was she sorry about what happened? Ashamed? Or was it something else? An unpleasant possibility occurred to Matt.
Maybe the experience had left her wanting. Had she run away because he was lousy in bed? Not that they'd been in bed, but still...
"Yep. You need some good old-fashioned nookie. But whatever you do, for God's sake don't fall in love."
"What the hell?" This was from Kim, who was lasering a hole in Adam with her glare.
"I mean it. The women he falls for are always basket cases. Like what's-her-name."
"Chelsea." Matthew reminded him. "And she wasn't a basket case."
"Just a needy bitch who used you then left you. Flat."
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Matt grimaced. When she broke up with him to hook up with a leather-wearing dude called Sledge, Chelsea had given Matt the kiss of death. She told him he was "a really nice guy." In other words, as boring
"The perfect way to spend a Saturday night—beer, pizza, and looking at your ugly-ass face," Adam groused.
"Ah, brotherly love," Kim remarked as she stepped into the kitchen for plates and napkins.
Adam grumbled something unintelligible. He wasn't happy unless he was bitching about something. Or doling out unwanted advice. Still, this was Matt's standing Saturday-night dinner date since the break up with Chelsea. Matthew knew he had to seem in pretty bad shape if his grouchy-ass big brother was willing to let him horn in on some of his private time with Kim.
Adam was closer to him than anyone in the world, but he did not go in for sharing feelings or any of that "touchy-feely crap." He was not the kind of guy you'd bare your soul to, unless you wanted to be called a pussy.
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One Good Man
by Nona Raines
Matthew was not about to mention Andie, and how she'd left him wondering. Why had she run off last night? This morning she'd run from her front door to her car as if Freddy Krueger was on her tail, obviously hoping Matthew wouldn't see her.
Matt glanced at Kim as she returned from the kitchen with plates and napkins. He wondered what a woman's take on the situation might be. His brother's girl wore a pair of cut-offs and a tight camisole that made it clear she was braless. She had the languid look of a woman who'd just gotten laid.
Uh-oh. It appeared he had interrupted a little afternoon delight.
Matt gave his brother a knowing look. "Looks like my timing's bad."
Adam was not a mellow-tempered guy even on his best days. At the moment he looked grumpy and frustrated.
"Then eat your slice and beat it, Wash Boy," Adam told him. "So Kim and I can get back to business."
Kim swept aside her long brown hair and grabbed a slice of extra cheese and sausage. "Classy, Vostek. Very classy."
Adam shrugged and took a sip from his bottle.
"Sorry," Matt told him, not sorry in the least. After all, what was the point of being a younger sibling if you didn't occasionally break your big brother's balls?
"Don't listen to him, Mattso," Kim said, licking a dab of tomato sauce from her upper lip. Adam watched the movement of her tongue with narrowed eyes. "You can bring pizza any time you want."
"No, he can't," Adam growled.
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One Good Man
by Nona Raines
"Hey, don't be so pissy to your brother." Kim flicked Matthew a look of sympathy which made him want to groan.
Shit, he must really look pathetic if his brother's girl, who didn't even know him that well, felt sorry for him.
"It's for his own good," Adam said. "If he's got nothing better to do than hang with us on Saturday night, prime pussy night, then he seriously needs to get laid."
Matt lifted an eyebrow. "Oh yeah. To quote Kim, very classy."
Adam chose a slice from the box and shrugged.
"Whatever."
Matthew was not about to tell his brother he had indeed gotten laid already. Shit. Andie wasn't some conquest to be bragged about. And he wasn't sure how he felt about it, anyway. It had been fun, sure. But why had she run off?
Was she sorry about what happened? Ashamed? Or was it something else? An unpleasant possibility occurred to Matt.
Maybe the experience had left her wanting. Had she run away because he was lousy in bed? Not that they'd been in bed, but still...
"Yep. You need some good old-fashioned nookie. But whatever you do, for God's sake don't fall in love."
"What the hell?" This was from Kim, who was lasering a hole in Adam with her glare.
"I mean it. The women he falls for are always basket cases. Like what's-her-name."
"Chelsea." Matthew reminded him. "And she wasn't a basket case."
"Just a needy bitch who used you then left you. Flat."
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One Good Man
by Nona Raines
Matt grimaced. When she broke up with him to hook up with a leather-wearing dude called Sledge, Chelsea had given Matt the kiss of death. She told him he was "a really nice guy." In other words, as boring