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he dislikes me so much?”
    “Have I really ruined things for all of us?”
    “No, what you’ve done though is make it impossible for either of us to take you for granted ever again.”
    Well that was something at least . “When you put it that way, I should be pleased.”
    “Pleased about what?” Jack asked as he entered the room with his arms loaded with goodies.
    Greg stood up, ever the gentleman. “Let me help you.” He took one of the grocery bags filled with beer and laid them out in a row on the dresser across from the bed. He snagged three bottles then made his way back to the bed. While he was busy, Olivia and Jack had opened a bag of chips and poured them into a bowl.
    “I’m going to have ants like crazy tomorrow if we don’t get this cleaned.”
    “When the lights come back on I’ll vacuum for you,” Jack promised.
    “Think they’ll be back on tonight?” she asked hopefully.
    “I don’t know,” Jack said. “But if not, I’m sure we can think of plenty of fun things to do in the dark.”
    Olivia smiled to herself. She didn’t doubt it for a second.
    “Have a beer.” Greg handed one each to Jack and Olivia before settling himself back on the bed. “And let’s get this party started.”
    Jack wiggled his eyebrows, picked up the deck and began shuffling. Suddenly Olivia wondered if she’d jumped in the deep end with no life jacket. No use worrying about something she initiated, however. Instead she was ready to embrace all the knowledge she was going to learn.
    “Enough shuffling. I think they’re thoroughly mixed.” Olivia snatched the cards from Jack’s hands and spread them facedown on the comforter.
    “Eager for the games to begin?” Jack joked.
    “You betcha.” Olivia grabbed up a card and held it to her chest without actually looking at it. At this point she’d made her pick and she wasn’t going to spend time worrying. Instead she watched intently as her two men picked their own cards. Greg glanced at the card and tossed it over, face up, revealing the ten of spades. There was no expression on his face, but somehow Olivia could feel the satisfaction radiating from him.
    She turned her attention to Jack. He picked a card and gave a chuckle as he flipped the card over to reveal the king of hearts. “Sorry, old man, I guess you lose.”
    Greg frowned. “Not necessarily. We still need to see our lady’s card.”
    Olivia could feel herself warm at Greg’s reference to her as “their” lady. That was her one fervent wish, although she couldn’t for the life of her see how it was possible.
    “Come on, Olivia, time to show your card.”
    She lowered the card to the bed, not looking at the small piece of cardboard, but instead trying to read the faces of the two men before her. In unison they both smiled and she knew. She had the lowest card. Shifting her gaze to the bed she saw the eight of clubs.
    “I guess you’re the winner.” Olivia smiled at Jack.
    Jack rubbed his hands together. “What to ask, what to ask. Hmmm…”
    The more he delayed, the more nervous she became. Initially she figured he’d be easier on her, especially after her conversation with Greg. But now, she was wondering if she completely misjudged both men.
    “How did you and the professor here meet?” After all his posturing, she’d been expecting something a bit more…intrusive. Nevertheless, she wasn’t going to complain.
    “He came in to the boutique where I work.”
    Jack looked at Greg and smirked. “Shopping for some lingerie for yourself?”
    Greg cleared his throat, displaying his obvious annoyance at Jack’s teasing. “Of course not.”
    “At the time,” Olivia interrupted before the bickering could get going, “I thought he was picking something up for someone he was seeing.”
    “And that wasn’t case?”
    “No,” Greg said. “I frequent the coffee shop next door to her store. She’d come in a few times when I was there. I was struck by her beauty and the way she was