“You say that like it’s a hardship.”Sinn grinned.“Oh, by the way, I told the men you were taking care of personal business you’d been putting off.”
“At least you didn’t go with diarrhea,” Saint said dryly.
“Nope, Warden already claimed that distinction.”
Saint placed his mug into the sink and then grabbed his keys and wallet.“I’ll probably crash at the clubhouse.”
“All right,” Sinn said.“So, go ahead.Say it.”
“Say it?”Saint questioned, perplexed.“Say what?”
“Say ‘don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,’ so that let’s say you obviously failed at the fine art of seduction.”
“What?”Sometimes his brother confused the hell out of him.“Who are we seducing?”
“She’s our girl.”
Saint rolled his eyes.“Not this again.”
“Admit it.Admit you want her to be ours.”
“No.”
“Are you chicken?”
“Are you five?”
Sinn stuck his tongue out.“We always said we have to find a woman who fits both of us.”
“You said that.”
“You agreed.”
“Was I drunk when I agreed?”
“Probably,” Sinn replied with a cheeky smile.“We were drunk a lot in our youth.”
Saint shook his head.“For fuck’s sake.”
Did he want to share a woman with his brother long term?Of course, they’d sandwiched a woman in the past.Several times, in fact, and he enjoyed each encounter.But was that only sexual satisfaction or was each experience a prelude to what he truly wanted?He stomped out the back door and made a beeline for his bike.Sometimes his brother gave him a horrendous headache.Yet, he couldn’t eliminate the small voice in the back of his mind urging him that maybe Kira came into their lives for a reason.
****
When Kira appearedin the kitchen, she immediately saw Sinn working on the puzzle, and couldn’t help but smile.Sunlight bathed him in warm light, and when he glanced up to meet her gaze, his eyes crinkled at the corners.He drew her in.Made her feel human.Saint had an intensity that was absent from his brother, but no less gravitational.Sinn might be the sun, but Saint was the dark side of the moon, and she was drawn to both.
“Good morning, darlin’,” he drawled.
“How come you sound like you’re from Texas, but he doesn’t?”
Sinn chuckled.“Practice.How else can I get people to separate us?”
“Believe me, that’s not a problem,” she said.
He rose from the table.“Want breakfast?”
“Um, just coffee, please.”
“Breakfast is the most important part of the day, you know.”
