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My mouth fell open.

“Seriously?”

“Very.”

He stroked a hand through my hair.

“And Scarlett once realized Lucian was watching her perform at a sex club and decided to make damn sure he had something worth watching.”

“Your brother?”

“Aye.”

Lachlan chuckled.

“That story is definitely hers to tell.”

I was suddenly very interested in meeting these women.

“You’ll see both of them when we land at Teterboro.”

I frowned.

“Where’s Teterboro? I thought we were going to New York.”

“We are. Teterboro’s in Jersey, just outside the city. Nik keeps his planes there.”

“Oh.”

He continued lazily playing with my hair.

“Lucian and Scarlett live in a penthouse down on Eleventh, near the Meatpacking District. I’m next door. Nik and Lacey are uptown on Central Park South.”

New York had always existed in my mind as an enormous collection of names, streets, buildings, and photographs.

Soon I would actually be inside it.

The thought brought a trace of the earlier nervousness back.

“I hope Lacey and Scarlett like me.”

“Why wouldn’t they?”

“I don’t know.” I picked absently at the edge of the sheet. “I’ve never really had women my own age to spend time with. I don’t know anything about their lives or New York or…” I sighed. “What if they think I’m strange?”

His arm tightened around me.

“Mouse, Scarlett tried to kill my brother before she married him.”

“What?”

His mouth twitched.

“More than once.”

A laugh burst out of me.

“You’re making that up.”