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Should she? It was just the two of them, and hell, it needed to be said.
“Dillon loves you, you know.”
“I know. I love him too.” Linnea smiled.
Chloe chewed on her lip. “What I mean is, he’s in love with you. Like Kyan is in love with you.”
Was that guilt Chloe saw flash in her bestie’s pretty green eyes? It was something. “I can’t love Dillon like that.” Linnea lowered her lashes. “No offense, Chloe. I wish I could have what you do. God, I do, but I just…I just can’t.”
Chloe took Linnea’s hand and squeezed it. Hadn’t she felt the same way once?
“I watched the three of you together at the club that night.” That night seemed like an entire lifetime ago, but then sometimes a year is a lifetime. “Did you ever…you know?”
“Once,” she whispered.
Once was enough and once was never enough. Chloe knew that better than anyone. And she knew not everyone could love the way she did with Jesse and Taylor. Loving one person is hard. Two? Maybe it was easy for them, not that it had always been, but maybe it was easy now because they wanted it so much. Because they loved each other so much. And in the end, their love was worth it.
“I know you love him, Linnie.”
“Not like that.”
“If that’s really how you feel, don’t use him as a sex toy. You’ll only hurt him.”
Oops.
Chloe didn’t notice Brendan and Bo standing behind them, coffee in hand, until Bo spoke.
“I volunteer to be your sex toy, baby girl.” Bo swooped in and planted a loud, wet smack on her cheek. He sat down next to a giggling Linnea, put his arm around her, and pulled her in closer. Then he winked. “Hiya, Red.”
Chloe shook her head and laughed because it was Bo. How could you not love him?
“My greatest wish is to have both of you gorgeous women naked in my bed, having your way with me. You could do anything you wanted to me…and the things I would do to you. Mmm…my dick got hard.” He glanced up at Brendan and chuckled. “I’m joking.”
He was, but Chloe couldn’t help but think that a tiny part of him wasn’t—especially when it came to Linnea.
“Hush it, Bo.” Brendan sat down beside her, his arm around her shoulders. To anyone who might have been watching, she was sure it looked like they were here on a double date. “If Linn ever needs a sex toy, I’m her guy.”
Does she have a magic vagina or something? Jeez!
Chloe smirked. “I’ve seen his dick, sweetie.” She gave Brendan the side-eye. “He is not your guy, uh…just trust me on that.”
Brendan snorted and they were all laughing. And it felt fucking good.
He wiped the tears of laughter from beneath his eyes of bright crystal blue. Those Byrne cousins had killer eyes. She hoped their next baby had those eyes. Jesse’s eyes. She was going to start wishing soon.
Brendan turned serious then. His forehead creased and a line appeared between his brows. “I can’t prove it yet, but I think it might have been Salena.”
“Mistress of the dark?” She made a face like Brendan just put Brussel sprouts on her plate. Or beets. Or liver. She didn’t like any of those ghastly things. And that was her reaction to the mere mention of Salena’s name too.
The woman hadn’t even been a blip on her radar since they last saw her before Christmas.
Bo chuckled. “I fucking love you, Red.”
Chloe winked. “I love you too, baby.”
Brendan smirked. “Yeah, that’s accurate, and I’ll get to the bottom of it.”
“Bottom of what, Bren?”
