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." He shook his head."Really.I can tell you all about safe sex and how to pleas—""Who gave you The Talk?" he asked, suddenly struck by the thought.And appalled."Surely not Bean.""No." She waved that away."Gwen, of course.And very tasteful it was, too, considering she probably boned more rock stars than there are eucalyptus trees in Laurel Canyon."Boned.He winced, thinking that Gwen might have given tasteful Talks, but she'd been almost rawly open about her groupie past."I miss her," Cami said."Yeah." He'd put off locating the box she'd left him.Marked with his name on it, she'd said in her last letter.It was stored somewhere in her cottage and she'd written that he'd know what to do with the contents."I should have found a way to get back before she passed."Cami contemplated the label on her bottle of beer."All of us could have done more for her." Her gaze drifted across the room."From what I understand, Cilla was there a lot, though." Now his half-sister's brows met in a frown."What?" Ren asked."It's Cilla's former boyfriend again."Tad.Ren glanced over his shoulder and saw, sure enough, it was the man he'd met the other night.The one who'd told her she was a lousy lay on they day they'd broken up.No wonder her expression looked once again strained.But could it be more than that? Ren thought.Though this was the guy who'd told her she was bad in bed and asked her to watch porn as a warm-up before date night, might she still be in love with him?Or he, her? Otherwise why the hell was he back, this time sans the blonde with the yard-long hair? Was he following Cilla?But none of this was Ren's business, he reminded himself.He was supposed to be putting her out of his mind, right?Still, he couldn't drag his gaze from the pair."You know anything about him?" he heard himself ask his half-sister."Not her type, don't you think?""I've never met the man," Cami said."He looks too starched for my taste, but how would I know Cilla's? I don't even know yours."He looked back at this half-sister."Easy and stacked." He actually didn't have a preference for big tits, though it was true that the women he came across behind stages while doing his business of shepherding mega-bands on mega-tours weren't there to make hook-ups hard.If he was honest, the allure of that kind of female and those kinds of encounters had worn off years ago.He just hadn't found another variety to fill the empty side of his bed.His gaze slid to Cilla again.Her ex appeared in earnest conversation with her.She was staring at the toes of her boots.Then she darted a quick glance Ren's way.None of his business, he thought again.At her second glance, he wondered if that was true.Last time she'd been conversing with the other man, Ren had laid a kiss on her.Was she expecting that sort of conduct from him again as a way to salvage her pride.or make the ex jealous? If so, didn't he have an obligation to meet those expectations?With a muttered, "I've got to do something," to his sister, Ren slid off the stool and stalked toward his housemate.His intentions were good, he assured himself.Read the situation, read what she might need from him.As he drew closer, he decided that might not be so simple.Cilla's closed expression gave little away and her big blues were again trained on her feet.The ex, Tad, was talking, and though he was bent close to her, Ren could caught a fragment of the man's words, ".you made me crazy."Something about his tone made up Ren's mind.Screw it, he didn't care where Cilla's head was on this situation.The asshole was not getting a second chance with her.Not on his watch.He slid his arm around her waist and pulled her against his side."Baby," he said, and kissed her temple.Cilla twitched and Tad's head jerked up."You," he said, a new interest kindling in his gaze.Ren's brows rose."That's right.Me."Tad straightened to full height which meant he had a bead on Ren's nose."The other night, Cilla didn't tell me you were Ren Colson.You're Cami's brother.""True." Why was the ex talking about Ren's sister?"One of the things Tad wants is an introduction to Cami," Cilla said, her body stiff against him.And what other thing Tad wanted, Ren was just itching to know."Is that so?" he returned, his voice mild."Yes." The other man dove into his pocket to pull out a wallet and then a business card."I rep musicians.I'd like to talk to your sister about that."Taking the small piece of tagboard, Ren gave it a glance.Okay.Legit agency.He jerked his chin to where Cami sat at the bar, her Shock Top in hand."Not her receptionist.You want to talk to her, make your own approach."Tad hesitated, glancing between Cilla and Ren."I'm not through—""You're through," Cilla said, her voice firm."And you wanted that meet with Cami." Then she transferred her gaze to Ren."I'm ready to leave, is that okay?""Sure." He squeezed her closer and pressed another kiss to her temple, his eyes on You-Should-Watch-Porn Tad who was clearly torn between heading for the bar and talking further with Cilla [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]