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I laugh. “You’ve given this some thought, huh?”

“Not in a creepy way,” she says. “But c’mon, Lorraine, the way he looks at you…the way he’salwayslooked at you…you could just tell it would be explosive once he finally got his hands on you.”

“Explosive is a good word for it.” I know I’m blushing, and I can’t do a damn thing to stop it. “Now, enough about my sex life. Since the boys are doing their thing, do you want to grab some dinner?”

There’s a knock on the door before she can answer.

“You expecting anyone, Rainey?”

“No.” I make my way across the open space and peek through the peephole. “Of course,” I mutter as I open the door.

Brody’s leaning on the doorframe. “Hi there.”

I pull the door closed a bit. “Hi. What are you doing here? Did we have plans I forgot about?”

He’s staring over my shoulder. “Did I interrupt something?”

“Um…yeah, I’m kind of tied up at the moment.”

He narrows his eyes. “Who’s in your apartment, Rainey?”

“Why does it matter,Brody?”

He reaches over my head, pushes the door open, and steps inside.

“Hey!” I shout.

I quickly follow after him until he reaches the center of the main living area. The relief on his face is palpable when he sees the woman on the couch.

“Hey, Devyn,” he says.

“Hi, Brody. Fancy meeting you here.”

I roll my eyes.

Devyn rises from the couch. “I was just leaving. You two kids have fun.”

“Dev, wait,” I say.

“I need to get going, Lorraine. Have anincrediblenight.”

Okay, I love that woman to death, but I kind of want to smack the smug smile off her face right now.

CHAPTER 41

Brody

I close the door after Devyn leaves and spin around to face the feisty redhead. “What was that about? Why did Devyn have such a shit-eating grin on her face?”

She smacks my bicep. Hard.

“Brody! You can’t keep showing up unannounced. What if someoneotherthan Devyn was here? It’s too risky.”

“Relax, Rainey. Friends can hang out at each other’s place.”

“We arenotthat kind of friends. We are friends who meet on neutral territory.With otherpeople present. What if Riley was here with Devyn?”

I shrug. “I don’t really see the problem.”

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