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His sister. It was his damned fault that she could be so plain-spoken. “I didn’t have problems closing the deal.”

“Oh, my. That sounds promising.”

He rolled his eyes. “She left this morning to have brunch with Royal and her brother.”

“You weren’t invited?”

“No, and I didn’t want to chance Ben realizing what had happened.”

“Jakob, what the hell? You don’t want to shout from the rooftops that she’s your woman?”

With every fiber of his being.

“Yes, I do. But I promised Ben I wouldn’t mess with her.”

“Recently?”

“When I first met her.”

She studied him for a long moment. As he’d always thought, she was the youngest but probably the smartest. Jules thought things through. It made her dangerous when she was younger. The youngest Wulf liked exacting revenge, but usually days or weeks after an altercation.

“She was underaged, Jake. He didn’t want you bugging his sister then. Was she always pretty?”

He nodded.

“And there were probably a lot of surfers they sponsored who were hitting on her. You were more well-known than any of those idiots. Add in your accent…Americans love a British accent. They find it hard to resist.”

“I concur,” Alek said from behind Jakob. He turned and found his brother-in-law leaning against the doorjamb. Alek wasn’t looking at him, though. His gaze was taking in Jules.

“Love, come tell Jake he’s being an idiot.”

“I will not,” he said, but he still walked into the room and around to the other side of the bed. He sat on the mattress. “Guys have a code.”

“It’s an idiot code. She is a grown woman. It’s not like she’s sixteen anymore.”

He shared a look with Alek. Jakob had threatened his brother-in-law the first time he’d met him. That was until he saw the way Alek gazed at Jules. There was no doubt Alek was in love with her.

“Good God, you just have to admit you love her. Then everything will be okay.”

His gaze narrowed. “Excuse me?”

She looked at her husband. “When he gets prissy, he’s been found out. He already knows he loves her but is afraid to admit it to her.”

Like he said, the smartest of the family.

“I have a feeling if I professed my love to her after one night, she wouldn’t take it seriously.”

“This isn’t a one-night stand you picked up. This is a woman you have known for a decade.”

“Calm down, love,” Alek said in his deep, calm voice. “I think your brother has a plan, and you don’t need to get all riled up about it.”

She sighed and muttered something that sounded likeidiotunder her breath.

“Fine. You should go back to Oahu.”

“No. I’m on orders to stay here. Besides, I’m sending the jet back to England.”

“Why?”

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