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andieleah!!
Congratulations, andieleah!
Welcome!!
Meet my favorite Military types -
Sean Callahan and Drew Whitcomb
Sean's Army -
and
Drew's Navy -
Spend some time with Sean and Drew in -
Love Me Twice - book 3 in the Lothario series.
Sean Callahan came
aboard the Lothario to do his brother
Ryan a favor, and ended up the man in charge when both Ryan and Richard left the ship with
the women they love. The last thing he needs is a complication, and Celeste
is definitely a complication. Once upon a time Celeste had been part
of his team as well as his lover, but after a disaster of a mission, and the
realization that the other member of his team, Drew was in love with her too,
she'd disappeared. Now she’s back, and it’s high time she choose.
Some women have all the luck. Celeste just
isn't one of them. All the luck she seems to have is the bad kind. How else can
you explain ending up on a ship with the two men she's tried to forget for the
last five years? Even worse, not a thing has changed. She still loves them
both. Leaving them behind only postponed the decision she knows she has to
make, and they aren’t helping any. In fact, they’re both doing everything they
can to convince her to choose them. But, Celeste isn’t choosing anyone until
she understands how their ménage a trios turned into a ménage gone wrong.
Excerpt -
“You and your
associate can relax and enjoy your vacation, courtesy of Uncle Sam. Drew and I
will take care of this.”
At the sound of
Sean’s voice, she turned to face him. She knew as soon as he said he was in
charge that he meant it literally.
“What exactly do
you mean by that? If you think I’m going to buy into the theme of this ship
while you do your spook thing, you have another think coming.” She wasn’t ready
to relinquish her duties to a couple of former spooks, even if they were more
than that to her.
Sean’s eyes
darted to Drew again, and then came to rest on her. Premonition tingled along
her nape and shivered down her spine. They were up to something, and she’d bet
her best vibrator, the lifelike one that reminded her of Sean, that she wasn’t
going to like it.
She was right.
“You owe us a
decision.”
Just like that,
the conversation shifted from business to personal.
“You just heard
my decision.” She made one last attempt to grab the wheel and regain control
before the mutiny was successful.
“Don’t act as if
you don’t understand, Celeste. The business decision has been made. Drew is in
charge of security. The decision we want is a personal one.”
Querido Dios. Her heart
lurched and sank to her toes like an anchor. Five years ago, he’d asked for a
decision, the same one she was sure he was going to demand now. She made the
only decision possible then, she’d run away. Apparently, all she’d done was
postpone the inevitable.
“You can’t be
serious.” The words were barely a whisper.
“He is.” Drew’s soft
voice came from a spot not a foot behind her. He’d moved without her noticing.
Both of them were capable of moving like ghosts, hardly disturbing the air
around them. For a spy it was a good trait, but in a civilian, it was
unnerving.
“Don’t get in a
snit. You don’t have to decide today.” Sean said it as if it was perfectly
logical, when they all knew there was nothing logical about this.
“Well, that’s
good.” Stall. Her mind whirled with
possible escape scenarios. Short of jumping ship though, she couldn’t come up
with a single one.
“You ran away
five years ago so you wouldn’t have to decide between us. The way we figure it,
you have a whole week, well six days if you don’t count the day we dock. We’re
reasonable men. We know you need current information in order to make a
decision, so this is what we’re going to do.”
Celeste folded
her arms across her chest and locked her knees. As long as the ship didn’t make
any sudden moves, she might remain upright. Sean’s face gave away none of the
emotion she knew lurked beneath the surface. She’d hurt him when she left
without explanation. He didn’t have to tell her that.
“You get to
spend two days with each of us, alternating. We’ll toss a coin to see who goes
first. That’s only fair, don’t you think?”
She couldn’t
think. Too much information. Too many feelings. Too many memories. Too many
needs. She hovered on the edge of something. Something dangerous…and seductive.
“Uh.”
“Good, you
agree.”
“Wait!” She
found her voice, and a small portion of her brain began to function. “That’s
only four days. What about the other two days?” She couldn’t believe she asked
that when she should have been raging at the two of them for their macho,
high-handed, lunatic plan.
“The fifth day
is shore day. We’ll spend it together, the three of us.”
Her mind and
body flashed to another time they’d spent together. They’d believed it was the
end, but it had turned out only to be the beginning, of the end. The end had
been a long time coming, but she could see it clearly now, six days away.
“On the sixth
day, we expect you to choose. Neither one of us is willing to let you walk out
of our lives again.”
Her knees shook,
and her hands were clammy. “What if I don’t want either one of you? It’s been
five years. Maybe my feelings have changed.” Like hell, they have.
“They haven’t.”
Drew’s breath fanned across her nape. When had he gotten that close? Damn. This
wasn’t good. Not good at all.
“You want one of
us, or both, right now.” Sean had always been observant, and blunt. “I can see
it in your eyes.” He inhaled deeply. “Your body betrays you.”
Merde.
“Let’s flip a
coin and see who gets her first.” Drew stepped between her and Sean. He pulled
a coin from his pocket and turned it so she could see it had two distinct
sides. Neither one of them were cheaters. Small consolation.
“Heads, I get
her. Tails, you do.”
Sean nodded his
agreement. Drew flipped the coin in the air and caught it as it spun downward
on its invisible axis.
Celeste watched
in fascinated horror as the two men she loved flipped a coin for her as if she
was a carnival prize. Drew’s hand closed over the coin, and she jumped as he
slapped it on the back of his outstretched arm. It was like watching a train
wreck in slow motion. One by one, Drew peeled his fingers away. Then he lifted
his hand to reveal the coin, gleaming silver against his sun-bronzed skin. Sean
sat forward, and Drew leaned toward him.
Drew scowled.
Sean grinned.
It took less
than a few seconds, but it seemed her life passed before her eyes. God help
her. They were right. She did want this.
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