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JD came out of an office at the end of the mezzanine, his mind full of a thousand thoughts.Most of them faded when he noticed his sister sitting alone at the end of Rylee’s desk, looking through official work product.

“Are you lost, Nana?”he asked, plucking the papers from her hands to drop them into Rylee’s in-tray.

Bouncing up from the chair, she shoved him toward the office.“No, Jame, go inside, I want to see your fancy office.”

He went inside and straight to his desk.“What are you doing up here?”

His sister was still wandering around exploring when he sat down.“How come you never told Mom and me about this decision to move here?”

“I got the opportunity to buy this company and I took it.The decision to make this my base came later…”

“You still could’ve called us.We could’ve got you apartment listings and made sure you had a home straight away.”

“I was fine in the hotel,” he said.“I thought I’d be fine… Did Rylee say something?”

“No,” Brenna said, sauntering toward the desk.“But those kids will break their hearts if you leave them.”Inhaling, she came around and boosted herself to sit on the desk.“Are you going to seduce her?”

Didn’t take her long to get to the point.Provoking a reaction or objection was exactly what she wanted.

He played dumb.“Who?”

Brenna gave his shoulder a shove.The juxtaposition jarred.Before that day, had anyone been so informal with him in the office?All it took was two women, two women unintimidated by him, probably unintimidated by anyone, and his balance was shaken.

“Rylee,” she drawled.

“Why?You worried I might be your competition?”

Brenna leaned back, resting her weight on her hands.“Oh, I would eat that woman’s pussy in a heartbeat,” she said.His smile was knee-jerk.“She knows it too.It’s no secret, even my girlfriend knows it.I’ve tried to take advantage of the mother of your children plenty of times.I’ve got her drunk, tried to feel her up—”

“Okay, Bren,” he said, pulling himself into the desk.

Sighing, she swung her legs.“Yeah, I’m jealous actually.You’ve got the penis, so you get the babe.It’s kind of unfair because I’m so much more compatible with her than you.”Allowing her mischief to continue, he retrieved his contracts to keep reading.“You want to be a good brother and tell me about that?”

“Tell you about what, Nana?”

“Eating her pussy.”

The words ceased to have meaning.Slowly, his eyes rose to his grinning sister.He didn’t get a chance to speak before the office door opened and Rylee came in.

EIGHT

Brenna was sitting on JD’s desk, facing him in his executive chair.He, on the other hand, was surrounded by paperwork, looking like his sister had just kicked him.

“What are you doing in here?”she asked her friend.“You were supposed to stay at my desk,outside this office, the CEO’s office.”

That was JD’s role.The CEO.Not Brenna’s brother or her ex.The CEO.In that building, they had to give him that reverence… or pretend to anyway.Picking her friend apart about it would be more than a little hypocritical given she hadn’t got deference to him down yet either.

“Talking about eating your pussy.”

If one of them had to do it, she’d put on her big girl panties and—wait, what did she just say?Shock froze her to the spot.Absorb, process, react.Uh… something.

She closed the office door to rush forward.“Brenna,” she hissed.

“Was he good at it?”Brenna asked, all bold confidence.

“What?”