Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

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I pulled Laura aside, dragging her into the hallway while the guys were still in the kitchen, laughing and celebrating like lunatics. Their voices echoed through the house, but I was too frustrated to care.

"Okay, what the hell happened?" I demanded, crossing my arms. "Did Josh tell you about Sarah?"

Laura didn't even try to play dumb. She just winced, her cheeks turning faintly pink. "Yeah, he mentioned it."

I threw my hands up in disbelief. "What the hell was he thinking, Laura? Letting her stay with you? She's practically a stranger!"

Laura let out a sigh and leaned against the wall, biting into a cupcake like we weren't in the middle of a crisis. "He feels guilty," she said, seeming a little defeated.

"Guilty?" I repeated, trying to keep my voice from rising. "For what?"

"For being the injured one on the island, or something like that. He still hasn't opened up to me, Jess. I'm worried," Laura said, her tone softening.

"He thinks he owes her-at least enough to give her a place to crash for a while."

I groaned, pressing my fingers to my temples. "This is so typical

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without thinking it through. And you're

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think refusing her help will help my case one day when I'm looking at the pearly gates, you

guard. A laugh bubbled out of me before I could

"Damn right, I did. Look, I feel bad for Sarah. She's been through hell, and I understand why Josh feels he owes her.

say anything else, the unmistakable pop of a champagne cork echoed from the

I think Suzan is a great name!" Josh's loud, exaggerated voice carried down the hall. "May she never inherit

couldn't keep the grin off my face. "Those two are

glancing back

patting me on the shoulder. "Josh means well, even when he's

of the tension in my chest ease.

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go make sure those two don't burn the house down

laughed despite myself, following her

of the TV, watching nothing of consequence. Laura was sleeping

but the moment the host's voice shifted to

the screen. "Two football players who almost lost their lives if it wasn't for the one woman who saved them-both refusing to admit there might be more to those weeks than they let