Taking a Gamble on Three of a Kind (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Kalissa Alexander

use a woman’s perspective,” he said. “It’s a little rundown, but I think it has possibilities.”
    “We’ll see,” she had said noncommittally. The last thing she wanted was to get too friendly with their cousin. She had a feeling that Justin would have liked nothing better. He was sitting a little too close to her, and his arm had sneaked over the back of the seat. He wasn’t touching her, but it was a level of intimacy she wasn’t sure she entirely liked, although she had to admit she was attracted to him.
    The fact was, she was attracted to all three of them. The thought crossed her mind that part of the reason for Justin’s move to Brilliance could be because they wanted a woman they could enjoy together. She had no doubt that April would be up for it once she met their handsome cousin if she hadn’t already. Why did that thought bother her? It shouldn’t. She had no reason to be jealous of April’s relationship with any of them. She wasn’t vying for their attention. The only reason she was in their company now was because of her mother’s relationship with their father.
    Once they started dancing, she was glad she had relented to come out with them. Justin was every bit as good a dancer as his cousins. When Luke ordered beers for the table, she was glad to have it to drown her thirst. The beers were going down all too easily between the band’s sets. By the end of the evening, she was feeling a little tipsy.
    “You want another beer?” Luke asked, looking at her empty bottle.
    “No, I think I’ve had enough. This was fun.”
    “I told you the doctor knows best,” he said, taking her hand. She started to pull away, but he held it firmly. “Let’s see,” he said, turning her hand palm up. “I’m not a palm reader, but you can tell a lot about a person by their hand.”
    “Did they teach you that in med school?” she asked.
    “No. I learned this technique from a friend of mine. She’s into future-telling kind of stuff.”
    “He means,” Adam said, leaning across the table to grab her other hand, “Alisha’s into holistic medicine. I think we were peeing green tea for months.” He ended with a laugh that made her laugh, too.
    “You see this line,” he said, pointing to her palm, “that one means you’re stubborn, and this one,” he continued, “means you’re very sensual. I think I got that line, too.”
    She took her hand back. “You’re quacks,” she said with a giggle.
    “Quacks,” both Adam and Luke said in unison.
    Justin joined in. “It was only a matter of time before the truth came out.”
    “Damn, and here we thought our secret was safe,” Luke said.
    “Speaking of secrets,” Jenny said, looking directly at Luke, “Why haven’t you told your father you’re seeing April Mathews? According to her, you guys are practically married.” As soon as she said it, she wanted to take it back. It was a bitchy thing to say. If there had been a hole somewhere, she would have dove into it.
    “Should you tell her or should I?” Adam asked.
    “Tell me what?”
    “You’ve ruined us for all other women,” Luke said with mock seriousness.
    “It was seeing you naked,” Adam added.
    “Whoa there,” Justin all but shouted. “You’ve seen her without her clothes on?”
    “You know, Adam…I’m beginning to think you’re as bad as Luke,” Jenny said, glaring between the two men.
    “When did this happen?” Justin asked.
    “When I was maybe six,” Jenny said, grabbing her bottle of beer. She took a long swig.
    “That’s why your father hated us, you know,” Adam said. “Well, maybe he didn’t hate us, but whenever we ran into him, we both got the feeling he didn’t want us anywhere near you.”
    “We were just kids.”
    “Kids or not, we pretty much knew that you were off-limits,” Luke answered.
    “But she’s not off-limits anymore, right?” Justin asked with a big smile on his face. “I mean, seeing her without her clothes now might inspire me to