Free Let It Snow by Cari Quinn, Emily Ryan-Davis, Suzan Butler, Sadie Haller, Holley Trent, Vivienne Westlake Page A

already!”
    “Tell me why I should, you asshat!” Garrett hauled Leo up by his arms and pushed him into the wall. “You’re so fucking skittish of letting go of your precious little heart. Did you ever think about anyone but yourself?”
    “Sure, I did!” Leo yelled back, breaking Garrett’s hold on him. He shoved him back. “There’s you and Brianna, Garrett. There’s no you, Brianna, and me! It’s not possible!”
    “Why not?” Leo froze at the sound of Brianna’s voice in the doorway. Garrett slammed him back against the wall, his forearm digging into his throat. Leo glanced toward the door. She only wore a tee shirt, and her hair was mussed, like she’d been sleeping. Nipples stuck out underneath the fabric, reminding him of the precarious position he’d been put in.
    “You’re my best friend’s wife.”
    “Do you love me?” She asked quietly.
    “Bri…” He didn’t want to say. Because the truth was, he’d been in love with her since day one. Same as Garrett. He never said it because he couldn’t act on it. 
    “Do you love Garrett?”
    “He’s my best friend. You know I do.”
    “You love us both. We both love you. Why can’t it work?”
    Brianna stepped further into the room. The tee she wore exacerbated the need he already had for her. Her slender legs drove him crazy. The gentle curve of her hips made him dizzy. Even with Garrett’s forearm in his throat, he couldn’t help but imagine those legs wrapped around his waist, or that ass presented to him like a gift.
    “I thought you were sleeping, sweetie,” Garrett said, releasing Leo from his hold.
    “I was, but then I heard a bunch of yelling.” Even her voice had that accusing tone to it. She glanced at Leo, surveying the damage on his face, then back to Garrett in surprise. “You hit him?”
    “He hurt you,” Garrett replied simply. He glared at Leo.
    Brianna’s eyebrow cocked upward at Leo.
    He shrugged. “I deserved it.”
    “Guys,” Brianna shook her head. She pinned Garrett with a stare that would have frightened Godzilla. “Garrett, go get some ice.”
    “Bri—”
    “Now, Garrett, before this swells more,” she ordered. He growled but left the room. Leo didn’t say a word, and neither did she. Somehow, having her upset with him, was even worse than having Garrett pissed. The air of disappointment surrounding her suffocated him.
    She turned back toward Leo, fury in her eyes. “Did you really think you were protecting me?”
    “Who said that?” Leo asked.
    “Don’t give me the bullshit, Leo. I know better.”
    “I don’t belong with you and Garrett, Bri. Three’s a crowd.” Leo’s voice was barely above a whisper. He needed her to understand. There was no room for him.  “I just thought you would need some time to process what we’ve done. We’ve changed things by having sex, much less having a threesome. Garrett and I… you didn’t even know that Garrett had bisexual tendencies.”
    “I’m not stupid, Leo.” As Garrett came back in, her eyes flittered to him then met Leo’s eyes again. Her dark almond eyes were confident and sure. “I know my husband and I know the way he acts around you is different than the way he acts around his other guy friends.”
    She rolled her eyes. “I’m not oblivious. I had my suspicions. But… you two needed to be the ones to tell me, not have me grill you about it. Both of you are horrible liars and even worse at hiding how you feel about each other. So, of course, yes, I knew.”
    Retrieving the bag of ice from Garrett, she sat Leo on the edge of the bed and knelt next to him. He still towered over her. Half-lidded eyes that reminded him of chocolate peeked at him. She placed the bag over his injured eye. He winced, both at the cold and the sensitive prickling of pain in his face.
    “I wish you’d understand that these feelings we have for you aren’t new, Leo.”
    “We? What do you mean ‘we’?” He risked a glance at Garrett, but he was busy