Free Falling for the Other Brother by Stacey Lynn Rhodes Page A

not at all. It’s me that bothers me, if you get what I mean. The fact that he even came up with the idea is telling, I guess. But for me… Well, I suppose it just proved to me that—” She closed her eyes. “I really shouldn’t be discussing this with you. Why am I telling you this? I should be talking to Trevor.”
    Colin knew that the conversation was better tabled, either temporarily or permanently. “No worries,” he reassured her. “I just selfishly wanted to make sure you weren’t upset with me for my part in things.”
    Erica smiled at him, her tension slowly dissipating. “You’re about the least selfish person I know. And I’m not upset with you. Quite the opposite.”
    They lay there for a few minutes, quietly taking each other in. Erica’s eyelids began to look heavy and Colin was glad to see that she seemed to be heading towards a restful night.
    “Is it selfish of me if I wish you could hold me again?” she murmured.
    “Quite the opposite,” he returned and without hesitation he raised his arm invitingly. She moved towards him then flipped over to face away from him as he brought her back against him, her ass wriggling for just a moment against his soft cock before she found a comfortable position.
    It wanted to stir, but he fought the sensation, not wanting to break the peace of the moment. He realised with amusement that it was the first time in over a year that he wished his cock wouldn’t get hard.
    As his mind raced and his senses were filled with Erica, he was glad she would finally have a good night’s sleep.
    But it didn’t look good for it being a restful one for him.

Chapter Nine
     
     
     
    “So exactly how is it that you went to go break up with him, and ended up having him move in?”
    It was the first time she’d managed to get together with Rhonnie since the night she’d sat here in her restaurant and planned to break things off. Erica gave an unladylike snort and pressed her lips together, glaring at her friend as she put into voice the very question Erica’d been asking herself for weeks now.
    How? she wanted to respond. Because I was so caught off guard by the afterglow of amazing sex while fucking his twin brother that when he asked if he could move in with me so Colin could use his condo, I said, “Sure. That’d be great.”
    Apparently coming that hard affected her brain.
    “He wanted to let his brother stay in the condo while he looked for a place to live now that he’s back stateside,” she said instead, dancing around the real question. “And we were sleeping together at one place or another almost every night anyway…”
    Rhonnie glared right back. “Don’t think that I don’t realise that you just totally avoided the question. Not becoming. You know that it’s me you’re talking to, right? Someone who knows you inside and out?” She rolled her eyes and gave a put-upon sigh. “Okay, so if you’re not going to talk about that, how about the artificial insemination. Have you chosen a donor yet?”
    Erica winced. She hadn’t really thought about it since ‘the night’. “No, not yet.”
    “But you’ve picked a sperm bank?”
    “Uh…no.”
    “Have you even talked to your fertility specialist? Let me guess. No. Erica…” Rhon took her hand. “Are you putting this off because of Trevor and the whole living together thing you got talked into? Or because you’re not ready? Because last I heard, you were ready.”
    Erica knew that she had been, but with the advent of Colin into her life and the crazy dueling feelings she was having between the two men, finding the conviction to move forward with her plans had taken a back seat. She kept telling herself that it was good to feel one hundred per cent certain before she went any further with her plans to become a single mother. Realistically, though, was anyone ever completely sure about a major life change?
    “I am. I just…” Erica sighed. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m not ready. I thought I