Her Three Wilde Champion Men (Wilde, Nevada 2)
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“Murder? God, I never thought I’d be in the middle of such a thing.” She closed her eyes.
This was too much for her. Alex didn’t want her to be burdened with worry. So, he decided to change the subject. “Shelby, you had two dads and one mom, right?”
She opened her eyes and smiled, and he felt his heart thud in his chest. “Yes.”
“Tell us about how growing up in that kind of family was for you.”
“I had the best childhood you can imagine. My dads are amazing. Typical doting fathers. My mom is a saint. They don’t live here anymore. I miss them a great deal.”
“You’ve got two brothers and a sister, right?” Brandon said. “How was it for them?”
She shrugged. “I think my brothers would say the same as me, though my dads were tougher on them sometimes. In Wilde, boys are expected to be their very best. Anything less is not tolerated.”
“And for girls?” Justin asked. “For you and your sister?”
“I’d say it was perfect. Carolyn had a tougher time than I did, but that’s another story.”
Alex wanted to be his very best with her. Always. “Did your parents ever argue in front of you and your siblings?”
“You two need to stop dancing around the issue,” Justin said with a laugh. “Shelby, what my two older brothers are hinting at—and terribly so in my opinion—is how do men from Wilde share one woman? What’s the logistics to such an arrangement?”
Justin always did know how to cut through crap, and boy, he’d just sliced through a whole bunch of it in one swoop.
“I’m not sure. I think that’s all decided between the men and their wives.” She grinned. “In Wilde, we really do believe in the motto ‘what happens in the bedroom, stays in the bedroom.’”
“Or The Masters’ Chambers, I bet.” Justin placed the roses on the other nightstand.
She nodded. “Have you guys been there?”
Alex shook his head. “Of course I know about it. Everyone in Elko does.”
She sighed. “Austin would love to hear that. He is very proud of his club.”
Justin shook his head. “I did try to get in there, Shelby, a while back, but your boss wouldn’t let me inside. He told my buddies and me that we would have to take lessons first. Can you believe that?”
Brandon laughed. “With your man-whore track record, I’m surprised he didn’t bring out the welcome wagon for you.”
“Me, too,” Justin agreed.
“Are you Elko boys thinking about dipping your toe in the Wilde dating pool?”
Justin crawled on the bed from the foot of the mattress up to her feet. “Yes, we are. But the only pool I want to dive into is you, Shelby.”
Her lips formed the prettiest O Alex had ever seen. “You mean right now, Justin?” she asked.
“That’s exactly what I mean, baby.” He put his hands on her knees, which were still under the sheet. “Right now. There’s no need to wait, is there, brothers?”
Brandon shucked his jeans to the floor. “No need at all. If we’re going to find out if we can do this Wilde thing, there’s no time like the present.”
“The Champions are in sync once again,” Justin said, tugging on Shelby’s only covering.
“Wait,” she said. Then she turned to Alex. “What about you, Doctor? Are you in sync with these two?”
He smiled and brushed the hair out of her eyes. “Shelby, you want this, don’t you?”
She nodded.
“Your wish is my command, baby,” he answered.