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Chapter Fifteen

Author: D.F. Hart
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-21 02:20:23

Tuesday night found the trio in the backyard, sitting around the fire pit, talking and making smores as they had so many times over the years. Only now, instead of Tanner teasing or ignoring Mia as he had before, they sat snuggled side-by-side.

They laughed and talked well past sundown, until Mia finally yawned and said, “I’m heading to bed. We’ve got an early day tomorrow.”

She stood, kissed Tanner on the mouth and Blake on the cheek, then headed up the back porch stairs and out of view.

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  • In Love With Her Brother's Best Friend   Chapter Fifteen

    Tuesday night found the trio in the backyard, sitting around the fire pit, talking and making smores as they had so many times over the years. Only now, instead of Tanner teasing or ignoring Mia as he had before, they sat snuggled side-by-side.They laughed and talked well past sundown, until Mia finally yawned and said, “I’m heading to bed. We’ve got an early day tomorrow.”She stood, kissed Tanner on the mouth and Blake on the cheek, then headed up the back porch stairs and out of view.“You’re good together,” Blake said solemnly once she’d gone inside.“I think so, too,” Tanner replied with a grin as he speared another marshmallow to hold over the open flame. “Whiskey time?”“Whiskey time,” Blake confirmed, and opened the bottle he’d brought outside with him. He poured three fingers’ worth each into two tumblers and handed Tanner one.“You know, seeing you and Mia together, it’s got me thinking,” Blake murmured.“About what?” Tanner asked, and watched a very, very rare event unfold

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    “Do you regret telling me?”“In a way,” she said shyly. “I mean, it probably sounded stupid and childish, and I never meant for you to know about it in the first place, so…” her voice trailed off as she swallowed hard.“Mia.”“And now that you know, I don’t want you to feel… obligated. Or trapped. Or whatever,” she finished on a whisper.He reached over and took her trembling hand in his.“Mia,” he said softly.She slowly raised her eyes to his.“The moment I saw you I was completely captivated by you. I had no idea who you were at the time. All I knew was that I’d found this mesmerizing woman that I just had to spend more time with. Had to. There was never a doubt in my mind. The moment I picked you up and held you in my arms, I knew taking you to the emergency room and then walking away wasn’t even an option,” Tanner revealed, and she gasped.“And then when I recognized you, part of me was worried, because I didn’t know if my friendship with Blake would survive this or not.”“He is

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  • In Love With Her Brother's Best Friend   Chapter Ten

    Tanner drove to the garage, parked, and pulled out his cell phone.“Don’t hang up, please,” he said when Blake answered with a snarl. “I need to talk to you.”“So talk,” Blake snapped.Tanner sighed.“I never told you about Amber,” he began."Who's Amber?"“She’s a girl I dated right before I left the Marines,” Tanner revealed. “And I fell for her. Hard. I started planning to buy a house and marry her and start a family with her. The whole nine yards. I really thought she was the one.”He heard curiosity creep into Blake’s voice.“So, what happened?”“I came home early one day, and she was in bed with another guy,” Tanner said simply. “She played me, Blake, the same way you and I used to play with girls’ hearts in high school. And it crushed me, and it made me sick to my stomach to realize that I had put others through that exact same kind of hurt.”“What did you do?”“I packed up my shit and I moved out and I haven’t looked twice at another woman since. That was almost four years ago

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