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Oh, my giddy Aunt Doris.

Not that I have an Aunt Doris. But I do have a giant problem, and that problem is Curtis … don’t know his last name. Don’t care to learn it right this second either.

There’s something so familiar about him. Something I can’t put my finger on.

I swear I’ve seen that cheeky smile before. That jawline. Even his voice …

We’re locked in, staring at each other, and we’re only mere feet apart.

I’m certain if we were two random men at a bar, we’d already be on our way to finding somewhere to hook up.

But we’re not two random men. We’re the bride and groom’s brothers. One by blood, one by choice. And that means we’re going to be seeing each other a lot in the upcoming months.

I suddenly wish I were the type of guy who did meaningless hookups. I’ve never been good at those, always looking for more. Another date. Another hookup. Another chance to make them fall in love with me.

Curtis’s top lip twitches. “You okay there, Finn? You look like you might have short-circuited.”

I did. I realize I’ve been staring at this man’s face for way longer than is socially acceptable, but it’s hard to stop. He’s just so sexy. But it’s also more than that. He’s so … familiar. Fuck, this is going to drive me crazy.

I blink away the lust and stand upright. “Sorry, I’m, uh, still acclimatizing to Canada.”

The amusement on his lips doesn’t die. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they need to acclimatize to Canada before. Does it happen by osmosis? By staring into the soul of a Canadian? Is that what you were going for?”

He’s not supposed to call me out on it. “Can we pretend that you buy that excuse and that I’m being normal?” I’ve never been normal a day in my life, but there’s no time like the present.

I’m hoping the look he gives me is teasing and not pity. “I don’t think that’s possible.”

I’m about to leave—and I don’t know, drown myself?—when he grabs my arm.

“I’m messing with you. You’ve made a good first impression,” he says. “Maybe too good.”

I’m dangerously close to repeating the same awkward stare that makes him uncomfortable.

“Your sister seems cool,” he finally says, like he’s needing to break off the conversation there. I need it too.

“She’s very cool,” I agree, latching onto the change of topic. “Except for her constant meddling in my relationships, she’s the sort of person who only wants the best for people.”

“David said something similar. Which is good because I really didn’t want to have to fight your sister.”

He says it so deadpan that I’m not sure whether he’s joking or not. “You’d fight her?”

“For David? Of course.”

My jaw drops. “But she’s a girl.”

“I think she stopped being a girl a fair few years ago, and also … equality.”

“I don’t think that’s how equality works. But also, you shouldn’t hit anyone.”

“Wow.” Curtis sets a hand on his chest, and I have to ignore the veins running across the back of it. “I’d fight her with words.” He smirks. “I’m Canadian. If it’s not about hockey, it’s not worth throwing fists over.”

“Does Chicago even have a hockey team?” I ask.

“Does … Chicago …” Curtis bites off his disbelief. “If we’re going to be friends, you at least need to know the answer to that.”

That’s something I can do. I pull out my phone and unlock it—only to have my heart lurch into my throat. It’s still open on the Money Shot app, and I close it so fast I almost throw my phone. I can’t look at Curtis to check if he saw, but I’m confident my phone is tilted away enough. I hope.

I shouldn’t be ashamed of having a porn subscription, but he’s already called me out for staring at him a little too long. He’s going to start thinking I’m some kind of perv or incel or too intense to be friends with.

Not able to meet his eyes, I quickly type in does Chicago have a hockey team, and Google confirms that yes, yes it does, dumbass. It was one of the first six in the league. Huh. Interesting.

I turn my screen toward him. “Got your answer.”

“Passed the first friendship test. Congratulations.”

“What’s next?”

“Meeting our other friends. Come on, I’ll introduce you to some people.”

Introduce me. Yes. That’s supposed to be my focus.

This is exactly what I came here for, so I’m absolutely not disappointed about having to share Curtis with other people. Or when those people steal his attention away.

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Eden Finley is an Amazon bestselling author who writes steamy contemporary romances that are full of snark and light-hearted fluff.

She doesn't take anything too seriously and lives to create an escape from real life for her readers. The ideas always begin with a wackadoodle premise, and she does her best to turn them into romances with heart.

With a short attention span that rivals her son's, she writes multiple different pairings: MM, MMF, and MF.

She's also an Australian girl and apologises for her Australianisms that sometimes don't make sense to anyone else.

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Saxon James unapologetically writes happy endings for LGBT+ characters.

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