“A friend? Sweetness, this bastion of boringness standing next to you is my brother.” “What?” She grinned and looked at Hugh. “This is Julian, the man whore?” Julian dropped her hand and his grin. Hugh’s smile was instantaneous. He might have fallen a little in love with her right then and there. “Yes, this is my brother.” He put his arm around Annabelle as he turned to Julian. “And this vision of loveliness is Annabelle Givens, whom you will not try to sleep with. Understood?”

