Page 18 of The Hunt

Or to at least be polite to Genny’s friends, even.

Well, most of them needed it.

There was always Gunn. The sweetest man on earth. That brother—he concerned her sometimes, though. No denying that. Gunn Kendrick Hiller was justtoogood at times.

Gunn was pretty sweet just as he was. He was just too shy to ever make a move on a woman without nudging. So Genny guessed Gunn did need his own brand of reprogramming, too.

Maybe she should make that her next goal? Gunn deserved a woman to love him and a good dozen kids to raise. He’d be really good at it, too.

George, their eldest brother, did just fine as a devoted family man. Of course, his wife Ronnie had had to do some serious reprogramming of him ten years ago when they’d gotten together. So—maybe it was just in male Hiller DNA?

Genny would make it a mission to reprogram all of them, if she could. She had four nieces and one nephew, and Ronnie was pregnant with another little “surprise”—Genny would like a few more soon. It was about time her brothers—and sisters, too—got down to business.

Later, though. Aubrey needed a bit of reprogramming right now, first.

“Well, then it’s going to have to be Dr. Chad.” Chad would probably come if she asked him. And—maybe—paid him with a kiss or two for his time.

Maybe she could do that.

If she wasinsane.

Greer came into the kitchen in time to hear her. “Hot Doctor Chad is already on his way over here, actually. He and Guthrie and Grady were at the Fields’s place all day. Chad is dropping Chantal off over here.”

“Great. Then we’ll just get it taken care of and then threaten him into silence, while the rest of the crew pops the popcorn—then we’ll get this party started. Giavonna called, she’s on her way, too. She’ll probably beat the boys.” She shot her friend a grin, just wanting to get that broken look out of Aubrey’s blue eyes. Aubrey was the most beautiful woman Genny knew—and she had the sweetest soul to go along with it. And the softest heart. It made Genny a bit overprotective sometimes. Maybe Aubrey would like a preacher-man named Gunn as a future husband? They’d make very pretty, very sweet babies, that was for sure. “We’re going to party old-school slumber style and forget jerk pervert doctors for one night.”

“I have never been to a slumber party. Ayla, either. I don’t think we’d even know where to begin.”

Genny thought that sounded so sad. But Aubrey had opened up to her in the two years they’d been friends. She knew some of what her friend had gone through as a kid. It was horrific and tragic, and Aubrey and Ayla had deserved far, far better. The foster system could be so broken.

She’d just deal with the idea that Chad was coming over again herself when she could. But for now—he had the skills they needed.

They’d just use that man tonight.

He’d promised to get her somehow.

Genny was about ready to run for the hills.

She had not been “gotten” in that way by a man in her entire life. Genny was never the woman men like Chad pursued. Nother.

She was too much the cute sidekick type for hot pursuits and seduction. She shivered, just thinking about it.

She’d had one experience with a hunter like Chad Fields. It had devastated her when it had ended. When he’d used her and tossed her aside, anyway. She knew what kind of women Chad preferred. She’d known him forever, after all.

She was definitely not on his list.

No, that was women like Aubrey and Giavonna and Greer. Tall, gorgeous, passionate, intense, dynamic women who just made things happen. Who were the kind for adventures in a way mousy little Genny Hiller never had been. And never really wanted to be, either.

One guy she’d dated had pointed out that he’d only asked her out because he’d thought Greer was too young for him at the time, and Genny had been his second choice.

Well,third.

Scott had had a thing for Giavonna, too, but the oldest Hiller sister had scared him too much for him to make a move. So he’d settled.

For Genny.

Third-fiddle Genny, always coming in behind her two gorgeous, beautiful, wonderful, genuinely awesome sisters.

Well, she’d dumped his ass fast after that.