Chapter 31

They ate in silence for a moment.

Autumn stared into her coffee cup. "But if I hire him, even for a short while, that's going to signal to him that I agree to being...shared."

"In a manner of speaking. Yes. But it's your choice, darlin'. All the way. No one's feelings will be hurt if you say no."

When she and her friends had started out on their odyssey, she'd thought it would be courageous enough just to get a younger man in her bed. Now she was on the verge of jumping into a ménage. How wild was that?

"Can I wait until I meet him to give you an answer?" She hoped she didn't sound as timid as she felt.

Mitch laughed, a warm sound. "I wouldn't expect anything else. Anyway, Randy wants to meet you. I can send him packing if you want." A slow grin spread over his face. "And by the way, he and I are the same age."

Two of them? Would that make her a double cougar? She swallowed the hysterical urge to laugh.

"You mean he's still here? Waiting?" She lifted her eyes and stared at him.