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“She’s not,” I said hurriedly. “I mean, she shouldn’t be. Fuck! She can’t be. The fact is, sheisTorie’s best friend. She sees me as an honorary big brother, Wyatt. She always has.”
He lifted a brow. “Maybe I don’t say much, but do you really think anyone missed the way you two looked at each other at Torie’s wedding? Maybe you two were engaged in a debate, as usual. But your eyes were saying something else completely.”
“Christ!” I spat out in disgust. “Does everyone think they saw something that doesn’t exist?”
First Torie, and now Wyatt?
“Oh, it was there,” he corrected. “I think it was you who didn’t see it. I doubteveryonenoticed. Just the people who know you. It’s been a long time since you’ve looked at a woman like you wished that the two of you were alone and naked.”
“She’s attractive,” I muttered. “I noticed it at Torie’s wedding. End of story.”
“And?” Wyatt prompted.
“She’s intelligent,” I added reluctantly. “She’s always been fun to argue with in a friendly debate sort of way.”
Wyatt didn’t speak. He just shot me an expectant look.
Shit!I hated the way that my older brother could make me talk without saying a word. “Okay, dammit!” I said gruffly. “I wish we were there already. I hate the thought of anyone hurting Vanna. Yes, I lost my mind momentarily when the two of us where alone together after Torie’s wedding. I asked her out. She turned me down flat. That was the end of it. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still consider her a…family friend.”
“Bullshit,” Wyatt grumbled.
I glared at him. “What does that mean?”
I was getting sick and tired of asking him that question.
“A guy doesn’t just stop being attracted to a woman because she turns him down. And if I’m not mistaken, that interest went both ways,” Wyatt answered.
I suddenly hated the way Wyatt could appear disinterested, but really noticed every fucking detail of his surroundings.
“It didn’t go both ways. Take my word on that,” I answered irritably. “Just drop it, Wyatt. She’s an important rescue because she means so much to Torie.”
Fuck knew that Savannah had made it crystal clear that she couldn’t wait to leaveafterI’d asked her out that day.
It was obvious that I’d made her uncomfortable.
She’d probably known that my dick was hard and it had sent her running for the door.
“I still think you’re full of shit,” Wyatt drawled. “But if you don’t want to talk about it, I’ll let it go…for now. We need to stay focused on the rescue part of this situation right now.”
Hell, I didn’t want to talk about this whole thing later, either.
“It was nothing anyway,” I said hoarsely. “Just a very brief period of temporary insanity. I’m over it.”
“When was the last time you had one of those?”
I thought about Wyatt’s question before I hedged, “None of them come to mind right now.”
“Exactly,” he replied quietly. “Now, let’s focus on this operation.”
I sent him an irritated glance before I looked back at the file we were both studying.
It wasn’t like Wyatt had any reason to be giving advice on relationships. I couldn’t remember the last time he’d gone out on a date or shown any real interest in anyone other than family or friends.
For the most part, we were both workaholics who had been trying to prove that we’d been worthy of inheriting our father’s massive empire.
Last Hope took up whatever time we had available outside of Durand Industries.
Now that we’d finally relocated most of our headquarters back to San Diego from Paris, we’d probably have more spare time. I just wasn’t sure if either one of us would have the inclination to spend less time on business.
