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Her laugh gets louder as she throws the towel down and reaches for the clean flannel. “Yeah right. I’m a mess.”
“You are most certainly not a mess. You’re gorgeous. We talked about that yesterday, remember?” I hate that it’s Mike who didn’t treat her right. Mike who didn’t make her feel beautiful.
“I’m all set. You can look.”
I turn toward her. Soaking wet hair lies on her shoulder and fresh bright eyes stare up toward me from the edge of the tub. I grab the brush off the counter and hand it toward her, resisting the urge to brush her long dark hair myself.
“Thank you.” Her gaze meets mine as she reaches up toward me. I’m assuming she wants to stand.
I lean in, wrapping my arms around her frame as she lifts from the edge of the tub, holding the brush in her hand. Our bodies press together, and our gaze meets.
Her lips part and my cock starts making demands again.
“You’re so big,” she says under her breath.
I’m sure she means my height, right?
“You’re so small.”
She looks away for a second then up toward me. “No one ever thinks I’m small.”
“You’re small to me.”
She’s a perfect vision. Her beautiful body in my arms and her hard nipples pressing through the flannel onto my bare chest. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say she wanted my lips against hers… but that isn’t what this is. She’s in need, old man. Restrain yourself.
“I should get breakfast started. You’re probably hungry.” My tone is low, and though I’m talking about breakfast, I haven’t moved an inch.
She nods. “I am hungry,” her nose wrinkles up as she holds my hands in place on her hips, “but I also like your hands right where they are.”
Okay. She said that. I’m sure she said that.
As my head attempts an unscrambling of all that’s happening, a heavy knock lands on the front door. “Coming in, Doc.” The door swings open and heavy boots land on the wood floors.
Nora looks toward me with her mouth open, but this time her eyes widen in shock. “Is that Mike?”
I nod slowly. “Yeah. He, ugh, he was supposed to help me with something today.”
“What?How do you two know each other?”
My throat tightens. This isn’t how I wanted today to go. Hell, it’s not how I wanted any day to go. Ideally, she’d have never dated Mike and the two of us would be cuddled up in bed reading a book together or taking a nap. This… this is the kind of stuff nightmares are about. The woman of your dreams standing in front of you, and the asshole who ruined her opinion of men at the door.
“Oh. That.” I exhale and glance down the hallway and into the kitchen where my useless kin is pouring himself a cup of coffee. I should really start locking the doors. “Mike… Mike is my half-brother.”
“Wait, what?” Her face goes pale. “You two are related? Why didn’t you tell me that last night?”
“You were tired and injured. I didn’t think it was relevant at the moment.”
“You didn’t think it was relevant to tell me the man that I hate more than anything isyour brother?”
“Half-brother, and last night was not the time. You had much more pressing matters than his stupid ass. We go years without talking and he’s only here because I’m buying something from him, like I would any stranger.”
“Oh.” She leans against the sink. “Well, if you decided it wasn’t important, then…” There’s a shift in her demeanor and I know I’ve said the wrong thing.
“It is important, Nora.” I land my hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her, but she’s lost in her thoughts. “Look, I liked where this was going just now. If he hadn’t walked in, we’d be—”
“He did walk in, and you lied to me.”
“Lied? Look, I’ll tell him to leave, and we can figure this out.”
