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I wondered why Emma called, since she rarely ever called me, so I dialed her number, expecting her to announce that she was in Los Angeles.
“I’m busy,” I said as a way of greeting, my tone soft. No matter our past, she was my little sister. The only person I considered as my family. And after what had happened in her high school, I was sure as hell not trusting her life in someone else’s hands, even though that person was a veteran with years of military training under his belt. “I can’t pick you up or your old boyfriend from the airport.”
“Cillian’s not that old. And we are not in LA,” she replied, her voice sweet. “And hello to you, too. I missed you.”
“He is older than me by five years, Em,” I sighed and leaned back in the chair, pinching the bridge of my nose. “I wish I could have dinner with you.”
“Awww, I knew you missed me, too.”
If someone had told me that Emma would ever talk to me like this, I’d have laughed and paid them a grand. But I was so glad we had bonded over our relationship. That I was not as fucked up as my father.
I cracked a small smile. “You know you can move here if you want to. I have a condo furnished and ready for you.”
I heard a gruff voice, and I knew Cillian was close to her. I rolled my eyes. Despite their age difference, they were inseparable, and I’d be a shithead if I didn’t think he was good for Emma.
“I told you before. I like it here in Coral Springs. But anyway, I called you because I need a favor.”
I straightened up. Emma Moore, my twenty-two-year-old sister and a billionaire, was the last person on the planet who needed a favor from me. “What is it?”
“Do you know Summer?”
“No,” I lied. “I don’t know her.” My hand tightened on the phone.
Just hearing her name ignited a flash of memories in my head that I had tried my best to forget. The taste of her brown skin, soft dark curls, pillowy lips I could kiss—
No. I wasn’t going there.
“You’re such a terrible liar, Damon,” Emma snickered and continued, her voice serious, “She… well, something happened and I need you to be there for her for a night.”
“No,” I blurted. I wasn’t going anywhere ten feet near that woman.
“You didn’t even hear me—”
“I said no, Emma. I’m busy. I’m working on this marketing—”
“Please, Damon,” her voice turned soft. “She needs someone with her for that dinner. Please.”
I swallowed the lump in my throat. I couldn’t say no to her when she asked me for it. She wouldn’t have asked me if it wasn’t serious.
“What do I have to do?”
“Great! I knew you would agree. Just be at the address I sent you at seven sharp. Tonight. Thanks, bye-bye!” Emma ended the call before I could open my mouth to argue.
She knew me too well.
I glared at the photo of her in a messy bun. I took it when she was grumpy, eating cereal from a bowl.
Checking the address, I slumped in my chair and shook my head.
I knew Emma was evil, but I didn’t know she was this malicious.
I shouldn’t have trusted my sister. Fuck.
PART II
“Let me play with you and your body.”
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