remember. But wait, wasn’t that why she hadn’t given his name? She’d just captioned him uncle…wait a moment. She adjusted the image, shrinking it down so she could see the caption.
Soccer Mega-Star caught in the rain. Could Smithson be gay?
“Oh no,” she breathed. Then she looked at the page header. This wasn’t her blog. This was a celebrity gossip site of the worst reputation ever. Oh shit. Oh double shit. No wonder Mike was mad.
The irony was that she’d completely forgotten that he was related to the soccer star. That’s why she’d posted the picture to her blog. She hadn’t thought two seconds about his famous twin. And she certainly hadn’t realized the paparazzi would lift the picture and create a whole new rumor out of it.
Rick’s cold voice jolted her out of her misery. “I think you’ve overstayed your welcome, Miss Lopez. Bethany will help you find a new hotel. Good day.”
She swallowed. So much for her birthday celebration with the hot new guy in her life. And the worst thing was, she couldn’t even blame him.
Chapter 3
Mike watched Anna rises with innate grace, an apology in her melting doe eyes. Damn it, why did she have to be yet another fan girl? How could he have judged her so wrong? Lord, she even had Rick’s publicity photos sticking out of her bag.The answer was obvious. Last night’s dream of her coming to his hotel room made it clear who had been doing the thinking yesterday. With her sleek brown hair, perfect skin, and even more perfect body, his dick had been doing the thinking yesterday. But he couldn’t afford to have a fan girl hanging around here. Not with his family here. And certainly not now that his brother had somehow managed to show up after all.
Yup, last night well after midnight, his twin had shoved his massive body into Mike’s room. Apparently, he’d managed to make the reunion after all. But with Anna in his room, Rick had been forced to bunk with Mike. And wasn’t that a tight fit? The two hadn’t shared a room since they were ten.
Meanwhile, matchmaker Tilde was clueless as to the problem Anna had created. Damn it, if she’d put a location tag on the photo, they’d be buried in crazies within the hour.
“But her breakfast is just arriving,” his aunt said. And damn it, the woman was right. Bethany was just bringing in a steaming hot omelet, fruit, and more coffee. His nose twitched at the scent of food and coffee, but his responsibilities came first. After all, since his father died a few months ago, he was the newly crowned Head of the Family.
“Bethany, would you box that up please? Miss Lopez won’t be eating it here.”
Meanwhile, his mother snapped in her most motherly tone. “Stop being rude! So she posted a picture of you looking silly. That’s hardly a crime --”
Anna spoke again, her tone conciliatory as she grabbed the photos. “It’s all right. He has a right to be mad, and this is your family reunion. I’ll leave as soon as my car is fixed—”
“Oh look, Dee,” aunt Tilde exclaimed. “She has that People magazine issue. My friend Rachel said there was a feature in there about Rick. Anna, dear, do you mind if I take a peek? You just wait right here and chat with Mike while I take a look.” Then without waiting for a response, the woman snatched the magazine right out of Anna’s bag.
To her credit, Anna tried to stop her. “I really don’t think you should read that…” she said, but Tilde was already flipping to the spread. And even his mother had put on her glasses to read over Tilde’s shoulder.
“Oh my!” said his mother as she peered closer. Aunt Tilde didn’t say a word. She was already reading the article, her lips moving slowly whenever she wanted to repeat certain phrases. A lifetime of dealing with his aunt made it easy to read her lips as she mouthed “three-for-all” and “cheating scandal.” Thankfully, his mother just shook her head and looked away. Not so good was that her gaze landed