“Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it?”
“After spring break is over, I think you need to move Kelsey in here with you for a while.” She blurted.
He frowned and stared at her. “Why?”
She fidgeted and shifted on his lap. He maneuvered her so that she was straddling him and had nowhere to go, and then he repeated his question. This time in a more demanding way.
“My ex-boyfriend is out of prison. I don’t know how he found me, but he did. He didn’t even call my cell, he called the landline Kelsey has at the house.” She said the words in a panic and his blood started to boil.
His sister was in danger because of this woman and that wasn’t something that he could normally get past. But Kelsey was in Mexico with her friends and a couple of undercover bodyguards he’d hired for her. His concern right now was for the beautiful woman sitting in his lap.
“I’ll make sure she’s taken care of upon her return. For now, let’s worry about you.” He said. He leaned in and kissed her again, making sure that she knew that she could trust him. “Tell me everything.” He demanded.
And she shut down on him. He cursed.
Nine
They’d been coming to lunch here every day for the last three months. Louis was slowly gathering up the nerve to ask the waitress out to dinner and Lucian was his wing man. It almost surprised them both that she barely gave Lucian a second glance and it seemed like she was waiting patiently for Lou to gather up his nerves.
Lou was looking for a wife and Lucian couldn’t understand it. His friend was looking for someone special. Someone he could spoil. He wanted a hard working woman who knew the value of a dollar and wouldn’t waste a dime of his hard earned money because he had no intentions of getting a prenup. He wanted to share everything with his bride, no holding back.
“Just ask her already, Lou. Before I do.” He snorted around his cup of coffee.
His friend shot him a glare and sighed.
He and Louis Hamilton had known each other since high school. How Lou managed to get into one of the most elite private schools in the country he’d never said, but he was a scholarship kid at Yale and he’d made his first million before graduation. Lou was determined not to go back to the trailer park he’d started from.
Enough was enough. Lucian put his hand in the air, waving the waitress over to their table. She and Louis were polar opposites. Where Karen was short, brown skinned, and really pretty, Louis was tall, pale, a bit overweight, and average. The only things that set him apart from normal people were his clothes and the amount of money he carried in his wallet. Lou was a bit of a showoff now that he had something to show.
“Hey, sweetheart,” he said, pasting on his most killer smile. “Will you please, please, put my friend out of his misery already and go out on a date with him?”
Lou turned red and Karen gave a shy smile. “If he ever asks me, I’d be happy to.” She said before she sauntered off.
“What the fuck was that?” Louis whispered harshly across the table.
“Just trying to hook a nice guy up with a nice girl.” He shrugged.
“What do you know about nice girls?” Lou half joked.
“Not much.” He shrugged again.
His thoughts drifted to Brianna. Was she a nice girl? He had no idea. He knew that she was going to be trouble for him because he couldn’t make himself let go. He’d had his taste, but now he wanted more. But did she want all of him like he wanted all of her?
He shook his head. He was going to have more of her and then he’d go from there. More time in