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important is how he feels about you.
Have you told him how you feel?”
    “Are you kidding me? He’s gorgeous, smart
and funny.  He can have any girl he wants. In fact, he pretty much does have
any girl he wants … and then some.”
    “I still don’t see why you haven’t —”
    “Told him? Seriously? I was an insecure,
curvy little brat of a sister. He would have laughed himself stupid if I’d said
anything. And he used to treat me like crap and tease me just about every day.”
    “Yeah,” Melissa interjected. “But he’s not
laughing now, is he? Didn’t he just hand over a whole shitload of cash to have you
to dance for him?”
    “But he didn’t know it was me,” I
countered.
    “Exactly my point.”
    The realization began to dawn on me. My
brother, OK, stepbrother, actually had the hots for me. Not the old me. The new
me. The here and now me.

Chapter 18
Tyler
     
    “What’s this goddamn crap all about?” my
father screamed wildly as he threw the folded newspaper down in front of me as
I idly toyed with my half eaten breakfast.
    Oh shit. He’s really pissed.
    “A titty bar? That’s where you have to meet
the press for an interview and photo shoot?” I could see the veins in his
temple bulging and the crimson on his neck rising above his collar.
    “Come on Dad, it was hardly my fault. I
didn’t send them there.”
    “They didn’t find out you’d be there on
their own. Someone had to have tipped them off. Do you have any idea how this
looks?” He picked up the paper and started waving it in my face. “How you’ve
made me look?”
    “But —”
    “But my ass. The board are gonna use this
against you. You’ve given them all the ammo they need.”
    “It’s your company. Can’t you do
something?”
    “I can do a whole lot of things, son. I can
get a piss ant to pull a freight car if I tell it to, but that’s not gonna
help. Our family owns nearly all the stock, but your Granddaddy made damn sure
the board had enough voting power to keep us honest, so not even I can tell
them what they can and can’t do.
    “I’ve got PR consultants and lobbyists all
over the country trying to sort out this fracking mess and cover up the damage
these hippy protesters are doing and now I’ve got to make them waste time dealing
with your mess, too?”
    “Yeah, but it wasn’t my —”
    Dad held his hand up to silence me before
resuming his tirade. “I don’t want to hear it. If I want any more shit from
you, I’ll squeeze your head. The press is going to tear you, me and the company
a new one with this ... this … crap.” He fisted the newspaper into a crumpled
mess and threw it at me before storming toward the dining room door.
    I remained silent, figuring that it
probably wasn’t the best time to tell him that I was in love with my sister.

Chapter 19
Anna
     
    His muscular physique filled the hallway. I
knew whose silhouette was being framed by the window at the end of the hallway
the moment I turned the corner and saw it. His well-proportioned shoulders and
narrow waist were unmistakable. Not to mention divine.
    “How did you find me?” I said rather
bluntly as I approached.
    My God, he was good looking man.
Breathtaking.
    Focus Anna. Don’t fall for his charm and
good looks .
    “Having lawyers and investigators on
retainer has its uses. So does having a family name with some clout in this
city.”
    “After all the times you’ve made fun of me,
belittled me in front of your snobby friends, paraded every wanton slut you’ve
picked up in front of me and now you feel the need to track me down to
harass me some more?”
    Tyler took a deep breath, like he wanted to
argue. Then he just sighed. “We need to talk.”
    “I’ve got nothing to say and you’ve got
nothing I want to hear right now.” I had my cranky pants on and he wasn’t going
to disarm me with is slick charm. Or his cute smile. And, no, I wasn’t going to
melt as his to-die-for blue eyes cast their spell over me. No way. I