truck.
“Hey bro, am I interrupting something?”
Amy looked up to find another Adonis in her room.
“Is it a rule in your family that all
children are born better looking than the Greek Gods?” Amy spoke
before thinking. When she realized what she’d said her entire face
turned bright red.
Lucas looked at her with shock. She
thought he was gorgeous? Well, well, he thought, his assistant was
keeping things from him. She wasn’t as immune to him as she was
trying to lead him to believe. He really liked that and was
definitely planning on exploring it further.
“You must be the famous Ms. Harper
who’s causing my brother many sleepless nights,” Alex spoke as he
walked right up to her and lifted her up in a huge bear hug. Amy
was too stunned to say anything.
She was also shocked to find that when
Alex placed her back on her feet, she hadn’t felt any chemistry
with the guy. He was as gorgeous as his brother, with a body to
match and yet there were no fireworks going off at his touch,
unlike how she felt in Lucas’s arms.
The fact didn’t please Amy. She didn’t
want to be attracted to Lucas but her traitorous body wasn’t
listening. She would just have to make sure her mind was in charge
and not her hormones.
“Alex, would you please quit
manhandling her? Amy this is my obnoxious younger brother Alex, he
just happens to have a truck and was available, so I couldn’t pass
up his help,” Lucas said.
Before Amy knew what was happening they
had her room cleared out and loaded into Alex’s truck.
“I’ll see you guys at the house,” he
said to both of them, then turned his full attention on Amy. “I
can’t wait to steal you away from my big brother Amy. You’re
stunning and way too good for this gigolo. Don’t break my heart.”
He finished talking, gave her a quick kiss on the lips, again
lifting her off the ground, then turned and trotted over to his
truck.
Amy was so stunned; she didn’t know
what to do. She’d never been around such confident men before.
Finally she gave into her natural good humor and started laughing.
How could you not enjoy the company of such a fun guy? She knew he
didn’t mean what he said but she wasn’t used to men flirting so
openly with her, even if it was harmless like what he was
doing.
Lucas on the other hand didn’t look so
amused. “You need to ignore my little brother. He lets hormones run
his entire life and he does like pretty women but he’s harmless.”
He took her hand and led her towards his car.
He wouldn’t admit to her
how he’d wanted to smash his brother in the face for daring to
kiss his woman.
He also wouldn’t admit how jealous he was at that moment that she
hadn’t slapped his brother in the face for kissing her. She’d
seemed to enjoy it. He made himself calm down, because he knew his
brother had just been trying to get a rise out of him.
It had worked.
When they reached the passenger side of
his car, Amy suddenly hesitated. “Wait a minute. Where’s all my
stuff going? I don’t even know where I’m going yet. This happened
so fast I haven’t had time to think about what happens next.” Lucas
could see she was starting to panic.
“Amy, calm down. I’m going to take you
up to the family house for now. My brother told my father what was
going on and dad wanted to speak with you.” She started to shake
her head no when he looked into her eyes. “Amy, it’s not smart to
tell my father no,” was all he said.
Amy sighed, knowing she’d been defeated
with those words. Joseph Anderson wasn’t only the family patriarch
but he was the man who’d taken a chance on her and there was no way
she would deny him anything.
Amy said nothing else; she just climbed
in the vehicle and buckled her seat belt. Lucas chuckled as he
walked around the car. He knew how she was feeling. When his father
beckoned, you came. You didn’t come because he was the head of the
family; you came because the man earned respect. You came because
he was
Alexis Abbott, Alex Abbott