Total pages in book: 46
Estimated words: 44850 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44850 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
“You must give him time. He’s new to the team. I thought he was doing better, I mean, he scored a lot tonight,” I respond blankly. He’ll score even more tonight.
“Hardy-har-har, Mary. You know what I’m talking about.”
“I haven’t the foggiest,” I deny. That’s my gameplan, denial until the ship completely goes down.
“He had his hand on your ass, Mary.”
“Lots of men have had their hands on my ass, Green. Sometimes two at the same time.”
Kage starts laughing and my brother shoots her a dirty look. She keeps laughing. He just shakes his head. I always told Mom you should have been a boy.”
“That would never have worked. I would have stolen all your girlfriends. You couldn’t have handled the competition.” Now, Green shoots me the dirty look—which I ignore. Kage moves her seat back. Somehow, she manages to be graceful—even pregnant and carrying extra weight. Green’s attention is shifted to her completely as he stands up.
“Where are you going?”
“I think you and Kage need to talk and our child is dancing on my bladder so I’m going to give you that time.”
“Gee thanks,” I complain, and she grins at me.
“You’re welcome. Green?”
“Yeah, baby?”
“Lay off Mary. She might be your little sister, but she’s also a grown woman and what or who she does is not your business.”
“Kage,” he grumbles.
“Keep it up. and you’ll be sleeping in the guest room tonight, dear husband.”
“The hell you say,” he snaps, jerking back. Like he’s been slapped. It’s clear to see that he doesn’t like that threat… at all.
“You heard me,” she replies, ignoring him. He watches her walk away, totally entranced. They’re so sickening in love that it’s insane. Green doesn’t seem to function when Kage isn’t nearby. Hell, all my family is like that—with the exception of Cyan. I’m not sure he counts, because he’s still single. He’s also hung up on the school librarian who is way too scared of him to ever take a chance on my wild brother.
I’ve always vowed to never follow in heir footsteps. I like being my own person. I love being single. An image of Slater comes to mind, and I ignore how it makes me feel. It’s just going to be sex. That’s it.
Green sits back down and stares at me. I don’t move under his gaze. If we’re going to have a staring contest, I’m going to win. Green rakes his hand through his hair and lets out an annoyed breath.
“I don’t like this,” he says, and I shrug.
“Green, I’m not marrying him.”
“What are you planning on doing?”
“How is this your business again?”
“You’re my sister.”
“Last time I checked I was old enough to vote, pay my own bills and—”
“Don’t say it, Mary.”
“Old enough to have wild ferret sex.”
“I hate you.”
I laugh. “Let this go. I’m a grown woman and what I do in my personal life is just that—my personal life.”
“I don’t want you to get hurt and Slater doesn’t exactly have the greatest history with relationships. Hell, Rooster nicknamed him Beaver Tamer.”
I blink, open my mouth to respond and snap it shut.
Beaver Tamer?
Finally, I clear my throat and do my best to laugh it off. “Then, rest easy, big brother. I’m a Lucas, me or my beaver are not looking to be tamed.”
“Mary, stop making me want to cut off my own ears.”
“Stop driving me insane before I lose it and cut off more than your ears. What’s going on with you? You’ve never cared about who I’ve dated before.”
“You’ve never dated one of my players before,” he points out.
“So? That doesn’t mean I’m a complete idiot. I do have some brains you know.”
“If he fucks you over, I’ll have to see him every day and then, I’ll have to kill him. Do you really want me to go to jail, Mary?”
“He’s not going to fuck me over. It’s not that serious. We’re just…” I shrug as I trail off.
“Just what?”
I let out a sigh. “We’re scratching a few itches.”
“God, kill me now,” Green whines, dropping his head down on the table and banging it. He doesn’t it gently, but it still vibrates enough that the drinks that were delivered vibrate on the table.
“Will you stop? Jesus, I’m young. I’m not looking for a relationship. It’s not like I’m doing anything different than any of you guys. Well, except for Petal, she scratched her itch a lot earlier and always wanted happily ever after. That’s not me.”
“I’m your big brother. It’s my job to worry about you.”
“I’m fine. Give me a break and worry about Cyan. You’re his big brother and he’s the one messed up right now.”
“Yeah, but I kind of think that situation might be more than a little hopeless.”
“See? Plenty for you to worry about. Leave me alone.”
“It’s not that I don’t like, Slater, I do—well, all except for his god-awful name.”