Total pages in book: 157
Estimated words: 157032 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 785(@200wpm)___ 628(@250wpm)___ 523(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 157032 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 785(@200wpm)___ 628(@250wpm)___ 523(@300wpm)
The men both smile and shake my hand and my heart starts to thump. Security? Who are these people?
Parker steps forward. “Ashley, as house policy you will leave your phone here in the security office.”
I glance at Cameron.
Cameron shakes his head. “No, she’s good.”
“Nope,” Parker replies. “I’m not breaking protocol.”
I nervously take my phone from my bag. “It’s okay.” I hold it out to him.
“That won’t be necessary,” a male voice asserts from behind us.
We all turn to see a tall man walking towards us with a little girl in his arms. He smiles. “Thanks, Parker, but we have it from here.”
Cameron smiles and shakes the man’s hand. “This is Ashley.” He presents me proudly. “And Ashley, this is my brother Joshua, and this is Ellie.”
Joshua smiles and I see him do a quick assessment of me before he hides it and shakes my hand. “Hello Ashley. Say hello Ashley,” he prompts the shy little girl.
I smile as I watch her. She’s timid like Owen.
“Hello.” She smiles sweetly.
Joshua is tall—about six-foot four like Cam with crew cut, dark hair and a muscular physic. I swallow the lump in my throat. He has a square Jaw, two-day shadow, and piercing blue eyes, and he’s wearing a pair of cargo pants with a white T-shirt. He’s gorgeous like Cameron, but in a different, rugged way. Jeez, these two as brothers would have been trouble when they were younger. Holy crap.
Joshua gently kisses his daughter on her forehead as she sits comfortably on his hip, and I feel myself melt. What is it about super alpha men and the softness that their children bring out in them that makes all women go gooey?
My heart starts to really pump with nerves. For fuck’s sake, and I’m here with my beautiful doctor and his gorgeous, rich brother, and I am nothing but a fucking lying bitch.
Oh please, Earth, swallow me up. I can’t deal with this.
I stare at Joshua as I search my brain for something intelligent to say. Nope, I got nothing.
The gene pool these two come from is insane.
Joshua smiles warmly and his eyes flicker to Cameron whose smile is beaming off his face.
I frown. Have I missed a part of their conversation? Could have. I can hardly hear anything over my heart going into cardiac arrest over here. Good thing I have a resident cardiologist present.
“It’s nice to finally meet you Ashley.” Joshua smiles.
I fake a smile. “You too.”
He gestures to the house. “Please, come inside and meet my wife and family.” He walks toward the house.
I should tell Cam right now, I should do it before I lie to his family. Cameron pulls me by the hand to follow his brother, but I stand still on the spot.
“Cam,” I whisper.
He turns to face me and cups my face with his two hands. “What is it, Bloss?”
My eyes search his. “We don’t even know each other yet. Isn’t it too soon to be meeting families?” I whisper.
He smiles and kisses me softly. “No Ash. It’s not. And seeing as you are the first girl I’ve ever brought here to meet my family, I thought you’d be happy.”
My face falls. “First time?” I frown. “Cam… we need to talk.”
He smiles as he takes my lips in his. “We need to fuck, too.”
“Cam.” Oh God, he’s a bona fide sex maniac. “Haven’t you had enough sex?”
“I will never have enough of you,” he whispers as he kisses me softly.
“Well, that’s the last thing on my mind.” It honestly is, I’m not lying.
He winks. “Let’s go in. You have nothing to worry about. They’re going to love you. What’s not to love?”
I smile softly as I watch him. He’s excited to have me here meeting his family. My guilt runs through me like a freight train.
He deserves better.
I give him a nervous nod and he leads me up the path to the house. Two more security men are at the front door and they wave us through.
“What’s with all the security?” I ask.
“They’ve had some issues in the past.”
“What kind of issues?”
He turns to me and frowns. “You’ve honestly never heard of the names Joshua or Natasha Stanton before?”
I shake my head.
“Have you lived under a rock?”
I shrug. “Maybe.” Shit, I’ll have to Google this when I get home. What the hell is he talking about?
We walk through a grand foyer and across to the back of the house before we enter the kitchen. Oh my God, and I thought Cameron’s house was swanky.
A beautiful girl with long dark hair comes into view. She smiles broadly and kisses Cam. “This is Ashley.” Cam smiles proudly. “This is Natasha,” he introduces.
She turns to me and hugs me. “I’m so happy you’re here, Ashley. Please… come in.”
I smile in relief. Oh, she’s normal and not at all what I expected with all of this money. She’s wearing ripped, faded, tight jeans with a black T-shirt, and her hair is plaited down her back. She’s wearing hardly any makeup. I follow her into the kitchen. It’s huge with four ovens and a large stone island bench that has ten stools around it. Sitting at the end of the bench is a man—blonde, good looking, and wearing a suit. Hell… yet another beautiful person. I can’t cope.