Total pages in book: 65
Estimated words: 65041 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65041 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
“Opposites attract. What’s your next move?”
“I don’t know.”
“How did the fight end?”
“With him telling me to stay away from him. He said it was the only way he could protect me.”
“Is that what you want to do?”
“Of course I want to be with him, but not in that life.”
“Your brothers would flip their shit.”
“I know. Could you imagine?”
“I don’t want to imagine it.”
It was too hard to envision them ever letting her grow up, and by the sound of the rest of our conversation, she knew it too.
“I wish I could just ask and get a straight answer from him,” she added. “I know nothing about him, Cove. He doesn’t share anything with me other than how bad he is for me.”
“Maybe there’s a reason for that too.”
“Ugh! I hate it when you make sense.”
I smiled. “I’m wise beyond my years.”
“You are.”
I had to ask, “Do you think he has any single friends?”
“Oh my God! You’re horrible.”
“What?” I shrugged again. “You may find what he does scary, but I’m digging it. I’d love a man who wouldn’t think twice about laying someone out if it meant I was safe. That shit would make me spread my legs like no tomorrow,” I honestly spoke.
“Cove!”
“I’m just saying, I want a badass too. Especially if he has a big dick. That’s very important as well.”
“Says the girl who’s still a virgin.”
“Umm…” I gestured to myself, once again speaking the truth. “Do you see this temple that I am? I won’t just give it to someone who takes me out to a nice restaurant a few times. High school guys are boring, Haven. College men are even worse. They're all into themselves, and I want someone who’s only into me.”
“Are you saying you want an older guy? Hayes is seven years older than me.”
“Mmm…” I thought about it for a second. “I don’t think I’d go over like twentyish.”
“Twenty?! That could be your dad.”
“My dad didn’t have me until he was in his thirties.”
My father only had me because my mother wanted another accessory she could show off to validate her self-worth.
“Well, it could be somebody’s dad.”
“No.” I shook my head. “I definitely don’t want any baby mama drama. It needs to be someone with no strings attached to an ex.”
“Yeah, but then you get a man like Jace who’s worked his entire life.”
I glared at her. “Don’t ever say that again. You just ruined my entire fantasy.”
“My brother’s not so bad.”
“On what scale? He’s worse than ever now that he’s retired military. It’s like he has this permanent stick up his ass. I don’t remember the last time I saw him smile. He’s always so broody and grumpy. Your brother needs to get laid. I bet it’s been years for him.”
“Ew.”
“My thoughts exactly.”
She smiled. “I wouldn’t mind you marrying one of my brothers. Then we could be real sisters.”
“Trust me, Haven. Out of all your brothers, Jace would be the last one I’d ever marry. I’d rather die single and lonely than spend five minutes alone with that asshole. He’s like my perfect enemy.”
I hated him in ways I never thought I could hate anyone. He was the absolute worst. Hearing Haven speak so nonchalantly about me marrying one of her brothers wasn’t exactly a shock. We’d love to be sisters, but I’d never in a million years consider being with Jace Beckham.
Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.
She opened her mouth to reply, but there was a knock on her door.
“Come in,” she hollered.
The door opened, revealing her brother Reid.
“Hey,” he greeted, smiling at us with that charismatic expression.
Reid was the CEO of a commercial property development enterprise that he started when he was twenty-one. The family threw him a big party to celebrate the day he applied for his LLC. Their father was always involved in each of their lives. Mr. Beckham stepped into the role of both parents as if he'd prepared for it all his life.
Reid was thirty-three and fucking loaded, traveling all over the world. He worked twenty-four seven, and every year like clockwork, Forbes magazine labeled him one of their most eligible bachelors. The press loved Reid. He was charming and loved the attention. Like all of Haven’s brothers, women flocked to him.
The Beckham boys were handsome, and women just itched to get a taste of them. It’d been that way our entire lives, driving Haven crazy that the same rules for her didn’t apply to them.
“Hey,” Reid interrupted my thoughts. “You listening to me?”
Haven shook her head. “Yeah, sorry, what was that?”
“I said we’re all going to the pool hall. You two want to come?”
“Umm…”
I answered for her. “We’d love to. We’ll be down in a minute.”
“All right, don’t take forever.”
Once he was gone, she chastised me. “What the hell? You think I want to go out right now?”