Total pages in book: 18
Estimated words: 16919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 85(@200wpm)___ 68(@250wpm)___ 56(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 85(@200wpm)___ 68(@250wpm)___ 56(@300wpm)
“Who is this?” Bridger asks, striding confidently to the head of the table, pulling out a chair and sitting down, long legs stretched in front of him.
Jacob remains standing, though he plants both fists on the conference table and leans in, studying me in an almost unnerving fashion. “Yes, mother. Please introduce us.”
“Very well,” Catherine croons. “This is your stepsister, Zoe. If you’d deigned to attend the wedding, you would have met her.” My stepmother eyes my chest with a curled upper lip. “Though she has changed quite a bit since middle school.”
Heat blasts my face.
Everyone in the room is looking at my boobs now and quickly, I duck my head, hiding behind my fall of long, brown curls.
They did catch the part about us being related, right?
I mean, if we weren’t related, I would definitely find Bridger and Jacob attractive. But they’re my stepbrothers, so I can’t look at them in that light. Never mind that their rapt attention is making my toes curl in my shoes, whipping my nipples into aching points.
“Stepsister,” Jacob says slowly, pushing off the table and straightening. “Why is she here?”
“She’s your newest paid intern. The ink just dried on the paperwork.”
“Really?” Bridger drawls. “And what do you plan to have her do here?”
Catherine smiles her first genuine smile of the day. “She’s our new product tester.” Her eyelashes flutter like a hummingbird’s wings. “She starts tomorrow morning with the new bungee jumping harness.”
2
Bridger
I cock my head. “You’ve brought us a goddamn teenager to test out potentially dangerous equipment? Are you out of your mind?”
“Absolutely not,” Jacob chimes in, crossing his arms. “She could get hurt.”
“Actually…” The girl speaks for the first time and if my dick wasn’t already hard, that husky tone would have done it. Stepsister. I shouldn’t want to yank up her skirt and get a look at her ass, but hell if I’m not itching to do just that. “Actually,” she starts again. “I’m kind of relieved I’m not going to be stuck indoors. I get to go bungee jumping? It sounds like the best job in the world.”
Her excitement makes my zipper feel even tighter.
Fuck.
She is delicious.
And I can tell my brother is interested, too. He’s barely bothering to hide his perusal of her supple body. That innocent mouth. The curves of her hips and the almost indecent jut of her tits. Tits I could watch bounce while Jacob took her from behind and I stroked off. I’d tilt her chin up and make her look me in the eye while my brother got off inside of her pussy.
I’m not sure where these thoughts are coming from. I’ve never watched Jacob have intercourse with a woman before, nor have I ever had the slightest desire to do so. Does it have something to do with Zoe being our stepsister? This need to…watch them? To make sure they don’t get caught doing something forbidden? To protect them?
I’m the older brother. I’ve always been a guardian to Jacob. The one that makes problems go away. And I can’t deny that I’m already feeling protective toward the girl, too. The very idea of her jumping off a cliff in equipment that hasn’t yet been approved causes sweat to roll down my spine. “She’s not doing it. End of story.”
“Couldn’t agree more,” Jacob says.
Catherine tilts her head and smiles sweetly. “Oh yes, she is.”
My laugh sounds dangerous. “No, she’s not. We’re overruling you.”
“If you’ll recall, I’m a board member. So is Zoe’s father. It was my wedding gift to him and though I’ll be taking it back in the divorce, that matter isn’t final yet. Zoe can vote on these matters in his stead—and she clearly wants the position.”
“That still splits the vote,” Jacob pointed out. “Fifty-fifty.”
“That might be the case if I didn’t have a controlling interest. That extra one percent gives me the power—and I’m flexing it now.”
I trade a look with Jacob. “You’ve never flexed it before. Why now? Why the hell is this so important?” Jacob asks. “Why not give her a desk job and find someone less…fragile to—”
“I am not fragile,” Zoe says, shifting in her heels. “I’m a certified diver. I’ve rock climbed without a harness. And I’m planning to go on a lot more adventures once I’m able. If you ask me, I’m the perfect person for this job. I have no fear.”
I palm my cock underneath the table. “You’re a little daredevil, are you?”
“That’s right.”
It’s as certain as anything in that moment that she belongs to me.
Jacob is coming to the same conclusion, though he’s deciding Zoe is his.
My brother looks in my direction and his nostrils flare, ready to challenge me for her.
We have a bigger challenge to face, however. Catherine. To say she has a grudge against Zoe’s father would be putting it mildly. The man took off a few years after their marriage and made her a laughingstock, flaunting his new women on social media and spending her money on them. My mother wasn’t always so calculating, but after two bitter breakups, she’s become unkind. Hell-bent on revenge, even.