She sat down on the chair at her desk in one corner.She faced the door because she didn’t want anyone to be able to sneak up on her.As far as they knew, she spent a lot of time taking naps and playing games on the computer.Instead, she day traded and was very successful.
She tried to keep as much of herself private as possible.She didn’t want to give her father and sister something to bug her about.They wouldn’t understand that she enjoyed working and making money.Neither of them had worked a day in their lives.They would rather go to spas, go shopping, or go to the golf range.
How much pampering did one person need?As far as golfing went, her father would play every day and all day long if he could.
They’d both been extremely spoiled their whole lives and couldn’t understand or even want to learn about other people.
A few hours later, the house phone rang on her desk.
“Yes,” she said after she picked it up.
“You have a phone call on two, miss.”
“Thank you, Addy.”
Jessica pushed the button.“Hello.”
“Jessica?”
She almost dropped the phone when she recognized his deep, dark voice.
“Hello, Gideon.My sister is out right now,” Jessica said.
He chuckled, and the sound raced down her spine.Her nipples hardened painfully, and she felt her panties become wet and sticky.
“I want to talk to you.”
She cleared her throat.God, if she kept talking to him, just his tone made her body weep and tighten as if to orgasm. “Oh.Why?”
“Because I’m attracted to you, and I want to take you out,” he said.
Her grip on the phone tightened.“I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re engaged to my sister.Remember?”
She heard him sputter, curse, and then laugh.
“Is that what she told you?”
“Yes.”
“Let me ask you something.When you saw me in the garden, did I seem bat-ass crazy to you?”he asked and then chuckled.
Jessica grinned.“No, but I was only around you for a few minutes.”
He mumbled something.
“What did you say?”she asked.
“Nothing.Let’s get back to our discussion.Let me tell you a bit about myself.I’m not crazy.Or at least not crazy enough to want to deal with your sister.At no time did the two of us discuss a date, much less an engagement.It took me less than thirty seconds to know your sister is the most self-absorbed, selfish, narcissistic egomaniac I’ve ever met.”
Wow, other people saw Bambi the same way she did, and it was refreshing.She had to admit that she hadn’t liked the idea of them together.A vision of the two of them in bed had kept popping up in her mind, distracting her from her work.
But she wouldn’t take the step of going out with him until her sister understood the situation.She knew if she didn’t play this right, her sister and father would make her life a living hell.
“I’m sorry.I can’t.I know my sister can be a bit much, but if you get to know her, you might...”
