Bad Boy's Lust (Firemen in Love Book 1) Read Online Free

even I knew that was way less than five percent. Now it was my turn to gloat.
    “You happy now? Piss off and don't come back here again.”
    He didn't seem fazed in the least. “This month, son. But next month will be here soon enough. It's just a matter of time before these people get fed up with your God-awful management and leave for greener pastures.”
    I picked up the sheet and read it over myself, just to be sure he wasn't lying to me. He'd done plenty of truth-bending over the years; never could trust the old man.
    But he was right. How? Why? This wasn't like Debbie at all. She wouldn't have given us the property just to set us up for failure.
    Something more was behind this. This whole thing stunk of dad's scheming and manipulation. Too bad my head was so clouded with fury that I hadn't a prayer of figuring it out.
    “Are you done yet? I said get out. ”
    “Actually, no. I'm not.” He snatched the papers and leafed through, humming that annoying song again. “I have one more thing for you here. Brace yourself; it's going to be quite the surprise.”
    My stomach churned as I waited for his “surprise.” My dad wasn't like other fathers. His surprises didn't involve love or caring. Everything he did, he did it for himself.
    “Ah, here it is. This is it, my trump card.”
    He handed me the paper and pointed to the highlighted line. As I read, he recited it aloud.
    “Regardless of occupancy status, final ownership of Shady Acres depends on the marital status of Jayce C. Reinhard.”
    Marital...?
    “If Jayce has not married by the end of this term, ownership is transferred to David Reinhard.”
    Me, married?
    “ What the fuck?”
    Heather and I screamed it at the same time. Well, maybe she used less profanity – or maybe not. She looked as sick as I felt.
    “Language, son. How can you expect a good woman to marry you with a mouth like that?”
    “This is complete and total bullshit. Why wasn't I made aware of this months ago? Why now?” I crumpled the papers up and threw the lot in the wastebasket. “You're making it up. That's just like you.”
    “Ah, good. You've made things so much easier, then. Shall I have my lawyer send over the paperwork?”
    This couldn't be happening. He couldn't force me to get married! Could he? Why would Debbie's will say this? Was it her idea? His?
    I was so confused. It didn't help that my head still throbbed from drinking too much the night before.
    “This must be a mistake. A typo or something.” Heather, luckily, came to bat for me. “Jayce can't get married. I mean, look at him.”
    I scoffed. “Gee, thanks, sis. ”
    Our parents had never married, so she wasn't technically my sister, and she claimed to hate it when I called her that. Even though she rolled her eyes now, I knew better.
    We had always been a family – me, her, and Debbie. Elle, too. If not for them, my world would have been a hell of a lot darker.
    And now, Debbie was trying to make me start a family of my own. Well, guess what? Even if this was her will, it wasn't happening.
    “I promise you it's no mistake. I was with your mother when she made her final testament.” He pulled the wrinkled papers out of the bin. “She was quite sick of you whoring yourself around to any girl who'd accept. Wanted you to grow up for once.”
    “No. She'd never force me to do anything I didn't want to. This whole thing has you written all over it.”
    “I'll be honest. When she came up with the idea, I thought it a great plan. After all, I knew you would never find a woman willing to accept your sorry self. Which means no matter what you do to this apartment, you're done for – unless you get yourself a wife.”
    Knew I shouldn't have promised Elle I wouldn't cause a scene. Hey, I didn't actually start anything. My father was the one who did that; I was only going to finish it. Real men didn't just let shit like this go without a fight.
    “Get out, or you'll be leaving here in an ambulance.”
    He laughed at