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Author: Erin McCarthy
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Contemporary, Adult, Humour, Vampires
cheerleader voice."My sister, Alex!"
"I've had the pleasure of meeting her," Ethan said, his deep voice carrying the length of the hall. "Why don't you bring her in to join the rest of the guests?" With a smile, he disappeared from the doorway, retreating into the reception room.
"Awesome idea," wasBrittany 's opinion.
Sucky idea,was Alexis's opinion.
Before Alexis could formulate a reply that would involve fewer than nine swear words, her sister stopped walking and turned to her.Gave her a quick hug and a perky hand squeeze.
"I'm fine, Alex. I told you that when I called you. I left you two voicemails and three e-mails telling you what I was doing, and you can always call my cell phone if you need to talk to me. If you would answer your phone once in a while, we could have actually discussed it."
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Guilt rose up in Alexis. "It's this case I've been working on… I tried to call you at home, but you weren't there, and yourcell was turned off, and… hey, wait a minute." She crossed her arms, annoyed that she was so quick to defend herself. "Don't turn this around and make me look like the bad guy. You're the one who disappeared."
"But you're better at being the bad guy than me."Brittany gave her a pretty, dimpled smile.
It was hell to be responsible for another human being. Alexis had been doing it sinceBrittany was thirteen. Alexis had been eighteen, and their mother had taken one last big drug trip, straight into an overdose and her death. Unlike their selfish mother, Alexis lovedBrittany with a fierceness and complexity that sometimes startled her, and she would do anything for her. Had sacrificed and worked very hard to keep her attractive and wonderfully naive little sister safe, happy, and successful in the career of her choice.
Alexis wouldn't have it any other way. But at the moment, she wanted to shakeBrittany . How could she just throw over her dental practice for the first sexy, rich guy to glance her way? And why couldn't a sexy, rich guy glance at Alexis?
Not that she'd do anything more than laugh in his face, but it would be nice to be asked once in a while.
The last guy to ask her out wasHansen.at the bagel shop, who had expressed interest in her unique mind and her love of strawberry cream cheese.
But this wasn't about her—it was aboutBrittany ruining her own life.And how that would affect Alexis.
"So what is going on? Are you in love with Ethan Carrick?" Alexis could barely keep the fear out of her voice. A guy like that didn't love—he consumed. He purchased a product, kept it for his entertainment and pleasure,then moved on when he was tired of it.
There were many men like that, and Alexis had bumped against more than her fair share of them as a prosecutor. Cold, calculating men, whose every motive revolved around selfishwant, and Alexis didn't want them anywhere near her sister.
Brittany's red lips opened in astonishment."In love with him? Of course not! I'm here for business."
Alexis would bet what they were doing sure in the hell wasn't tax deductible.
Her eye started twitching again.
InBrittany 's world, men invited attractive women in their twenties to theiroverthemed hotels for business purposes. In Alexis's world, they did it because they wanted a littlesumthin 'sumthin '.
"What kind of business, Brit?" She gave a nervous glance over at the door and made sure the man in question hadn't returned.
Brittany's little nose wrinkled."My business, of course. Izoomed Ethan and he asked me to do the rest of his staff."
"Youzoomed him?" she asked in shock. That sounded like space sex or something. Or like a motorized blow job. Holy crap: she needed to have a talk withBrittany .
Maybe her sister could teach her something.
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"Yes.Teeth whitening."
Oh.Teeth whitening.Of course. That made perfect sense. Not.
"He offered me a lot of
"I've had the pleasure of meeting her," Ethan said, his deep voice carrying the length of the hall. "Why don't you bring her in to join the rest of the guests?" With a smile, he disappeared from the doorway, retreating into the reception room.
"Awesome idea," wasBrittany 's opinion.
Sucky idea,was Alexis's opinion.
Before Alexis could formulate a reply that would involve fewer than nine swear words, her sister stopped walking and turned to her.Gave her a quick hug and a perky hand squeeze.
"I'm fine, Alex. I told you that when I called you. I left you two voicemails and three e-mails telling you what I was doing, and you can always call my cell phone if you need to talk to me. If you would answer your phone once in a while, we could have actually discussed it."
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Guilt rose up in Alexis. "It's this case I've been working on… I tried to call you at home, but you weren't there, and yourcell was turned off, and… hey, wait a minute." She crossed her arms, annoyed that she was so quick to defend herself. "Don't turn this around and make me look like the bad guy. You're the one who disappeared."
"But you're better at being the bad guy than me."Brittany gave her a pretty, dimpled smile.
It was hell to be responsible for another human being. Alexis had been doing it sinceBrittany was thirteen. Alexis had been eighteen, and their mother had taken one last big drug trip, straight into an overdose and her death. Unlike their selfish mother, Alexis lovedBrittany with a fierceness and complexity that sometimes startled her, and she would do anything for her. Had sacrificed and worked very hard to keep her attractive and wonderfully naive little sister safe, happy, and successful in the career of her choice.
Alexis wouldn't have it any other way. But at the moment, she wanted to shakeBrittany . How could she just throw over her dental practice for the first sexy, rich guy to glance her way? And why couldn't a sexy, rich guy glance at Alexis?
Not that she'd do anything more than laugh in his face, but it would be nice to be asked once in a while.
The last guy to ask her out wasHansen.at the bagel shop, who had expressed interest in her unique mind and her love of strawberry cream cheese.
But this wasn't about her—it was aboutBrittany ruining her own life.And how that would affect Alexis.
"So what is going on? Are you in love with Ethan Carrick?" Alexis could barely keep the fear out of her voice. A guy like that didn't love—he consumed. He purchased a product, kept it for his entertainment and pleasure,then moved on when he was tired of it.
There were many men like that, and Alexis had bumped against more than her fair share of them as a prosecutor. Cold, calculating men, whose every motive revolved around selfishwant, and Alexis didn't want them anywhere near her sister.
Brittany's red lips opened in astonishment."In love with him? Of course not! I'm here for business."
Alexis would bet what they were doing sure in the hell wasn't tax deductible.
Her eye started twitching again.
InBrittany 's world, men invited attractive women in their twenties to theiroverthemed hotels for business purposes. In Alexis's world, they did it because they wanted a littlesumthin 'sumthin '.
"What kind of business, Brit?" She gave a nervous glance over at the door and made sure the man in question hadn't returned.
Brittany's little nose wrinkled."My business, of course. Izoomed Ethan and he asked me to do the rest of his staff."
"Youzoomed him?" she asked in shock. That sounded like space sex or something. Or like a motorized blow job. Holy crap: she needed to have a talk withBrittany .
Maybe her sister could teach her something.
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"Yes.Teeth whitening."
Oh.Teeth whitening.Of course. That made perfect sense. Not.
"He offered me a lot of
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