Beyond Love and Hate (Steele Brothers Book 7) by Elizabeth Lennox

Author:Elizabeth Lennox [Lennox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books, LLC
Published: 2018-04-25T23:00:00+00:00

Olivia watched Pete move towards the bar for drinks, amazed at the strength evident just in the way he walked. He was also stopped by several tables, talking with people he obviously knew and they joked with him a bit, shook his hand or just had a short, casual conversation. Apparently, Pete was a very popular fellow!

And very confusing. Why was she here? Why hadn’t she told him to buzz off earlier at the hotel?

Looking down at her cell phone, she willed a message to come through, telling them that Mr. Steele and his new bride needed to fly off somewhere, or that they needed to go pick someone up, fly them to another destination and be back in Saint Martin for Mr. Steele’s departure. Anything at all! Anything that would get her out of this confusing situation in which she found herself now.

Pete was walking back with two large glasses of iced tea in his hands, a woman that looked shockingly similar to Eddie by his side with baskets overflowing with fries and enormous burgers.

When he sat down, placing one of the drinks in front of her, she smiled weakly, not sure what was going on.

“Don’t let him get too friendly,” the woman joked even as she gave Pete the stink-eye. Olivia couldn’t stifle her laugh, and Pete kissed the older woman affectionately before she moved off to take care of other customers.

“You seem to know quite a lot of people around here,” she commented as she surveyed the burger, not really sure how to eat such an enormous meal.

“Just pick it up and dive in. Don’t be intimidated,” Pete explained, and did exactly that, licking ketchup off of his fingers.

She followed his instructions warily, but when she took her first bite, she was amazed. “Oh, this is good!” she sighed, realizing how hungry she was as the beef and cheese hit her taste buds. “This is really good!” and she licked off more ketchup.

“Told ya,” he said and winked to soften the comment. “Fries are good too.”

They ate and talked about nothing important and it was one of the most relaxing conversations they’d ever had together. Pete finished off his burger but Olivia could only finish less than half before she gave up. “That was wonderful!” she sighed, leaning back in the wooden chair. “I didn’t know that this place even existed!”

He wiped his hands on a paper napkin, his eyes moving over hers. “Do you realize that we’ve sat across the table from each other for over two hours now, and we haven’t irritated each other even once?”

She looked up at him, startled by his comment. At that same moment, all of the sexual tension that had been flitting around between them earlier this afternoon hit them full on. She could feel it, sense it. And she had no idea how to handle it.

Staring into Pete’s eyes, she was debating the effectiveness of just throwing herself into arms and begging him to show her what his eyes were promising.

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