Demanding His Brother's Heirs by Michelle Celmer

Author:Michelle Celmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

When the doorbell rang that evening, Holly, who was still in her room getting ready, got a sudden and severe case of the jitters. What if Jason’s friends didn’t like her? What if she used the wrong fork or slurped her soup and embarrassed Jason? She hadn’t exactly grown up on the wrong side of the tracks, but she was no socialite.

Although she sort of looked like one.

Jason had insisted on buying her clothes that actually fit, and after a halfhearted protest, and his insisting that she let him do something nice for her—as if he hadn’t done a whole mess of nice things already—she agreed to let him take her shopping for a dress.

He kept fixing her problems, and it always seemed to require that he pull out his wallet. But she had to admit that the sundress she chose for tonight looked pretty darned good on her. With a full skirt and halter bodice, it had a distinct retro feel and made her look a little less like a skeleton. She even took the time to use hot rollers in her hair, so it fell in soft waves down her back. She’d never worn much in the way of makeup, but as a final touch she’d brushed on mascara and applied her favorite peppermint-flavored lip gloss.

The boutique he had taken her to in town had the most beautiful clothes she’d ever seen. All designer labels fit for royalty. And though she knew it must have been ridiculously expensive, after stealthily checking the price on an eight hundred dollar purse, she’d stopped looking at the tags altogether. The two sales girls had fallen all over themselves catering to her every request, showering her with compliments. It had been almost like a scene out of the movie Pretty Woman. Only she wasn’t a prostitute and, no offense to Richard Gere, but Jason was way sexier.

Though they had gone into the boutique with the intention of buying one outfit, he’d talked her into half a dozen, and hadn’t even blanched when he’d handed his credit card to the cashier. Holly tried to feel guilty, considering all he’d done for her already, but he just seemed so...happy. Giving to others seemed to give him immense pleasure. And she could see where someone with fewer scruples could easily take advantage of that.

She would never come right out and ask him for money or clothes, or if she did, it would be out of sheer desperation. But she figured that if he was offering it wouldn’t hurt to indulge him every now and then. And indulge herself.

The knock on her bedroom door drew her away from her reflections, and the butterflies in her stomach went on a violent rampage.

She opened the door to find Jason standing there.

He opened his mouth to speak, but all he managed, as his eyes raked over her, was a mumbled “Oh, my God.”

She cringed. “Good or bad?”

“Oh, definitely good. You look...” He shook his head, as if grappling for the right thing to say.

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