Hot Read by Jami Davenport

Author:Jami Davenport [Davenport®, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cedrona Enterprises

Brett didn’t get it. He looked at Estie across the table and fell a little harder for her.

Why would someone as smart, beautiful, and loving as Estie choose to be with a dick like Richard? She scored a touchdown in his book—but then, his book was a little skewed considering he harbored a Super Bowl-sized crush on her.

“What’s the real reason you went into financial planning instead of doing something with animals?” He held his breath, sensing he might have overstepped some invisible boundary with his too-personal question.

She met his gaze, her blue eyes so clear and vulnerable. As if she were about to reveal her deepest, darkest secrets.

He leaned forward and on impulse grabbed her hand. “Estie? Why?”

She heaved a large sigh, held his hand tighter, and gazed into his eyes. “I’m great with numbers, very organized. I like the control and the order.”

He nodded, while a small smile tugged at his mouth. She did like her order. She stared down at their intertwined fingers. His gaze followed hers. He might be short by NFL standards, but he had big hands and big feet and big—well, he detoured away from that line of thinking. It’d only get him in trouble. He stared hard at her hands. Something was missing. Something—

He jerked his head up, meeting her gaze, hoping against hope there might be a reason for what he saw—actually didn’t see. “Your ring is gone.”

For a moment she turned pale as a Forks vampire. “I’m— It’s being sized. It was a little too big.”

Brett frowned and scratched his head and pushed the mystery of the missing ring from his brain. “Have you ever considered doing something with animals?” Her hand felt so good in his. So damn good and so damn right, and he was so damn screwed.

“At one time. My dad thought I should be a veterinarian.”

“Why didn’t you do that?”

She shrugged one shoulder and stared at the wall. “I’m good at finances, and everyone assumed I’d eventually manage Tyler’s money and Freddie would manage his legal dealings. It was part of the plan.” She was holding his hand so tight, he swore she’d cut off the circulation.

“And you do like your plans, don’t you?” He winked at her. “You’d be an awesome veterinarian,” Brett spoke with absolute conviction.

Estie sighed, as if the weight of her world sat on her shoulders. “Maybe, maybe not. I couldn’t control aspects of it. That might drive me crazy.”

“It’d be good for you, and you’d make one hell of a vet.”

“You think?” Estie’s eyes widened, as if she’d just had an epiphany, and he’d given it to her. He slid his thumb across the skin between her thumb and forefinger, totally getting off on it, which seemed so wrong on so many levels—not that he gave a shit at this point. His moral compass had found its magnetic north and didn’t care what true north might be.

“Estie, the way I see it, you’re wasting your talents.” And her love. Estie had a lot to give in that department, and she was giving it to a man who didn’t appreciate it.

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