My Stepbrother, My Lover: The Prequel by Alice Ward

Author:Alice Ward [Ward, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-07T07:00:00+00:00

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“Jackson, you’re not concentrating!” I scolded him with a harsh whisper. It was a Thursday afternoon and we were in the tutoring cubicle. Two weeks had passed since the party at the frat house and I still wasn’t sure how I felt about Jackson Montgomery III. The more time we spent together, the more confused I felt. Sometimes I saw flashes of generosity that reminded me of his dad’s reputation, but more often I saw arrogance that reminded me of Jackson the First.

“I’m sorry, Kennedy, but I don’t know how you could expect me to concentrate right now.”

“What are you talking about? What’s wrong?”

“Don’t pretend to be clueless,” he said. “It’s been two weeks since the party. I thought we’d really hit it off and started something that night. And then you rushed off with no warning, and you’ve refused to talk about it ever since. So I made a decision. Until you agree to talk about us, I’m not doing any more studying.”

I gaped at him for a long moment, and forced my mouth to snap shut. Then I laid into him. “That’s one of the most asinine things I’ve ever heard,” I told him dryly. “Following through with that threat would only hurt you. It doesn’t matter to me whether you pass or fail.”

His shoulders fell and he slumped back into his seat. “Okay, it’s a bad plan, but I’m a desperate man. Why won’t you talk to me, Kennedy? What happened while I was getting our drinks that made you run away and shut yourself off again?”

“Nothing happened,” I insisted. “I’m sorry if I gave you the impression that I wanted to start something with you, I’d had too much to drink. My feelings never changed, Jackson. I don’t have time for a relationship and we wouldn’t be good together anyway.”

“That’s horseshit and you know it,” he argued, his voice raising before he caught himself. “You can’t know whether or not we’d be good together unless you give it a chance. And stop telling me that you don’t have time. I know you’re busy, but plenty of people date during college. When it’s important, you find a way to make it work. And I think we could be perfect, Kennedy.”

“Really? Even though I’m just a working class townie?” I asked.

His face dropped. “You heard Meredith. Kennedy, I’m so sorry. You have to know that I don’t feel the same way she does. I don’t care how much money you have or what your parents do for a living. In fact, I think that your mother may be one of the most fascinating women on the planet. I read a couple of her books and I think she makes some excellent points.”

“You read my mom’s books?” I asked with surprise.

He blushed. “I went to dinner at my dad’s house last weekend. He had a couple of them in his library. He got really excited when I asked to borrow them, I guess he’s been a big fan for years.

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