Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

Author:Nana Malone [Malone, Nana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sankofa Girl

Xander

"You're not slick, you know."

I took a sip of my wine as I studied Imani and my mother chatting away happily. Lex had taken a call, so that left Abbie free to interrogate me. "I'm not sure what you’re talking about, Abena."

"And don’t think you can do that thing that you do with your brother. You can't just use my given name and make me back off."

"Seriously, is this what having a sister is all about? Because I want a refund."

She smacked my shoulder. "Shut up. I can see how much you love her."

I gloomily stared into my wine glass. "Were you always this nosy? And I just didn’t see it before?"

Abbie grinned. "Yep. You were too busy staring at my—"

I sputtered. "Jesus, Abbie!"

She blinked with mock innocence. “Pictures. What were you thinking?"

Despite myself, I laughed. "My poor brother. He's doomed for an early grave with you."

"Yeah, but he’ll be laughing the whole way, won’t he?"

"Probably."

She shifted from foot to foot before joining me on the window seat. "She has no clue what you did for her, does she?"

Now it was my turn to pretend ignorance. "What do you mean?"

"You're really going to lie to me?"

"I think you seriously overestimate my brain’s capacity for intrigue. James Bond, I'm not."

"Tell that to Alistair. And shit, tell it to Easton. I don’t think either of them will ever bother us again. Careful, Xander, or people are going to start thinking that you’re the good guy. You might even be a hero."

"Bollocks. They'd be dead wrong. I'm a tosser. Completely."

"Yeah, sure you are. You’re also the tosser who set up Imani’s sister so she'd be close by. And I suspect you're also behind her father suddenly turning over a new leaf that she was telling me about."

I glanced down at my polished shoes. "I'm not that bloke, Abbie. You can try to make me out to be the good guy all you want. But that's just not who I am. Pub crawler, yes. Roguish photography professor, yes. I'm nothing more."

She shook her head. "I don’t know why you like to pretend that you don’t have a soft heart, but I know you. It's too late now. Once I've seen that side of you, it's hard to unsee."

I drained my glass and said the one thing likely to make her drop the subject. "So, you’re saying if I'd done a nude photography class first you wouldn't be able to unsee that?"

Abbie sputtered and laughed. "Oh my God, you're impossible."

I took a small bow. "Where have I heard that before?" Imani laughed at something, dragging my attention back to her.

"My advice if you’re open to it… Tell her you love her. Don’t pretend with her. You deserve to be happy even if you don’t think so."

Lex joined us and the lovebirds immediately intertwined their hands. "What are you two whispering about?"

"Oh nothing, just how much Xander loves Imani and how she's already changing him for the better."

Alexi raised his glass. "And they said it couldn't be done.

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