Recipe for Seduction by Gina Gordon

Author:Gina Gordon [Gordon, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Erotic, Romance
Amazon: B00K48N6RW
Goodreads: 19005682
Publisher: Entangled: Brazen
Published: 2014-05-25T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Veronica pulled up to her townhouse and her mouth fell open.

Beer cans and bottles littered her pristine front lawn. Newspaper and—was that toilet paper?—swagged along the bush that sat to the left of the stairs under the bay window.

She cursed under her breath. “What happened to my house?”

A nauseous feeling churned in her stomach. Cal. Cal had struck again.

She’d dropped Finn off at his house earlier that morning and then had spent the rest of the day ironing out some last-minute details for a wedding scheduled for next weekend. But in reality she had just been killing time. She hadn’t wanted to return home yet. Had tried to keep alive the memory of her weekend with Finn. Had pretended, for just a little longer, her brothers weren’t waiting for her, expecting her home.

But maybe she should have spent another night in Niagara. Maybe then her house would have been restored without her even knowing it had been trashed.

She got out of her car just as Mark walked out onto the porch landing.

She sidestepped her way to the front door doing her best to avoid a brown, chunky splotch on the interlocking brick path.

“What happened to the house?” she demanded as Cal came out to join them.

Mark shot Cal a raging glare. “That little asshole decided to have a party. I got a call in the middle of the night from Mrs. Green down the street telling me if I didn’t come and break it up she’d call the cops.”

Veronica’s jaw tightened. “You were supposed to be here last night. Where were you?”

Mark shrugged. “I had a few things to take care of.”

And here she’d thought with Mark back in the picture she’d be able to enjoy a weekend away without guilt, without having to worry about Cal and his poor decisions. She couldn’t have been more wrong.

“No one said I couldn’t have a party.”

She turned to glare at Cal. He was being a real asshole.

“What happened here last night was not a party, it was a disaster,” Mark cut in before she could explode. “How could you do this to your sister’s house? To your home?”

“This is your home, too,” Veronica reminded Mark sharply.

A pang of regret flittered across Cal’s eyes but only for a second. “Who cares anyway? It’s just a matter of time before V makes me leave. She’s too preoccupied with work and—”

He didn’t finish his sentence. Judging by his expression, he had dearly wanted to announce her relationship with Finn. But even in the heat of the moment the kid knew where to draw the line, and she was grateful for small favors.

But what the hell did he mean, she’d make him leave?

“No one has ever said you have to leave. And I am not preoccupied. In case you’ve forgotten, for the last eight years I’ve taken care of you, made sure you have a roof over your head, an education, a future. And this is the thanks I get?”

“Well, I’m so sorry I’ve gotten in the way of you having a life of your own.

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