Sultry Pleasure by Lindsay Evans

Author:Lindsay Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

A sudden noise woke Diana. Her eyes snapped open and the mattress squeaked as she sat up in bed. Disoriented, she glanced at her bedside clock. Nearly two in the afternoon.

What was that noise?

The light beyond her curtains was still bright, but her bedroom was sheltered in its own darkness. Then she heard the rattling sound again. She jumped up and grabbed the baseball bat from under her bed. With the bat raised to strike, Diana crept silently toward the living room. Everything was just as she left it. The day bright, the windows open to let in the half-light of the rainy day.

“If I was a burglar, you’d be dead.”

She squeaked and spun around. It was her brother. He stood in the entrance between her kitchen and living room, drinking a bottle of mineral water.

Diana clenched her teeth hard. “What are you doing here, Jason?”

“Setting you straight.” Jason drank deeply from the green glass bottle, then dropped it with a thud on the kitchen counter. He was disheveled, even for him, his T-shirt wrinkled and pulled on inside out, one leg of his jeans rolled up while the other hung over his tennis shoes. “What do you think you’re doing with Marcus Stanfield?”

Diana stared at him, not certain she’d heard correctly. “Excuse me?”

“Marcus Stanfield is a parasite. Why are you sleeping with him?”

She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Finally, she just turned away from her little brother and dropped the bat on the sofa. Diana cleared her throat.

“First of all, who I sleep with is none of your business.” She felt anger well up in her, but swallowed it. “I’m the older one here. You don’t question me like I’m some kid.”

“I wouldn’t if you weren’t acting like one,” Jason said, his voice rising. “Stanfield is not good for you. He’s just doing more to ruin our family and you’re helping him, falling into his bed like all those other whores.”

Diana drew in a hissing breath. “What the hell did you just say to me?”

She saw her brother swallow as if aware he’d just stepped across a line, but he didn’t apologize. “How could you do this, Diana? You’re betraying your own family. Don’t you see that?”

“What I’m seeing is my little brother breaking into my house and talking to me any kind of way. Are you out of your damn mind?” She stepped toward him. “Again, who I sleep with is none of your business. Absolutely none! I can have Satan himself in my bed, and you can’t have a damn thing to say about it. Marcus is just a man. A man who I happen to find attractive. Even if he is a mistake, he is my mistake to make.”

“You’re screwing up!” he shouted.

“No, you are.” As she stepped closer to him, he backed up into the kitchen. Diana stopped. “Give me the key you used to get here.”

“Diana—”

“Give it to me now, Jason.” She held out her hand, palm up.

“Diana—”

She only

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