Tangled: A New Adult Romance Boxed Set (12 Book Bundle of Billionaires, Bad Boys, and Royalty) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Zirconia Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

By the time I finally landed my first job out of college, it felt like forever had passed. It wasn’t fabulous, it wasn’t high-paying, but I got it all on my own. That alone made it feel special. I was in an entry level position for a national landscaping company. You’d have thought I won the lottery with the way I celebrated that day.

The funny thing is, as much as I wanted that job, I ended up missing bartending. They’re different worlds with different expectations, and different types of co-workers. Either way, it was a step in the right direction, and I think Steel found something gratifying about me settling into a new kind of working environment, even if he didn’t put it that way.

He was finally making some progress with his knee, and hoped to be given clearance to play sooner than later. He would be out for the season, as much as he’d hoped he’d make it back – and wouldn’t get to play again until the following year. Sure he’d train, sure he’d be there for the games, but until he was fully functioning, he was still sidelined. They paid a lot of money for his contract, and hoped the investment would pay for itself the following year. He hated being a bench warmer.

When Kira called, Steel wasn’t sure what he thought of the news. She’d met somebody and wanted him to meet the guy. You’d think she said she was moving to Mars by his reaction. I knew nobody would be good enough for her in his eyes, and the thought that there was another man that was a priority in her life was difficult for him to hear. It was a weird dynamic, the relationship they had.

I think they relied on each other so much through the years, and with the loss of their mother, they never really did well when one moved forward. It’s not that they didn’t want each other to be happy; it was that there was this weird co-dependent relationship between them. No longer being the biggest priority in the other’s life was a change they each had to adjust to. First it was Kira’s turn, learning to accept me into Steel’s life, and now it would be Steel’s turn to accept Kira had somebody special.

She was going to fly in for a visit, bringing her new beau along. She wanted to stay with us. That was her first mistake. A grown woman sleeping with her boyfriend needs her own private space – especially when her overprotective brother hasn’t come to terms with that fact that they’ll sleeping together, just a few doors down. He ranted on, sounding like some overbearing father, not simply her brother.

“If she thinks they’re going to sleep together while they’re at my house, she has another thing coming. There’s no way they’re sharing a room,” he went on.

“She’s an adult, Steel,” I gently prodded.

He couldn’t see it. She’d always needed him and adult or not, it was still his little sister.

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