The Virgin and the Kingpin by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: virgin first time, new adult, May December, office romance, dance, billionaire CEO, Christmas, best friend's little sister
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2016-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

ANDREW ASKED THE WAITRESS to keep the coffee coming, but he didn’t know if there were sufficient amounts in the restaurant to ward off the creeping exhaustion. He struggled to focus on breakfast, rather than on how Susan was reacting to what he did. He couldn’t explain why he’d texted Mercy or given her the impression he did. However, running on two hours of sleep and some haunted fucking memories and dreams, it seemed like the smartest way to keep himself in check.

“Why didn’t you bring your girlfriend?” Lucas’s question dragged Andrew back to the meal.

Andrew must have missed a detail somewhere in the conversation. “Who?”

“Susan. The one with the blue hair.”

Kandace met Andrew’s gaze, then took a sip of her iced tea.

What the hell was that look supposed to mean? “She’s a friend,” Andrew said.

“Oh.” Lucas poked at his waffles and rolled a strawberry around. “One who might come down with you next time?”

Andrew liked the excuse both to visit Lucas again and see Susan. “It’s up to her, but I’ll ask. How’s therapy?” It would have tasted better to ask how the institutionalized brainwashing was going, but he didn’t want to argue. Not today. Not with what he was here to say.

Lucas speared the helpless fruit and shoved it in his mouth. He added several others in quick succession.

“Hey. What’s up?” Andrew nudged him.

Lucas scowled. “Mom said you wanted to talk me out of it. I don’t know why you care.”

“Because I do care. I worry about you.”

“It’s fine. I like it a lot. I’m learning about how I shouldn’t listen to my hormones because there are more important things in life.”

Andrew didn’t have a good argument for that. “It’s true. Hormones screw with a lot of otherwise rational thoughts.”

“But any avenue to make a buck?” Lucas finally looked at him.

This wasn’t the worst possible way the conversation could have started, but it was high on the list.

“Hon, Andrew has something he needs to tell you.” Kandace reached across the table and covered Lucas’s hand. “Hear him out, for me?”

“I’m listening,” Lucas said.

Great. Now their talk was born of obligation. He looked at Kandace.

She gave him a sympathetic smile and turned to Lucas. “You know how I’ve told you that you’re adopted, but I love you as much as any mom loves her son?”

“Yes?” Lucas dragged the word out, making it last several syllables.

“I’m your father.” Andrew felt a huge weight lift in saying the words. “Kandace is your aunt, and she took you in when you were born, so you could have a better life.”

Lucas gave a choked-off laugh. “That’s not funny. Out of all the mean jokes you’ve ever told, that’s the worst.” Andrew opened his mouth, but the boy wasn’t done yet. “In fact, I don’t understand why I’m the one kid who has to have the screwed-up uncle. None of my friends have to deal with relatives who make stupid jokes and try to embarrass them whenever they’re around.” He looked at Kandace. “Why can’t I have a normal, broken, single-parent home, like a normal kid?”

“It’s not a joke.

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