The Wells Brothers: Blue by Angela Verdenius

Author:Angela Verdenius [Verdenius, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Angela Verdenius
Published: 2017-08-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Dog wandered away to sniff the hibiscus bushes and pee against a tree before flopping in the shade cast by the house.

“Come on, mate,” Luke probed. “Something’s up. What is it?”

Blowing out a breath, Blue propped his hands on his hips and scowled at the lemon tree.

“It can’t be the tree. Spit it out.”

Blue didn’t really want to voice what was bothering him because, hell, what kind of a man did it make him, huh?

“What’s wrong with Charley?”

“Nothing’s wrong with Charley,” he growled.

“So why has the thought that you’re attracted to her got your nuts in a knot?”

“Seriously?” Blue swung around to stare at his brother.

“No, I’m baking in this hot sun, getting the shit burned out of my skin, all for a joke. Of course I’m serious.”

“Luke, it’s only been two weeks since Shona broke up with me. I should still be getting over her, yet here I am thinking thoughts a landlord should never think about his tenant. Roomie, even.”

Luke stared right back at him before shaking his head slowly. “Unbelievable.”

“What?”

“Un-bloody-believable.”

“What?”

“And people say I was thick when it came to Mikki.”

“What the hell are you on about?” Blue demanded impatiently.

“Remember how I kind of knew Mikki, she was a pain in my arse? I didn’t even like her.”

“Yeah. Heh heh. Pretty funny, really. All because she told her aunt that you charged like a wounded bull and her friend could do a better landscaping job.” Blue guffawed at the memory of Luke’s outrage.

“Which, can I remind you, she had to back down from when her friend made a total screw-up of the job. In fact,” Luke sighed with satisfaction, “I made her beg me to redo the job.”

“I don’t think any of us will forget you crowing about that.”

“Fun as that was, this isn’t about me.”

“For a change.”

“And what happened? I took a job landscaping that mansion, ended up stuck there with Elspeth and Mikki, and then what happened?”

“You couldn’t keep it in your pants.”

“Then I fell in love with Red. Within a short time I was panting after her like…like…”

“Dog’s doing right now in the shade.”

“Bugger off. Now listen. I fell for a sheila I didn’t like, one who annoyed the shit out of me. It happened fast. Once I was in her company, forced to go along with her idiot ideas of ghosts and crap, spent time with her, I fell hard and fast. Some say too fast. But it happens, right? It did happen. Now I’m going to marry the woman of my dreams and make sure she can’t ever leave me.”

“Do you know how creepy that last bit sounds?”

“Sod off.”

“Buggering and sodding. I’m worried about you, Luke. What is Mikki getting you to do?”

Arms folded over his chest, Luke glared at him. “Finished?”

“Fine.” Blue held up his palms. “Finished.”

“Good.”

They eyed each other.

Luke sighed. “Look, Blue. Think about it. Shona was hot. She was a blonde piece with legs that went right up to her armpits. Sexy. Face that could launch a hundred ships.”

“I think the quote is ‘a thousand ships.

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