Naked Choke (A Stepbrother MMA Romance) by Loren Celia

Author:Loren, Celia [Loren, Celia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hearts Collective Publishing
Published: 2015-09-08T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“Hey,” I say to Logan as I walk into the kitchen. A week since the kiss and we’ve barely interacted. I don’t think it’s my imagination that he’s been around the house less. “We’re just taking a break,” I add as he looks up from his book. He nods, smiling politely, before looking down. I almost wish he’d be rude, then I’d think that at least he cared, but he’s been perfectly polite.

I scratch a bit of dried paint off my hand as I fill up a glass of water from the faucet. I was planning on hanging out down here for a few minutes to get away from the paint fumes in my room, but I feel too awkward. It seems to be all on my end, though. Logan calmly turns a page, his body perfectly relaxed.

I walk back toward the foyer and then slowly up the stairs. Austen stands on a ladder, starting on the second coat of peach-colored paint, as my mom sits on the bed pushed into the middle of the room. I set my glass of water on the window sill and grab a paint brush, working my way around the open window so that Austen doesn’t hit the white trim with the roller.

“So training’s going well?” my mom asks.

“Really well,” Austen says with a confident grin. “Logan’s actually really good at imitating the style of other fighters, so it’s good preparation.”

“That must be fun for him,” my mom remarks brightly.

“Probably not,” I murmur, a little louder than I intend to.

“No?” my mom replies, as she and Austen glance over at me.

“I just mean, he’s a fighter, too. I bet he wants to be the one in contention, too,” I point out as nonchalantly as possible. A floorboard creaks on the stairs and my mom turns her head.

“Oh, Logan! Speak of the devil,” she says, and I watch him reluctantly come to stand in the doorway. “You’ve been like a ghost! I feel like I haven’t seen you in days!” So it’s not just me.

“Actually, I meant to tell you…I won’t be able to make it to dinner tonight.”

“Oh, no?” my mom asks, disappointment coloring her voice. “Hanging out with friends again?”

“Ah, no.”

“A date?” my mom asks suggestively, as Austen snorts.

Logan’s eyes flick toward his older brother. “Yeah.”

“No, shit!” Austen exclaims. “Sorry, Joanne. But Logan hasn’t been on a date in forever.”

“That you know about,” Logan murmurs with a smirk. I feel heat rise in my cheeks. Here I’ve been feeling guilty that he might have had feelings for me, but maybe I was just another conquest for him.

“I thought you said dating distracted you too much from training,” Austen counters, raising his eyebrows.

“Not if I don’t get too involved,” Logan replies with a shrug. “But I don’t know. This one could be different.”

"Anyone I know?" Austen asks.

"Sara, from high school. She was in my year. Remember her?"

"Yeah, sure," Austen answers appreciatively.

“Why don’t you bring her over?”

“Sorry?”

“For dinner. We haven’t seen you around here for a while, so bring this Sara to dinner tonight.

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