The Boy Upstairs by Amanda Shelley

Author:Amanda Shelley [Shelley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amanda Shelley, Inc.

Not even two minutes after Tessa leaves for work, my phone rings. Figuring she must have left something at my place, I swipe to answer my phone and ask, “Forget something?”

“Not that I can think of,” a much deeper voice than I’m expecting says. It most definitely isn’t the sexy brunette who just rocked my world before heading off to work. Nope. It’s Damien, my brother.

“Hey, Dame, what’s up?” I say as I plop down on the couch to get comfortable.

“Who’d you think forgot something?” I can tell by the tone in his voice, he’s smirking, and his brow is quirked. I’d bet my last paycheck, he also knows I’m talking about a girl.

No sense in lying.

“Tessa.”

“Hmmm…” Dame draws out as if he’s waiting for more. But I’m not ready to talk about her yet. Especially with my family. If Mom or Dani catch wind of me hanging out with a girl, they’ll have me married off in no time.

Damien breaks the silence. “Okay… I see that’s how you’re gonna play this. You’ll let me know if you ever get serious about a woman, won’t you?”

“Not everyone proposes within months of meeting someone, Dame,” I tease my younger brother. I’m so happy for him and Vanessa, but even he’ll admit he hasn’t known her long. Though when I saw them together at my sister’s wedding, they looked even more in love than Dani and Luke. I didn’t think that was even possible.

“Speaking of engagements… Van and I set a date for the wedding.”

“Really? When’s that?” I ask in disbelief. They just got engaged a few weeks ago, and I’m certain weddings take time to plan.

“August seventh.”

“Of next year?” He can’t be talking about next month, can he?

There’s a long pause. “I know you just got to Bear Creek, but I’m referring to this August.”

Holy shit. He can’t be serious. This has to be one of the shortest engagements in history. “What’s the rush?” I ask, more accusatory than I intend. Is she pregnant or something?

Damien’s deep laugh echoes through the phone. “When you know, you know, man. But seriously. She’s it for me. With everything that happened to her parents, neither of us wants to waste a minute being apart. Besides, with Jules, we need consistency.”

Jules may only be five years old, but she stole the hearts of my entire family when we met her earlier this month.

“I can see that,” I admit. “But…”

“But I’m a selfish bastard. I want to sleep next to Vanessa every night. It doesn’t make sense for me to move in with Vanessa, her brother, Jules, and his fiancée when I have a perfectly good house of my own, a few miles away.”

“True…” I start, but he cuts me off again.

“Vanessa and Jules start school in September. We just want to get things settled before then.”

“Look, man, you don’t have to convince me. I know you love her. It was evident to anyone in the room at Dani’s wedding. I’m just surprised the wedding’s in mere weeks.

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