The Texan's Twins by Pamela Britton
Author:Pamela Britton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twelve
âIâm not going to say a word.â
Jet lifted his hands in a praise of the Lord.
âI mean, itâs not like we havenât discussed your involvement with our new engineer before. You know my feelings on the matter.â
His sister could be a real pain in the rear sometimes, Jet thought, propping his feet up on the dash of her company Mercedes. âIf youâd seen her at the office youâd have offered to drive her there, too.â
âGet your feet down.â She slapped his legs. They dropped to the floor.
âHey.â
âI swear, Jet, sometimes you act six years old.â
âItâs a company car.â
âYes, and when we ferry around big wigs, the last thing I want them to see are scuff marks on the dash.â
âYouâre just angry because you had to pick me up.â
âThereâs that, too.â She glanced at him as she pulled out of Jasmineâs apartment complex. âSome of us actually work for a living.â
âLike I donât.â
âNot today, you didnât.â
âCome on. Iâve been pulling my weight. Weâre digging the footings for the rig this week.â
âYou should have been digging them last week.â
He shook his head. âMan, you really are a slave driver.â
âNo, no, no.â She shook her own head, only more emphatically. âI am an employee of Baron Energies.â
He glanced over at her, his eyes sliding past her profile and catching on the neighboring apartment buildings, and beyond that, the Dallas skyline. âLike Iâm not?â
She didnât answer immediately, but that was okay. She was driving and, in his opinion, his sister had never been very good at talking and driving at the same time.
âWeâre under a microscope, you and I. If itâs not Dad looking over our shoulders, itâs a member of the board of directors, and I have to be honest, if the board catches wind of your little friendship with our new engineer, I donât think theyâd be happy. Theyâre already up in arms about the whole AB Windpower thing.â
What was this? âWhat AB Windpower thing?â
Lizzie shrugged. âItâs nothing.â
âClearly itâs something if youâre bringing it up now.â
She shook in her head.
âSomething I should be worried about?â
âNo,â she said firmly. âJust a little stock activity that weâve yet to get to the bottom of. Itâs no big deal. Itâs not like a corporate takeover or anything, itâs just...bothersome.â
âSounds like you have more to worry about than me.â
âYouâre just the icing on the cake. I live in fear of the next lawsuit.â
âJasmine would never do something like that.â
âSo youâve indicated, but do you really know her well enough to judge that?â
Yes, he did, but he didnât see the point in arguing and so he said nothing at all, at least not until he glanced at his sister again and saw her rubbing her belly. Sheâd be giving birth soon.
âHow would you feel if your child was ill?â
She glanced at him sharply.
âIf there was nobody to hold your hand while you went through it all?â He felt his own stomach flip, something from the edges coalescing into warmth and making him feel...different inside. âIf you didnât have Chris standing by your side.
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