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Book 2: Ten
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2026-07-21 17:30:17Elijah's POV
I stared at the financial spreadsheets on my monitor, it was all blurring into a meaningless gray wall. I forced my eyes down, trying to map out the final asset distribution for the northern corridor, but my mind kept slipping backward. Every time the air conditioning hummed, I heard her voice in the boardroom. Every time I reached for my pen, I felt the electric brush of her fingers on th
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Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Sixteen
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Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Fifteen
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Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Fourteen
Elijah's POVThe dining table felt miles wide, but my attention never really left the little girl sitting with Marcus. While Celeste passed the salad bowl and Marcus kept the wine glasses filled, the rest of us danced around each other in a minefield of strained small talk. But Kassidy's daughter didn't care about all of that. She slid down from her chair, her small bare feet padding across the hardwood floor until she stopped right beside my seat."You have shiny buttons on your shirt," she announced, pointing a small finger at my silver cuff links.I froze in surprise for a second—was she really talking to me? I looked up at Celeste and Marcus, who were smiling hesitantly, then at Kassidy, who was staring straight ahead like she hadn't heard her daughter.Then, slowly, I relaxed and turned in my chair to face her properly. "They keep my sleeves from rolling up," I replied, a little stiffly. I didn't have any experience with children."Are they magic buttons?" The little girl asked,
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Thirteen
Kassidy's POVI pulled my rental car up the long driveway a few hours later, staring at the massive structure ahead, which was Celeste and Marcus's residence. The house looked less like a standard residential property and more like a high-end country club in the woods."Did you guys secretly win the lottery, or is the wedding dress business just that criminally profitable?" I asked the second Celeste opened her front door. Summer raced inside immediately.I stepped into the living room, holding out a dark green glass bottle. "Here, I brought this.""Oh, shut up, it's just a standard layout," Celeste snatched the bottle from my hand and inspecting the label. "Ooh, a Cabernet, where did you even get this?"I laughed. "I actually brought it with me from Texas to drink alone, but I figured it would taste better if I shared it with you and Marcus."Celeste gave me a smirk. "Look at you, big-shot corporate lawyer. Come on into the kitchen."The kitchen was just as ridiculously large as the
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Twelve
Kassidy's POVI was sitting at the small desk in my temporary apartment, sorting through a fresh stack of tax forms. My phone started to vibrate against the wood, and I picked it up to see the name of Arthur Pendleton. A sudden spike of alertness hit me as I saw the name, remembering how the man had practically bullied me into taking this job and being forced into a situation with my college ex that I had no desire to be in.I picked the call, feeling a tiny sliver of apprehension. Arthur rarely called directly unless a case was either secured or falling apart at the seams."Arthur," I said, putting the phone to my ear. "I was just reviewing some files for the Ashford signing.""Forget the files for a second, Townsend," Arthur's deep, gravelly voice sounded serious. "Our receptionist received a um... a very unusual, very pointed phone call from the Ashford Holdings executive line late last night. Apparently, Elijah Ashford himself was making inquiries. He was asking some unsettling qu
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste Book 2: Eleven
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