Discovery by Lisa White Read Free Book Online

sarcasm.
    â€œCome on, Gregory. Cool it.” Andrew’s bulkiness rose up from the table. “Let’s not waste our time on this weakling.”
    The brothers headed out the door toward the tennis courts, nonchalantly swinging their racquets again. Ben was left standing there alone, his face red with anger.
    Weakling
, Ben thought.
If they only knew who they were dealing with.
    He was mad at the Reich brothers’ arrogance but he was even madder at himself for allowing them to get into his head. He had always been jealous of Grace’s boyfriends but had never let it show as much as he had just now. Ben felt a hatred growing inside him and he didn’t like it. Despite their green eyes, he couldn’t really think of any specific reason to
hate
those boys. No reason other than they had Grace’s attention for the moment. That and there was something familiar about Andrew’s eyes that made Ben particularly uneasy. The thought of those eyes notched up Ben’s anger another level and, without thinking, he cleanly snapped the back of the heavy oak dining chair he was gripping into two pieces.
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    â€œUgh! Sometimes that boy makes me so mad!” Grace paced back and forth in the ladies locker room, her fists clenched.
    â€œOh, Ben’s just being overly protective Ben. You know how he is.” Annie sat on the locker room bench filing her nails. She had obviously moved past Ben’s rude behavior in the dining room. “Just forget about it. We have more important things to worry about, like what to wear this afternoon.”
    â€œBut why does he do stupid stuff like that? He knows I’m interested in Gregory.”
    â€œMaybe that’s why,” Annie said with a raise of her eyebrows.
    â€œOh, please.” Grace brushed off Annie’s implication.
    Suddenly, Annie jumped up. “Wait. I’ll be right back.” She ran out the door of the ladies locker room without another word, leaving Grace to stew all by herself in the dressing area.
    Grace knew she needed to get over Ben’s behavior if she was going to enjoy her afternoon with Gregory but some things were easier said than done. Ben had never been overly friendly with any of Grace’s boyfriends but she could not remember him ever being so openly rude to any of them. It couldn’t be blamed on Ben’s jealousy as Annie implied because he didn’t feel that way about her. This fact had been proven in high school. So what was his problem with the Reich brothers?
    â€œTa-dah!” Annie bounded back into the locker room a few minutes later and interrupted Grace’s contemplative puzzling over Ben. She was holding two tennis racquets, a tennis dress, and a tennis skort and shirt set, with price tags boldly dangling from both outfits.
    â€œWhat did you do?” Grace had seen that look in Annie’s eyes before and knew from experience to be suspicious.
    â€œI borrowed a few things from the pro shop,” Annie coyly replied.
    â€œWhat do you mean ‘borrowed’?”
    â€œOh calm down. Pete said it was okay and all it cost us is another invitation to your party. This one’s for Pete’s girlfriend’s sister.”
    â€œOh, good gosh.” Grace rolled her eyes. Annie’s antics began to take Grace’s mind off Ben.
    â€œWe just need to figure out a way to hide these price tags. Oh, and you can’t sweat. Pete wants these returned tonight, so take it easy on the court and try to stay dry this afternoon.”
    Grace knew Annie was serious even though she sounded ridiculous.
    â€œNo sweating. Got it. I haven’t played in such a long time, I’ll have no problem taking it easy. I won’t know what I’m doing.” Grace looked over the clothes Annie had spread across the locker room bench. “Which outfit do you want?”
    â€œWhichever one you don’t. I think I have Andrew about reeled in so you pick