Friends & Lovers Trilogy by Bethany Lopez Read Free Book Online

turned and walked back towards the bar.
    “ All right. The real reason
I wanted to introduce you is because Roni will be at Kara and
Bree’s party tonight, and I wanted you both to know that she’s my
sister, so hands off,” Kent said. “Especially you, Rich. I didn’t
like the way you were looking at her.”
    “ No harm, man,” Rich said,
holding his hands up as if to prove he was no threat. “You’re
sister’s pretty man, that’s all. I’ll leave her alone.”
    Kent looked at Colin, who just nodded.
    Kent nodded back at both of them and said,
“Later,” as he walked back in the direction his sister went.
    They both sat down and Rich whistled. “Holy,
shit. That was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen up close.”
He declared with a look of wonder.
    “ I wouldn’t mess with Kent
if I were you. He looked pretty serious.”
    Rich was saved from answering when Kara
arrived with their food, but Colin noticed that he couldn’t help
but look over to where the tall, slender blonde leaned against the
bar talking with Pete.

Chapter Nine
     
    Briana was thrilled when they finally closed
for the night. She felt so greasy and gross that she couldn’t wait
to get home and shower.
    She put the finishing touches on her dish,
then took it out to the bar to share with her co-workers.
    “ That looks so good, Bree,”
Kara moaned from her perch at the bar. She’d kicked off her heels
and was rubbing her sore feet. “I’m so hungry, I could eat that
whole plate of pasta.”
    “ Get in line,” Pete said as
he poured some drinks to go with their meal.
    “ Wine for me, please,”
Nicole chimed in as she walked to the back of the room. “I can’t
wait to get everything cleaned and head to your place. I was so
bummed I had to miss out last week, but I had to go home to watch
my brothers and sisters.”
    “ No problem,” Briana said.
“At least you’re free tonight.” Then she turned to Pete, “Wine
sounds good. Would you pour me the red?”
    They all sat down to enjoy the food and
drinks, then went about cleaning up the front and back of the house
as quickly as possible so they could head to Kara and Briana’s
apartment. They yelled goodnight to Pam, who thanked Briana for the
pasta, then locked up behind them.
    Kara and Briana hosted this get together
most Wednesdays, so they knew the routine and got themselves and
the apartment ready when they got home. Pretty soon the place was
filled with people and the party was in full swing.
    Briana and Kara both opted for sundresses,
since it was a hot Texas night. When Nicole arrived wearing her
hostess uniform, Briana offered to loan her something to wear.
    When Nicole walked out wearing the dress,
she looked uncertainly at Briana.
    “ I think it’s too
small.”
    “ No, you just have bigger
boobs than I do. It’s perfect,” Briana assured her. She fluffed out
Nicole’s hair to give it a fuller look, and told her to stop
standing with her hands crossed over her chest.
    “ C’mon, let’s go get you a
drink. Stop worrying. You look amazing.”
    They went out to join the party and ran into
Kent and Roni in the hall. Kent paused momentarily, taking in
Nicole’s drastic change in appearance. They all stood there for a
moment, until Nicole blushed and looked down, and Roni cleared her
throat.
    “ Oh, ahh, hey. What’s up?”
Kent said hoarsely, before clearing his throat. “Nicole, you met my
sister, Roni, but Roni, you didn’t get a chance to meet Bree
yet.”
    Briana smiled at Roni, surprised at the
striking resemblance between the two. It almost hurt to look at the
pair of them, they were so beautiful.
    “ Wow, Kent, you never said
you had a sister.” Briana said, wondering what other things they’d
never shared with each other.
    “ Yeah, Roni’s my twin.
She’s going to be staying with me for a while,” he said with a
smile for his sister. He tried not to stare at Nicole’s amazing
body.
    “ Hi, Roni. It’s great to
meet you. Would you like