Good Stepbrother (Love #2) by Scarlett Jade, Intuition Author Services Read Free Book Online Page A

it. I hurried to put on makeup and pull on my sexiest dress. It was one I’d stolen from a trendy store in the mall. I bunched it up so it looked like a shirt and pulled on jeans. They would be removed later. Jamming my heels into my bag, I pulled on my sneakers and made sure my makeup was right.
    Running downstairs, I yelled, “Going out!” I didn’t wait for anyone to answer as I let myself out the door and darted down the driveway. Peter waited for me at the foot of the drive in his shitty old car. I jumped into the passenger seat and kissed his cheek. “Thanks, babe.” We weren’t dating, more like friends with benefits. He got a little bit, I got free rides everywhere and my favorite little white tablets.
    “Where to, sweetheart?” he asked, putting the car into drive.
    “The pizza parlor downtown,” I told him as I peeled my jeans down my legs and stuffed them in my bag.
    He whistled softly. “Damn, you’re hot.”
    “I know,” I laughed, slipping on my shoes. “This won’t take me long, then we can go wherever you want.”
    “Sounds good, babe, I’ll wait out here for you.” He pulled into the parking lot and I could already see Carter and his friends at a booth. I opened the door of the car, climbed out, and adjusted my body in my dress. Strolling across the parking lot, I opened the front door of the parlor and smiled at the little bells jingling to make my appearance known. Different couples in booths fell silent as I sashayed toward my victim. They all watched me. I loved every second of it.
    He looked up and his eyes went huge. Kirby turned and looked at me too. I slid up to their booth and murmured, “Hey there, baby brother.” I leaned in and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
    “What are you doing here, Brielle?” he growled as I withdrew.
    “Just stopping by to say hello. Hello.” I waved at everyone at the table.
    “Hello,” Kirby said coldly. “Now leave.”
    “Ooh, are you that nasty to your girlfriend?” I pouted. “Carter, are you here on a date with your little girlfriend?” Leaning across him, I held out her hand to Gabby.
    “She’s not my girlfriend. Yet.” He paused, pushing me back. “This is Gabby.”
    “Hi, Brielle,” Gabby smiled tightly. “We have geometry together.”
    “That’s right!” I grinned. “You’re the girl who chews her braids. Wow, Carter, you aimed high, didn’t you?”
    “Excuse me?” Mindy squealed, shooting up from her seat. Kirby grabbed her arm.
    “That’s uncalled for, Brielle.” Carter groaned.
    “What? I’m just shocked you got a girl to go out with you. I mean, you do know he’s in love with me, right, honey? And if you give him your cherry, he’ll be thinking about me the whole time,” I tossed my hair over my shoulder and smiled again.
    He jumped up from the booth. “Excuse us.” He grabbed my elbow and jerked me out of the parlor. We ended up in the alleyway behind the restaurant. “What the fuck’s wrong with you?” he yelled at me.
    “Ooh, I like this side of you. You pissed off is moderately hot. Are you going to hit me?”
    “Why would I hit you?” his face fell.
    “And just like that, you’re no longer appealing,” I sighed and leaned up against the slimy brick wall.
    “Why are you ruining my date?” He ran his hand through his hair and then jammed both hands in the pockets of his jeans.
    “Because I can.” I shrugged. That should’ve been obvious.
    “I don’t want you. I want to go on my date with Gabby, a girl who might actually want to get to know me and might actually care.”
    Ouch. The words hurt even though I knew he didn’t mean them at all. “You’re such a liar,” I whispered, pushing away from the wall.
    “I’m not a liar,” he insisted. “I don’t want you.”
    “You protest too much,” I murmured, rubbing my breasts against his chest. He kept his hands in his pockets like a good boy.
    “Leave me alone,” he begged me.
    “She’ll never make you hot like I do,” I