Her Man: An Interracial Romance (The Bentini Brothers Book 2) by Jaye McCloud Read Free Book Online Page A

wrong!  But you screwing me in your office was dead-ass wrong,
Antonio!  Don’t ever do that to me again!”  I yell into the phone.
         “Don’t ever challenge my manhood again!  Which
is exactly what you do when you have secret rendezvous with other men!”
         “Antonio, do you understand that you made me
feel like a cheap trick?  Mrs. Bentini isn’t paying me to have sex with her son
in his office against the damn door or anywhere else on the premises.”
         “I’ll take you wherever and whenever I damn
well please!”
         “Leave Antonio!  I don’t want to talk to you anymore
and I sure as hell don’t want to see you!”
     
     
    Chapter 17
     
    Antonio
         “You’d be surprised if I told you how often I
catch him out here looking at the stars in the middle of the night.”
         Damn! The last thing I want or need is my
siblings putting their nose where it doesn’t belong!   “What the hell are
you two doing up past your bedtime.”  Antonio barks by way of greeting Nicholas
and William Bentini.  Neither brother responds, instead they each take a seat
on a chaise on either side of Antonio.  “What do you want?  My misery doesn’t
need any damn company.”  Antonio growls.  
         “Maybe we’re just here to look at the stars
too.”  Nicholas shoots back as he makes himself comfortable on the chaise to
Antonio’s left.  “Look Antonio, it’s clear that something is bothering you …
been eating at you for the past couple of days.  You’re not even able to hide
it.”  William states what the other family members have noted, and are
concerned about.  “Tony, Mom is worried about you.  She thinks there’s a woman
involved.”  Nicholas says with a small knowing smirk.
         “Mom worries over nothing.  I’m here aren’t
I?”
         “Yes, but you’re detached and isolating
yourself.”  William says.
         “Look Will, we’re not all able to put our
hearts in a lockbox to satisfy the family.”  Antonio throws the insult right
into his brother’s face.
         “What the hell is that supposed to mean?!”  Will
is blazing with indignant anger.  How dare Antonio criticize him over something
he knows nothing about!
         “You know exactly what it means.”  Antonio
glares back.
         “Wait, what’s going on here?”  Nicholas sits
up quickly, sensing that there’s more to his brothers’ heated exchange than
either of them are saying.
         “Nothing.”  Antonio relents felling guilty for
taking his frustration out on his brother.  “Sorry Will.  It’s none of my
business.  I’m having problems with T—”  Antonio catches himself, forgetting
for a moment that Nicholas doesn’t know about his relationship with Tiressa.  “I’m
having personal problems and I’m not sure how to fix it.”
         “So, your lady love is at the heart of this?” 
Nicholas crows.
         “I thought it was supposed to be a big
secret?  When did you tell Nick you’re dating Tiressa?”  William snaps at
Antonio, irked that Nicholas might have known about Tiressa before him.  Sibling
rivalry…it never really ends.
         “Damnit Will.  I didn’t.  You just did!” 
Antonio says with a disgusted look at his big brother.
         “What the hell!  Are you serious!  Your lady
love is mom’s Tiressa?!”  Nicholas says a little surprised, considering that
other incident that happened years ago…  But, now that he’s thinking about it,
it makes sense…he’s caught Antonio staring at Tiressa when he thought no one
was looking.  Actually, it’s really no great shock that Antonio would be
attracted to someone as pretty and fine as Tiressa, who wouldn’t be? 
         “Lower your voice!  It’s not public knowledge…for
obvious reasons.”
         “Well hot-damn…so she’s the one.”  Then after
a slight pause.  “Wow, this is going to poke the hornet nest for