Hot For You by Jessie Evans Read Free Book Online

don’t! I have no idea what’s going on.” Mick linked his hands behind his neck and lifted a tortured gaze to the ceiling.
    Figuring out what made women tick was hard; figuring out what made sisters tick was damned near impossible.
    “Maddie told me all about your plans.” Naomi crossed to him, poking him in the stomach with her finger hard enough to make him grunt. “And it’s not happening. You are not going to make Faith another name on your hit list.”
    “I don’t have a hit list,” Mick said, jumping back when Naomi went for him with her finger again.
    “Yes, you do,” Naomi said, lunging forward to jab Mick below the ribs before he could escape.
    “Ow!” He crossed his hands over his stomach, doing his best to look pitiful, the way he would when Naomi was seventeen and he was seven and getting in trouble for sneaking into her room to play hobbits-trapped-in-the-dragon’s-cave under her bed.
    Unfortunately, his pitiful face didn’t work nearly as well now that he was a good six inches taller than his sister.
    “Since you moved back home, you’ve dated half the single women in Summerville.” Naomi stalked him across the tile as he backed away. “You’re making a name for yourself as a man-whore, Mick, which is fine if that’s what you want to do. Lord knows, I’m not here to judge anyone. I’m just here to make sure you stay away from Faith.”
    “Yeah! I really like Faith.” Maddie popped up from behind the display case again, like a meddling whack-a-mole determined to ruin Mick’s chance at the one girl who had captured his attention in what felt like forever.
    “I like Faith too,” Mick said, glancing over Naomi’s head at the front door to the shop, willing someone to walk into the bakery and save him from the third degree.
    “Liking someone and wanting to get into their pants isn’t the same thing,” Naomi said in a condescending voice. “And I won’t allow you to—”
    “Now hold on,” Mick said, a wave of real anger filling his chest. “I love y’all, and I respect your opinions, but you are not my keepers. You don’t decide what I do, or who I date. And you don’t get to comment on my sex life. Ever.”
    “Oh, come on,” Maddie said, her tone softening. “Don’t get your feathers ruffled, baby brother, we’re only—”
    “You’re only sticking your noses where they don’t belong,” Mick said, letting his hard gaze shift from Naomi, to Maddie, and back again, hoping they got the message that this wasn’t a situation where he’d be rolling over and letting his bossy older sisters tell him what to do. “I really like Faith. I’m going to go work out with her today, and on Thursday night we’re going out.”
    Naomi opened her mouth to protest, but Mick cut her off before she could say a word.
    “This isn’t up for debate,” Mick said. “I have nothing but honest intentions, but even if I didn’t, this intervention would be insulting. To me and to Faith, who would be royally pissed if she knew you two were talking about her like she was some helpless idiot.”
    Naomi and Maddie exchanged a look that made it clear they knew he was right.
    “There now, aren’t you sorry?” Mick asked after a long, quiet moment. “Don’t you feel shame?”
    Maddie nodded, and after a moment, so did Naomi.
    “You’re right…sorry,” Naomi mumbled. “Have fun. Say hi to Jake for me.”
    “I will.” Mick moved toward the door. “You two be good while I’m gone. And in the future, try to remember that not only am I a grown man and a nice person, I’m also your tenant, and probably the only person in town who will pay rent to live above a place where people start banging pans at four a.m.”
    “All right, we get it,” Maddie said. “I’ll take the nanny cam home today.”
    “Good.” Mick grinned as he backed out the door, but his victory was a hollow one. He’d talked a good game, but deep down he wondered if Naomi and Maddie might have a point.
    He wasn’t