Stepbrother Temptation: First Time by Anita Lawless Read Free Book Online

Stepbrother Temptation: First Time
    Alex and I had been friends since grade eleven. I’d had a crush on him from the moment I first saw him, but he didn’t even know I was alive. He was the star athlete—captain of the basketball team. All the girls wanted him and he’d made his way through the entire cheerleading squad by the time we graduated. What would a tall, dark, and hunky jock like him want with me? I was the frumpy, brainy girl with too much junk in her trunk.
    Plus I was terrified of most guys I had crushes on. They’d say, “Hi, Serena,” and all I could manage was a squeaky, “Hello,” in return.
    We became friends because I tutored him in math. He had mild dyslexia and he’d reverse his numbers when factoring quadratic equations.
    Alex wasn’t like a lot of jocks in our school. He was nice to everyone, even the geeky kids like me. He’d talk to anyone and didn’t believe in all that clique bullshit a lot of popular kids did. Another reason I had the major hots for him.
    “You make it look so simple,” he’d tell me during our tutoring sessions, smiling that panty-melting smile. “I wish I had your brains, Serena.”
    I’d get all flustered and hope I wasn’t blushing fire hydrant red. “You’re getting a lot better at factoring.” My voice would raise an octave as I told him this. “Practice makes perfect.”
    “I’ll never be as smart as you.” Those powder blue eyes would bore into me. Was he undressing me with them? How I hoped.
    “Everyone’s smart in their own way, Alex. Don’t put yourself down.”
    Again that panty-melting smile would flash. Had I only been braver, I’d have begged him to tear off my clothes and take me right there, on my mom’s kitchen table.
    Never in a million years did I think he’d become my stepbrother. But here it was, one year after graduation, and my mom was marrying Alex’s dad.
    Fate has a warped sense of humor.
    Mom informed me we’d be putting our little house up for sale and moving. She flashed me her diamond ring and squealed like a little girl. “Isn’t it gorgeous, sweetie?”
    I gulped. “You’re getting married?”
    Her head nodded like a bobble doll. “David asked me last night. I said yes, of course.”
    My eyes were still glued to that massive diamond as I thought about Alex. “Of course.”
    Alex’s dad, David Hemminger, owned a chain of grocery stores. He wasn’t a billionaire but he was definitely wealthy. All of Mom’s dreams had come true. She and David had met when she started working at one of his local stores. She’d quickly become the manager of EZ FOODS and David had taken notice. Before long, Mom was out every weekend with him.
    “Do you mind making yourself something to eat tonight, sweetie?” she’d say as she got ready for another date.
    “Not at all. Go have fun, Mom.”
    I was happy to see her happy. Mom had struggled a lot as a single parent. She’d given up so much for me. I wanted her to enjoy life, and I was ecstatic she had a man in her life who pampered her.
    But I didn’t expect him to become my stepfather so soon. Not that I minded my mom getting married, but living with Alex? That was going to be a huge test for my libido and nerves.
    We got along great, since we had a lot in common. He loved the same video games as me, the same music, and the same movies. We’d become buddies and often hung out playing Call of Duty, when he wasn’t banging a cheerleader. But we’d never touched—not intimately. Sure, a hug here, some play wrestling there, but nothing more, much to my disappointment.
    Guys like him didn’t want girls like me, though. Curvy girls who were too shy to go for what they wanted. Popular jocks went for the skinny, super-hot girls, and that was what Alex got.
    I sighed, thinking of the torture it would be to listen to him bang another blonde hottie while I tried to sleep in my new bedroom.
    Moving day arrived two weeks before the wedding. I was so nervous I nearly puked.
    David and