Take my advice. Never fall for your brother’s best friend. Bracken Casey. Our hometown’s playboy. My brother’s best friend. The man I love. He doesn’t do girlfriends. He doesn’t do commitments. And he doesn’t see me as anything more than his best friend’s little sister. Until one night changes everything. A drunken kiss leads to a drunken screw. Now he can’t keep his hands off of me, and I can’t say no. Rules are set: No one can find out. It can’t lead anywhere. But rules were always meant to be broken. And that’s exactly what we are doing. Breaking them all. Something bad is bound to happen.
Chapter One
Nautica
“You better have a good as fuck explanation why you’re here.”
Oh shit.
Even in the rambunctious college coed-filled bar, there’s no mistaking who the husky voice behind me belongs to. It’s haunted me for years, taken too many parts in my self-induced orgasms, and ruined every chance I’ve had of loving another man.
I drop the cash in my hand in what seems like slow motion.
Thud.
I hear my pulse thrash against my ears.
Thud.
Out of every damn bar on campus, he had to come here tonight.
Go fucking figure.
There goes my night of craziness before I head home for the holidays.
The bartender slides my drink in front of me, scoops up the fallen cash, and meanders off to help his next customer, leaving me in dread. I stay frozen in place, debating whether to hop over the bar and make a run for it.
I take a pass on that idea. He’ll chase after me, and my embarrassing high school track record tells me I’ll lose.
“Nautica,” he barks, causing me to jump. “Turn your a
