NATHAN
"That's crossing the line," I said through clenched teeth. I hated that my brother was right. I'd been trying to figure out a way to keep Lily near me. She was sensitive to my moods, remembered what I liked and what I didn't, and often gave me the kind
of hard-ons that required cold showers.
Not to mention she was barely twenty-five and I was well on my way to forty. I'd tried to resist my attraction, but I fell in love with her. Her heart was so pure. Put
that together with her rocking curves and her smarts, her quick-wittedness, her beauty and that smile of hers. Damn. I don't think I lasted a week in
my so-called resistance.
When she'd given me two weeks' notice, I'd been shell-shocked. That's why I'd done everything my power to get her to spend the holidays with me. Even if it meant lying to do it. I wanted a chance to explore a deeper relationship with her. I wanted her
to know that she wasn't alone. That she could count on me.
