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“I want you, Morgan.” He pressed his hips against me, and I gasped at the very large erection he sported. “I nearly always get what I want.”
I could see why, I thought.
“I’ve got a suite upstairs. Come up with me.”
I bit my lip, to keep the words Yes, whatever you want from escaping before I had a chance to truly consider what was happening. Kade Raven, the sexiest bachelor in New York was kissing me, squeezing my breasts, and asking me to go upstairs with him. Was this a joke? Did he not see all the other more beautiful women at this party?
Then there was the fact that he was my best friend’s new brother-in-law. Were there rules about that? Finally, was I okay with a hookup? A one-night stand? Because that was all this would be. While all the other Raven brothers had succumbed to the love of a good woman, Kade’s reputation suggested he was still committed to sowing his oats. I was a die-hard romantic, but I also didn’t have the time to cultivate a relationship, nor the opportunity. If I wanted to lose my V-card to a man who no doubt knew how to please a woman, then this was my chance.
He lifted his head, his green eyes staring at me intently. “I’ll make you come so hard, Morgan.”
I swallowed, thinking I’d come just from his looking at me and talking to me like that. I gave a small nod. “Yes.”
His smile has a hint of the devil and then he kissed me again. “I’m going to take you for the ride of your life.”
I let out a shuddering breath, knowing that after tonight, I wouldn’t be the same; and I so much looked forward to that.
1
Kade — Thursday
I made it to the church on time. Just barely. The sanctuary was spectacular and fitting for my brother, Ash’s upcoming nuptials with Beth, his long-time love. Of all the Raven brothers, he was the most romantic and poetic. Me? Well, I wasn’t ever getting married, but if I did, I’d probably fly my bride to Vegas to tie the knot. I wasn’t big on romance or sentiment. But Ash and Beth had waited a long time for their happily-ever-after, and this fancy schmancy wedding seemed apropos.
I made my way up the aisle where my other brothers were already gathered. Chase, my eldest brother and biggest suck up to our powerful father, was discussing the purchase of the company once owned by Beth and her brother Ben, Chase’s former best friend. The company, McAdams Enterprises, was circling the toilet. Ash, probably in an act of foolish love, arranged for our company Raven Industries to buy it to save his betrothed and her brother from bankruptcy. Old man McAdams had made some spectacularly bad decisions that his son Ben hadn’t been able to maneuver them out of after his death. Of course, the fact that Ben was lit most of the time didn’t help, and was the one reason I’d been against hiring him to continue to run the business. Loyalty was important, but so was doing your job, and Ben was too much on the bottle to do his part. I’d only acquiesced when Ash said he’d stay on top of Ben.
“So far, I’m not impressed with Ben,” said Hunter, my second oldest brother. “Grief, drinking, and being pissed that you touched his sister aren’t a good mix in business, Ash.”
“I’ll take responsibility for him,” Ash assured us.
“Let’s hope he can keep it together at the wedding,” I said. It was one thing to be holed away in his office all day drinking, but getting hammered at his sister’s wedding had disaster written all over it.
“From your mouth to God’s ears,” Ash said. “I feel bad that I betrayed him, but if he fucks this up for Beth, I’ll toss his ass out myself.”
Ash was the quiet one, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have the Raven volatility at times. Not that long ago, I was at my father’s penthouse when Ash showed up and shoved our father against the wall, demanding whether he’d known that Ash was the father of Beth’s five year old daughter, Hannah. I’d never seen Ash so angry or on the verge of violence. When I learned my father had kept Ash and Beth apart, and now five years later, Ash learned he was a father, I couldn’t blame him. I’d be pissed too if someone kept my kid from me.
Personally, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to forgive not just my father, but Beth as well; her betrayal of keeping a secret like that. But Ash did. Not that he wasn’t hurt, but I guess he decided he loved Beth and wanted the family they’d once planned on having.
Of course, I’d never be in that position because I wasn’t going to have kids. That choice meant I’d been sacrificing my inheritance since my father had made a new provision that all his sons’ business inheritance would go to our children. My hope was that he’d change his mind before he died. He had time, since he was in his fifties. But even if he didn’t, I had my own business interests that would support my lifelong bachelorhood just fine.
