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As soon as we got to the dor aardly in one of the warn, gray chairs that no one ever actually sat in He stood up as soon as he saw us Nicole had taken another hour to get ready, so it was no surprise that he looked a little nervous by this point He ht that we had sneaked by him

Iave her a once-over that there was no ht, I won't have to worry about him anymore I couldn't decide if it was relief or horror that was flopping around inside of me

He s outside,” he said

“Oooh, a limo,” Nicole said I rolled irl owed by money

I looked at James The once-over of Nicole had been unry look that was on his face was on there now I iaze

Nicole kept looking at hiaze as well as I could I knew that, to her, it would be a co to win He was my stepbrother after all It justto press the boundaries because she thought she was a shoe-in I was just someone to show off her skills I looked away from James' beautiful eyes and toward the limo Despite how I felt about James, in this arena, I wasn't allowed to co to throw out all the stops while I had to play the dutiful sister Even if I didn't have feelings for Ja her throw herself at him would be difficult Throw in my mixed up emotions, and it was torture

This was going to be hard

Chapter Nineteen

James helped the two of us up into the limo, then crawled in after us The inside was spacious, definitely meant for a party more than twice our size

Nicole and I settled in next to each other James opened a drawer under a bar and pulled out a bottle of chane

“A little Doet to the club?” he asked

For a moment, my hand went to my belly I hadn't felt any different over the past few days, but I knew that didn't matter Wootten nant that first time we had sex, in his office in Boston It already seeo, but it had only been Tuesday afternoon, three days ago

I knew that I shouldn't drink while I was pregnant However, even though I knew Tessa wouldbaby crazy, I also had spent solass of wine per day wasn't bad for the baby and also good for the heart And a glass of chaht? I'd only have a sip

Nicole answered before me “I've never had Dom Of course I'll take some”

Jalasses He pulled out a third and gestured to me I had one last moment of hesitation before I bit my lip and smiled “I'll take one for a toast”