Irresistible (Underneath it All Series: Book One) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Ava Claire Page A

me,” I tried to keep my voice level. “As long as she needs to."
    “Oh, don't get any ideas," my mother glowered. "It's just for a few days, then she's coming back home, where she belongs."
    I glared right back at the woman who had caused more pain than any rare happiness she bestowed on us. "That's debatable."
    "Hey!" Stevie piped, crossing his arms sternly. "You show your mama some respect."
    Before I could tell him my mother had plowed through all the respect I could spare a long time ago, she wrapped an arm around his shoulders and shushed him.
    "I'm used to her bitchiness," she assured him, shaking her head like it was the biggest injustice she'd ever known. "And if I let her get in a word edgewise, she'd say she's earned the right to treat me like crap because she's helping me out of a tight spot. That's love, right Sadie?"
    For once, I listened to my mother. I didn't have anything nice to say, so I said nothing at all.
    Satisfied that she got the last word, my mother uncoiled herself from her man and gave him his marching orders. "Go grab Rose's duffel bag from the living room, baby.”
    Rose finally spoke, swiveling to gape at our mother. "You packed my bag?"
    My mother's answer was to shuffle forward and pet my sister’s head like she was a dog. "You be good now, you hear?"
    I snatched the bag from Stevie's hand and forced cheer into my voice when I faced Rose. "Ready to go?"
    Rose followed me out to the car in silence. I expected her to spend the forty-five minute drive back to the city on her phone.
    Brooding. Hurting.
    Instead, the minute we put the house and whatever scam that woman was cooking behind us, Rose whipped around to face me and asked, “So, who's the guy you're into?"
    Laughing despite myself, I welcomed the subject change. It meant my demons, our demons, could stay tucked away.
    For now.
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