Page 63 of Love In The Spotlight

When he walked in, it was West, Braylon and Nelson.

It was almost comical, as all these guys were big but not as big as him.

Nelson to him was still a baby-faced rookie.

“Morning, gentlemen,” he said, smiling.

“Have a seat,” West said.

He lifted his eyebrow and moved over to sit in a chair, Braylon and Nelson on a couch and West in another chair.

“Do we want to get the personal part of this meeting over with?”

Braylon grinned, and Nelson tried to look serious like his oldest brother but he couldn’t pull it off.

Laken had made comments even before they started to date that Nelson idolized West and though he was cocky and might need a chip knocked off his shoulder a time or two, he’d work hard and never want to let West down.

“Since you brought it up,” West said. “What are your intentions with our sister?”

He grinned. “Does she know the three of you are in here trying to put me on trial?”

He looked around and saw Braylon’s grin light up. Nelson coughed in his hand. His business partner was still staring at him.

“She knows you and West have a meeting,” Nelson answered. “That I’d be joining.”

“Just not Braylon,” he said. “No worries. The first guy who wants to date my daughter is going to get treated worse than what you three are attempting to do to me. I’ll be one guy doing it, so I’ve got no hard feelings.”

West only lifted his eyebrow up.

He liked the dude the several times they’d met before. He found him more easygoing than the press made him out to be but was confident the guy could be a hard ass.

As he was proving now.

“You didn’t answer my question,” West said.

“I don’t know my intentions,” he said. “But considering what you know about me that almost no one else does, you also know that I wouldn’t take it lightly having Laken meet Penelope.”

Braylon looked at West and the oldest brother seemed to relax some. “We figured as much.”

“Yet you still need to ride me over this?”

“It’s not that,” Nelson said. “Laken can handle herself.”

“I know,” he said. “I never doubted it. Which is why I asked if she knew about this. You all might be afraid once she finds out.”

Braylon laughed. “I said the same thing.”

“Are you going to tell her?” West asked.

“Not unless you give me a reason to,” he said.

“I’m only looking out for my sister. You don’t know her like we do,” West said.

“I’d like to think I know things about her that you might not.”

He noticed Nelson’s snicker and Braylon’s face turn a bit pink. West still had no reaction. The dude was tough.

“You probably do,” Braylon said. “She’s not one to show many weaknesses, but we know them.”

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