Page 10 of Silver Fox's Twin Babies

Amber pressed her hand against my chest and pushed me back gently. “You’re in shock, Evan. Your brother almost died. You’re reeling…You’ll feel different in a few days.” She backed away, buttoning her shirt up. Then she snagged her jacket off the floor and glanced at me nervously. Her eyes flicked around the room and confusion clouded over my eyes. I stooped to pick up her panties and before I could put them in my pocket she snatched them from me.

“Is that what you did?”

The words left my mouth before I could stop them. Pain washed over her expression, curling her lips downward. “What do you mean?” She worked to put on her shoes as I continued.

“You were in shock over your dad dying? Then you just used me and moved on…” I was a total jerk for saying it. Maybe she was right. maybe I was just in shock over all of this, but what I just did with her now—I wouldn’t snap out of it. It was spontaneous, but it wasn’t like I hadn’t thought of doing that a thousand times over the past eight years. Coming back and claiming her as mine.

“Evan,” she said, her tone low.

“When you came to yourself, you realized you didn’t like me and just moved on…” The words kept coming. Things I wondered for a long time but never said out loud. I was never given the chance, and I never made a chance to even say them either.

“I’m going to the bathroom to clean up.” Amber’s head hung as she walked out, and I knew I’d hurt her. Part of me probably wanted to. I’d felt hurt when I learned she had a baby with someone else, so soon after I left too. But most of me hated myself. It wasn’t supposed to go that way.

I slowly buttoned my shirt and put my tie back on. The shirt tails remained hanging, but I was only going to do a bit more work then go home anyway. Until my phone started to ring. When I saw it was Erin I picked up right away.

“Erin?” I’d been waiting on news all day but hadn’t gotten the call.

“Evan, he’s awake. He’s asking for you. I told him about the board’s decision and he demanded that you come to him now.” She sounded a little flustered. I knew how my brother could be.

“I’ll be right there. Give him a popsicle or something,” I joked but it landed poorly. Erin sighed and hung up, and I turned to see Amber walk back in.

“I have to go. Jake’s awake. He’s asked for me.” I looked down at the mess from dinner, rice all over the floor from where Amber dumped it.

“I’ll clean up. You go.” She looked a little discouraged, which was encouraging to me. But after insulting her like that I figured she would want to talk it out, and right now I didn’t have time. I had to get to the hospital to see Jacob before he went back to sleep.

“Can you lock up?” I reached for my suit jacket and she scoffed.

“Can you trust me?” The comment stung but I deserved it.

“See you tomorrow…We can catch up then.”

And by “catch up,” I meant work and us. We had things to discuss.

I left her there to clean up our mess, and I felt bad about it. The entire drive to the hospital I replayed the entire evening. Both of us were sexually charged before we even walked into that room. She seemed hesitant at first but then gave herself to me freely, which told me she hadn’t ever truly gotten over me either. That or she was just a minx, which I didn’t believe for a second. Whatever the case, I enjoyed every second of it and fully intended to pursue something as long as she didn’t give me signals that she wasn’t interested.

At the hospital, Erin was waiting just outside Jacob’s room. She’d been crying again. It was normal for her in moments like this. I brought a pack of travel tissues, but she had her own.

“How is he?” I asked, and she shrugged.

“He’s alright. Now that he’s awake, doctors are giving him really good odds of a full recovery. He’s in a lot of pain though.” Her sad smile was bittersweet, but her news was excellent.

“I’ll go in then…Do you want to come?” I waited but she waved me away. I figured she needed a moment. Most people hated hospitals and I was the same, but I had to be here for her and Jacob.

He was a pitiful sight. There were tubes and wires coming out from every orifice, and more from newly made holes thanks to nurses. A huge panel of screens behind him gave readouts of his vitals, but it was the expression on his face that gave me the best indicator of his overall condition. A glare.

“What on God’s green earth, Evan?” Jacob’s eyes flashed with anger I knew he felt to his core. I walked over to his bedside and stood with arms crossed. I was cold, so tucking my hands into my armpits wasn’t a nervous move. I’d left my trench coat in the office in my huff and urge to get here.

“Are you asking me that because it’s October and I’m not wearing a coat? Or because you can’t stand the idea that the board voted me in as CEO while you’re down for the count?” Things had always been tense between us. Jacob thought I was reckless and irresponsible. So had our father. At one point I was. But I’d done a lot of growing up. I had Amber to thank for that.

“You just swoop in and?—”

“Relax,” I told him. I took another step closer and loosened my tie. “First of all, you need to focus on recovering. You almost died. You can’t worry about the company. Second of all, the board members, including Gavin, all voted me to be interim CEO, just until you’re back on your feet. I have help, Jake. Gavin and the team are there; I’m not making any major decisions. And I have Amber…”

My dick still tingled from that hot sex, and mentioning her name made my chest puff out a little. I really hadn’t expected the night to go that direction. It had though, and I couldn’t get it out of my head.

“Don’t you dare hurt her, Evan.” Jacob’s stern warning made me confused. His face contorted, eyes shutting as he winced, and his hand pressed on his chest. My eyes shot up to his monitors where I saw his heart rate was too high, blood pressure too.

“Try to take a deep breath and calm down, buddy.” I reached down and touched his arm and he pushed me away.

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