Page 27 of Purr For Me
A fierce scowl settled on Kade’s face, and he grew even sexier to Lexie. “You let me know if he does and I’ll deal with him.”
His protective attitude touched Lexie, but she didn’t want him getting into a fight with Marcus or Tom. “No, I’ll handle it. I can take care of myself.” Regret settled in her stomach. “Kade, I just can’t do this. What about Jason?”
“I thought you were divorcing him.”
“I am, but he’s going through so much and if either of us are to gain his trust to get him into rehab… It won’t work if he thinks we’ve both betrayed him.”
Taking her hand, he raised it to his lips, pressing a kiss to the back of her knuckles. “I can wait. I can wait until we’ve sorted out the situation with Jason. Just don’t shut me out. And when we find Jason, once he’s out of rehab, I’m going to be honest. I’ll tell him how I feel. I won’t walk away this time.”
She remembered Jason’s warning to stay away from Kade on the phone call. “I think he’s already guessed.”
“I wonder why Jason is so worried about us? Does he think you have feelings for me?” He kissed her hand again. “No answer to that? Goodnight, Lex. Sweet dreams.”
He moved back from her when everything inside her wanted to pull him close. Forcing herself to walk to her car, she looked up as Kade tossed her a smile before he got behind the wheel and drove off without a backward glance.
What a bloody mess. Why did she feel so guilty when her husband had stolen from her, spent their money on drugs and dicked around on her? All she’d done was crush on his sexy older brother.
She’d go to hell for sure. Jason would want to send her there.
She straightened her shoulders. Jason had lost the right to have a say in anything she did.
She wanted Kade, and she refused to feel guilty about that.
Well, just a bit.
She was about to start her car when the door to the showroom opened, silhouetting two people in the doorway. She watched as a woman reached up and tenderly cupped the man’s face as she leaned in and kissed him. For a moment, she thought Tom must be here with Kendra, but then the woman stepped into the beam from the security light.
Lexie held in a gasp. Stella! Who was she kissing?
But she knew the answer long before he pulled the door closed, and after locking it, he too stepped into the light. Marcus.
Like a stunned mullet, she sat there and watched as they walked hand in hand, kissing and cuddling to Stella’s car parked out on the street.
How long had this been going on and did Kendra know? It looked like more than a causal hook up. They looked like a comfortable couple out for the evening. Besides, if it was a casual hook up, they wouldn’t hide it. Stella would share all the juicy details with her.
Kendra would freak if she knew her best friend, Stella, was having a—what, exactly?—with her brother. Kendra was protective of Marcus after all he’d been through since the crash. But Marcus was a real horn dog, a different woman every night. Maybe he’d met his match in Stella. Stella was Kendra’s best friend, but she was as bad as Marcus. Stella was known as a definite love them and leave them kind of woman. Kendra wouldn’t want her brother hurt.
She missed her two girlfriends. Lexie had been moping over Jason too long. She hadn’t had a girls’ night with Kendra and Stella for ages. Not since little Matti was born.
She slid down in her seat so they wouldn’t see her. She would keep her secret to herself, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t wheedle the truth from Stella over a few drinks. Was this a casual hook up or was this something more?
