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Selena.”
Justin walked away from his brother and wished that it wasn’t true. But he had learned a long time ago that women and love never really touched him on a deep level. True, this attraction to Selena was intense but it would burn out like all things did.
Six
J ustin walked through his house, pausing beneath the portrait of his family that had been done when Cam graduated high school. They looked like the perfect family. Picture-perfect, he thought. On the outside they’d always made sure to present a front that others would envy.
And what a front it was. His father, the pro golfer, who traveled to tournaments in his private jet, and their socialite mother, who moved in all the right circles and made sure that her sons were successful and dated the right kind of girls.
He glanced up at his mother, really staring at the blonde woman with her perfectly coiffed hair, and wondered why she’d never been happy with their family. No matter how well he did in school or how well Nate had played baseball, she’d never been pleased with them.She’d never smiled or shown them any real signs of love or affection.
He’d often thought that all women were that way but he’d seen his brother fall in love with Jen and therefore got to see a different side to women. Jen had cracked through Nate’s doubts. Justin was still a bit cynical but seeing how Jen and Nate had worked together to make their relationship successful…well, it made him wonder why his mom hadn’t tried just a little bit harder to make it work with his dad.
“Mr. Stern?”
He glanced over his shoulder and saw his butler standing there. “Yes, Frank?”
“I have your bags ready. Do you want me to drive you to the Ritz?”
“No. I’m going to take the Porsche.”
“I will park it in the circle drive. Do you need anything from me?”
“No. You can take the next two weeks off.”
“Thank you, sir, but I don’t have anywhere to go,” Frank said.
Justin knew that Frank was always at work and he appreciated it. “Don’t you have any family?”
“Not really. I left them behind a long time ago. I could go to Vegas but I really don’t like to go more than once a year.”
Justin smiled at his butler. Frank was a very carefully measured man. He didn’t want to give in to his enjoyment of gambling and let it become an addiction. Frank would only go to Vegas and only once a year.
“I get that.”
“Can I ask you a question, sir?”
“Go ahead.”
“Why are you going to the Ritz? You have a better place here.”
Frank was making perfect sense, logically speaking. “I am…let’s just say there is a woman at the Ritz.”
“And you want to be closer to her? I think you should invite her here,” Frank said.
“That would make things a lot more complicated.”
“I guess it would,” Frank said.
It probably still didn’t make sense, but Frank was his employee and was never going to tell him he was barking mad, even if that was what he thought. Frank was good at holding his tongue. “Frank, sometimes I think I don’t pay you enough!”
“I agree, sir,” Frank said. “I’ll bring the car and get your bags in it.”
“Thank you, Frank.”
“Just doing my job, sir.”
“I appreciate it,” Justin said. Frank left and Justin moved away from the portrait.
Was he making the right decision or was he just going to come off as a stalker? If he and Selena were going to have a vacation fling it would make sense for them to both be at the hotel. That’s how vacation flings happened.
He knew from experience. He liked the anonymity that being at the hotel would afford them. If he brought her to his home, she’d see his family and his neighbors and it would make their fling seem more real.
And when she left to go back to New York he’d have memories of her in his space. He didn’t want that. He wanted their relationship to be uncomplicated. To be a true fling. One where neither of them got hurt.
He wasn’t going to pretend
Justin walked away from his brother and wished that it wasn’t true. But he had learned a long time ago that women and love never really touched him on a deep level. True, this attraction to Selena was intense but it would burn out like all things did.
Six
J ustin walked through his house, pausing beneath the portrait of his family that had been done when Cam graduated high school. They looked like the perfect family. Picture-perfect, he thought. On the outside they’d always made sure to present a front that others would envy.
And what a front it was. His father, the pro golfer, who traveled to tournaments in his private jet, and their socialite mother, who moved in all the right circles and made sure that her sons were successful and dated the right kind of girls.
He glanced up at his mother, really staring at the blonde woman with her perfectly coiffed hair, and wondered why she’d never been happy with their family. No matter how well he did in school or how well Nate had played baseball, she’d never been pleased with them.She’d never smiled or shown them any real signs of love or affection.
He’d often thought that all women were that way but he’d seen his brother fall in love with Jen and therefore got to see a different side to women. Jen had cracked through Nate’s doubts. Justin was still a bit cynical but seeing how Jen and Nate had worked together to make their relationship successful…well, it made him wonder why his mom hadn’t tried just a little bit harder to make it work with his dad.
“Mr. Stern?”
He glanced over his shoulder and saw his butler standing there. “Yes, Frank?”
“I have your bags ready. Do you want me to drive you to the Ritz?”
“No. I’m going to take the Porsche.”
“I will park it in the circle drive. Do you need anything from me?”
“No. You can take the next two weeks off.”
“Thank you, sir, but I don’t have anywhere to go,” Frank said.
Justin knew that Frank was always at work and he appreciated it. “Don’t you have any family?”
“Not really. I left them behind a long time ago. I could go to Vegas but I really don’t like to go more than once a year.”
Justin smiled at his butler. Frank was a very carefully measured man. He didn’t want to give in to his enjoyment of gambling and let it become an addiction. Frank would only go to Vegas and only once a year.
“I get that.”
“Can I ask you a question, sir?”
“Go ahead.”
“Why are you going to the Ritz? You have a better place here.”
Frank was making perfect sense, logically speaking. “I am…let’s just say there is a woman at the Ritz.”
“And you want to be closer to her? I think you should invite her here,” Frank said.
“That would make things a lot more complicated.”
“I guess it would,” Frank said.
It probably still didn’t make sense, but Frank was his employee and was never going to tell him he was barking mad, even if that was what he thought. Frank was good at holding his tongue. “Frank, sometimes I think I don’t pay you enough!”
“I agree, sir,” Frank said. “I’ll bring the car and get your bags in it.”
“Thank you, Frank.”
“Just doing my job, sir.”
“I appreciate it,” Justin said. Frank left and Justin moved away from the portrait.
Was he making the right decision or was he just going to come off as a stalker? If he and Selena were going to have a vacation fling it would make sense for them to both be at the hotel. That’s how vacation flings happened.
He knew from experience. He liked the anonymity that being at the hotel would afford them. If he brought her to his home, she’d see his family and his neighbors and it would make their fling seem more real.
And when she left to go back to New York he’d have memories of her in his space. He didn’t want that. He wanted their relationship to be uncomplicated. To be a true fling. One where neither of them got hurt.
He wasn’t going to pretend
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