Lucky's Choice(11)

As he strolled nearer, he almost rolled his eyes at hearing Rider invite her to lunch, though he had to admit he was stunned Rider knew what a lunch date was. Usually, he crassly asked the women he wanted back to his room at the clubhouse.

Lucky refused to admit to himself his own recent behavior wasn’t much better. He was even more shocked by Willa’s answer.

“I’m already having lunch with someone,” she stated. Rider looked unhappy, but he didn’t have time to say anything else when the door opened and Drake Hall entered.

“I’m sorry I’m late. I had an unexpected phone call when I was about to leave the office. Have you been waiting long?”

“No.” Willa gave Drake an appealing smile, flashing those damn dimples of hers.#p#分页标题#e#

Drake gave Willa an affectionate kiss on her cheek that had Lucky’s eyes narrowing on the other man. Willa should know better than to trust a man that good-looking. Lucky was rapidly beginning to wonder if the shy woman was as virginal as he had assumed with the number of men in town pursuing her.

He wished Willa had her gun on her. He wouldn’t mind if she placed a bullet hole or two in the town’s most lecherous citizens.

Drake’s hand took Willa’s arm as King approached with his elegant menus in hand.

“I have your table ready, Drake.”

“Thanks, King.”

Both Lucky and Rider watched as the sophisticated man led Willa away.

“What the fuck?” Rider grunted. “Why’s she having lunch with him?”

“I don’t know. King might.”

“You think he’ll tell us?” Rider was definitely pissed off with the turn of events. Lucky could practically see the wheels spinning in his mind on how to overcome this new obstacle that was blocking his cock and stomach from what he wanted.

Anna came from the bar area with her purse in hand. “I’m off. I talked the owner into letting me leave early.”

Frustrated, Lucky saw King give him an amused smile as he handed Willa and Drake their menus. Lucky wanted to tell Anna he had changed his mind, but he gathered his senses in time.

He had no business being here, certainly not being curious about Willa’s relationship with Drake or preventing her from getting hit on by Rider. He needed to remind himself why he had stayed the fuck away from the attractive woman who had an abundance of curves that his hands and lips itched to explore.

“Let’s get out of here.” Lucky took Anna’s hand, opening the door with the other one.

“See you back at the clubhouse,” Lucky told Rider, who was staring at Anna with new interest.

“She going to be there?” Rider nodded toward Anna.

When Lucky gave Anna a questioning glance, the excitement in her sultry eyes was the only answer he needed.

“Meet me in my bedroom; it has a bigger bed,” Lucky offered graciously to the other brother. “See? I can share.”

Lucky congratulated himself for proving he had no desire for a monogamous relationship. Of course, Anna wasn’t Willa, and she didn’t raise the same feelings of protectiveness, but Lucky wasn’t going to analyze the differences between the women even further. There was no way to compare perfection against a cheap copy.



Willa had to force herself to listen as Drake discussed the properties that were available to rent in Treepoint. Her gaze kept straying to the mirror on the back wall that gave her a perfect view of Lucky and Rider leaving with the pretty waitress. She had blonde hair knotted smoothly on her head in a way that Willa was never able to achieve with her own messy hair, despite several spritzes of hair spray. She had even tried becoming a blonde herself during the time Lucky had been dating Beth.

Lately, Willa had given up trying to turn herself into a woman who would attract the opposite sex—Lucky in particular. It had taken a lot of soul-searching, but she had finally come to the conclusion that The Ugly Duckling was a work of fiction, and there was no way her size twenty body was going to miraculously become a size six.

“I think your best investment would be to purchase the small lot of land next to this building. King’s customers could get a taste of your desserts here and then stop at your shop to take more home. Several large restaurants are having their bakeries set up next door. It not only builds a customer base, but repeat business. There is also a spot opening in two months that’s close to the diner. It wouldn’t be as upscale as what you could accomplish if you built next to King’s, but I think it would be lucrative all the same.”#p#分页标题#e#

Willa dragged her eyes away from the window. The waitress had climbed on the back of Lucky’s bike, holding tight to his lean waist as they roared out of the parking lot.