Lovely Neighbor by Alexa Riley Page 0,27
moving at light speed.
His sister is dressed in a beautiful suit and I remember Devin mentioning that she’s a lawyer and that they work side by side. Like this condo, she looks expensive, but not in a showy over-the-top way.
“Well, look at you. I never thought my brother would catch a woman so gorgeous.” Renee’s whole face lights up with a smile that instantly puts me at ease.
“That makes two of us.” Devin walks over to me and puts his hand on my back. “Erin, this is my sister, Renee.”
I walk forward and take the hand she’s holding out for me. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“It’s more than nice to meet you.” Her smile grows bigger.
“Nee.” Devin shakes his head and gives her a look that clearly does nothing.
“What? You’re always all up in my love life.”
“Speaking of, isn’t that where you should be right now? At home making an honest woman out of Danielle before she finds someone that will?”
“Shut up.” She glares at her brother.
“Just saying.” He shrugs.
“What’s for dinner around here?” Renee changes the subject. “God knows he can’t cook.” In an attempt to hide my laughter, I snort.
“And you can?” he tosses back at her.
“No one can order takeout better than me. I know all the best places and have their numbers saved in my phone.”
“Who calls restaurants anymore? The skill is ordering online.”
I bite my lip to keep from laughing more as I watch them fight over who is better at ordering food. If I didn't know they were lawyers before, I would now. After ten minutes of fighting, Devin finally breaks and lets Renee order dinner for all of us. Then she makes herself right at home with Moose on the sofa. She doesn't seem to care that he's getting dog hair all over her clothes either.
“There is a great building around the corner from where Danielle and I live. I know they have a ton of spots open for rental,” Renee says later as we eat our food.
She dips her cheeseburger into a giant pile of ketchup and somehow manages not to get any on her face.
“I’m going to show her one here,” Devin cuts in.
“A girl needs her options.” My eyes ping pong between them.
“Just like Danielle probably needs to check them out too since she’s still single.”
“She’s not single,” Renee grits out.
“Answer me this, when she has to fill out a form, does she check married or single?”
Renee’s lips purse at his question.
“There actually aren't any available units in this building.” They both look at me before I pop another shrimp in my mouth. “In fact, there’s a wait list.”
“I’ll look into it,” Devin responds, and Renee hides a smirk behind her burger. “There’s no rush though. You can keep staying here.”
“That’s an idea too.” Renee nods. “Devin has all this extra space.”
Well, that changed fast. First I felt like they were fighting over me and now it feels like they’re suddenly on the same team against me finding somewhere else to live.
Renee’s phone chimes and she checks the screen. “Dani is on her way home, so I’m heading out.” She pops up from the table.
“So you were just bored and decided to pop in and see what was going on over here?” Devin cocks his head to the side and glares at her.
“Sorry about that. I didn't know you’d be going at it when I got here.” She gives me an apologetic look. “Then it was too late to turn back so I thought I’d meet the woman driving you crazy. I can see why.” She winks at me as she grabs her bag.
“It was nice meeting you.” I stand up and she gives me a hug.
“It was nice meeting you too.” She hugs Devin next before picking up her burger to take it with her.
“Oh, Erin, before I go. Have you ever been to Milan?”
“Oh my god,” Devin mutters.
“No. I’ve never left the country.”
“Hmm. You should see it sometime. I think you’d love it.” With that, she’s out the door and shoving the rest of her burger into her mouth.
“She’s nice,” I say when the door closes behind her.
“She’s a lot of things,” he laughs. “And I think she won that round.”
I have no idea what he’s talking about, but as he slowly walks towards me all I can do is stare at his mouth. Everything that happened before his sister got here plays in my mind and I feel hot.
“Devin. I want—” He cuts me off when he