is actual love in his eyes.
“Fun,” I lie. “Your mom did a top-notch job on this party.”
“She had a lot of help.” Sarah laughs. “Speaking of which, where is this guy you’re dating?” Sarah asks.
“In Seattle. His brother’s sick.”
“Jenny’s dating a famous hockey player,” Sarah adds, as if she hasn’t already told him this.
“Right, Lawrence Eckelston, the Canadian kid. He’s a talented player.” He grins when he says “kid” and I want to stab him. But I don’t.
“That’s him.” I smirk.
“Wait, isn’t that him!” Sarah points behind me.
I turn, smiling the moment our eyes meet.
28
The evil stepsister
Lori
She’s the sexiest friggin’ thing I’ve ever seen. Her pale blue backless dress swishes as she turns, flashing a lot of leg and side boob. All I want to do is rip her clothes off.
But I’m here to meet her family so I rein it in, settling for just a sly grin as I walk to where she’s standing next to some dude and a small brunette. In her heels, Jenny’s the same height as him, and they both tower over the girl. I assume this is Stepsister Sarah by the eye fucking I’m getting. She’s blatantly letting me know that if I wanted to, we could bang.
“You came!” Jenny’s excited, even as she sounds like she’s trying to be cool. Probably an act for the stepsister.
“Of course. I missed you.” I lean in and take a slight inhale of her as I plant a kiss on her cheek. The cherry is heady and tempting, but I tell myself it’s only a couple of hours and we’ll be alone.
“This is Sarah and her boyfriend, Bradly.” She points at the guy and the brunette. “And this is Lori.”
“Dude, I’m a huge fan. Sorry about the playoffs,” Bradly gushes, making the stepsister scowl.
“Yeah, thanks. Nice to meet you guys.” I slide a hand around Jenny’s waist, noticing how soft the dress is. My fingers dig into her side, I want to grip her but the brunette is still grinning at me. “So you’re Judith’s daughter?”
“That’s right.” Sarah bats her lashes, still flirting with me. Even Bradly notices and it’s his turn to be annoyed.
“Okay, well we should find Judith and Dad,” Jenny says and slides her hand into mine and pulls me away.
“I wanna fuck you so bad right now,” I whisper in her ear as we cross the crowded room of people glancing at us.
“I think my stepsister wants to fuck you more,” she giggles her words and snuggles into my face as I plant another kiss on her cheek.
“Yeah, I think people across the room caught that message. She’s vengeful. Exactly as you described. Poor Bradly. He has no idea what he’s in for.”
“He knows. He chooses not to see.” She turns to me. “Thank you for coming.” Her face is food for my soul. “I’m so sorry about your brother. How is he?”
“Let’s talk about that later. I need my game face on.”
“Okay.” She squeezes my hand and pulls me to the spot where Josh is.
“Lori!” Josh rushes me. We hug it out. Our bromance is still going strong. “You made it.”
“Yeah, man.”
“How’s your bro?”
“He’s in the right place to get the help he needs. Thanks for asking.” I slap him on the back as he turns and introduces me like I’m his date.
“Dad, Judith, this is Lawrence Eckelston. Lori, this is Dad and Judith.”
“Nice to meet you,” I say as I shake Jenny’s dad’s hand. He’s got the scary firm grip all teenage boys dread from the dad of the girl they're banging. The stepmom gives me the same greasy eye fucking her daughter offered up.
“Lori, I was hoping to meet you. We’ve spoken so much.” Judith attacks, hugging and spinning me away from Jenny and Josh. “This young man was instrumental in the planning of this party. He practically did everything.”
Jenny’s dad lifts a bushy eyebrow and I wonder if we’re wearing the same face.
“Anything to help out,” I glance back at Jenny.
She winks at me and her dad lightens. “Lawrence Eckelston at my birthday. The guys at the legion are never going to believe this.” He slaps me on the arm. “Rick Snowdon.”
“It’s a pleasure, sir.” I nod.
“Lori was the one who found the caterers and the planners. He knew everyone we needed. We couldn’t have pulled this off without him.” Judith is going on and using her body to ensure Jenny and Josh stay behind us.
“You in party planning on the side, son?” Jenny’s dad asks with a grin.
“No.”