A Moment Like You (The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers #2) - Claudia Burgoa Page 0,21

oldest of the six, but I swear everyone fears him—including me.

“I found you two available houses, just the way you requested them.” He places a folder and a couple of brochures on my desk.

The places look brand new.

“Where are they?” I ask, because I don’t want them in Happy Springs.

“Here in Baker’s Creek. In the south part of town. Rodin bought a chunk of land and is building a small development,” he states. “They are close to each other and only available for sale.”

“Buy them,” I order.

Vance chuckles. “I don’t work for you, Henry,” he informs me. “I looked for the houses because Blaire said they might be for Sophia and her parents.”

I nod. “Yeah, she’s right. Sophia should be here tomorrow,” I explain. “Until we can close on the houses, she’ll stay in the presidential suite.”

“Do you have any idea how much money we’re losing because you won’t let any guests stay in there?”

“It’s Sophia’s suite,” I inform him.

He smirks. “Help me here, Henry,” he says. “What is happening between you two? Does this have anything to do with the security video you had me delete on Saturday?”

I move my attention away from the houses to him and say, “You didn’t see it, did you?”

He shakes his head but responds, “It’s obvious what was in there, Henry. I’m not stupid. You fucked your assistant.”

In that precise moment, Pierce enters my office and his eyes open wide. “You fucking idiot.”

Dividing this conference room into two offices so we could have a space to work was a bad idea. All day I keep listening to his phone conversations, and he keeps coming to my office to tell me to shut up because I’m too loud. If I didn’t have to defend myself, I’d be telling him to stop interfering and mind his fucking business.

“No, I didn’t,” I argue. “It wasn’t like that… It’s more complicated.”

“Did you hurt her?” Vance’s question is followed by a loud thunk on the table. “I swear if you did—”

“Dude, I would never harm Sophia,” I interrupt him and look at my brothers, reassuring them and still not telling them that I’d do anything to protect her. “Ever,” I assure them.

“There’s something going on between the two of you,” Vance claims. “I don’t know if the rest have noticed, but I…” He shrugs. “You can deny it, but I know that there’s something going between the two of you. Actually, don’t deny it or you’ll piss me off because I’m anything but dumb. A word of advice: Dragging her to this hellhole is not the way to get the girl.”

“Because kicking the guy who watched you while you were injured is?” I throw a question of my own.

The day we moved to Baker’s Creek his friend, Bennett Crawford, brought him injured. Hayes and Blaire had to perform surgery in the middle of the dining room to retrieve a bullet from his leg. Crawford stayed for a couple of days, looking after him. Once Vance could walk, he kicked him out and, after a big fight, the guy just left without another word.

“You’ve no idea what you’re talking about,” he says. “Now, back to Sophia and her parents. What the fuck are you doing?”

“Henry, I need you to be honest with me,” Pierce interrupts my two-way conversation with Vance and stares at me. “Do I have to worry about a lawsuit?”

“It’s not like that,” I insist.

It was almost like that, I remind myself of what I almost did in the elevator.

“So if I go through the footage, I won’t find anything compromising,” Vance concludes. “Because let me tell you, I like her more than I like you. If there’s anything that can fuck you, I’ll give it to her wrapped in a pretty gold ribbon.”

“We kissed,” I say. Only giving him part of what happened. “It was late, and I…”

“You are fucked in many ways, and I don’t mean just legally. You’re treading into dangerous territory,” Pierce states. “You’re forcing her to move to Baker’s Creek after kissing her. This isn’t looking good for you. I don’t dislike you as much as Vance does, but I’d definitely be her lawyer.”

I glare at them both, and they are smirking at each other.

“Are you two fucking with me?”

They laugh long and loud. Fuckers.

“You’re such an easy target,” Pierce answers. “We can’t help it. Now, about your company, as your lawyer I’d say this isn’t looking great.”

He sets a few folders on top of my desk and repeats. “Sophia handled the