The Wrong Brother's Temptation novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Sienna

I heard her plop on the bed and I imagined her twirling an idle strand of hair with her finger.

“Where is Aaron?”

“He entered the ballroom with Sandra”

“Goddess, how do you even tolerate seeing him with that bitch?”

“Jane, you are trailing off again!”

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“Well then just get to know your blind date and see if he is not an asshole like your last one, flirt with him a little. Take your mind off Connor for some time. And call me the second anything goes wrong.”

I chuckled despite myself. “What are you going to do? Run over to this ball and slap the shit out of him?”

“Don’t underestimate me, I might do that”

I laughed at that.

“And Sienna?”

“Yes?”

“I truly hope you really know what you are doing.”

I didn’t but I lied. “Sure, thanks girl.”

The second I disconnected, my phone buzzed.

Connor: If you don’t start replying back, we are having some serious talk.

Me: I got a headache and I am going to sleep. Talk to you later.

I sent a text just to stop him from texting me, thanked the Goddess for the pocket the dress came with to shove my phone inside it and was about to enter the ballroom when a bouncer stopped me.

“Please wear one of the masks, miss. This is a masked ball”

He gestured to a dozen or so staff members standing outside the entrance, all holding trays filled with a variety of masks.

I picked one on a whim, a half mask that only covered my eyes and nose.

Connor wasn’t so easily persuaded so now he was calling me. I grudgingly picked it up.

“Do you know when to stop? I told you I was going to sleep and yet you are….

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I rambled for a while, taking out all my frustration on him and realized I was the only one who was talking so I stopped abruptly.

“Connor, are you even there?” I asked into the phone and then I heard his voice that did something to my insides.

“Yeah, just…listening to your voice…”

His voice had no business sounding so husky and gravely.

“Heard me? Good, now go to sleep”

“Are you telling me you are sleeping with seventy woofers around you because what the hell is that noise?”

Oh shit.

I covered the speaker but he had already heard enough.

“Where are you, sweetheart? Your boyfriend is missing you.”

“Look, you are not my boyfriend. You are just a way to get to Aaron.”

His voice dropped a beat, that casual cockiness disappearing when he next spoke.

“Is that so? Then answer me, did you not think of me even once while I was gone?”

“Nope,” I said, and just then someone appeared at my elbow.

“Sienna?”

I turned to look at a man wearing a dark jacket, and an easy smile.

“That’s me”

“Who is that?” Connor asked immediately through the phone.

“Nobody, I have to go,” I said.

“Don’t you dare lie to me…”

“Bye, Connor.” I hung up.

Meanwhile, the man extended his hand. “Hi, I’m Josh,” he said. “Aaron set up our blind date tonight. He has told me about you.”

“Oh, he did?” I asked, slipping my hand in his to give it a shake.

“Quite a lot, actually.”

He looked decent, had a good smile and seemed familiar “He said you were going through a rough time and could use a friendly face.”

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Wait what?

I was going to have words with Aaron about phrasing. “That’s very kind of him,” I replied.

“Yeah, if you remember, we were in one of the group projects back in grade 7…”

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Josh kept rambling but I was too busy silencing my phone because a string of messages from Connor were popping up on my screen.

Aaron materialized from somewhere suddenly.

“Oh, good that you guys met already,” he muttered, clapping Josh on the shoulder.

“Good. Josh has been asking about you for weeks already and…” Josh gave him a sideways look and Aaron corrected himself, “…anyway, shall we go in?”

He then said to Josh. “I hope you will take good care of her while I enjoy the ball with my girlfriend.”

“Of course” Josh said and his hand casually rested on the small of my back as we went inside and I was enamored by the beauty of the place.

Chandeliers the size of small cars were hanging at different heights, throwing fractured light across everything. Delicate flowers were arranged in towering centerpieces all across the huge space.

The floor was pale marble and already full of couples, some of whom had already taken over the dance floor as a slow, soft beat played over. A band stood at the corner playing waltz.

And somehow, my brain imagined me dancing to the slow beat with a tall, particularly handsome man who called me Speckles not Sia.

I shook my head, telling myself to get a grip over my traitorous thoughts. Maybe, I was experiencing withdrawal symptoms after getting addicted to Connor in a matter of days.

I needed another distraction….I needed to flirt with Josh as per Jane. I just didn’t know how because my single heart had never even attempted it with Aaron.

And I didn’t know what I was doing with Connor but it had to stop now.

Sandra had already picked the most outrageous mask and was clicking pictures of herself when we approached her.

“I love this.” She held the mask up to her face, angling toward Aaron with her chin lifted. “How do I look?”

“Perfect as always,” he complimented her and turned to us.

“You are taking so many pictures. How about a group pic?”

He suggested but didn’t notice her frown as he ushered Josh and I to stand beside him.

She reluctantly took one but he urged her to post it and she grudgingly did.

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Great, now Connor would know where I was and with who!

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I just hoped he wouldn’t come over and thrash poor Josh like he did to the resort guy because this time I was truly not messing around.

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