me, Craig would have kept them for me if I couldn’t bring them, but I would have missed them terribly,” she said.
“Who is Craig? You mentioned him before,” Mike bit out.
“Oh, he is my best friend and work colleague from the clinic,” Emma said in reply.
“So you haven’t left a husband or boyfriend behind?” Mike asked, he watched her pale and shake her head. “No, no one, just Craig.” Mike got the impression that wasn’t the full truth, but not an outright lie either.
Chapter Two
At that moment, a car pulled up and a man stepped out. Emma couldn’t help but notice his resemblance to Mike, just slightly shorter and not as broad, she watched him walk towards her with a cheeky smile.
“Hey, you must be Emma. I’m Scott, Mike’s younger and better looking brother.” He proceeded to pick her up and hug her, Emma was sure she heard him sniff her hair, but instantly liked him. He reminded her of Craig for some reason, but she doubted a big man like Scott was gay. Scott put her back on her feet and looked at her funny.
“Who was the last person to touch you other than Grams?” he asked.
Emma took a step back, suddenly feeling scared and confused. Brian always sniffed her and asked who she had touched. Considering he was the reason she left London, she couldn’t believe it was happening again.
“Why?” she asked. A quick look at Mike revealed he looked just as confused.
“Scott, what’s going on? Come over here, you’re making Emma uncomfortable.”
Scott stepped back. “I’m so sorry, Emma, it’s just whoever it was smells divine, I didn’t mean to scare you, the scent just overwhelmed me for a second.”
“Right, okay, no problem, the last person to touch me was my best friend Craig. He hugged me before I left this morning.”
“Interesting,” was all Scott said.
He bent and grabbed all of the bags and the suitcase at Emma’s feet and said “Grab the viv Mike, I’ve got these, is she in the attic suite?” Without waiting for a response, he walked into the house.
Mike shrugged his shoulders, raised an eyebrow at Emma and said, “Come on let’s get you settled, so I can get to my office and get started on some paperwork.”
Emma grabbed the last two bags, which contained Jack’s toys and food, and shut the door. She watched Mike lift the viv with ease, it had taken her and Craig both to put it in the car this morning. She walked over and shut the boot. Emma grabbed the wires trailing from the viv. Mike tipped his head to get her to follow and led the way into the house. Just past the office, he mounted a staircase. Emma got a great view of a perfect arse encased in tight denim, the throbbing in her core, that had settled to a mild ache, was now banging away like a kid with a new drum. She heard a noise that sounded very much like a growl come from Mike. She looked up to see he had caught her watching him, his eyes looked like they glowed for a split second, then dulled again. Scott appeared above them.
“Come on, bro, what’s taking so long? I’ve cleared the sideboard top for you to put the viv on, there is an extension there too if you need it,” he said,
“How do you know so much about viv’s, Scott?” Mike asked.
“You know Danny I was seeing in college? He was into reptiles. So what you got in there Emma, a snake or a lizard?”
“You’re gay?” Emma spluttered.
Scott laughed and said, “Yeah, I hope that’s not a problem for you?”
“No, not at all, Craig is gay, it just surprised me, that’s all. It’s a dragon called Dolly in the viv,” Emma said.
“Cool,” was the only response from Scott.
Emma couldn’t believe this place. Not only did it have the embodiment of her dream man, but Craig’s too! She couldn’t wait to tell him.
They reached the top of the stairs and stood on the landing. It continued to the back of the house and had eight doors coming off of it. To her left a smaller flight of stairs headed up to the attic and that’s