I Choose You (The Billionaire Brothers Series) Read Free

just going to be honest with you: I’m hella nervous right now. Getting called to your office is like getting called to the Principal’s office in high school. It’s never good news.”
    Trevillo almost smiled. She was nervous. And she was cute. A downright sexy combination that had his snake head rearing up in its cage.
    “Relax, Miss Kingston. You’re not endangered. You were summoned here to be informed of your new contract. That is, the Skylark project.”
    Taking another step backwards, her eyes widened.
    Damn those eyes.
    “What? No!” Instantly, her hand flew to her mouth at her outburst, and then she said in more polite manner, “I mean, I can’t.”
    Arching a brow at her audacity, he figured it was time to snap out of his school-boy lusting. “May I ask what sane person tries to turn down a contract for a high-end project coming directly from me ?”
    “Aside from the fact that I’m currently contracted on a nightclub, I-I don’t specialize in residential projects. Let alone tower lofts and penthouses.”
    Staring back at her, Trevillo realized she was genuinely frightened by the idea of working on a project this big. Which was both unfathomable and unacceptable. A designer is a designer. Whether it’s a club, house, store, office … designers design .
    “Miss Kingston, if we have given you a position here at The Dean’s Realty after your internship, then it’s because you fit the criteria of everything we look for in our designers. We don’t hire inept idiots or cowards. Also, if I have called you to my office to speak to you in person — which is a rarefied action — then it’s because I’ve seen your work and believe that you can suit my needs. Are you a coward, Miss Kingston? Are you inept?”
    “No, but I — ”
    “Your current contract is up in two days. On Friday, you will be taken to Skylark’s work site so you can view what you will be working with. If you prefer a virtual tour of the building emailed to you instead, no problem. Seven days is all I’m giving you to create your designs. I need three different options to choose from. Please bear in mind the type of project that Skylark is. The best requires nothing but the best.”
    She took a step forward this time, her hands clasped under her chin. “Please, Mr. Nelson, I ca — ”
    “Do you remember when I said you weren’t endangered, Miss Kingston? It was only but a minute ago.”
    “Yes,” she said with caution.
    “Well, I lied. If you turn this down, then you’ve automatically relinquished your position here at The Dean’s Realty. You also will not receive any referrals from this company when you try to seek another employment.”
    She shifted her gaze and fixated it on his topaz birthstone that had a real scorpion embedded inside it, sitting proudly on his desk, used as a paperweight. Worrying her lower lip, she watched the stone for a long while, then sighed in defeat. “Okay. But, can I at least have two weeks to — ”
    “Seven days, Miss Kingston,” he clipped, leaving no room for debate. “You’re dismissed.”
    Nodding, she turned and slipped through the door.
    Trevillo watched the door long after she went through it, every feature of the peculiar girl who was just standing in his office burned into his mind: from her exotic blue eyes to her plump red lips to her whispery voice …
    An ache throbbed below, telling him it needed some attention, or it would blow. Leaning back in his chair, he adjusted his crotch to ease the ache.
    Who was that girl?
    She was young. Twenty-five. So why was he so goddamn affected? The last time this shit happened with a younger woman, it was with his brother’s fiancée. Even then, it wasn’t this bad. No woman had ever rendered him speechless or temporarily paralyzed before, younger or older. None. So much so that he’d just sat there and shamelessly raped her with his eyes.
    Talk about unprecedented.
    Trevillo glanced down at the bulge in his pants and sighed. He needed