The Anthony Brothers - Accidental Love (#1), Contemporary Romance Series Read Free

and ran a hand over his clean-cut black hair. A blush quickly covered his pale white skin. “She’s not just my girlfriend.”
    Santana’s eyes widened, ready for a juicy story. “You’re…going to be a dad?”
    Jin cast a glare at his younger brother – one that clearly said, what is wrong with you? “No,” he shook his head. “We’re just engaged. That’s all.”
    All four mouths dropped open.
    “What?!” Zack eventually exclaimed. “Well done,” he followed.
    They had a barrage of questions after their congratulations.
    “When did this happen?”
    “ How did this happen?”
    “How did you get a girl as pretty as her to agree to marry you?”
    “How did you meet?”
    “I thought you’d end up with the monks!”
    It was Jai who’d cracked this joke, of course. Everyone paused and stared at him before bursting into laughter.
    “Now, now, we all know Jin is just selective. Seems he’s chosen well.”
    Jai looked absolutely dumbfounded and he began looking from Jin to his laptop then back to his laptop again. “Well… I just always assumed that…”
    Red-faced, Zack was slowly trying to hold back the laughter in order to respond on behalf of his ‘twin’. “I think what Jai is trying to say is that next to him, we always figured you’d be the last person to get into a relationship.”
    “Hey…” Jai began to protest at the implication that he had as bad of a track record as Jin.
    “I agree with Jai and Zack,” Markus nodded, getting back on topic, “You were celibate pretty much throughout high school…and college…and medical school. Unlike Santana here who I’m pretty sure went out with every girl in his class.”
    A smirk appeared on Santana’s face as he said, “I’m doing the females a service.”
    He got a collective response of protesting glares and a couple of couch pillows thrown his way.
    Jin grinned as he watched the scene, enjoying the company of his brothers and how free he was to be himself when he was around them. Of the five, he’d always been the more bookish one. He knew he deserved their ribbing about his dating history, or lack thereof.
    It wasn’t that he was bad looking. In fact, he was sure that he was fairly attractive – especially considering how he’d managed to push himself to stay fit as a distraction from the books all these years. It was just that during his studies, he was really driven to accomplish his dreams and women weren’t a priority. He didn’t find the time to date even after he’d became an accomplished podiatrist and established his own practice.
    He was content with this until he met Mei-Ling during a convention for alternative medicine. She was a holistic healer visiting from Hong Kong. Since she was one of the guest speakers and he was one of the convention’s organizers, he was asked to be her host. She planned to live in the US for a year to conduct trainings on holistic healing. She and Jin begun hanging out even after the convention and somehow, she filled a void in Jin he hadn’t even known was there.
    Jin straightened on his seat as he tried to explain the connection he had with Mei-Ling to his brothers. They’d always been encouraged to learn more about their heritage, but they’d mostly been content to identify with each other and their upbringing as part of the Anthony family.
    “Don’t get me wrong. What we had growing up… I’d never exchange that for any other upbringing. I wouldn’t trade this family for anything, but still…When I met Mei-Ling, it’s like she ignited that part of me that wants to know more about myself. More about who I am and where I come from.”
    Some of his brothers looked at him in awe while others will still amused by it all. Jin rarely ever spoke, but when he did, he often spoke quite eloquently. However, they’ve never actually thought about exploring their individual roots. They’d always just been satisfied being the All-American melting pot known as the Anthony brothers. Race and