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days and nights, the pool was by far her favorite part of it all. The house was great, but the infinity pool had a great view of the valley below. It was also big enough that she could manage to do laps, as opposed to the community pool that had always been jammed with neighborhood kids, so she could never practice.
    When she finally came up and stopped for a minute, she pulled herself up and slicked her hair back, squeezing the excess water out. Sighing, she looked out at the valley as the sun went down. It didn’t get much better than that. Her new life was nothing like her old, besides school and her friends, but even that had been changed. Charles’ surprise was that he had decided to pay for the next couple of years of her tuition. She was now paid up until she graduated. That translated to not having to work at the diner anymore and as soon as she had found out, she had quit. Now Drew had time to do her laps and go out with her friends. She could get used to the life of leisure.
    “You swim and paint, what else do you do?”
    “Lots.”
    He waited for her to elaborate or say something else, but she didn’t. There was a coolness about her and he was trying to figure out why she bothered him so much. He surely couldn’t expect her to swoon. He was her stepbrother after all, but something. There was no twinkle in her eyes and she didn’t seem half as bothered as he did. It irked him and it bothered him even more when her bikini-clad body, made him go back in the water to hide his erection.
    Lars ignored her as she left, doing more laps to get rid of more frustration. Lars tried to get it together and eventually he went in for dinner. Christine was a better cook than their hired cook and since she had quit her dental practice, she found more time to be domesticated as she had been before.
    It was clear that the two new siblings had not warmed up to each other. Charles and her tried to get them to talk, but Drew in particular did not have much to say. She could tell the way Lars had looked at her and while it had thrown her off, it made her respond in a way that she had not expected. It was a curve ball she didn’t see coming and even through dinner with him all the way across the table, Drew could still feel his presence.
    “So Lars, how did the merger go with Alloyd?”
    “As to be expected. They tried to add some things in at the end, but anything added was superficial at best. We made them think they had gotten the better deal. They are still very short-sighted.”
    “Well that is why we will take over management. Their style was going to end their company.”
    Lars nodded and said nothing more. He didn’t have much else to say. Christine and Charles looked at each other.
    “Well I am going to bed. Thanks it was good. Ya’ll have a good night.”
    No one made mention of her abruptness and Drew was thankful for that. The stairs seemed longer that evening, her mind heavy with issues she had not seen coming. As a planner, this was disconcerting. She had figured he would be pampered and rude, but while he was one, he was not the other. What she hadn’t planned on was the way he would look at her and the way those looks would make her feel.
    Drew spent the next hour putting up her things and thinking about the wedding the day after next. It was going to be in true Castine form and the service was going to take place on his yacht. Their honeymoon was going to be the start of their adventure and only thirty people would be attending. There was to be a service the next night, for all those that just couldn’t be there. Drew was looking forward to bringing a few of her friends over to see the house. It had been so hectic with the move and getting her classes ready, that she had not gotten to see Court and Maggie for some time.
    She called them on conference to make sure they remembered the time. Court in particular was flaky, but swore she was just joking about the later time. “Seriously Court. You need to be