stormed into the office chamber of his el

are you trying

paperwork on the table before returning to his

nin snarled, leaning on the table and glaring at hi

nything, Ron," there were times Erik wished to smack that needless attitude out of his younger brother, but this was not the time to lose patience. The entire day was ahead o

ay away from the Bakersfield project. Yet, you went to Dad and spewed nonsense. If you're so frustrate

hilarious that you think I h

to do with you, right?" Ronin raised his brow. "Which is nothing more than a sneaky way of keeping tabs o

feet, rounding his office desk, and folding his arms over his chest, his gaze fixed on the only other person in the room. "Recently, none of your decisions have benefited the family's reputation. Almost th

" Ronin

even stand to he

ear it from you. And the next time her name comes out of yo

nmoved by the a

prodded Erik's chest with his finger. "Stay

, he

your blood pressure will shoot through the roof. And

another intense glare. "You want me to take it eas

dear wife was inflicting upon herself. To him, she was simply fretting for nothing. "I can ta

nly, what, fifty or something? Probably less. Obviously, there were a lot of years ahead of them and she couldn't afford to look anything but her abso

he juice, his gorgeo

and demeanour to put much younger and much more attractive actors to shame. Not t

by her dainty shoulders and smiled sweetly at her. "How long do you think you can keep them in check? You must let them go and follow their cou

orced Carmen, Ed. He didn't even bother to seek our opinion. What on earth was he

ising his beautiful wife wa

r immature teens. They couldn't simply drag them by their ears and fo

e wrong if she did. What have we ever done for her anyway? We couldn't even convince Ronin that Carmen was the right one fo

ms. "You're barking up the wrong tree, darl

ok, unable to grasp what h

that Jenna is merely a catalyst. The t

s it take someone to move on from a girl who dumped them at the altar? Literally. Not only did s

did was wrong and utterly mortifying for him and his family. But it was nine months ago. Why couldn't she simply let it go? What good would

it go. We can't undo what happened." Eddie dropped his h

I don't trust Jenna anymore, Ed-I never even liked her-if it weren't for Roni

. He could never win from his stu

gh, he caved in. "Fine.

's words, a cheeky grin tuggi

his wife had everything mapped out. "

meone tight-lipped for this one, and let'

ded by that statement.

and pulling him for a kiss on his cheek. "But we

ax him by being all cute and sweet. God, he loved her so much. He let her press another kiss to his cheek

d. Just know that I'm going to reunite Carmen and Ronin

d this planned, must she be

you want, but be careful and make sure you do

only then, he kissed her forehead a

sight and earshot, Jane ma

the closest room and shut the door behind her. "All right, now Eddie is

Mrs Logan. I'll wait for y

grinned as she h

reat. She had never fe