Brando smiling.
“Come on in.”
She stepped back and he walked past her. She could smell his cologne and that dark, masculine scent she associated with Brando. Only Brando.
“Brando Santini, this is my brother Aeden Fitzpatrick, who was just leaving.”
“I was not,” he said as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the kitchen counter.
Killing was too good. Although, it would take more planning to hide the body. She would just castrate him. “Yes, you were. Remember, you had a date.”
Aeden shrugged without taking his gaze off Brando. “She can wait.”
“And, he is a pig,” she said.
Brando nodded in Aeden’s direction with about as much warmth as Aeden was showing him. Dammit , he wasn’t going to leave. He would have a stare down for hours. Declan, one of her other brothers, had always said that Aeden could stare at anything for hours. He was going to be a big pain in the ass. As usual.
“How was your drive?” she asked as she led Brando into the living room.
“Pretty good. I thought I would never make it through DC traffic. I regret not hitting seventeen off of sixty-six to avoid it.”
She smiled as she motioned to the couch. Brando waited for her to sit before he did. She sat down on the opposite end of the couch.
“Yeah, it gets insane at times. That’s why I love being here. Granted, the traffic is still a pain, but it isn’t as bad as Baltimore or DC.”
Aeden apparently decided to invite himself into the conversation. He sat on the chair. She was surprised he didn’t sit between them. She was going to have to invest more time in watching Discovery ID to get pointers about covering up a murder.
“How do you two know each other?” he asked in his older brother voice. She was going to have to come up with something to get rid of him.
“College,” she said, trying to ignore him.
“And you’re stationed here?”
Great. The interrogation was going to be extensive if she didn’t get Aeden out of her house.
“No,” Brando said with a smile.
Kaitlin had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Her brother was not happy with that answer. He could usually intimidate men she dated, but Kaitlin had a feeling that Brando would be the exception to the rule. Still, he needed to leave. If he didn’t, she would never get her hands on Brando. That was the most important thing.
“You know that Wendy was going to go by Declan’s tonight,” she said nonchalantly.
That grabbed her brother’s attention. His gaze moved to her, and he narrowed his eyes. “What?”
“She has forty-eight hours off in a row, so she’s going to stop by. I think she said something about that new guy you have at the house.”
She did not feel the least bit guilty throwing her friend under the bus. Besides, Wendy always wanted to know about the new guys at the stationhouse where her brother worked. Kaitlin was pretty sure it was to irritate her brother.
His frown turned darker. Oh, she loved getting the best of Aeden.
“Which one?”
“I’m not sure. She said something about a sexy redhead, and that she wanted to get to know him better.”
Aeden was definitely torn. Her brother and Wendy had a love/hate relationship. She knew that both of them were attracted to each other, but neither of them would act on it. Wendy would make her pay for it later, but there was one thing that would get Aeden out of her house, and that was to keep men away from Wendy.
“What the hell is she doing that for?”
Kaitlin shrugged. “She said she was bored.”
With a growl, Aeden stood and grabbed his keys off the stand. “I’ll be calling later.”
“I’ll be ignoring you.”
He hesitated. “I don’t feel right leaving you.”
“You’re being obnoxious. Go away or I’ll tell Mom who really owned the Playboys she found in the basement.”
He snarled and finally opened the door, stepped out, then slammed the door behind him. At last, they were alone. She released a breath and counted back
“Come on in.”
She stepped back and he walked past her. She could smell his cologne and that dark, masculine scent she associated with Brando. Only Brando.
“Brando Santini, this is my brother Aeden Fitzpatrick, who was just leaving.”
“I was not,” he said as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the kitchen counter.
Killing was too good. Although, it would take more planning to hide the body. She would just castrate him. “Yes, you were. Remember, you had a date.”
Aeden shrugged without taking his gaze off Brando. “She can wait.”
“And, he is a pig,” she said.
Brando nodded in Aeden’s direction with about as much warmth as Aeden was showing him. Dammit , he wasn’t going to leave. He would have a stare down for hours. Declan, one of her other brothers, had always said that Aeden could stare at anything for hours. He was going to be a big pain in the ass. As usual.
“How was your drive?” she asked as she led Brando into the living room.
“Pretty good. I thought I would never make it through DC traffic. I regret not hitting seventeen off of sixty-six to avoid it.”
She smiled as she motioned to the couch. Brando waited for her to sit before he did. She sat down on the opposite end of the couch.
“Yeah, it gets insane at times. That’s why I love being here. Granted, the traffic is still a pain, but it isn’t as bad as Baltimore or DC.”
Aeden apparently decided to invite himself into the conversation. He sat on the chair. She was surprised he didn’t sit between them. She was going to have to invest more time in watching Discovery ID to get pointers about covering up a murder.
“How do you two know each other?” he asked in his older brother voice. She was going to have to come up with something to get rid of him.
“College,” she said, trying to ignore him.
“And you’re stationed here?”
Great. The interrogation was going to be extensive if she didn’t get Aeden out of her house.
“No,” Brando said with a smile.
Kaitlin had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Her brother was not happy with that answer. He could usually intimidate men she dated, but Kaitlin had a feeling that Brando would be the exception to the rule. Still, he needed to leave. If he didn’t, she would never get her hands on Brando. That was the most important thing.
“You know that Wendy was going to go by Declan’s tonight,” she said nonchalantly.
That grabbed her brother’s attention. His gaze moved to her, and he narrowed his eyes. “What?”
“She has forty-eight hours off in a row, so she’s going to stop by. I think she said something about that new guy you have at the house.”
She did not feel the least bit guilty throwing her friend under the bus. Besides, Wendy always wanted to know about the new guys at the stationhouse where her brother worked. Kaitlin was pretty sure it was to irritate her brother.
His frown turned darker. Oh, she loved getting the best of Aeden.
“Which one?”
“I’m not sure. She said something about a sexy redhead, and that she wanted to get to know him better.”
Aeden was definitely torn. Her brother and Wendy had a love/hate relationship. She knew that both of them were attracted to each other, but neither of them would act on it. Wendy would make her pay for it later, but there was one thing that would get Aeden out of her house, and that was to keep men away from Wendy.
“What the hell is she doing that for?”
Kaitlin shrugged. “She said she was bored.”
With a growl, Aeden stood and grabbed his keys off the stand. “I’ll be calling later.”
“I’ll be ignoring you.”
He hesitated. “I don’t feel right leaving you.”
“You’re being obnoxious. Go away or I’ll tell Mom who really owned the Playboys she found in the basement.”
He snarled and finally opened the door, stepped out, then slammed the door behind him. At last, they were alone. She released a breath and counted back
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