ROMANCE: Stepbrother Crazy Seal (Bad Boy Navy Seal Billionaire Stepbrother) (New Adult Alpha BBW Menage Contemporary) by WANDA EDMOND

not to mention the late nights and mandatory social events she would have to attend? It was one of the many reasons she had elected long ago to avoid serious relationships. It’s difficult to get to the top when you have someone constantly nagging about how you spend your time. She sighed and watched as the taxi whirled around a tight corner and the tower came into view. It was stunning, stretching high above the other structures with the metal glistening in the early afternoon sun. Elena eyed Daemon suspiciously as a grin washed over his face.
    “Everything ok dear?” Her tone was snappy.
         He looked up from his conversation distantly and gave her a warm smile, “Yes of course. Stocks are hitting a high today with the newest releases, good news for all.”
    “Oh,” Elena’s voice brightened slightly, “Yes that is good news.”
         Kelsey watched the scene unfold and knew exactly what was happening between them as she had seen it many times before. The relationships always start out great between her father and his latest fling, but as time goes on the woman usually learns of his womanizing past and begins to grow suspicious. Though Kelsey had never know her father to be a cheater, he still liked to flirt and play with other woman in his free time, and eventually dropped his woman to search for his newest venture. Though he wasn’t in the habit of taking the plunge and marrying them, Elena would be no exception and soon a divorce would be the topic of conversation. Her inner conflicts rose up once again watching the scene as the taxi screeched a halt at the tourist entrance to the tower. She glanced at Matt once more before exiting the vehicle and walking beside him along the crowded sidewalk crammed with others getting in line to climb to the top of the tower. A pang of guilt rose up as she admired his body from the corner of her eye. She didn’t want to turn out like her father, bouncing from man to man her entire life and never getting to feel a real, lasting connection. But at the same time his lifestyle had shown her that there was little chance of finding real love in the world. Matt had shown her, through his efforts and of course the romantic dinner gesture, that he could actually be what many woman look for their entire lives, but did she want it was the question burning in her mind.
         As they stepped into the line for tickets, Matt noticed Kelsey eyeing him with a puzzling look on her face, as if she was deep in thought. He could read the confusion and resistance still in her baby blue eyes. Why does she continue to fight me like this? He struggled with the mystery. He knew that her father had a past of chasing woman, similar to his until he met Kelsey, but that was no reason to shut him out of her heart. All of this was still so new to him, as he was accustomed to woman throwing anything he wanted at his feet, including their bodies. Kelsey was the woman he was always looking for though it had taken her rejection to realize it. But now, he was unsure how to move forward, and how to make her heart his forever. He had tried showing off to impress her, which backfired terribly and even made the effort to romance her with a candlelight dinner. But it still didn’t seem like it was enough to win her over her resistance. The line moved ahead and he found himself lost in the moment, climbing the steps to the top of the tower. He would have to figure out what it would take later.
         Fortunately she had elected to wear better walking shoes because the climb was taking endurance. For the sake of those that couldn’t make the hike, they had installed elevators, but her father decided they should share in the experience and walk the 1,710 steps to the top. She glanced over the railings as the ground below grew smaller by the minute. Her head spun. Kelsey was afraid of heights and walking rather than swiftly rising to the top was like a slow torture of her nerves. She stopped to pear