Page 21 of Decidedly Off Limits

But shit happens—and it doesn’t matter who’s wrong and who isn’t, it comes down to doing what’s right.

And messing up Kelsey’s love life was the right thing to do. She deserved better than the asshat from Friday, a fact her brother would’ve agreed with.

Pushing aside thoughts of whom she could possibly deserve, I returned my attention to the presentation I was preparing for tomorrow’s meeting. But as much as I tried to focus on the numbers, thoughts of Kelsey popped into my head. Like the way she looked in her dress on Friday, with her deep cleavage that I wanted to explore with my tongue.

Yeah, I know—the irony wasn’t lost on me at how I’d been pissed at the jerk-off for having the same thoughts I currently entertained. The difference between us was that I wouldn’t follow through with my lust-filled thoughts. I wouldn’t hurt Kelsey. Could he claim the same?

Yep, I didn’t think so either.

I spent the next hour analyzing numbers. One of the best things about working long after everyone else had left for the day was that no one was around to interrupt me. No one was phoning or emailing me, demanding my instant attention. Normally Holly would’ve been here, but she’d left hours ago to shop for her mom’s birthday present.

I was finishing the final points to the presentation when a knock on my open office door startled me.

“Hey, how’s it going?” Holly entered, a Victoria’s Secret bag dangling from her hand.

“You got your mom sexy lingerie?” Christ, I couldn’t imagine doing that for my mom. That was wrong on so many levels.

Holly shook her head and removed two satin thongs—one dark green, the other black—from the bag. “I got these for me. What do you think?” She held up the black one with both hands.

“Nice,” I said, squirming slightly. We were friends, but unless the guy was gay, this wasn’t the type of conversation you had with your male friends—except if you were hoping to get laid.

“I bumped into your sister and Kelsey there. They got some too.”

I immediately blocked out the part about Erin. TMI. Instead, visions of Kelsey in nothing more than a black thong danced in my head.

And my cock instantly responded. I discreetly adjusted myself, unseen by Holly thanks to the desk. No point in her guessing where my lust-filled thoughts were when it came to my best friend’s sister.

“I really like Erin and Kelsey,” she said. “They’re nice.”

“Erin can be a bit of a pain in the ass at times, but other than that, you’re right. They are…nice.” If only my thoughts about Kelsey were on the nice side too. But with memories of the black thong flashing in my head, they leaned more toward naughty than nice.

“We had dinner together, which is why I’m so late getting back to the office.” She grinned. “Did you miss me?”

“Of course. Did you have fun?”Did Kelsey mention me?

Holly nodded. “We even managed to get Kelsey another date.” She dangled the thong in the air again. “I think I’ll go slip this on.” She said something else, but I was too busy seeing stars to hear what it was.

“Okay,” I mumbled, biting back the urge to call my sister and ream her out. What the hell was she thinking after the last disaster of a date?

I was so busy fuming on the inside about the date, I hadn’t noticed Holly leave my office until I looked up and discovered she was gone. I grabbed my cell phone and dialed Erin’s number.

Before she had a chance to say anything, I blurted, “What’s this about you getting Kelsey another date?” I cringed as soon as the words were out. The last thing I needed was for Erin to know how I felt about her best friend.

As it was, it had taken her a long time to forgive me for what happened with her crazy classmate back in college.

A mistake I still regretted to this day.

A mistake I had made after returning home for the summer, ready to make a move on Kelsey now that we were older and the age difference didn’t seem so great…only to find out she had a boyfriend.

You guessed it. Her now ex-fiancé.

What about Liam, you ask? This was back before I realized making a move on my best friend’s sister wasn’t okay. Blame it on my horny hormones, if you must.

“And hello to you too,” Erin said.

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

She chuckled. “I’m sure you are. Anyway, what’s wrong with me finding Kelsey another date? Her last one was a flop, but it doesn’t mean the poor girl has to remain single for the rest of her life.”