The Anthony Brothers - Accidental Love (#1), Contemporary Romance Series by Harmony Bryce Page B
Authors: Harmony Bryce
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slippers were there. “See, ma? I got your back. So just chill, okay?”
She was visibly relieved as she grabbed the slippers from him in a hurry to put them on. Without another word, she linked arms with him and began dragging him down the stairs with her.
Santana was laughing all the while, making fun of her excitement. “I really don’t get why you’re so excited to see them. Compared to me, there’s really nothing particularly special about any of them.”
Mavis rolled her eyes and playfully slapped him on the arm. “You’re all special -- every single one of you!”
“Yeah, yeah…” Santana’s eyes were twinkling. “I was just joking, ma. But admit it really… I’m your favorite, right?”
Mavis gave him a pointed look before chuckling and shaking her head. They then stepped into the living room where Markus, Jai and Zack were already waiting. Her immediate reaction was to wonder where Jin was, but she didn’t have time to worry about it. Four of her sons were home.
Jin would be along soon, and then Mavis would be on top of the world.
Chapter Two
“Where do you think he is?” Santana said as he eyed the clock on the wall.
Mavis was off to the kitchen to prepare for lunch. The four brothers were on the veranda, catching up and waiting for Jin to arrive. Jin was of Chinese descent and had been brought home by Simon after a short work assignment he’d had in Hong Kong. Of the five young men adopted by Simon and Mavis Anthony, he was the second oldest and the most soft-spoken and quiet, mostly keeping to himself. Still, his silence presence was necessary to complete the bunch.
“I already sent him a message, but the man isn’t responding,” Markus informed them as he checked his phone for messages. At twenty-eight, he was the oldest of the brothers. A frown marred his dark brown face. The charismatic, adventurous and fast-talking man was always the one getting everyone into trouble with his crazy schemes and mischievous ideas. Now a stockbroker, he still loved living his life on the edge, enjoying the thrill of risk.
Jai lifted his dark rimmed glasses over the bridge of his nose as his fingers began flying over his laptop’s keyboard. His black, shoulder-length curly hair fell to his face as he focused on the keyboard. “I believe I can locate his coordinates given the right key. I have just the right algorithm…”
Markus threw a crumpled piece of paper at him. “Ugh…no one can understand you, fool.”
Zack chuckled. “I think he means he can track Jin down.”
“And you can’t just say that?” Santana gestured toward Jai.
Jai just harrumphed and went ahead with trying to find their brother.
Zack, the most serious of the bunch, was the one who looked most like he could be Simon and Mavis’ son. He had their blonde hair and their fair complexion. However, just like the rest of his brothers, he was adopted. Jai and Zack were the same age. They even had the same birthdate, but they were far from looking like twins.
Jai was brought home by Simon from India the same day Zack was brought to their home by a social worker. Both were orphans, but had the bond of blood siblings.
Jai eventually became a systems analyst and software developer. Quite the techie, he tended to talk in technological terms no one ever quite understood. His favorite solution was to roll his eyes when his brothers made fun of him about it.
It was often Zack who could translate for him, though he wasn’t much of a techie himself. Zack was a busy lawyer who probably got into that career track because he constantly had to get them out of trouble.
Most people do a double take when they see them all together – five young men of different nationalities, calling themselves brothers --but the Anthony brothers grew up blind of the differences. That Victorian home they grew up in was their refuge, a place where there were no distinctions between race and origin. They were brothers. That was it.
And though they
She was visibly relieved as she grabbed the slippers from him in a hurry to put them on. Without another word, she linked arms with him and began dragging him down the stairs with her.
Santana was laughing all the while, making fun of her excitement. “I really don’t get why you’re so excited to see them. Compared to me, there’s really nothing particularly special about any of them.”
Mavis rolled her eyes and playfully slapped him on the arm. “You’re all special -- every single one of you!”
“Yeah, yeah…” Santana’s eyes were twinkling. “I was just joking, ma. But admit it really… I’m your favorite, right?”
Mavis gave him a pointed look before chuckling and shaking her head. They then stepped into the living room where Markus, Jai and Zack were already waiting. Her immediate reaction was to wonder where Jin was, but she didn’t have time to worry about it. Four of her sons were home.
Jin would be along soon, and then Mavis would be on top of the world.
Chapter Two
“Where do you think he is?” Santana said as he eyed the clock on the wall.
Mavis was off to the kitchen to prepare for lunch. The four brothers were on the veranda, catching up and waiting for Jin to arrive. Jin was of Chinese descent and had been brought home by Simon after a short work assignment he’d had in Hong Kong. Of the five young men adopted by Simon and Mavis Anthony, he was the second oldest and the most soft-spoken and quiet, mostly keeping to himself. Still, his silence presence was necessary to complete the bunch.
“I already sent him a message, but the man isn’t responding,” Markus informed them as he checked his phone for messages. At twenty-eight, he was the oldest of the brothers. A frown marred his dark brown face. The charismatic, adventurous and fast-talking man was always the one getting everyone into trouble with his crazy schemes and mischievous ideas. Now a stockbroker, he still loved living his life on the edge, enjoying the thrill of risk.
Jai lifted his dark rimmed glasses over the bridge of his nose as his fingers began flying over his laptop’s keyboard. His black, shoulder-length curly hair fell to his face as he focused on the keyboard. “I believe I can locate his coordinates given the right key. I have just the right algorithm…”
Markus threw a crumpled piece of paper at him. “Ugh…no one can understand you, fool.”
Zack chuckled. “I think he means he can track Jin down.”
“And you can’t just say that?” Santana gestured toward Jai.
Jai just harrumphed and went ahead with trying to find their brother.
Zack, the most serious of the bunch, was the one who looked most like he could be Simon and Mavis’ son. He had their blonde hair and their fair complexion. However, just like the rest of his brothers, he was adopted. Jai and Zack were the same age. They even had the same birthdate, but they were far from looking like twins.
Jai was brought home by Simon from India the same day Zack was brought to their home by a social worker. Both were orphans, but had the bond of blood siblings.
Jai eventually became a systems analyst and software developer. Quite the techie, he tended to talk in technological terms no one ever quite understood. His favorite solution was to roll his eyes when his brothers made fun of him about it.
It was often Zack who could translate for him, though he wasn’t much of a techie himself. Zack was a busy lawyer who probably got into that career track because he constantly had to get them out of trouble.
Most people do a double take when they see them all together – five young men of different nationalities, calling themselves brothers --but the Anthony brothers grew up blind of the differences. That Victorian home they grew up in was their refuge, a place where there were no distinctions between race and origin. They were brothers. That was it.
And though they
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