The Inheritance (Happy Endings Resort Book 1) by Jennifer Benson Page A

coming around the corner.” He let go of my arm and looked around. “You said it kind of loud. I’m sure if it wasn’t the middle of the night, I wouldn’t have been the only one to have heard you.”
    “Sorry, he just pissed me off.” I blew out a breath as my back slid down the tree and my ass landed on the ground.
    “He pissed you off because he likes you and you are attracted to him.” Jason took a seat next to me.
    “Haha, are you serious?” I was suddenly understanding why I was relieved when Drew told me he wasn’t related to me. I was attracted to him. I had been since the bar. I remember being nervous at the way he was watching me. At the time I didn’t know why, then I found out who he was. I think if I was honest with myself, I was more mad that he knew so much about me and I knew nothing about him.
    “Yeah, actually I’m very serious. I’ve never seen Drew look at anyone the way he looks at you.” Jason picked up a stick and broke it in half with a snap.
    “The way he looks at me. I’m sure Drew has women going in and out of his trailer like a rotating door.” I looked back over in the direction of his trailer. The light in the living room was still on and a shadow moved back and forth in front of the window.
    “Actually, that would be my place.” Jason bowed his head.
    “What?” My head snapped back to look at him, but his head was still down.
    “Drew is the good guy here.” He sighed and threw the broken stick pieces to the ground. “I’m the bad guy. You are the first woman I’ve had here at my cabin.” My jaw was hanging open. “Well, not had, but that I had brought here and spent the night.” He blew out a breath. “I saw how messed up you were at my office and the dickhead in my brain said easy lay. The attorney in me said not to cross business with pleasure. The small part of the good guy knows that Drew is in love with you.”
    “You fucking used me.” I leaped up and when he stood up before me I punched him in the stomach.
    “Nice punch.” He choked out holding his stomach. “I was hoping the good guy in me would win out and I’d finally get the girl.” He shook his head.
    “So the other night on your deck?”
    “Was friggin’ awesome! You are a beautiful woman and you taste . . .” I held up my hand. “Sorry. I just meant I could totally see us being great in bed together, but . . .”
    “But when you saw Drew’s file you saw that I was already a fuckbuddy to an asshole and didn’t want to see me repeating that?” I could see the corner of his mouth turn up.
    “No, no I didn’t. This place is a brand new start for you and you deserve to start over fresh. Start over new with a blank slate.”
    “And the good guy speaks.” I couldn’t help but laugh. This whole situation is so fucked up that if I didn’t laugh at it I’d be crying my eyes out at the insanity of my life. I wiped my hand down my face.
    “You knew Drew was there at your cabin that night, didn’t you? You knew he would show up looking for me after I left the bar.”
    “Yeah, I may or may not have sent him on a slight wild goose chase to get a bit more time with you.”
    “You mean so you could take advantage of me?”
    “I seem to recall you being quite a willing participant in our . . . exchange.”
    “That’s why you didn’t want me to reciprocate. You knew Drew was watching and . . .”
    “Enjoying everything he saw and couldn’t have.” Jason chuckled.
    “And the dickhead takes over.”
    “Hey, I didn’t try anything else after that did I?”
    “No, because Drew faked his own death to put an end to all of this so I’d know the truth.” I said, realizing what I had just said. “He set this all up for me. He wanted me to know the truth.”
    “Because he is the good guy.” Jason said on a sigh. “Want me to walk you back to his place?”
    “What? You think since you have tossed me aside that I’m just going to hop into the bed of the next guy in line?” I stared