My Soon To Be Step-Brother

Chapter 5

I opened the car door, stepping inside , shutting it behind me, slamming it a little harder than usual on purpose.

I secretly smiled as I felt Jace flinch besides me , serves you right jerk.

That smile however was wiped out of my face as I  struggled with the seatbelt, why wouldn't it budge?

I held my breath as he leaned over  to buckle me in, in the process his hands lightly brushed mine causing me to gasp.Just with that one touch my body seemed to surge to life.

He must have heard me for he turned his attention to me, his gaze darkened as his eyes lowered to my lips, I licked my lips, trying to moisten them as they suddenly felt very dry, his dark intense gaze trailing each little movement, I inwardly groaned, why was he looking at me like that?

And why the hell was I being turned on by it?

His phone suddenly beeped , the tension between us was gone, at least for now.

I was grateful that his phone had beeped or that situation would have just gotten awkward, the last thing I wanted was to be attracted to my soon to be step brother.

Jace cleared his throat and started the engine, putting on the radio in the process.

One of my favourites, 'all of me' by John Legend was playing, I couldn't help but smile at that, humming along to the tune.

However the song wasn't enough to calm my nerves, I was a bit on edge with being in a car alone with this jerk.

Couldn't my father have found someone else?Someone without a son like him.

I could feel his eyes on me, his heated stare made me a hundred times more nervous than I already was, why wasn't he watching the road?

I immediately regretted wearing a short dress, it was showing too much of my legs, I just hoped that wasn't where his eyes were..or was it that I hope he liked what he saw?

I gave myself a mental slap,those thoughts were not welcomed.

It suddenly felt heated even though the air condition was on high.

I needed some fresh air and pressed the button on the side of me.

"What are you doing?" he asked, obviously annoyed.

" Isn't it obvious?I'm getting some fresh air."I stated matter of fact.

"I could see that but why?"he asked emphasizing on the 'why'.

"Because it’s getting heated in here."I mumbled.

"You can't be serious, the air condition is on high."he said in disbelief, his tone getting rougher, if that was even possible.

"Yeah but I like fresh air more."I argued.

I knew I was being unreasonable and unbelievably childish but I didn't care, the cool air calmed my nerves a bit, it made me forget the incredibly hot guy next to me.

Even his scent made me crazy, it was intoxicating and so masculine,my eyes travelled to his chest before I could stop myself,I was sure if he was shirtless I would be staring at a six pack.

He had on a suit and I could still see how well built he was, did this guy live in the gym?I forced myself to tore my gaze away from his chest and focused on the road in front of us.

"You're unbelievable, I want the glass up now."he ordered.

"No, I want fresh air."I complained.

"If you don't listen to me now, I'm going to stop this car and send the glass up myself."he warned.

I could see Jace  was used to getting what he wanted , part of me told me I should listen to him but I was too stubborn to give in.

I wasn't usually like this, you could say he brought out the worst in me, I actually enjoyed annoying the hell out of him.It brought me some sort of inner satisfaction.

However I soon regretted my decision as the car was suddenly stopped and pulled to the side.

Why were we stopping?Okay, now was time to panic.

He turned to me, narrowing his eyes"You were saying Miss Rose."he scoffed rudely.

"That I had enough of the fresh air."I whispered sending back the glass up .

"A wise decision."he smirked.

We were up and going again within seconds. Phew..that was a close one.

We rode in silence after that, mostly because I was afraid to get on his wrong side and he just didn't bother talking to me.

"Are we there yet?"I asked impatiently , finally opening my mouth again .

We had been driving for hours and my butt hurt.

"I'm sorry Miss Rose but we aren't even close to home, I'm afraid we will have to stop at a hotel for the night before we continue on our journey tomorrow."

My eyes snapped to him as his words registered in my brain.

A hotel?Alone…with him?