Falling for her Brother's Best Friend (Tea for Two Book 1)

by Noelle Adams

  “Hey,” he interrupted softly, using his finger to tilt up her chin. “I don’t want a five-star lunch. I want to eat this. What’s gotten into you?”

  “I don’t know,” she admitted. “I was just, for some reason, thinking about…” She wasn’t sure how to finish that sentence, so she switched gears. “You really don’t act like a billionaire, you know.”

  He still looked a little confused, but he laughed at this. “How are billionaires supposed to act?”

  “I don’t even know.” She was feeling better now—he felt more like her dear, familiar friend—so she reached out to squeeze his arm.

  “All I can be is me,” he said in a slightly different tone. He lowered his eyes and then raised them to hers again in an almost tentative expression that made her chest clench. “I’ve never been the kind of person who wants to be the center of attention.”

  She knew this was true. It was another thing she loved about him. So many men she knew were always trying to act like top-dog, as if they needed to prove it to themselves as well as the rest of the world.

  Logan had nothing to prove.

  “You do have a nice car,” she said, stroking the shiny paint of his Mercedes.

  He gave a huff of amusement. “Yes. I guess so. Do you think I should drive an old clunker instead, to go with my personality?”

  “No. I like your car.” She studied his face. “And your personality isn’t an old clunker. It’s…”

  “It’s what?”

  She had no idea how to finish her statement, how to finish her sentence. All the words she might be tempted to say—amazing, brilliant, incredible, warm, deeply human—all felt too earnest and sentimental.

  “It’s not a clunker,” she finally said. “There’s no one like you.”

  His smile deepened, and he leaned forward. For just a moment she thought he was going to kiss her on the mouth, but he ended up just brushing his lips against her cheek. So lightly they gave her a shiver. “Good night, Katie,” he murmured.

  She had no idea why her knees felt so weak. What was wrong with her anyway?

  She watched him drive away and finally decided she was probably just tired.

  She’d feel more like herself in the morning.

  ***

  You can find out more about this novella and the whole Billionaires on the Beach anthology here.

  About Noelle Adams

  Noelle handwrote her first romance novel in a spiral-bound notebook when she was twelve, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She has lived in eight different states and currently resides in Virginia, where she writes full time, reads any book she can get her hands on, and offers tribute to a very spoiled cocker spaniel.

  She loves travel, art, history, and ice cream. After spending far too many years of her life in graduate school, she has decided to reorient her priorities and focus on writing contemporary romances. For more information, please check out her website: noelle-adams.com.

  Books by Noelle Adams

  Tea for Two Series

  Falling for her Brother’s Best Friend

  Winning her Brother’s Best Friend

  Seducing her Brother’s Best Friend

  Balm in Gilead Series

  Relinquish

  Surrender

  Retreat

  Rothman Royals Series

  A Princess Next Door

  A Princess for a Bride

  A Princess in Waiting

  Christmas with a Prince

  Preston’s Mill Series (co-written with Samantha Chase)

  Roommating

  Speed Dating

  Complicating

  Eden Manor Series

  One Week with her Rival

  One Week with her (Ex) Stepbrother

  One Week with her Husband

  Christmas at Eden Manor

  Beaufort Brides Series

  Hired Bride

  Substitute Bride

  Accidental Bride

  Heirs of Damon Series

  Seducing the Enemy

  Playing the Playboy

  Engaging the Boss

  Stripping the Billionaire

  Willow Park Series

  Married for Christmas

  A Baby for Easter

  A Family for Christmas

  Reconciled for Easter

  Home for Christmas

  One Night Novellas

  One Night with her Best Friend

  One Night in the Ice Storm

  One Night with her Bodyguard

  One Night with her Boss

  One Night with her Roommate

  One Night with the Best Man

  The Protectors Series (co-written with Samantha Chase)

  Duty Bound

  Honor Bound

  Forever Bound

  Home Bound

  Standalones

  A Negotiated Marriage

  Listed

  Bittersweet

  Missing

  Revival

  Holiday Heat

  Salvation

  Excavated

  Overexposed

  Road Tripping

  Chasing Jane

  Late Fall

  Fooling Around

  Married by Contract

  Trophy Wife

  Bay Song