Chapter Twenty
Spencer hung up the phone and let out the breath that he had been holding.
There must be an angel on his side or something for Nicey to call and tell him she was staying in town with Rishelle tonight.
Because he didn’t know how he would have gotten rid of his unwanted guest in time to go and pick her up.
“Don’t you think it was time that you left? It’s getting late and the road is a bitch to drive on late at night.”
“I can’t believe you won’t go with me. You’ve been my date for the past three years,” Cindy whined. “It’s a tradition that we go together.”
Did what he just said go in one ear and out the other.
He loved his sister dearly but she had to stop using him all the time.
He had his own life now and it was best that she accepted it.
“That was before I got involved with Nicey. Valentine’s Day is in seven days and I need all the time I can get to get her present fixed.
I want to spend all my free time with her, not you and some awards show,” he argued back at his sister.
“Why don’t you let Dexter take you? He loves to be in the spot light and what better way for him to be than an awards show?”
Cindy shot him with a hard glare. “You know that I broke it off with Dexter weeks ago.”
The spilt between his sister and Dexter wouldn’t last. It never did. They always had wild fights and then made up with just as much passion. He wasn’t about to waste two hours at an awards show that he constantly hated going to year after year.
“My answer is still no,” Spencer said without missing a beat. Why wasn’t she listening to him?
Folding her arms behind her back Cindy gave him a sly smile. The coldness in her eyes made an uneasy feeling come into his stomach.
“Oh, you’re going to take me to that awards show and you’ll stay for the entire event or you’ll regret it,” she threatened.
He was pissed now. Cindy was acting like she didn’t hear a word that just came out his mouth. He wasn’t having it anymore, she was going to learn to listen to him if it killed him or her.
“Listen, I’ve told you no about the party and I mean it.
I’ve to get ready for my surprise for Nicey,” he exclaimed trying to drill the information into his sister’s thick skull.
“I don’t have time for you or that dumb ass awards program.
You never pay attention to me after we get there anyway.
I’m your brother not your escort anytime you come up short of a date. ”
“You’ll make time or I’ll tell your precious Nicey the truth about you,” Cindy threatened in a low voice. “After I’m finished she’ll never forgive you for lying to her or pretending to be in love with her just to prove a point to me.”
Panic set in his body but Spencer tried to make sure that Cindy didn’t sense it.
She couldn’t tell Nicey before he did. She would make it seem like he set out to deceive her and that wasn’t the case.
He had fallen hard for her the first day he visited her at her office.
She made him realize that he didn’t always have to show off his wealth through expensive clothes.
That it was okay to be himself and relax sometimes.
The lawyer side of him didn’t have to be in effect twenty-four hours a day seven days a week.
“Fine, when do I have to go to this damn thing with you,” he snapped.
“Tomorrow night,’ Cindy grinned. “You can come to my house and the driver will pick us up from there.”
“Tomorrow night,” he shouted. “What if I already had something definite planned and couldn’t have taken you? Why are you giving me such short notice?” See, this is why he hated doing things for Cindy. She never gave him a chance to get anything done.
“I know that you would have cancelled it and gone with me,” Cindy informed him going past him towards the front door.” His sister waved at him and was out the door before he could even stop her.
“SHIT!!” Spencer cursed hating how the night ended up turning out. He was going to come clean with Nicey after the awards show tomorrow night and tell her the real reason he asked her out at first, plus that Cindy Carlton was his sister.