Take Me With You

Take Me With You The Maxwells –––––––– By Cassie Verano KINCAID She’s young, inexperienced, and mystifying. This two-week vacation to Alta, Utah is something that I look forward to every year with my brother and my friends. Fresh off a breakup and preparing to take the reins of my father’s company, The Maxwell Group, I need this respite to make peace with my current single status. Except she wasn’t a part of the plan, and now that she’s tagging along, as the only other single on the trip, I’m stuck babysitting her. If we’re stuck with each other, we might as well make the most of it, so I suggest an arrangement. No strings. No promises. Just pleasure...and pain. The only problem with our arrangement is that I want her to be completely mine when the two weeks are up. Yesenia I’ve been buried in work and grief for the last three years. Going on a trip cross country to Utah with my stepsister and her friends promises to be what I need to join the land of the living once more. However, it’s no fun being grudgingly welcomed into the group by the man paying for the trip who clearly resents my presence. While everyone else is laughing and loving, I plan to spend lots of quiet time getting my mind back on track, except our host seems obligated to entertain me. The problem? I’m enjoying his company much more than I have the right to, and when he suggests a two-week arrangement, my heart says no, but my mind and body scream yes. Falling for this stranger wasn’t in the cards for me, and when I return home, I’m reminded why I can’t have all that my heart desires. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This eBook is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and situations are complete creative works of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this book or any portion thereof is prohibited. 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SPANISH TRANSLATION OTHER BOOKS BY CASSIE VERANO JOIN MY MAILING LIST ABOUT CASSIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 – KINCAID “It’s so cold!” Lauren says, hopping off the sky lift. “What’d you expect? We’re in the mountains,” Denise giggles, lugging her bag further up her arm. The rest of us hop off the sky lift behind the two of them and trudge through the snow. “Oh, my God! Is this it? This is the place you rented?” Stacey shrieks. “Yeah, babe. Cade’s been talking about this place all year,” my brother, Shepherd replies, wrapping his arm around one of his girlfriends. “I’ve never stayed in a chalet before, Shep,” Stacey says. “This is gonna be a blast,” my friend Andrew replies. “Come on, Yaya! Let’s go,” Stacey shouts to her stepsister. The original plan for this holiday getaway included my brother, Shepherd and his two companions, Kylie Wright and Stacey Hamilton and my four best friends, Andrew Grey, whom we call Drew, and his wife, Lauren Collins-Grey, and Tyler Pierce and his girlfriend, Denise Fuller, and me. The woman I’d been dating seriously for the last two years, Claire Maddox, accepted a job at a French magazine in Paris a few months ago, which was the end of us. Finding a replacement wasn’t an option. Whereas Claire had wanted the position as the COO at Mondiaux Revue’s American office, it hadn’t become available. So, when the position opened at the French headquarters, she jumped on it immediately. It was a great career move for her, but she didn’t have much time to transition. Although I often travel for business, a long-distance relationship wasn’t an option. The time I invest in a relationship is to find a wife. I have no intentions of moving to France and having a wife who lives across the country from me, let alone across the globe. Claire accepted the offer and was flying out within a month. We had little time to say our goodbyes, and while parting was hard on both of us, I always cautioned her to put her career first. I would. I’d often considered not going on this vacation, but Andrew, Lauren, and Tyler would not hear of it. Shep called me last night asking if Stacey could bring her stepsister along. I wasn’t in the mood for the company of my friends and family. I wasn’t interested in being bothered by someone I didn’t know. Of course, I shared all that with my big brother, who didn’t listen. I sat in horrified silence as he told Stacey I would love some company. Every name I could call him bounced off his ears and only made him laugh harder at me. Knowing I had lost the battle, I simply hung up on him. I was stunned when I saw Yaya this morning at the airport. Yaya. What kind of fucking name is that? It sounds like a