Rapture (McKenzie Brothers, #2) by Lexi Buchanan
Prologue
Michael and Lily’s Wedding
Sebastian
Lily had looked stunning as she walked down the aisle towards my nervous as hell brother Michael.
Along with my brothers, I’d spent most of the day having fun at Michael’s expense, which probably hadn’t helped with Michael’s nerves any.
A grin spreads across my face as I watch the reception crowd. Thinking back to earlier in the day when the four of us were bugging Michael, his lips tight with frustration as we teased him about Lily getting cold feet and running.
Michael had gone white and dropped rather abruptly onto the chair behind him. Lucien had made for the exit before Michael decided to react to our teasing by asking him where he was going. Laughter had filled the room as Lucien replied, ‘to ask Lily to run off with me,’ and Michael’s face had changed from white to red.
Eventually, mom had appeared and clouted us all across the back of our heads like she used to do when we were kids. Her calming presence had put a stop to the teasing. Yeah, Mom still had it in her to keep us all in order, despite the fact that the five of us towered over her these days.
The fact was you only had to look at Lily with Michael to see how much she loved him. They were ‘it’ for each other, and with Lily being pregnant, well, that was an added bonus. One I was actually looking forward to – being an uncle.
Spotting Lily alone for the first time during the day, I walk over to her. “Hey, beautiful.” She really is beautiful, with her hair swept up, pearls in her ears and around her neck.
“Sebastian, you look handsome,” she replies, her arms wrapping around my waist as she gives me a quick hug.
Stepping back, she continues to look at me – and look at me some more as her forehead creases in concentration. I shift under her gaze and smooth the creases of my shirt. I’d taken my jacket off, which left me in the white, silk shirt Lily had instructed us all to wear. Not that I was complaining, without the jacket the shirt showcased my abs, which I’d gotten through hard labor working the job sites of our company, McKenzie Holdings.
Narrowing my eyes, I allow Lily to stare back at me, hoping to break her concentrated gaze.
“You eyeing me up?” I ask grinning.
“Yep. I’m trying to decide who I need to introduce you to,” she grins as I scan the crowd around us.
“No, you’re not going to introduce me to…” I trail off, my gaze stopping on a woman across the way, “her.”
My breath catches in my chest as she walks out of the marquee, if you could call it walking. She practically floats with grace and elegance. She’s breathtaking! One of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen with a tall slim build and full breasts that accentuate her hourglass figure. Her long dark hair is a cascade of curls down her back, and over her shoulders.
“Ah, Sebastian.”
“Who’s she here with?” I urgently ask. I need to know. “Lily, who is that bodacious babe with?”
I wince at my tone. I’ve never been so desperate to meet someone before, especially a woman who has ‘commitment’ written all over her.
Lily snickers. “You did not just call her a bodacious babe? How old are you? Seventeen!”
“Trust me, no horny seventeen year old boy would be thinking of doing what I’m thinking of doing to her.” What I want to do to her isn’t going to be spoken out loud in front of Lily. Michael would kill me if I say any of that to his wife.
“Bodacious!”
“Bill and Ted’s,” I reply, not really listening.
“What?”
“Never mind. You haven’t said who she’s with.” As I talk, I fight the urge to walk over and pull her to me. Instead, my gaze follows her as she crosses the lawn in front of us.
“You need to keep your zipper up. She’s here with Ramon.”
Ice splashes through my veins as I look at Lily. Her eyes are sparkling with mirth, but the crook of her lips makes me realize she’s serious.
“How can she be with Ramon?” That wasn’t possible.
Michael has come up behind us. “Well, I guess our brother is finally serious about someone and Lucien needs to get his facts straight in future.” Michael wraps his arms around Lily.
I grind my teeth together as I think about this new problem – one I never expected to have. “She can’t be with him. Are you sure?”
“I’m sorry, but she is,” Lily tells me, sympathy clear in her eyes as she cocks her head to the side.
The girl, Ramon’s girlfriend, is walking towards me, and all I can do is wait, frozen to the spot.
Carla