Marriage of Convenience (The Raven Brothers 1)

He shivered. “I can’t imagine spending the whole night much less a lifetime with a woman.”

I shook my head. He wasn’t wrong. I tended to keep my relations with women short, but Hunter was notorious for his womanizing ways. I wasn’t sure he’d ever been with the same woman more than once. It was a shame what war had done to him because he’d been a sweet kid. If he’d never gone off to war, he probably would have been the one married with a few kids by now.

“Speaking of spending the night, have you seen the new intern in the marketing department?” Hunter asked.

I shook my head and Hunter let out a low whistle. “I wouldn’t mind taking a ride with her.”

“Listen, I don’t care where you guys find your woman, but they can’t be from the office. Hunter you’re a sexual harassment suit in the making.”

He flashed a rare grin.

Ash rolled his eyes. “Come on Hunter, let’s get back to the security system upgrades.” While Ash ran the clubs, he was also a computer wiz and often worked with Hunter on our security systems.

I watched them leave, then turned my attention back to work, pulling out the most recent data reports for our golf club in California. There was another knock on the door.

Annoyed at another interruption from my brothers, I barked out, “I’m busy you fuckheads.”

The door popped open. “Your brothers are gone,” Alex said, pursing her lips in distaste at me.

I blew out a breath. “Come in.”

She walked in with another woman behind her. I was only half paying attention, but the young woman with Alex had me doing a double take and clearing my mind of everything except how stunning she was.

“Mr. Raven, this is Sara Shepperd,” Alex’s voice was almost bored. She’d long ago gotten used to how surly all the Raven men could be. The woman, Sara Sheppard, however, stared at me with wide, deep blue eyes. Most interns were at least a decade younger than me, and while attractive, it was usually in a cute, childlike way. This woman looked young, but not cute or innocent.

“She’ll be working with Mr. Larson in marketing,” Alex finished.

“I’m sorry for that outburst. I’m sure Ms. Oliver has mentioned to you how easily the Raven men can become irritated, particularly with each other.”

“There’s an understatement,” Alex said under her breath.

“Ah… yes sir.” Her voice had a sexy huskiness that matched the lusciousness of her body. I wasn’t joking with Hunter about not touching the staff, especially interns. For me, it had never been a problem. Plenty pretty, young, nubile women passed through the Raven Industries internship program, and while in another setting I might have been interested in them, none of them had me taking notice like Ms. Sheppard did.

She was petite in stature, but she had the curves built for a man. An image of her naked on my desk like an artists model, her long light brown hair flowing over the side, her tits hard and pink, and me fucking her, making her cry out in that husky voice flashed through my brain.

I shook my head to clear the carnal images. Hunter was right, she was a woman that made men want. And hell if I was going to give him easy access to her. Being in the military, Hunter was used to following orders, but his dick could make him forget the rules around here. The only answer was to find a way to protect her.

“She’s assigned to Larson?” I asked.

“Yes,” Alex said.

“I need help on this new Florida project.” Okay, so Betts hadn’t agreed to sell his resort, but he would. “Assign her to me.”

Alex’s eyebrows shot up to her hairline. “She’s interested in marketing.”

“Everything in business is marketing,” I said, cocking my head toward Alex to indicate that I wasn’t interested in arguing. “Life is marketing.”

Alex stared at me for a moment, but then nodded. “I’ll bring her back once I finish the tour and get her a badge.”

I leaned back in my chair and studied the stunning Sara Sheppard again. “Good. Welcome to Raven Industries.”

“Thank you, sir.” Her expression was uncertain, but she mustered a smile with full pink lips that would look fantastic wrapped around my dick. Fuck, I couldn’t think that. But if I was thinking about it, God only knew what was going on in Hunter’s head.

As they turned to leave, I called out. “Oh, and Alex, keep her away from Hunter.”

“Good idea,” she said, motioning for Sara to exit ahead of her. But her eyes suggested she wondered if she should keep Ms. Sheppard away from me too.

I wanted to touch her. In fact, chances were good that she’d show up in my fantasies the next time I decided to take the edge off by jerking in the shower. But I was strong enough to keep my hands off. I wasn’t sure Hunter was.