"Wow." I blew out a surprised breath. "Six? Are you sure."
"Totally," she said. "And the half-brother? He's super famous."
Now, I wasreallyconfused. "He can't be. If he'sthatfamous, I would've found him."
Allie laughed. "Where? On the internet?"
"Maybe," I admitted.
"You've been doing some digging, haven't you?"
"Just a little. After all, I should knowsomethingabout your employers."
From the look on Allie's face, she wasn't buying it. "So tell me," she said, "in all your snooping—"
"I wasn't snooping. I was just browsing, that's all."
But the sad truth was, I'd found shockingly little, at least when it came to anything about their extended family. Oh sure, there'd been lots of news articles about Jax and Jaden and their growing business empire. There'd even been a few articles linking the two brothers to various love interests.
I'd skipped over anything related to Jaden and focused all of my attention on Jax. From what I'd seen, almost all of the women he'd dated had been, in the words of Jane Austen, "quite accomplished." There was that cute pediatric surgeon, along with a professor of ancient literature, and even a classic pianist.
I hated them all.
Yes, it made me an awful person, but I couldn’t help it.
And why? Because each and every one of them served as a sorry reminder of my own insignificance. After all, I wasn't educatedoraccomplished.
I gazed down at my lap.No wonder he wasn't interested.
And yet, a little voice reminded me that he'd dated Morgan, too. Andshewasn't some kind of superwoman.Was she?
Allie's voice interrupted my thoughts. "Well?"
I jerked my head up and tried to remember what she'd been saying. "Well what?"
She made a sound of frustration. "What'd you find out?"
"Nothing." I forced a laugh. "I mean, it's not like I hired a private investigator or anything. And besides, you know a ton more about them than I do."
She frowned. "Not really."
"You're kidding, right?"
"No. Why?"
Now, I was frowning, too. "Because, you got me all interested, like you were about to tell me everything about their family, and now, you're telling me nothing."
"That's not true," she protested. "I told you everything I know, well, except for the fact that the rest of the brothers live somewhere in Michigan. And so does their dad."
"But their mom lives here? In Florida?"
Allie gave a loose shrug. "I don't know."
"Okaaaay…" Now, I wasreallyfrustrated. "But what about the famous brother? You never said, who is he?"
Allie winced. "Sorry. I don't know. It was just something I overheard."
"And you didn't ask for details?"
