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Teasing the Best Man

Alexa Riley
 Contents

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Epilogue
Chapter 1

Read Me Romance
Stalk the Author
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 Teasing the Best Man
by Alexa Riley

When Lexi is introduced to the best man at her best friend's

wedding, she knows right away that she needs to run. He's
overwhelming in a way she's not ready for, so all she has to do is
avoid him forever. Right?
Asher has found a way to get to Lexi and that's through her
gamer videos. Pretending to be someone else while trying to make
her fall in love with the real him can't be too hard. Right?
Warning: She's desperate for money, and he needs someone to
spoil. This is the transaction we're all looking for...Right?
For Women in Gaming…
Fuck yeah.
 Chapter One

Lexi

know he’s following me because his eyes have been tracking me

I all night. I’m not used to so much attention from men. Well, in
person at least. Tonight is different, though, because I’m dressed up
for my best friend's wedding. We spent all afternoon getting ready
for this, and I’ve never been so pampered in my life.
Parker went and landed herself a good one, and he’s not only
sweet with her, but the man is beyond loaded too. I can’t even wrap
my mind around this kind of wealth. I almost passed out when we
went wedding dress shopping. Is it even shopping if everything is
brought to your own home? Because that’s what Parker and I sat
through. Dresses that were too expensive to ever sit on a rack in a
store for anyone to try on. They were all one of a kind. This wedding
was no freaking joke.
I’d always thought Parker came from money because she’d gone
to a fancy boarding school growing up and her father took care of
everything for her. At first I’d been in awe of it and a bit jealous. I
was sure she was going to be stuck up, but she’d been far from it.
In fact, Parker is the sweetest person I’ve ever met. So much so
that I always worried over someone trying to take advantage of her,
and it made me protective. In all her father’s control, he’d made her
a bit naïve in a lot of ways.
It didn’t take long to see everything her father did for her was all
about control, and he’d done a real number on her mentally. I guess
parents aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, but I should know that
better than anyone. My whole life all I wanted was parents, but
maybe I lucked out to a degree.
Parker’s father might have had some money, but it’s nothing
compared to the man she married or the people at this wedding
reception. Everyone here is so shiny and perfect, but I’m sure it’s all
a show. The same as Parker’s father put on to hide who he really
was.
I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about Samuel once Parker
told me how they met. After all, it’s not how most love stories start.
I’d given my best friend the idea to order a sex toy because she’d
never had an orgasm. Somehow she ended up mailing it to her new
office where she’d been starting an internship that her father pushed
her into. The package landed right into the boss's hands, and he’d
personally delivered it back to her.
I still can’t believe their story, but here we are months later, and
she’s not only married but knocked up too. It’s not surprising that
Parker got Samuel to fall madly in love with her so quickly. She’s
easy to love. I wish the same could be said about me. I’ve never
been lucky in love. With each new foster I was sent to, I’d wonder if
maybe this family would fall in love with me and want me to stay. I’d
seen it happen to so many others but never to me.
Unable to help myself, I peek over my shoulder at Asher. His eyes
are on my ass now but a pretty blonde has stepped in front of him
and is chatting away. His eyes suddenly lift and catch mine, but I
quickly jerk my head back around, making it super obvious I was
staring at him.
I really have no moves when it comes to men. It’s probably
because I spend all my extra time, when I’m not in classes or
studying, playing video games. If I don’t have to leave my dorm
room, I won’t.
Since Parker moved out, I've been flying solo, and it’s the first
time I’ve had a space all to myself. I was sure I was going to enjoy
it, but it’s turning out to be a lot lonelier than I thought. Even with
how much time I spend chatting away to random people online, it
can be isolating. Never did I think playing video games while
speaking into a mic and telling people what I was doing in the game
would make me money. I’d been oh so wrong.
Men are strange creatures. They come to watch me play and
even ask questions while still spouting off that the only reason I
have the following I do is because I have tits. Which may be true,
but when I play, I’m always in a shirt or more often a hoodie. Lately
I’ve had sponsors ask me to wear their logos, and I stuff my hair
into a branded hat to maximize exposure. There’s nothing remotely
sexy about it. When I’m dressed that way on campus, no one gives
me a second glance. After today, though, it does make me wonder
what I could make if I sexed it up a bit.
Not that I could do that on my channel. I would never chance
getting hit with a ban, but also who knows what might happen with
my sponsors? They could end up pulling out because they’re not
okay with the sudden change. They aren’t giant, but they keep me
from having to get another job.
It’s nice to be able to make my own hours, but I worry that if I
went in that direction, it could kill my chances of ever being taken
seriously in the gamer world. It’s a dream of mine to one day release
a game I’ve been slowly building over the last year. Would that kill
any chance of that? Who am I kidding? Having a vagina might have
killed that already. It’s why some girls create usernames that sound
like guys. Asher is a sexy name.
I go to steal another peek, wanting to know if the blonde lured
him away, and I realize I’m jealous. It’s not an unfamiliar feeling
because most of my life I’ve spent wanting things everyone else
around me had. But feeling this over a man is very new to me.
When I turn my head, I gasp and then start to stumble back a
step. I realize too late that Asher is right behind me. He’s so close
I’m not sure how I hadn’t felt him catch up.
“I was starting to think you’re running from me,” he says, and
he’s not wrong.
I’ve been dodging his handsome ass since I laid eyes on him.
The rush of feelings that swept over me scared the crap out of me,
and it’s been no easy feat trying to hide. He’s the best man and I’m
the maid of honor, but somehow I’ve managed to avoid him until
now. Thankfully I don’t think there’s much left of the wedding before
I can slip out of here. They’ve got to cut the cake and toss some
flowers, then I’m gone.
“I’m not running from anything.” I tilt my chin all the way up to
meet his eyes.
“You’re a terrible liar.”
“Am not,” I blurt out, and he throws his head back and laughs.
That sound is rich and sexy as hell, and I never realized a laugh
could be a turn-on.
This man is dangerous, and it doesn’t help that he’s friends with
Samuel. It probably means he’s a good guy, and he’ll break my heart
in the sweetest of ways when we don’t work out for one reason or
another. People always break your heart—even my sweet Parker
chipped at mine a little when it was time for her to go.
“Then if you’re not running, dance with me.” He offers me his
hand, and I stare down at it for a long moment. Oh shit.
“It’s now time to cut the cake,” the wedding planner announces,
saving my ass.
“Sorry, that's my cue,” I say before I turn and take off once
again.
When I look back, Asher is smiling as he watches me make my
quicky escape to the other side of the ballroom. Another blonde, in a
red dress this time, tries to snag his attention, but he steps around
her, his eyes never leaving me as he continues to chase.
Damn, that’s hot too.
 Chapter Two

Asher

sher, honey, be a dear and get your father for me. I want cake.”
“A My mom walks briskly by me, not even waiting for me to
answer her. Probably because she knows I’ll do exactly as she says.
Damn it.
Turning away from where I see the maid of honor, Lexi, standing
near the table, I go in search of my dad. Well, technically my
stepdad, since Samuel’s dad married my mom when we were in
middle school. It’s my brother's wedding day, and I won the sister-
in-law jackpot.
Parker is perfect for my brother, and with the way he loves her, I
know that he’s truly happy. She’s good for him, and I know she feels
the same. But even with all of that, I can’t help but be a little jealous
of what they share. Sam lives next door to me, and we’ll always be
family, but I don’t see me popping over every day unannounced
anymore. It’s not that I don’t want Parker to be a part of our lives, I
think I’m just going to selfishly miss his free time. Knowing Sam the
way I do, he’ll devote all of his time to his wife, and honestly, that’s
the way it should be.
“Dad,” I call when I see him outside smoking a cigar with some
of his buddies.
 The wedding is small, but our family is even smaller, so most of
the guests are friends or work colleagues. It was weird Parker didn’t
have any family here, but when I asked Sam about it, he said he’d
tell me later. Maybe it’s something he’s not ready to share, and I
respect that. I guess I just have to get used to being out of his loop.
“Hey, son, come have a drink with us.” He pulls me in for a half
hug and motions to everyone in the group. “This one is going to be
next. Mark my words.”
A flash of Lexi’s dark hair spread out on a white silk pillowcase
enters my mind, and I have to clear my throat.
“Mom wants cake,” I tell him, and he straightens up.
“I’m on it.” He’s gone before he’s even finished his sentence and
tosses his cigar in the ashtray. That man worships the ground she
walks on, which is why it was so easy for him to step into our lives.
“When are you going to come work for me, Asher?” Mr. Bennett
asks before I have a chance to turn around and follow my dad.
“You know I’m only in it for the investments,” I joke, but it’s still
the truth.
When Sam started up his company, I was a silent investor, and
we’ve made more money than either of us ever thought was
possible. Now we’re both set for life, and we get to kick back and
enjoy it. Only now he’ll be enjoying it with Parker.
Another image of Lexi on her back with her eyes closed fills my
brain, and I have to force myself to push it out.
“If you change your mind, I’m always a phone call away.” Before
I can step back, he puts his hand on my shoulder and tugs me
closer to him. “Have I introduced you to my daughter Julia? I think
she tried to speak with you a minute ago.”
There was a blonde who got in my way earlier—is that who he’s
talking about? “Um, I’m not sure.”
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1916. All the world recognizes the truth of that remarkable prophecy.
The Battle of Verdun is universally hailed as the turning point of the
war.

“This will surely be one of the comparatively few war books which
contemporaries will read and re-read and hand on to posterity.”—
The Times.

[3rd Edition
‘Neath Verdun

By MAURICE GENEVOIX

With an introduction by Ernest Lavisse

Translated by H. Grahame Richards.

In cloth 6s. net.

Of this extraordinarily interesting narrative, The Times said: “This

will surely be one of the comparatively few war books which
contemporaries will read and re-read and hand on to posterity.
Hundreds, nay, thousands, of subalterns saw much the same things
that M. Genevoix saw, and went through equally ripening
experiences. But if they were compelled to describe it all on paper
the result in the great majority of cases would be simply a mass of
material like unsmelted ore. Few, if any, would show the magic
touch of this young lieutenant. The book is la vérité vraie.”
Behind the German Veil

A Record of a (Journalistic) War Voyage of Discovery

By J. M. de BEAUFORT

WITH MAPS AND 34 ILLUSTRATIONS ON ART PAPER

In crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. net

The German “veil” has been lifted during the war, and we have had
discreet and generally prearranged peeps into the real Germany. But
Mr. de Beaufort has done more than raise one corner for a fleeting
glimpse. He has kept open the door behind it, for he had in his
possession a magic key—a letter of introduction to Hindenburg
himself from the Teutonic demigod’s nephew.
With such a passport it is small wonder that he passed easily into
the very Holy of Holies of our chief enemy—Hindenburg’s
headquarters—incidentally flouting the restrictions and wrath of the
authorities in Berlin.
What Mr. de Beaufort has to tell us of the man whom Germany
undoubtedly regards as the “Hub of the Universe,” is well worthy of
the efforts and sacrifices he made to reach him.
The interview proved to be the prelude to a visit to the Eastern front
of intense interest to us in the West, for whom that part of the
Continental battle-area still seems somewhat remote and mythical.
We get a succession of vivid war scenes in Poland and East Prussia,
and the author throws light on campaigns such as the much-boomed
“Battle of the Masurian Lakes,” of which too little is known in this
country.
Not less interesting than the Author’s adventures in the field is his
series of interviews with the most eminent men in the military, naval,
political and industrial world of Germany, and his visit to the German
naval bases.

A BOOK EVERYONE IS READING

With the Zionists in Gallipoli

[3rd Edition
By LT.-COL. J. H. PATTERSON, D.S.O.

Author of
“The Man-Eaters of Tsavo,” and “In the Grip of the Nyika.”

In crown 8vo, cloth, with Maps, 6s. net.

While in Egypt the author was placed in command of a mule corps

composed entirely of Jews for service in Gallipoli; his book is a
record of the work of the corps there, but it is also a vivid
description of the fighting generally. It is a story of actual
happenings as he saw them, and he does not hesitate to criticize
freely the way in which the campaign was attempted to be carried
out. Written in a bright and attractive style, the book is excellent
reading, as well as being most instructive, for it is the first book of
the kind to be published.

10th AND CHEAP EDITION.

The Soul of Germany

By THOMAS F. A. SMITH, Ph. D.

Late English Lecturer in the University of Erlangen.

Author of “What Germany Thinks.”

In cro. 8vo cloth, 2/6 net.

“The picture he draws might pass for caricature if recent events had
not attested its fidelity to fact. This illuminating book, derived from
the pain-begotten wealth of twelve years’ experience, should be on
the shelves of everyone who desires to identify the German of
Louvain and Dinant with the German of Germany.”—Morning Post.
“It is a book of monumental industry, as full of knowledge as an egg
of meat, and with much illuminating thought.”—Glasgow Herald.
The Causes and Consequences of the War

[Second Edition
By YVES GUYOT

Late French Minister of State, &c.

In one large volume, cloth gilt, 10/6 net

Translated by F. APPLEBY HOLT, B.A., LL.B.

At the present day M. Yves Guyot holds an unique position. He is not

only the doyen of political economists but he is one of the best
known, the most independent and clear headed publicists in Europe.
M. Guyot has long been a staunch friend to England and he was one
of the very few Frenchmen who publicly supported us during the
critical period of the Boer War.
In his latest, and in some respects, his most important book he has
employed his extensive knowledge of European history, diplomacy
and political geography to account for the causes of the present war.
Without exonerating the ruling classes in Germany from their guilt in
devising the war, he shows how historical events have made it
possible if not inevitable.
The book has made a great impression in France and is recognised
as one of the most valuable and reliable contributions that has
appeared in connection with the subject. It is a book that no public
man, nor indeed anyone interested in current events, can afford to
neglect.