Page 50 of Betrayal of a Billionaire
Alicia smiled at her sister, shifting her gaze to Luke. “You up for it, Luke?”
Grant’s jaw tightened at the words. They were making it obvious that they hated him and were pushing Julia with Luke.
“I’d love to go,” Kyle said.
“Oh, but–” Alicia answered.
“That would be nice. We could all go. Spend a little more time together getting to know each other,” Grant suggested, pickingup on Kyle’s obvious plan to stop Julia from spending time with Luke.
“Great, that’s perfect. Lydia, I guess we’ll say goodbye here–” Julia began.
“Why?” Lydia asked.
“Well…we’re going for a hike. I can’t imagine–”
“Nonsense!” Lydia said with a wave of her hand. “I love hiking. Nature is part of the tapestry of my soul.”
Grant screwed up his face. “Since when?”
“I don’t know what that means, Grant,” Lydia said. “You know I always loved Vail and Aspen.”
“Yeah, you loved strutting around the lodge in your expensive ski gear. I don’t think you ever went down the slopes once.”
Lydia rolled her eyes. “Whatever. Count me in.”
She wandered a few steps away before she spun to face them. “Are we hiking?”
“This isn’t what I had in mind,” Alicia said. “I wanted to spend some time with my sister.”
“And Ethan and Luke,” Kyle pointed out.
Alicia narrowed her eyes at him. “Whatever, let’s just go.”
They started toward the trial looping around the pond, picking up Sierra on their way. “We’re going to hike?” she asked. “Like walk? Or are there golf carts?”
“No, Sierra, no golf carts. You have to walk,” Kyle said.
“Through the forest?” she asked, her voice shrill.
“Yes, Sierra,” Grant answered.
“Fine. As long as Daddy isn’t leading the way.”
“Why?” Alicia asked.
“Daddy isterribleat navigating. A few months ago, Daddy got us lost in the woods and Julia had to rescue us by navigating by the stars.”
“I didn’t get us lost,” Grant answered as they strolled along the path.
“Yes, you did. You kept walking and walking and finally, Julia said that we were going the wrong way because O’Reilly was on the wrong side of us.”
Ethan screwed up his face. “What?”
“I think you mean Orion,” Luke suggested.
“I don’t know, but Julia saved our lives,” Sierra said.
“So, you’re not an outdoorsman, huh?” Alicia asked.
