Free Luxe Glamour (The Glamour Series Book 5) by Maggie Marr

don’t have to justify this to you. I’m an adult. You’re my roommate. You’re the one who is never home. You’re always in New York or Paris or Milan or—”
    “Because I have a life.” I leaned toward Ellen. “You get this dog and you’re doomed. You’ll never go out. You’ll never do anything but study. You’ll sit around reading about bones and muscle groups. You’re going to wake up one day and your looks will be gone and what will you have to show for it?”
    Ellen tilted her head to the side and her eyebrows creased above her nose. “A medical degree?”
    Sure, like I was the idiot. Did she want to be some brainiac old maid with no life, no husband, and no friends? She turned back to the woman behind the adoption table. The smile of her face was indulgent, as though I was the idiot.
    “Please excuse my sister. She rooms at my house, but it is actually my house. And I really do want Carl.”
    “If you get that dog, I’m moving out.”
    Ellen’s eyes got big and she turned to me. “Seriously? Sophia, I am so tired of your hysterics and drama. Who are you? I am adopting Carl. And you can stay or you can go.”
    Anger flashed through me. I spewed words at Ellen and then stalked toward my brother.  Staying with him and his live-in wasn’t ideal. Tasha was simply so … all about business. But a house without a dog was what I wanted, at least for a while, until Ellen came to her senses, missed me, got rid of the beast, and begged me to return to the condo.
    Rhett’s arm was around Tasha’s and their backs were toward me. They had their heads tilted together. They were madly in love. It was a little bit gross. I stopped just behind them and Rhett looked over his shoulder.
    “Hey, Soph.” They turned to me and my gaze dropped to Tasha’s arms, where she cradled a tiny puppy with brown fur. “Look who we just adopted. Isn’t he awesome? We’re going to call him Iggy.”
    Oh. My. God. They both looked from the dog to each other’s eyes as though their family was complete. I might yack.
    This was insane. Why were these people so in love with these animals? They were animals ! They pooped. They drooled. They licked themselves. How could anyone want to share living space with these furry creatures?
    I pressed my arms to my chest and tossed my hair over my shoulder. I was done. I’d had enough of this place for one day. Besides, now I had to go home and pack up my stuff, because I definitely wasn’t going to stay with Ellen and her new canine friend. No way would I let my sister win this one. 
     
     
    Trick
     
    My gaze landed on Sophia Legend just as Ellen approached her with her new puppy. Wow. Could Sophia look more pissed? Did she hate dogs? Some people did. It seemed like such a missed opportunity, some of my best friends were dogs. Watching the interaction between Sophia and Ellen’s new dog, it didn’t seem that the puppy minded Sophia, and dogs were usually pretty good at judging character. The puppy pressed his paws to her pants and he wagged his tail. And I could see he had left his paw prints behind on Sophia’s white jeans. Now she really would be pissed.
    I stifled a laugh as I watched her march from Ellen over to Tasha and Rhett. The look on her face when she discovered that her brother had also adopted a dog was one of pure horror. Damn, even with her bad behavior and the sour look on her face, that woman was beautiful enough to drop a man to his knees.
    “Hey, Trick.” Dillon stood beside me with his newborn son strapped to his body in one of those carrier things. The little guy was awake now. His big blue eyes swept over me. “Is it a success?” 
    “We’ve found a bunch of forever homes and raised some money, so I’m thinking yeah, this has been a great success.” I fought the urge to reach out and run my hand over Liam’s perfectly round head. “You and Lane want a couple more pups?”
    “We would, but not while Liam’s this little. Once he’s big enough to help