Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty-Five

Olivia

Landon opens the door for us before we even step on the porch. I guess they have all this planned. He smiles at me just a second then his eyes move to look at Jason. He looks him up and down then nods his head and tells us to come in. As if this isn't my home too. Everyone is in the kitchen, the table is not set and Toby is at the stove cooking.

"What the hell are y'all doing here?" I ask them, even though I'm nervous.

"Mom said to come cook for your boyfriend." Kyle answers as he comes in to the kitchen shirtless.

I'm guessing they're trying to embarrass me. Or maybe trying to test Jason, I don't know honestly.

"No. You're lying. And where is mom anyway?" I ask looking at all three.

"You're not going to introduce your boyfriend Liv?" That comes from Toby.

"To you guys? Not today." I answer. When I look back at Jason, he looks amused by all this.

"Jason Osbourne. Your sister's man, not boyfriend." Jason suddenly says, I guess he's decided to take matters into his hands. I wish he didn't though, I wanted to rim my brothers. And he is also laying a thick claim on me, making all my brothers raise their eyebrows. But that shuts them up for a bit.

Landon who's been watching Jason the whole time since he open the door is the one who takes over the introduction. He comes forward and gives Jason his hand to shake. Something Jason doesn't like to do, if I've watched him do business closely and I wonder if Landon already knows that or what?! But Jason is full of surprises because he shakes Landon's hand, and my brother does something he doesn't usually do around visitors, he smiles. Then goes on to further introduce the two idiots in the kitchen with us.

After the introductions Jason hands Landon the bottle of wine. "A man should never meet the family of the woman he wants to marry empty handed." He says after giving him the pricey wine.

"Meursault, impressive. But no alcohol allowed in this house man." Landon says but still takes it.

"I will take that." Kyle says and plucks the bottle from Landon's hands.

"Last minute gift and all." Jason says to them.

"Shit, I forgot to tell you about the no alcohol rule." I say to Jason.

He pulls me into his fold and kisses my cheek and says, "I'm sure your brothers will enjoy it. Although I wish I'd brought your mom something now."

"My mom will appreciate the gesture anyway." I say looking up at him, one of my brothers clears his throat and I'm reminded that we have an audience.

Landon is the brood of the family. Always quiet and serious. But a big family guy. He stays with our mom and his daughter, who I hear coming downstairs with mom talking loudly. Jason looks at me with a question in his eyes, I realise then that I didn't say much to him about the little girl. I just smile at him and take his hand and walk towards my mom. Avery brings her small hands towards me saying "up Livie" which sounds more like "up Lovie" and I take her from my mom.

I start the introductions between mom and Jason. And my mom is charmed by Jason, but so is Avery, who like her father is awfully shy. She keeps hiding and peeking at Jason, who touches her cheek in a very cute way making her laugh.

"It's nice to finally meet you Ms Willow, I've heard wonderful things about you." Jason says kissing my mom's hand, making my mom blush. He is laying it thick.

"You can call me Victoria, Ms Willow is too formal." Says my blushing mother.

"I don't have a right to call you by your name yet Ms Willow," he says, then leans in and does as if he is sharing a secret with my mother, "Maybe after your daughter agrees to marry me." He continues then dazzles her with a panty dropping smile.

"Oh I'm sure she will agree eventually." My mom says.

"Jason and mom, no marriage talk on the first day, please." I chastise them both but my mom is not having that.

"A man always knows baby girl." She says with a laugh.

We have moved on to the dining room and are sitting. My brothers start setting the table, so I decide to help them but my mom stops me saying that my brothers would do it. After they're done, they sit, my mother takes grace and we start eating. Landon has Avery on top of him, busy feeding her at the head of the table. Kyle is sitting next to mom who is also sitting at the head of the table and Toby is sitting next to him. Jason is sitting between me and mom, making him to be directly infront of Kyle and me Toby.

My asshole brothers ask Jason how he and I met as if they don't know he's my boss. But the kicker of it is when Landon asks Jason what his intentions for me are, and like he told my mom, he tells the whole table I haven't accepted his proposal yet.

"So you're going to marry a girl you just started dating?" Kyle asks him, and Jason laughs.

"I know what I want, and when I see something I want, I go for it." As he says this, he gets a ping from his phone but doesn't take it out to look at it.

"Ahh so you're one of those guys?" Toby asks him.

"Is Jason here for an interview or are you guys trying to get to know him?" I ask them because I don't like how this is going.

Jason's hand goes to rest on my thigh under the table in a gesture for me to calm down. He looks at me and shakes his head, I decide to let him take care of himself then.

"Yes I'm one of those guys. I wouldn't have gotten this far in my business if not for that." As he says this his phone gets another ping followed closely by another. I'm guessing it's business, I look at him then and tell him to check what's going on and he looks at my mother for permission, when my mother nods her head, he stands up and walks towards the kitchen, taking his phone out.

The table is quiet after he leaves, they're all looking at me. "What? You're all the one's that said you wanted to meet him." I say to them.

"Are you pregnant Olivia?" Toby asks me and I wonder why he asks me that question especially so roughly.

When I go to answer him, Jason comes back in but doesn't sit down. "I'm sorry to cut lunch short but Olivia and I have to leave, business calls." He says.

"What's going on?" I ask him standing up.

"We have to leave for Russia, Rudy is on his way. Lewis is having some trouble." He answers me.