Young oil mogul Luke Garrett can't get his business counterpart to return his calls after a deal goes bad. After making every effort to contact the man, Luke decides to kidnap his former partner's son, Alex, to gain the man's attention to their shared problem.<br><br>Alex Parker is celebrating his eighteenth birthday by getting drunk with his best friend ... and studiously avoiding the debutantes his father tries to throw his way. His night of revelry is cut short when he finds himself a houseguest of a rather unconventional abductor.<br><br>Though he's angry and scared, Alex is drawn to Luke, whose plan falls apart when his attraction to Alex generates a change of heart. Luke can't do anything else but turn himself in to the police, much to Alex's dismay. Will Alex lose his chance at something great before it even begins?

His Enemy's Son

“We’re going to have fun, yeah?” But his smirk faded when he saw Luke standing there, a serious look on his face. Shaking his head a little, Alex sighed and turned away.


Luke didn’t say anything in the car, and Alex fell silent as he watched the road go by. He didn’t know where they were going, and he had stopped asking some fifteen minutes ago. He wished they could just stay at Luke’s home and have a peaceful breakfast inside and maybe a little nap in each other’s arms.


When Alex looked up next, his breath caught at the word Policeon top of the building in front of them.


“Luke, no. You don’t have to do this,” he pleaded. The man wouldn’t listen and drove on, his eyes seeking an empty parking spot. “Luke…”


Luke turned off the engine. “Come on,” he said. “I’ll tell everything to the cops, and they’ll take you home.”


“So they should. I’ve committed a crime. I should be punished.”


Chapter 7