CHAPTER 21
JESS
“I get it. I don’t want to hear about it anymore. It’s fine,” I groaned and slumped in the chair pinching the bridge of my nose. This was giving me a headache.
“So, what? Are you like, dating now or whatever?” I asked, and Laura shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Sam was sitting between us as the mediator, but I knew she was enjoying this.
If it were anyone else, I would have been happy for her. Hell, I would have been ecstatic, but my brother? “Why did it have to be Josh? He’s such a complete asshole of a human!” My head hit the table, and I just lay there.
“I promise I didn’t mean for it to happen. I don’t know. He was so sweet and charming, and without warning, he stepped forward and kissed me. Like, really kissed me. I felt it all the
way…
“Stop! I don’t want to hear how my brother kisses. Please. I beg of you,” I said.
“Alright, we get it, Jess. You don’t want to hear about your brother sleeping with your best friend. There. I said it. But to be fair, it’s slim pickings out there and at least you know your brother isn’t a sociopath like…” Sam trailed off, not sure if it was safe to mention Bryan yet.
I burst out laughing. “Yeah, we can agree that mine was the
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worst out of all our choices!” I watched as Sam and Laura relaxed, thankful that we could talk about it now without feeling like it would send me into a downward spiral.
I mean, it still does, but I keep that or when I’m home alone or running.
“What happened with Luke?” Laura asked, desperate to get the subject off her and my brother.
“Nothing. He told me he kissed me because I was desperate and he felt sorry for me. That’s it. There is no Luke. In my mind, Luke does not exist anymore. Neither does my brother,” I stated, sipping my coffee.
I watched Laura chew on her cheek. “Okay. Tell me,” I
exclaimed.
“Josh wants to take me out, like on a date…” she said, and my mind stopped working for a second. My brother doesn’t do dates. He doesn’t date. End of story. He doesn’t even hook up with the same girl more than once. Like, one and done – that’s his motto.
Which only meant that, as much as Laura had fallen for my brother’s charms, he might have fallen for her too.
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