Since You Chose Your 'Bro' I Married Your Brother novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

When Lucy heard “Young Madam,” she did a double–take.

Wait–Crane got married? So that door was officially closed?

But when she looked around, no woman was standing next to him.

She must’ve heard wrong.

Daniel figured Crane had just locked down some arranged marriage with another rich family’s daughter.

Crane saw me trapped under Lucy and moved fast.

He shoved her off me hard enough that she went sprawling across the floor.

She stared up at him, tears already forming.

“Crane!”

Her voice came out all wounded and breathy.

She genuinely couldn’t process why he’d push her and defend me, of all people.

The girl their whole crew supposedly couldn’t stand.

At least, that’s the story she’d been selling herself.

Crane’s jaw tightened as he carefully tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.

Then his eyes dropped to my wrist–red and already starting to bruise.

His whole vibe shifted. Darker. Colder.

Anyone who knew him well enough recognized that look: someone was about to get destroyed.

“What the hell happened?”

“Crane, it was her! She stole your jade ring! Good thing I noticed. Danny won’t even look at her anymore, so now she’s trying to social–climb her way to you. She stole your property to trick people into thinking she’s someone important!”

Crane glanced at the ring hanging around my neck.

“And that concerns you… how, exactly? Mind your fucking business.”

“Crane, no, I didn’t mean-”

He didn’t let her finish. Just picked me up like I weighed nothing.

“We need to get some ice on that wrist.”

The truth was, Crane barely knew Lucy existed.

She was just background noise because Daniel kept bringing her around. After a while, she just became part of the furniture.

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And he couldn’t fucking stand her.

The way she constantly threw herself at him, the nonstop shit–talking about me. He never participated, but he definitely didn’t approve.

Daniel stepped forward, blocking our path.

“Crane, I’ll take her. She’s my fiancée. This is my responsibility.”

Something ugly twisted in Daniel’s gut watching his friend handle his fiancée like she mattered. The way Crane was looking at Fiona felt… wrong.

They’d never been close. Crane was always the quiet one–sat in the corner nursing a drink, kept his distance. Didn’t matter who tried to get his attention, he shut them all down without blinking.

So why was he suddenly playing white knight for Fiona?

Crane sidestepped Daniel’s reach without breaking stride.

“I’ve got it covered. Maybe spend that energy keeping your ‘girl bro‘ in check instead.”

He walked off with me still in his arms.

Daniel started to follow, but Lucy’s crying yanked him back.

He stopped and turned around.

“Danny, did I make Crane mad? I was just trying to help…”

Daniel ran a hand through her hair, trying to calm her down.

“Nah, he’s not like that. He just doesn’t really know you yet. I’ll smooth it over with him later.”

“But why was he being so sweet to Fiona? They seemed really… familiar.”

She finally said what had been eating at her.

Daniel thought it was weird too.

But the more he turned it over, the less it made sense.

Crane treated everyone like they had the plague.

“It’s his company’s event. He’s just doing damage control. Doesn’t want any messy drama that could blow back on the Worthington name, PR

stuff.”

He literally couldn’t come up with any other explanation for why Crane would suddenly care about me.

Lucy visibly relaxed.

As long as Crane and I weren’t a thing, she still had a shot.

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