I sincerely doubted Lucas had any idea that his best friend was in love with his sister. Knowing what I did about the man I was now seeing, I didn’t think he’d take that very well.
Anna poured two glasses of wine and handed me one. “Thanks,” I said.
“Have a seat,” Lucas instructed, pulling a stool out for me to sit on. He leaned down and kissed me sweetly on the mouth. “You look beautiful,” he whispered into my ear, making me shiver.
“And you look like you’re about to blow a gasket,” I observed.
Lucas got a broom and dustpan from the closet and started sweeping up potatoes. “It looks like we’ll be ordering take away after all,” he grumbled.
“I told you to do that in the first place,” Anna piped up, sitting down beside me. Alan scooted his stool closer once the pretty brunette was seated.
“Good, because I wasn’t going to touch that fish stuff you were making,” Alan joked.
Lucas threw a potato at Alan and he batted it away before it hit his face.
“Morgan, it’s nice seeing you again, love.” Alan leaned across Anna to kiss my cheek. I was pretty sure he used it as an excuse to rub himself against Anna’s boobs. She didn’t seem to mind though.
“Nice to see you too under more sober circumstances,” I replied and he clinked his glass with mine.
“I will say, how you and Lucas met won’t make for a great story to tell your grandkids,” Anna added. Alan howled with laughter at the look of abject horror on mine and Lucas’ faces.
“So we’re not talking grandkids yet?” Anna asked innocently.
Lucas pointed at her with a look of warning. “You promised you wouldn’t start shit tonight, Anna.”
Anna gave me a look of wide-eyed innocence. “I never start shit. Don’t listen to him, Morgan.”
Lucas came over to put his arm around me, kissing the top of my head in a sweet gesture. “I’m sorry, I really wanted to make you a nice dinner. Then these two jackals jumped in and completely distracted me.”
“It’s okay, I wasn’t expecting Michelin star dining. I’m cool with pizza.” I snuggled into his chest, enjoying the heat of him.
“So you two crazy kids, how was London? I saw the pictures.” Alan waggled his eyebrows.
“It was pretty awesome. I’d never been to London before,” I told him, ignoring the jab about the paparazzi photographs. I ran my hand along the chain of the heart necklace Lucas had gotten for me. I had made sure to wear it.
“That’s a really interesting necklace,” Anna commented, leaning in to get a better look. “Where did you get it?”
“Lucas bought it for me actually?”
Anna’s eyebrows rose dramatically. “Lucas bought it for you? Seriously?”
I laughed. “Seriously.”
“Wow, I’ve never known Luke to buy jewelry for anyone. Mum included. Well, well, well.” She seemed pleased.
“The markets were amazing. And the streets. And the noise. I loved every bit of it,” I said, steering the conversation back to our time in London.
“I love London. I’m hoping to go to medical school there,” Anna told me, sipping on her wine.
“You’re going to medical school? That’s amazing,” I said, genuinely impressed.
“Anna’s the smart one in the family,” Lucas said with obvious pride.
Alan frowned. “You want to go to medical school in London? I thought you were looking at schools in Manchester and Birmingham. London is so far away.”
“And the best schools are there,” Lucas added. “I’m not sure why it should matter to you where Anna goes.” He leveled him with a look that told me Lucas wasn’t as ignorant of Alan and Anna as I had thought.
“We’ll see. It really depends on my grades. I won’t be holding my breath.” Anna waved away the comments.
