“Good.” She smiled at me. “And if you play your cards right, maybe I’ll hook you up with Henry.”
“Henry, Xander’s brother?” My eyes widened. And I feel kinda sick.
“Yes.” She grinned. “He’s very handsome, and, well, wouldn’t that be fun if we were married to brothers?”
“Oh, yeah, oodles of fun.” I smiled weakly.
Here we come, Jerry. I groaned inwardly. There was no way in hell that I wanted to be hooked up with Henry. Talk about creepy and gross.
“I’m pretty sure he’s single.”
“That’s good,” I said and then sighed. “Um, we’ll chat later, yeah?”
“Okay.” She nodded. “And don’t tell Mom and Dad about the baby, okay?”
“Okay,” I said and then closed the door, my heart racing as I stood there, taking everything all in.
I watched as Xander squirmed out from under the bed and stood up.
“So then …” He stared at me with an expectant look.
“So, what?”
“Now you know why we’re getting married.”
“I can’t believe you want to marry her after listening to all that.”
“Why?” He frowned.
“She’s a gold digger.” I made a face. “And God forgive me for saying that about my sister.”
“She doesn’t hide what she’s after.” He shrugged.
“You’re okay with that?”
“Gabby and I haven’t lied to each other about anything. We know what this is about.”
“So, she knows you slept with me?”
“No.” His eyes narrowed. “But then I didn’t know who you were until about an hour ago.”
“Are you going to tell her now that you know?”
“No, of course not.” He paused. “That would unduly complicate things.” His word choice seems so formal to me and I wonder if he wants to distance himself from me.
“Because they’re not complicated now?”
“Well, not really.” He brushed some lint off of his jeans. “Nothing is really complicated right now. Though they could become more complicated if you still want to sleep with me, which I think you do.” He stared at my breasts.
“What?” My jaw dropped at his audacity.
Was he for real? I stared at the smirk on his handsome face, and I tried to ignore how sexy he looked.
He’s a jerk, Liv. He’s not a sexy male god with a miracle tongue.
Oh, I am going to miss his miracle tongue.
No. Stop it, Liv. You must forget his miracle tongue.
