“And you thought I was overprotective.” Aiden laughed then. “Looks like you have another big brother who is going to boss you around, Liv.”
“Oh, yay, another annoying big brother,” I groaned and then walked over and gave Xander a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. “Welcome to the family, big bro.”
“Thanks.” Xander looked at me with a weird expression on his face.
I could see that I’d knocked him off of his feet slightly. I didn’t know what he was thinking, but I did know that he wasn’t acting as cocky and confident as he had before.
“Now scram. I want to try on my dresses.”
“Yeah, I want to try on my dresses as well,” Alice said and looked at Aiden. “Please vacate the room.”
“We’re out of here.” Aiden grinned at her.
I felt like puking. It looked like it was really going to happen. Alice was going to end up dating Aiden, and they were going to get married, and I was going to have to be around him forever as a single loser.
“Or we can help you both decide,” Xander said, not moving.
“Huh?” I looked at him with narrowed eyes, my heart racing. “What do you mean?”
“We can tell you which dresses look best.”
“This isn’tPretty Woman.” I scoffed. “We don’t need your help.”
“Fine.” He shrugged. “No hair off my back.”
“See ya then.”
“Let’s go, Xander.” Aiden walked out of the bedroom, and Xander followed behind him.
“He’s a hard guy to figure out, isn’t he?” Alice sighed.
“Yes, he is. I just don’t get him at all.”
“Is it sad that all I can think about is what it would be like to kiss him?” Alice said wistfully.
I froze. “You want to kiss Xander?”
“What? No. I’m talking about Aiden.”
“Oh, sorry. I was talking about Xander.”
“Ugh, men!” She shook her head, and I made a face.
“I’m going to go to the study to read for a bit,” I said.
I needed to get out of the room and clear my thoughts, as I felt confused and muddled about my feelings.
“Okay. Sounds good. We can try on the dresses in a couple of hours?”
“Yes! Let’s do that.”
“Okay, I’m going to have a nap now then.” She yawned. “I’m still a bit exhausted.”
Jealousy was one of those emotions that I loved to hate. I hated feeling jealous because it made me feel inadequate, but I loved it when a guy was jealous over me. It was a weird thing, jealousy. There was such a fine line to walk without seeming crazy.
I had to admit, I was jealous over the relationship my sister had with Xander, even though they had never had sex.Supposedly. I didn’t know any platonic friends who had gotten engaged. It made me burn inside. I mean, it wasn’t like he was mine, but I kinda had a thing for him.
I wanted him to wantmeto be his fake fiancée. Why couldn’t he have askedmeto marry him? Though that could be more complicated for us. Seeing as we’d had sex and all. And seeing as I had real emotions for him. I just didn’t know why they were getting married, especially because she was pregnant with another man’s baby.
