How the hell did she still have this power over me? It didn’t make sense that I still wanted her.
It also didn’t make sense that I was sitting there watching a movie five minutes after she walked back into my life.
What the hell was happening?
Grabbing the popcorn bag from discarded box on the table, I turned around and almost slammed into Jasper.
“Jesus.”
He smirked and cocked his head to the side, pleased with himself. “Sorry, dude. Did I scare you?”
Sarcastic bastard.
“What’re you doing?” I asked.
His face turned serious, eyes narrowing and losing the smug edge. He took a step closer to me until he became uncomfortably close, but I quickly realised that was the point. This was an act of intimidation.
Wouldn’t work, but I’d go along with it.
“What did you do to her? She looks like she wants to run away.”
“Are you serious? I didn’t do anything to her,” I said. “We talked. There were things that needed to be said.”
There was still a lot more that I had to get off my chest at some point. I couldn’t have it inside me anymore, festering away, chaining me to the past.
“Couldn’t it have waited?” he asked, folding his arms under his chest. “She’s my sister. Don’t upset her, okay?”
“She’s my…” I trailed off, managing to stop myself before I saidgirlfriend. She wasn’t my girlfriend, and she hadn’t been for a long time.
But in every single way possible, she was mine.
Jasper smirked. “Your… what?”
I gritted my teeth. “Nothing. If you keep giving me that look, I’m going to punch you, Jasper.”
“What’s the deal with the new chick? Are you screwing her? Tell me now so I can make sure Oakley’s not around to see it.”
“Not that it has anything to do with you, but I’m notscrewingher. Even if I were, it would be Oakley’s fault.Sheleftme. She moved ten thousand five hundred and fifty-five miles away, for fuck’s sake.”
“Right, because shereallywanted to do that.”
I clenched my jaw, teeth grinding together. Why the hell was he coming at me right now? “She still did it.”
“Just don’t hurt her.”
“Me hurt her? You’ve got to be taking something.”
“If you hurt her, I’ll kill you.” He stared me down with sharp eyes, then slapped my shoulder. “Well, big brother bit over. How’ve you been?”
“Jasper, has anyone ever diagnosed you with anything?”
He rolled his eyes but grinned. “Not you, too.”
“I think if more than one person has commented on it, you should make an appointment.”
His grin widened. “There’s nothing wrong with my personalities. They’re all awesome.”
“So, you all grown-up and settled down yet?”
