Page 46 of Falling for my Brother's Best Friend

“She is.”

I blow out a breath and my gaze shifts to the water. “She’s not, and the sooner you realize that, the better we’ll be.”

“Sav.” He holds out his hand for mine. When I don’t place mine in his, he slides it closer.

Knowing he won’t stop until I oblige, I put my hand in his.

His calloused thumb runs along my knuckles. “Will you let me help you find her?”

“What?”

“Give me five weeks. One day during each week, I get to choose what we do.”

I sigh. “If this is just to get me into your bed—”

“It’s not. Believe me, your brothers already squashed any notion that that would ever happen. This is something I want to do for you.”

His sincerity steals my breath. “Why?” I whisper.

“To prove you wrong?”

I smile because isn’t that always the problem between us? We both love to be right. “I’ll bet you good money you won’t find what you’re looking for.”

His smirk appears, and my insides zing with awareness. “I’m game, but you’re betting against yourself.”

“Nah, I know that I’ll always be this way. You’re betting against yourself.”

He shakes his head. “Name your prize. If you are permanently like you are now, what do you want?”

I lean in with a grin. “You show me what’s in that barn?”

He lets my hand go. If I had to judge by the speed his smirk vanished from his face, the last thing he ever wants to share with me is the contents of that barn.

---