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I shake my head, returning to my computer screen. “No thanks,” I mumble, setting my hands on the keyboard to type again. “You can go now.”

“Now why would I do that when I’m having so muchfuntalking toyou?” Theo asks, undeterred.

I ignore his question, focusing back in on the line of code that I’ve restarted five times since he invaded my space.

This is going to be alongfew months.

CHAPTER THREE

Brooke

“Whydoes it have to beTheo, ofallpeople?” I lament, poking food around my plate with a fork.

I’m glad my sister decided to stick around for dinner at the complex tonight, because the other girls on the IT unit are so charmed by Theo that my complaints would fall on deaf ears. I barely got anything done today after he decided to post up at my desk and torment me with his incessant chatter.

“Is it that bad?” Fallon asks, tilting her head, eyes sympathetic.

“Worse,” I scoff. “He actually tried hitting on me today.”

“Hewhat?!” Fallon’s eyes fly wide, then she erupts in a fit of giggles.

I narrow my eyes, stabbing a piece of chicken with my fork. “Ohhhkay, it’s not that frickin’ funny, Fallon.”

I’m a little offended that she finds it so outrageous that I’d be hit on by someone. Just because I’m studious doesn’t mean I’m frigid.

It isn’t always easy being Fallon’s twin sister. She’s got such a big personality that I’ve lived most of my life in the shadow of it. She’s so lively and brave and confident. Makes friendssoeasily. She’s fearless, reckless, but she always seems to squeak out of things on top. Things just work out for her, effortlessly.

Then there’s me. Quiet. Smart. Sensible. Level-headed. Planning everything out to mitigate the risk. I couldn’t be more different from my sister, and honestly, I envy Fallon in a lot of ways. I wish I could be more carefree like her instead of always being the good girl, the nice girl. Sometimes I think when the embryo split to make us identical twins all of the ‘fun’ traits got bestowed upon her.

“I can just imagine the look on his face when you shot him down!” Fallon laughs.

Okay, so she didn’t mean anything negative towardmeat her reaction. I guess I’m just being extra sensitive today after spending the afternoon being annoyed by Theo.

I smirk, thinking back to how he just stared at me when I turned him down, hazel eyes blinking. “I don’t think the word ‘no’ was part of his vocabulary before today,” I chuckle, popping a bite of chicken into my mouth and chewing.

“So how long are you stuck with him?” Boyd asks, leaning toward me.

Boyd’s one of Fallon’s close friends from back home. He made the squad when she did, along with their friend Davis, who is sitting at another table for dinner tonight with his mate, Casey. Rounding out our table are Shay, Connor, and Judd- more squad members that were at training camp with Fallon and recently made the squad. I’ve become friendly with them, too, through my sister.

“A fewmonths,” I sigh.

“At least he’s nice to look at,” Shay shrugs, twirling pasta around her fork. “I’d do him.”

Fallon and I both turn to give her simultaneous looks of disgust.

“What?” Shay laughs. “The bad boy thingtotallyworks for me.” She waggles her eyebrows, adding, “and I bet those alphas are all growly and dominant in the bedroom.”

“You haveno idea,” Fallon smirks, taking a bite of her food.

My cheeks heat in response to Shay’s vulgar comments. I stare down at my plate.

“Ohhhkay,” Boyd groans. “Can we talk about something else now?”

Shay and Fallon giggle together, while I go back to pushing my food around my plate with my fork.

“Hey Brooke, are you coming out with us tomorrow?” Connor asks, peering over at me from underneath his shaggy brown hair.

Connor and I have been enjoying a casual flirtation for the past couple weeks. He’s cute- athletic build, boyishly handsome, and a little on the quieter side, like me. I’ve been having fun getting to know him, though so far it has always been in a group setting.

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