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I scoff. “By the time they started talking about it, I wasn’t even a teen. And even then, I was never part of any of those conversations.”

“Knowing him as long as you did, you two must have been close.”

I look back to memories I haven’t thought about in a long time. Memories I’ve never been able to forget.

“He spent most of his time with Jonathan. But there were times I watched a movie or two with them.”

“If you guys got along then, why aren’t you now? Did he hurt you? Doesn’t seem like there was any falling out.”

I sigh. “No, nothing like that. Time went on, I got older, and I went away for college.”

“Did you have a crush on him by chance?”

What makes her think that? Not that she’s wrong. “Yeah, but it was ages ago. A phase.”

“What makes you say that?”

Isn’t it obvious? “I was a teen when I realized my feelings were one-sided, and I moved on.”

“Are you sure it was one-sided?”

“Yeah, I’m sure. What’s with the questioning?”

“I’m just…thinking.”

“That sounds frightening.” I’m partially teasing, but I’m also cautious.

“I just think that if he didn’t feel the same way, he wouldn’t be living with you.”

“But that’s not why he’s living with me. He’s doing it because Jonathan told him to.”

She shakes her head seemingly amused. “Whatever you say.”

“You don’t believe him.”

“Just think about it for a second. Jake kisses you on New Year’s Eve, tells you that night he’s moving in with you, and does so just as Jonathan and Kiera leave for their vacation. Don’t you think the timing of all of this is a little suspicious?

The timing may be interesting but not suspicious. Jonathan could have easily told Jake to move in at the same time he left for vacation.

If that’s what Jonathan wanted, why didn’t he have him move in sooner?

He didn’t have to. Kami was living with me at the time.

Is Kami trying to say Jake has other motives for moving in? No. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Like Jake had said all those years ago,“She’s Jonathan’s kid sister. Nothing more. I don’t think of her like that.”

Any hope of otherwise, I got out of my system a long time ago.

“He kissed me because he had too much to drink. He moved in because Jonathan told him to look out for me. What’s there to be suspicious about?”

Chapter Five

Jake

“Got a minute?” Nathan stands at the threshold of my office.

I look up from the pile of papers on my desk. “Yeah, man. What’s up?”

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