Page 108 of Emerald

I nod. Who am I to judge if it works for them? “Trust is the most important thing, especially in our world. So yeah, that’s enough,” I reassure her.

Sophie nods. “And yeah, he is hot.” She giggles which has us bursting out in laughter.

“Have we walked into the twilight zone?” Brooks says, staring at the two of us giggling.

“Sophie and I are sisters now,” I declare to him.

Brooks turns and looks over at Sophie, wondering if it’s the truth. “Yeah, I think she’s earned her spot in the family.” He seems shocked.

“Right, well, we’ve had an exhausting morning, I think it calls from beer and margaritas by the pool,” Nash says.

“Sounds good,” Sophie says.

“You guys are going to have to share a room unless someone wants to sleep on the sofa,” Nash adds.

“I can.” Brooks grunts.

“Don’t be silly, you’ve got a bad back. We’ve shared before, it’s no biggie,” Sophie says. Nash eyes Brooks, who chooses to ignore him. He looks over at me, and I grin.

“Your room is the last door on the right,” Nash tells them.

Brooks grabs their bags and they both head down to the room to settle in.

“There’s a spare room, my old room, one of them could have had that,” I tell him.

“Shh, I’m trying to play cupid.” He grins.

“Did Brooks say something?”

He shakes his head. “No, he’s tight-lipped, but my friend needs a little push when it comes to Sophie. He’s always had a thing for her, but he can’t get over the age gap.”

“Well, Sophie told me they have been sleeping together ever since moving to Ibiza,” I confess to him.

“What, no way.” He gasps.

I nod. “She said that she thinks he’s hot and she likes him, but with everything that is going on with the jewels she doesn’t have time for more.”

“There will always be something,” he says, shaking his head.

“True, but maybe we need to let them figure it out.”

We’re relaxingby the pool when there’s a knock at Nash’s front door. Everyone stills. He quickly picks up his phone and checks the security camera.

“It’s Anna,” he says.

“What does she want?” Brooks asks.

I shake my head. “I have no idea. I didn’t know she was coming over.”

“You should go answer it and see what she wants,” Nash tells me.

He helps me out of the pool and hands me a towel which I wrap around myself as I make my way to the door, schooling my features. I open it and greet Anna warmly.

“Anna, hi, this is a surprise,” I say.

“Sorry to just pop in like this, but it was the only chance I had. Can I come in?” she asks.

“Sure,” I say, opening the door for her to enter. She stills when she notices the people by the pool.

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