Page 12 of Promise Yule Be Mine
“I wouldn’t kick him out of bed,” he said.
“What?” I grimaced and pulled Rhett back down on my bed. “What are you talking?—”
I stopped when I saw Kody smiling back at me. My heart beat faster for a second or two and my mouth dried instantly.
Great. As if it wasn’t enough I couldn’t look at the man in person, I couldn’t even look at his picture. How mature of me.
“I can see why you would love the guy even though he’s not my type. I prefer them older and preferably in twos.”
It took me a second to register what he said before I snorted.
“Jeez, Rhett. I don’t love the guy. I hardly know him. I just think he’s hot.”
Rhett blinked rapidly.
“What?”
“I don’t see the difference,” he said.
“What difference?”
“You said he’s hot. So you love him.”
“Those are not the same thing.”
“They aren’t?” Rhett cocked his head to the side with genuine confusion.
That managed to get me out of my funk long enough to glare at my younger brother.
“No?” I said. “What the hell are you on—oh!”
“Oh what?” he asked.
“Nothing.” I shook my head. “I just understood your whole love life all of a sudden.”
“What do you mean?” He looked so confused yet so innocent, I realized he wasn’t kidding. He could not see the difference between love and attraction. Which explained so much about his dating woes.
But I wasn’t my brother. In fact, I was probably the polar opposite. Just because I liked Kody—likereally, really liked him—didn’t mean I was in love with him. I gave it another day before I even forgot what he looked like, because the one thing I would not let myself do, was obsess over my friend’s boyfriend.
The groom was off-limits.
5
KODY
Thanksgiving day
“Kody, leave the dogs alone and go wash up. Dinner’s ready,” Mom said and Nikita chuckled from the table.
“What?” I asked him, offering my fingers to both Cookie and Milk for nips and licks.
“Nothing. Go do as Mommy said.”
I glared at him.
“You trying to say something little shit—erm, I mean little bro?”
“Oh boys, don’t you start.”
