Page 23 of Intrigued
“She was expelled for cheating,” Jasper said.
I pressed my lips into a fine line as I thought. The fact that it was Jasper who’d answered made me certain that was not the real reason. I looked at Bryn, who shrugged. However, her expression was purposefully blank. I knew that expression very well.
“I see,” I said. “Did you ever finish up somewhere else?”
Bryn touched herself on the chest. “Oh, so I’m first?”
“Why not? Maybe we can help the others see that talking to me will only help, not hurt.” I was only asking about Bryn because I noticed that whenever anything related to her was mentioned, the brothers would tense up. She was definitely at the root of a major secret, and I questioned why she would hire me to dig it up, because come hell or high water, I would pull that puppy right out of the dirt.
“I work with our family’s charity organization,” she said.
I nodded. “Of course. You were always good at philanthropy.”
“You would know,” Asher said under his breath.
When I turned to him, his eyes were narrowed to slits. That was the second time he’d taken a dig at me.What the hell did I ever do to him?
“Yeah, but she was blindsided,” Bryn said.
I was thankful she came to my defense.
“She could’ve turned down your charity,” he said.
“I’ve never seen you turn down charity,” Bryn bit back.
Yes.I wanted to pump my fist and plant a big kiss on her cheek for defending me. She had always been a quick and formidable verbal sparring opponent.
“What are you talking about?” Asher snapped.
Bryn sniffed cynically. “Father fronted you the money for the first four companies you started and failed to keep afloat. That’s just number one on the list.”
If looks could kill, Bryn would be pushing up daisies.
I raised a hand to halt the battle going on between the twins. “That has already been covered by Kylie Roberson.”
“You know what?” Asher shot to his feet. “I’m not hungry anymore.” He stormed away from the table then aimed his finger at me. “And I’m not talking to you, so don’t come knocking.”
I scratched the side of my face as I wondered what approach I should take to make him change his mind.
“Don’t mind him,” Bryn said. “He wants to fuck you, so he’ll talk to you.”
“Bryn!” Jasper and I said at the same time.
I avoided looking at him because the fact that we were on the same page felt odd.
“Okay, whatever,” Bryn said with a flippant eye roll. “Don’t worry. She won’t fuck him. I chose Holly because she’s immune to any man’s sexual power. I mean, she was the most virginal coed in all of Redmond College.”
My mouth was caught open; I had no idea what to say. There was no way she could ever know how Jasper and I had been getting it on like pros. As I looked down at my plate, I could feel Jasper’s gaze burn the side of my face while Spencer’s targeted the top of my head.
“That makes sense,” Spencer said.
I didn’t look up.
“I like virgins,” he continued. “They’re tight.”
Do. Not. Look. Up.
“Getting back to what’s important,” Jasper said loudly. “We should cancel the holiday party tonight.”
