Page 45 of Unspoken Words
“He won’t tell me he loves me because he’s not a jerk. He thinks that if he tells me it’ll fast track me sleeping with him.”
“Bingo.”
“He wants to fast track but respects me enough not to do it.”
“Bingo.”
“Oh, we’re totally going to fast track after I’m finished being shitty with him.”
“Bing—wait. What? No, you’re not. You’re too young to fast track anything.”
“Oh shut up. I’m only a couple of years younger than you.”
“Yeah. That’s too young.”
“It is not.”
Chris shuddered. “Why couldn’t Mum and Dad have had another son?”
“Becauseyouscarred them for life.”
“Pfft. I’m the easy child. You’re the early heart attack.”
I glared at him. “I am not.”
“Are so. I bet Mum is having palpitations right now because she has half a cheesecake leftover.”
I laughed. “She probably is. I should go and eat some, huh?”
“Yeah, you should. And you should cut Connor some slack. He loves you. Anyone can see that. It’s actually gross how much that dude loves you.”
My smile lingered a little longer. “It’s not gross. It’s sweet.”
“So don’t punish him for it then.”
“He deserves to be punished; he ruined my night.”
“Fair enough. I’ll kick his arse for that.”
Hugging Ruby to my chest, my smile dissipated.
“He did something else, didn’t he?” Chris asked, narrowing his eyes.
“No, not really. It’s not what he did, it’s what he said.”
“About?”
“Lilah. I think she likes him, but unlike her brother, I think she’s trying to break us up.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because she put Tristan in the shit and told Connor that he likes me more than a friend. Why do that other than to cause trouble? Tristan is hertwinbrother. Placing him in the shit for no good reason other than to cause trouble between Connor and I just doesn’t add up.”
“True. I think she’s got some serious issues. I overheard Dad tell Mum that he had to give her a warning for acting inappropriately toward one of his staff. He said she trailed her finger down a male teacher’s chest.”
My eyes nearly bugged out of my head. “Oh. My. God! Are you serious?”
“Yep. Dad said he had major concerns about her mental state and wanted to speak to Mrs Perez about the ‘incident’ at her former school.”
