Page 19 of Bragg's Match

Accident? Does he know what the word means?

“You blaring music loud enough to wake the dead was an accident?” I snarl at him.

Elder arrives with baby Robin in his arms. “What was an accident?”

“Nothing!” I yell since it wasn’t an accident.

Eden wiggles her hands at Elder. “Give me the baby.”

Elder tightens his hold on Robin. “No. Get your own baby.”

Miller growls and Eden pats his middle until he calms down. “Yes, your brother is a dickhead but he didn’t mean to be insensitive.”

“Didn’t mean to be insensitive?” Harmony glances between Miller and Eden. “Are you two trying?”

Eden’s cheeks darken. “No success yet but we’re trying.”

I ignore the ball of jealousy trying to form in my stomach. I refuse to be jealous of my friends.

Harmony claps. “Robin will have a cousin to play with.”

My phone vibrates in my pocket before the songCall me maybebegins to play.A song I cannot stand. A song Brody knows I cannot stand.

I point my finger at him. “I’m going to kill you in your sleep.”

He laughs. “You can’t kill me if you can’t catch me.” He runs off and I give chase.

“Where are you going?” I ask as he races down the hallway. “This is a dead end.”

He opens a door and rushes in. I scramble inside before he can shut me out.

“I’m serious, Brody. You have to stop with all of these pranks,” I say as I prowl after him.

“What’s the big deal? It’s just a song.”

“A song you know I hate.”

His eyes sparkle with mirth as he backs up.

“Where are you going to flee to now?” I open my arms wide to indicate the room we’re in. It’s the nursery. There’s nowhere to hide in here.

He straightens his back. “Who says I’m fleeing?”

“Everyone who saw you speed down the hallway with me chasing after you.”

He smirks. “Got you to chase me, didn’t I?”

I narrow my eyes on him. “You want me to chase you? What are you up to now?”

Brody and his stupid pranks. He’s going to give me a heart attack one of these days. I still have nightmares about the time he dressed up as a ghost and scared me half to death. I nearly peed my pants in fright.

“This.” He shackles my wrist and whirls me around until my back is plastered against the wall and he’s looming over me.

“What are you doing?” I scan the room. “Is a skeleton going to pop out from underneath Robin’s cot?”

“No skeletons but I do have some bones I wouldn’t mind discussing.”

He punches his hips and his hard length hits my belly. Sparks ignite in my stomach and travel down to my core.

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