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“Of course, it is.” I scoff. “Jenna wouldn’t buy me real gold. You kidding me?”
“It looks real to me.”
“No way it’s real. Trust me.”
He shifts nervously. “I really think you should double check first before you decide.”
I let my smile curl. “But I really want an easel, though...”
“I’ll buy you an easel!” he says. “I will take you to the arts and crafts store right now and I will buy you the best damn...”
I bite my lip to smother my laugh.
Drew nods. “You’re messing with me right now.”
“A little bit.”
“You’re mean.” He shakes his head, but his smile grows. “You’re a big, mean girl.”
“And I love it,” I say, pinching the pendant. “Thank you, Drew.”
He looks at the necklace as he relaxes his tense shoulders. “You’re welcome,” he says.
We stare at each other as thunder rolls softly in the distance. Yet again, I lose myself on his face. I glide along his sharp jawline. I curl up in his thick lips and swoon beneath those damn forest eyes.
And dimples. I’m all about those dimples.
“I’m sorry,” we both say together.
We laugh. I open my mouth to speak, but Drew holds up his hand.
“Me first,” he says.
“No, I should go first,” I say. “I shouldn’t have?—”
“No, I shouldn’t have let you feel like you weren’t as important to me as Seth. You are. You’re even more important.”
“I shouldn’t have disregarded your friendship because of my dumb high school hang-ups. It wasn’t fair.”
“They weren’t dumb,” he says. “Seth’s an ass.”
“Seth’s a big ass.”
“He can be a real jerk sometimes.”
“A big jerk!”
“Hey,” Seth says, poking his head out of the helm. “I can hear you guys.”
“But I love him,” Drew says, looking at him. “He’s been my brother for over two years. We’ve been through a lot together and I don’t know what I’d do with myself if he weren’t in my life.”
Seth grins. “Aw, shucks, man.”
“I was scared to lose that.” Drew looks at me. “But not nearly as scared as I was after I lost you. I won’t make that mistake again, Heidi.”
“You’re not mad at me for kicking you out?” I ask.
He smiles. “No.”
