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“Pretty much. It was weird coming from a guy.”
“Not weird as much as it’s just very obvious.” I sigh. “Now all of my siblings are in love—with Steels no less. Talk about being the odd one out.”
“Love isn’t something that can be rushed,” he says.
I roll my eyes. “Isn’t it? All three of you fell in love like lightning flashes.”
Jesse cocks his head. “You’re right about that. Brianna says the people in her family tend to fall quickly and fall hard. I get it now.”
I sigh again. “Do you want to come in?”
He shakes his head. “I don’t want to wake Bree.”
I hear rustling behind me.
“Bree’s already awake,” she says.
I turn. Brianna stands in the darkness, her long gorgeous hair flowing around her shoulders, and her nipples poking through her tank top.
Great.
That’ll get my brother started.
“Hey, you,” she says to Jesse.
“You doing okay, baby?”
“Yeah, I finally got to sleep.” She redirects her gaze toward me. “You okay, Mads?”
“I’m still awake, which is how I heard Jesse knocking softly on the door.”
“I just wanted to make sure the two of you were okay,” he says.
“Haven’t you been to bed?” Brianna asks.
“No. I was having a drink with Dave.”
“Apparently your cousin is pretty shook up,” I say.
Brianna’s eyes widen, and she wipes some sleep out of them. “Is he okay?”
Jesse nods. “He is. I think each of us has been affected by this a little bit differently.”
“Brianna,” I say, “I want you to go with Jesse. I’m okay. I wasn’t sleeping anyway.”
“No, Maddie. I made you a promise.”
I grab her arm. “I’m letting you out of it for tonight. Go be with each other. Comfort each other. Do whatever it is you do when you’re together—and no, I don’t want the details.”
“You sure?” Brianna asks.
“Yeah. Please. Go.”
“Are you sure?” she asks Jesse.
A small smile appears on his face. “If Maddie is sure, yeah, of course. I’d love to be with you.”
“All right,” Brianna says. “Give me a minute. I’ll put on a robe and grab my stuff.”
