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“If you don’t feel all of that, bro—” he shrugged and ground out his warning.
“Sorry I took so long,” Juliette’s sweet voice cut into our conversation. My gut twisted because I didn’t feel half of what Sawyer talked about, but we had still been growing as a couple. My head snapped in her direction and for a second, I wondered how long she had stood there, and how much of our conversation she’d heard.
“James was about to send out a search party, weren’t you, bro?” Sawyer replied quickly, covering my inept attempt to find any words to continue with normal conversation after his candid explanation of how his wife made him feel.
My gaze remained fixed to my girl and I shrugged. “Thank you for rescuing me, I’ve been drowning in cheese while my little brother here poured his heart out about his wife.” At least that part wasn’t a lie.
Sliding her arm through mine, she rested her head on my shoulder in an obvious sign of support. “James may not be one for public displays of affection or openly vent how he feels, but I believe he does it where it matters. Not everyone has the confidence to know exactly what they feel or can even express this. Besides, I’ve been on the end of plenty of charming words in the past, but the actions of those men just didn’t match up.”
A laugh bubbled up from my throat, but I caught it when I saw Sawyer rub the back of his neck, clearly embarrassed Juliette had most likely heard the majority of our conversation. “Lovely to meet you, honey. James needs to bring you down to the house for dinner so we can get to know you properly without hordes of people hanging around.”
Nodding, my girl smiled warmly, slipped her hand down from the crook of my elbow and laced her fingers in mine. Relief washed through me because she obviously hadn’t been offended by anything my brother had said.
“Thank you, I’d like that, Sawyer. I saw your wife, Billie, a few minutes ago; she seems lovely. I’m looking forward to getting to know you both better… and meeting your children as well. James clearly adores them, he talks about them all the time,” she added and turned her head, looking up at me with a warm smile that reached her eyes. “Baby, would you grab me another drink? I mean, I’m thirsty and this is a party after all,” she reminded me, giving me an out in the carefree tone that had attracted me to her in the first place.
“Sure, I replied, and felt happy to leave her standing with Sawyer, who I knew would gently quiz her further about us.
Whatever Sawyer thought, my decision to take Juliette to the party had made people notice. My lack of clarity on defining what Juliette was to me was no one’s business but mine. Unlike Sawyer, I’d never experienced that instant love Sawyer said he’d felt when he met his soul mate, and therefore I was proof, even with the same rich blood running through me, no two men were the same.
