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“Oh right. I forgot,Leigh, you let him fall for you, and then you told him. Oh no, wait…you waited until he found out himself.”
I narrow my eyes. “He forgave me, so maybe you should too. And you should understand that there’s this thing called free will, and you can’t dictate what people can and can’t do.”
“I assume I’m interrupting,” Rowan says, coming up behind me.
I slide my arm out of my dad’s and wrap my arms around his neck, placing a big fat kiss on his lips.Take that, Conor.
Rowan takes my arms from around his neck and lowers them, staring over my shoulder. I assume at my brother. Oh, no, I am not going to act any differently for him.
Rowan puts his hand out in front of my dad. “It’s nice to see you again, Mr. Nilsen.”
Dad shakes his hand. “It was always Troy. No need for formalities just because you’re dating Kyleigh.”
Conor grunts, and Rowan looks at him.
Rowan slides his hand into mine. Thank goodness, I was worried for a moment.
“Pinkie, I’m heading out. You coming?” Tweetie hollers where he is down the hall with two girls at his side.
“Dad?” Conor raises his eyebrows.
“I’m gonna go to dinner with Kyleigh and Rowan. You go ahead.”
Conor pats my dad on the back. “Thanks for coming. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
His eyes throw daggers at Rowan and me before he heads in Tweetie’s direction.
“You can thank me later,” Tweetie shouts at Rowan.
Rowan’s gaze follows Conor. I hate to see the hurt in his blue eyes. Their friendship was important to him, and Conor’s letting it go because of me.
“Where should we go?” Dad asks.
“I have a place I think you’ll both like. Let me call to see if they can get us in.” Rowan walks away with his cell phone to his ear.
“There’s a lot of tension,” my dad says under his breath. “It can’t go on like this forever.”
“Then talk to your son.” I’m done with my brother’s bullshit. I’m happy. I’m living my life, and I’m not going to stop because Conor thinks he knows better than me.
Rowan walks back over. “We’re in. I called an Uber to take us.”
“I like this treatment,” my dad says.
I rise on my tiptoes and kiss Rowan’s cheek. “Me too, Dad.”
We go to the restaurant, and Rowan is charming and affectionate and wins my dad over easily. Then we head back to my place and make love. Life is great. Other than my jerk of a brother.
Thirty-Nine
Rowan
The guys are going out.All the guys because Henry’s got a babysitter.
When they leave, I head over to pick up Kyleigh at her place.
I knock on her door, and when she answers, my jaw just about hits the floor. “I’m not sure about that dress.” I place my hands on her hips and walk her backward into her apartment, kicking the door shut behind me.
“You seem to like it.” She gives me a sexy grin.
