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She lifted her dark eyes to me. “What does it look like?”
I sighed, not sure how the hell to phrase it to my sister. “Like I’m sweet on your best friend,” I settled on.
The two of them had been hanging out a ton over the last week. It was rare that Raven didn’t stay at the flower shop after closing, coming home an hour late and telling me she’d grabbed a drink with Charleigh or had gone on a walk or just roamed around doing whatever girlie shit they did.
Had to admit that I loved it. Loved that the two of them were finding companionship in each other.
Loved that my sister was spreading her wings.
Loved that Charleigh wasn’t alone.
But this? I didn’t fuckin’ love it. Didn’t love the way my sister was looking at me at all.
“Are you?”
Another sigh. “No.”
Because I didn’t get to besweeton anything. I didn’t do love or connections or strings or any of that bullshit.
But I felt tied to Charleigh in some intrinsic way.
In a way I shouldn’t.
“Are you lying to me or are you trying to lie to yourself? Because this looks like you’resweetto me, River.”
She waved the screen at me as proof.
I roughed a palm over my face. “It’s not that…”
Okay, it was all those things. I wanted to take this girl in a way I’d never wanted to take anyone.
Fuck her.
Touch her.
Keep her.
But most of all, I wanted her to realize she was free. Wanted her to know that she didn’t have to be a prisoner to whatever nightmares had occurred in her past.
I knew that’s what they were.
Nightmares.
Even if she hadn’t let me get that deep yet, I could feel them.
“What is it then?” Raven pressed.
“It’s me being a stupid prick and fuckin’ around where I shouldn’t.”
Raven’s expression grew intense, and she slowly came toward me, her voice growing soft. “I know what you look like when you’re fucking around with a girl, River. And it doesn’t look like this.”
I cringed at what my sister was implying. Cringed at the suggestion that was written all over her face.
“You like her. You care about her.”
“I don’t get to have that, Raven.”
“Why not?”
