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“I don’t understand why you can’t just admit that I’m your favorite,” Jonathan said with a sad shake of his head.
“Because I’m in denial,” she assured him.
“I can see that,” Jonathan said, nodding as he turned his head and gestured to the other cheek, and when she didn’t move fast enough, he loudly cleared his throat.
Trying to bite back a smile, their mother released a sigh as she dutifully kissed his cheek. “You’re going to be late for school.”
“Probably,” Jonathan said, not really sounding all that concerned as he grabbed his backpack off the floor where he tossed it a week ago.
“Do you have everything you need?” she asked Sebastian as she made her way over to him and pulled him down for a kiss.
Nodding, Sebastian dutifully turned his head so that his mother could kiss his cheek. “I’m going to be late,” Sebastian said with an absent gesture towards the door, eager to get this over with.
And with that…
Sebastian leaned down and kissed his mother’s forehead before heading to the door, noting the calculating look on his brother’s face as he headed outside and made his way across the street. Within minutes, he was walking through the backdoor and-
“I changed my mind!”
-wasn’t exactly surprised to discover that Mikey had barricaded herself in the pantry.
“Mikey,” Aunt Kasey said with a resigned sigh as she stood there, pinching the bridge of her nose while she waited for Mikey to come out.
“No!” came the immediate reply that had Sebastian’s lips twitching as he dropped his bag by the door and made his way to the kitchen island, where he helped himself to an apple cinnamon muffin while he waited for the little pain in the ass.
“Please don’t make me beat you,” Aunt Kasey said, dropping her hand away right around the time that Uncle Reese walked into the kitchen carrying a toolbox.
“Do whatever you need to!” Mikey snapped from behind the safety of the locked pantry door.
Knowing that this could take a while, Sebastian broke off a piece of muffin and popped it in his mouth as he glanced back at the kitchen table to find Mikey’s little brothers staring at the muffin in his hand as they shoved little fistfuls of oatmeal in their mouths. When he broke off another piece, he watched as their eyes narrowed on the move. Cocking a brow, Sebastian held up his muffin. When they nodded as one, he chuckled as he placed his muffin on a plate before adding two more muffins and made his way over to the kitchen table.
The boys didn’t say anything as they watched him break each muffin in half and placed them in front of them. Without a word, the boys finished their oatmeal before shifting their focus to the muffins while Sebastian grabbed the milk out of the fridge and refilled their sippy cups. Once he finished filling their cups, he shifted his focus back to his muffin and forgot how to breathe when he saw Mikey standing there.
God, she was so damn beautiful, Sebastian thought, swallowing hard as he ran his eyes over her, taking in her long brown hair pulled up into her usual Dutch braids and her beautiful green eyes before running his eyes over her, taking in the baby blue blouse and black tie matching his, the short black skirt that showed off short, curvy legs, and-
Felt his lips twitch when he came to the beat-up sneakers.
She really was too damn adorable for words, Sebastian thought as he watched Mikey narrow her eyes on her parents as she bit out, “I will never forgive either one of you for this.”
“You’re going to be late for school,” Aunt Kasey pointed out, not really sounding all that concerned.
Nodding slowly, Mikey said, “Never,” as she sent her mother one last glare before turning around and narrowing her eyes on him as he watched her beautiful face turn an interesting shade of pink.
Was that a blush?
Swallowing hard, he-
“You’ll pay for this, Sebastian Bradford,” Mikey said, narrowing her eyes on him. “Oh, will you pay.”
Sighing heavily, he popped the last bite of muffin into his mouth and prepared himself for the battle ahead.
CHAPTER5
She really needed to focus, Mikey told herself as she struggled to remember that she was supposed to be glaring as she snuck another glance at Sebastian, only to swallow hard.
He was so handsome.
Granted, he always looked handsome, but she really liked the way that he looked in his school uniform, Mikey thought as she took in the fresh haircut that he got yesterday, the bright blue eyes watching her curiously before taking in the crisp light blue shirt that fit him perfectly along with the black pants that ended with freshly polished black shoes. When he sent her a questioning look, Mikey cleared her throat and reminded herself that she had other things to worry about, like getting out of wearing this uniform.
