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I leave before I can embarrass myself any further.
Chapter twenty-three
Sapphire
Rueben rushes out of the room faster than Bishop did. I’m glad I know both of their names now, but I don’t know what Rueben was talking about when he started asking what I would name the kitten.
“Zane or Ian,” I murmur, checking my pocket and realizing Scarlett’s phone is in her purse, in the other room. I doubt google would be much help anyway, but she might have guys with those names in her phone. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of them before, but she knows a lot of people.
It takes me a second to connect the dots between what he was singing to the image on Scarlett’s old band shirt. Burn This Whole World Down, The Tour.
Of course. It’s a Chaos Burning song.
My face heats up.
He just sang a line from maybe the most famous Chaos Burning song, ever, and I didn’t even notice.
Scarlett would be shaking her head so hard right now.
She’s their biggest fan, and clearly these guys know that.
Oh, my God. The main singer’s name is Zane, spelled with an X.
That’s why he thinks I’d name the kitten Xane.
I’m acting like a freaking zombie. I never should have agreed to this.
Now they both know I’m bruised from a breakup, and they think it’s affecting me so badly that I’ve had a personality change. I seriously need to pull myself together. I’m not acting like my sister right now, and that’s supposed to be what I’m here for.
All I need to do is make them believe I’m Scarlett so I can pay off the bet she made with them.
It's the single easiest thing I’ve ever had to do.
At least, it should have been.
These guys know way more about my sister than neighbors’ who’ve barely interacted with her socially should.
Clearly, they’re completely besotted, like I already suspected.
I’m used to feeling like the whole world is in love with Scarlett.
Everyone who meets us is always drawn to the animal magnetism she seems to exude.
This is the same thing, only made a little worse because it feels like I’m the one they want, and I’m not. I’m just Scarlett’s boring-ass shadow, her quiet twin.
I’m not the one they want, and I’m not really attracted to them.
Hah! I’m kidding myself on that second thing, but a girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do.
They’re not hot, Sapphire. They’re crushing on Scarlett, so you’d have to be crazy to go there.
I take a few deep breaths and tell myself to relax.
It’s going to be fine. This is still an easy task.
They won’t try anything romantic while they know I’m getting over someone else.
They seem sweet. They’ve been acting like real gentlemen.
