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“Whoa! No! What the actual fuck—” She backed herself up against the headboard before threading her fingers through her hair and tugging at the strands, catching sight of her wig on the floor. “I-I’m losing my fucking mind right now. Did you put something in that glass of water last night?” There was panic laced in her words as she began to hyperventilate, her breathing growing erratic.

“Calm down, princess. I wouldn’t dare drug you.” I slowly sat at the edge of the bed so as not to spook her any further, giving space in the hope that she wouldn’t take flight. “There are, in fact, two of us…”

“We’re identical twins.” Levi chimed in and gestured with his hand between us. “LukeandLevi.”

“You’ve got to be joking.” Tessa gaped at us, clearly dumbfounded as she worked to control her labored breaths.

“I wish we were, but the joke is on us apparently, because you’re not Evie, or you have a twin of your own for that matter…”

“Your point?” She narrowed her eyes with sass in her tone, as if we’d just insulted her at the thought.

“Let me put it this way. There’s one of you, two of us, and it turns out we’ve been pining over the same woman.”

“And luckily for you, princess, we like to share,” I added proudly as if she’d just won the lottery.Might as well rip the band-aid off while we’re here.

Tessa’s jaw dropped as she processed every word of what we had said, and all I wanted to know was what was running through that pretty brunette head of hers.