Page 69 of Secret Baby for My Brother's Best Friends

Control yourself. You’re just here for the baby. There’s plenty of other fish in the sea, but Sam really likes this fish, and Sam is also your best friend, and you don’t want to be the guy sleeping with your friend's girl. Again.

Though the last time it happened was an accident, this time it wouldn't be.

“Do you want a drink?” she asks. “I have some wine. Or juice.”

“Juice would be great,” I say. Wine would be even better, but I don't want to drink alone when she can't.

She pours us both glasses, bringing them over.

As I take it from her with a murmured thanks and sink into the couch, I say. "This is a nice couch."

"Thanks. One of the only good things Eric got for me."

Hearing it’s from that scumbag makes me like it less. I still remember his irritating, smug little face as he stormed into her house that day, probably thinking he was going to win her back just like that after cheating on her. Fucking asshole.

So,” she says. “Tell me, why does my brother have it out for you?"

"So we met in college, as you know. He was more of Adam’s friend than mine, but we were friendly, and we were in the same frat, so…

"Of course. Frat boy."

"Yeah. Adam wasn't in a frat himself. Frats aren't really his thing, and he thought he was too old for them, but because we were friends, he came over a lot to our parties. But anyway, once during a party, I saw this hot blonde coming up to me. Of course, I didn’t know who she was at the time, so I flirted back. She's coming on strong, and you know how I like it when women come on strong."

I give her a teasing look that makes her blush.

"Well, that wasn't really me that day at the party," she says.

"Oh yeah? Then who was it? Your clone? Because if so, you need to introduce me to her stat."

She rolled her eyes. "I mean, yeah, it was me. Just that I wasn't acting like myself. I was trying to be someone else."

"Why?"

"I don't know. I thought it would be more fun."

"Was it?"

"Yeah, a lot of fun, at the moment. But after..." She shakes her head.

I'm not sure I buy that not being her. I feel like it's a part of her that she's restricted herself from expressing, but a part of her, regardless.

"Finish your story," she says, and I nod.

"Anyway, she came onto me, I was drunk, and things got hot and heavy. Long story short, we ended up hooking up, and inthe morning, I found out that she was Adam's long-distance high school girlfriend who came to visit him."

She gapes. "Wait, you slept with Katie?"

"Yeah." I grimace. "Not my proudest moment, believe me."

"Oh, my God. First of all, terrible taste, personality-wise."

"Yeah, well, we didn't do much talking, so I don't think I cared much about her personality. Besides, I was drunk. After it happened, Adam was understandably pissed at me. It was a whole mess, and everyone knew. They broke up. I tried to make it up to him, but he didn't want to hear it and insisted I just forget about the whole thing. But I probably shouldn't have done that because he's held a grudge against me ever since then.

"Well, yeah, you slept with his high school girlfriend."

"That I didn't know of at the time."

"Did you ask? I mean, did you even bother to ask her name?"