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“So really,” she told me with a chagrined smile. “This is more of a two-time deal, don’t you think?”
“What?!” I gasped in horror. “No! No, no, no, no. I don’t two-time. I’ve never two-timed before in my life.” And I absolutely would not start with her, the woman who’d slept with Bella’s fiancé, even though I didn’t have a girlfriend I could actually two-time on. It would be a betrayal to my sister. Which would be worse.
So much worse.
Two-timing was totally off the table.
“I, uh…” Yellow blinked at me as if I’d lost my mind. Then she flushed a little and shook her head. “I meant two times as in twice. Not the unfaithful, cheating kind of two-time. Since, you know, this was the second time you’ve stepped in and helped me out.”
I gaped at her, totally lost.
“You saved me when you stopped your sister from kicking my ass,” she reminded me. “And then again just now with that guy.”
“Oh,” I mumbled, only to straighten. “Oh!” Right. “Well, I…” I waved a dismissive hand because it was decided; this was the most humiliating, awkward night of my life. “The first time was more about saving Bella, to keep her from going to jail for assault, you know. But I guess—”
“It benefited me too,” she surmised on a nod.
“Well, good,” I murmured, only to wince.
Because, no, that was not good. I wasn’t supposed to be doing anything to benefit Yellow Nicksen. What the hell was wrong with me?
“So your sister...” she murmured, glancing past me. “Is she, uh, is she coming to see the movie with you?”
I frowned at the question and wanted to ask why. Did she want to try to seduce me away from Bella too? Just as she had seduced Ethan from her?
Except her expression was full of so much fear that I realized she was merely worried about facing the wrath that was my twin.
So I found myself having mercy and shaking my head. “Nah. It’s just you and me tonight.”
Just me. And her. And no seats between us.
Seriously, was it only me, or was it furnace-hot boiling in this theater? Or maybe that was simply hell, knocking on my soul and giving me a taste of my future because I’d certainly be burning there someday for all these wrong, traitorous thoughts I was having right now.
Bella would never forgive me for being attracted to her nemesis.
Relief eased Yellow’s shoulders, however, as she shifted her gaze around the theater with a wild kind of reprieve. “Oh, thank God.”
Not that I blamed her. If I were her, I wouldn’t want to see Isabella Lowe right now—or ever again—either.
But the way she seemed so fucking relieved about not having Bella around struck a nerve.
“Yeah,” I muttered dryly, finally recovering my true loyalties. “It’s only me stuck sitting next to you for the rest of the movie. That’s just fan-freaking-tastic, isn’t it?”
She swung her surprised gaze to me, only to wince. “Hey, I’m sorry. I bet this puts you in a tight spot with your sister, doesn't it? You honestly don’t have to stay here with me if you don’t want to. I’m fine.”
She was right. Only a horrible, terrible, no-good brother would want to stay sitting next to her.
And I was an awesome brother. So I was going to dislike Yellow if it was the last thing I did.
Though, it would really help if she’d stop acting so damn sweet and understanding.
I had a serious soft spot for sweet things.
“I’ll stay, but you’re absolutely right,” I leaned in to whisper, “Bella would probably castrate me if she even knew I was talking to you right now. And she’s pretty much the most important person in the world to me, so I’m really not allowed to like you. Alright?”
When she merely blinked at me, I fumbled and tried again, hoping to revise my statement enough not to sound as if Bella owned me and controlled everything I did, which she didn’t. “I mean, I have to be mean to you.” Then I frowned because that didn’t sound any better at all. It sounded kind of worse. So I blew a disgusted breath and added, “You know what I’m saying, right?”
“I…guess so,” she said slowly.
