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“Ask her to be your anything, and I’ll tear your fucking eyes out. Now what’s going on between you and Aubree?”
He shakes his head. “Friends and nothing more.”
But he looks to me and grins. “Best part is, I’m the friend she’ll drink and flirt and hang out with. She trusts me to take care of her and notseriouslyhit on her. And in exchange, I get to see her in her panties sometimes, and I sleep well at night knowing she’ll call me if she needs help.”
“The panties thing…” Of everything he said, my brain snags on that. “Because you had sex?”
“No. Because her apartment is on my way to work, and sometimes I drop in for coffee as I pass. She likes to sleep in till the third snooze alarm, which means I’ve noticed she likes to sleep in her underwear. Lucky me, sometimes she opens the door without getting dressed.”
Glancing across at me through honeycomb-colored eyes, he preens with arrogance. “She treats me like I’m her gay best friend.”
“But you’re not gay.”
“No.” His shoulders bounce with silent laughter. “I most certainly am not.”
“So you’re checking her out while she’s most of the way naked?”
“Well… in the most technical sense, yeah. I look. But I don’t touch, because gay best friends don’t violate trust like that.”
“You’re not gay!”
My shout draws eyes from pedestrians passing us by. But my temper keeps me hot.
My secondhand rage surprises me.
“She’s most of the fuckin’ way in love with my brother, Charlie. Which kinda means you’re scamming on my brother’s girl.”
“Oh please.” He rolls his eyes. “You mean the brother who won’t give her the time of day? The brother who fucks anyone except her? The brother who literally closes his eyes when she’s at the bar wearing a titty top and showing off her cleavage?” Scoffing, he slows outside of The Stitch. “Yeah, he’s super into her.”
Placing his hand on the glass door, he pauses for a moment before opening it. “She’s half in love with him, but he won’t even look at her. That’s a recipe forfuck it allsex if I ever saw it. She’s gonna lose her temper soon, Arch, she’ll lash out to get his attention. And ya know who’ll be waiting like a bunch of fuckin’ wolves to take her back to Grandma’s house?”
“You?”
“Otherguys!” he barks. “All guys. Every single other fucking dude in that bar who stares at her tits. So no,” he snaps, “I’m not gay, and sure, I see her ass sometimes when she wears panties around her apartment. But for as long as Tim doesn’t claim her, and for as long as she lets me hang out, I’ll protect her from the wolves. Now stop bitching.” He shoves the door open. “Let’s see if anyone recognizes McNamara’s drawing.”
