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“I’m sure you plan on telling me regardless of what I say.”
I kick the leg of his chair. While it doesn’t move a centimeter, it does draw his attention back to my face. “I think you didn’t want Cal to come with me tonight because you are jealous.”
He scoffs. “There’s no reason for me to be jealous of my brother.”
“Really? No reason at all?” I raise a brow in a silent taunt as I dangle my missed call notification in his face.
“Nope.” He grabs a mini cake off the tray and stabs it with a spoon.
“Great. Then let me FaceTime Cal and have him weigh in on this debate. If you wanted to be friends with us, all you needed to do was ask—”
He steals my phone straight from my hand. “I already told you I don’t want to be your friend.” His right eye twitches, giving his nerves away.
“Oh my God. You totally do!”
“Stop talking.”
But I can’t. Not with this precious gem of information at my disposal. “Cal might be opposed to welcoming you into our duo, but I’m sure he would be willing if—”
My eyes bulge as he shoves a spoon full of cake into my open mouth. “I finally found the perfect way to shut you up.”
I glare at him as I taste the most delicious dessert I’ve ever had.
His gaze remains glued to my lips as he drags the clean spoon past them. “All I need to do is keep your mouth permanently occupied.”
I graciously proceed to choke.
7
DECLAN
Imight have jumped the gun when I announced Iris and I would be getting married in two weeks rather than a month. In retrospect, I wanted to make sure she didn’t find the first opportunity to back out of our engagement. But now, I have to face the consequences of my actions.
“I expect you to be moved into my home by the end of the weekend.” I walk past Iris’s desk and toward the door of my private office.
She looks up from her computer screen. “What?”
“You can charge the moving company to my card.”
“You want me to move inthisweekend?”
“Yes.”
“But tomorrow is Saturday.”
I take a deep breath as I lean against the doorframe. “Your point being?”
She runs her hands down her face and groans. “There’s no moving company that is going to be available at the last minute like that.”
“They will be for a price.”
“But I’d have to break my lease early.”
“I’ll cover the cost.”
“Or I can still keep the place just in case—”
I cut her off. “How do you think it would look to the public if they found out you kept your place ‘just in case’?”
