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Maybe if I close my eyes and pretend—
No. Nope. That’s not going to happen.
“Daniel, I—”
“Start by making me dinner,” he cuts me off. “You’ve been doing it for a week anyway. I should’ve suspected it from the Lolli name. Bit predictable, no? You had to include your lollipops.”
My lips fall open, then closed. “Start?And then what?”
“We’ll figure it out along the way.”
“I told you I’m not going to sleep with you.”
“It’s called fucking. I doubt any sleeping will be happening. And we’ll see about that.”
“No, we won’t. Why the hell do you even want me?”
His lips press in a line, but that slight show of affection quickly disappears. “No reason. It’s just a business transaction.”
I wish I could throw him over the balcony from this height and watch his gorgeous face get smashed to pieces. I hate how small he can make me feel.
How insignificant.
“Business or not, I won’t be doing it. The sleeping or the fucking.”
“You said a crude word. That’s progress.”
“That’s a warning. Don’t come near me.”
“Not while you’re so uptight about it, but you’ll come around.”
“No, I won’t, Daniel.”
“It’s sir to you.” He opens the balcony door. “And I’m hungry. Make the dinner quick.”
I wish I could make his death quick, but oh well, it doesn't work that way in real life.
Jayden is waiting for us inside. He was pretending to do homework and play with Lolli earlier while he watched our every move.
Or Daniel’s, to be more specific.
He approaches us while carrying Lolli as a weapon, which she can be under certain circumstances. “Are you going to let Nikki keep her job?”
“Depends on how well she does. And stop calling her that, it’s juvenile.”
“Maybe if you stop having her call you sir. It’s demeaning.”
I suppress a smile, impossibly proud of my baby brother. The little rascal is so mature for his age.
Daniel raises a brow. “Jay, was it?”
“Jayden. You didn’t get the okay to call me Jay.”
“Not asking for it in this lifetime.”
My brother lifts his shoulder. “Your loss. When I become something important in the future, you’ll want my favor.”
“Doubt it.”
