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“Sure. I’d like that,” she says softly.
Not as much as I will, I’m certain. But I have bigger things to deal with now.
* * *
“I need your help,” I say to Myles and Ava as I walk into their living room. They’re snuggled up on the sofa together, Charlie’s monitor on the fireplace.
“Is everything okay?” Ava asks. “You look weird.”
I do? I frown. “This is my thinking face. I have a lot on my mind.”
Myles sniggers and I give him a pointed look. If I could go anywhere but here for advice I would. But let’s face it, as much as I love Eli and all of my other brothers, they’re single as fuck.
Myles is the only one who’s actually settled down. And to be honest, that’s a minor miracle because he’s one grumpy-assed son of a bitch.
“Take a seat,” Ava says, pointing to the leather chair by the fireplace. “Would you like a drink?”
“No, I’m good.” I sit on the chair and lean forward, looking at their surprised faces. “So here it is. I think I’m in love with Sophie.”
“I fucking knew it,” Myles says, jumping up. He looks genuinely pissed. “I told you to leave her alone. I told you not to mess with her. Of all the damn people in the world…”
“Myles,” Ava says, reaching for his arm to pull him back down. “Did you hear what he just said?”
“That he’s messing with Sophie? Oh yeah, I heard.” He glares at me. “Christ, man, can’t you keep it in your pants for a minute?”
I smirk because I did keep it in my pants. And for longer than a minute.
“Liam said he’s in love with her,” Ava says to him. Then she smiles at me. “I’m so happy for you both.”
“Wait. What?” Myles frowns. “In love?You?”
I nod and he looks at me like he has no idea who I am.
“And she loves you, too?” Ava’s eyes are dancing. I think she’s already picturing what to wear to the wedding.
“Ah, no.” I shake my head. “She doesn’t want me. Or at least the me I used to be.” I run my thumb along my jaw, thinking. “Or that I still am but don’t want to be. Anyway, she’s not interested in being anything other than friends.”
“Thank God.” Myles tips his head back on the sofa. “Finally a woman with some sense when it comes to you.”
“I resent that,” I tell him. “I’m a catch.”
“You are,” Ava agrees. “So what exactly did Sophie say?”
I fill them in on most of the details. Not everything because I’m a gentleman and some things should remain private. But there’s enough for them to understand the situation, and by the time I finish Myles looks stunned and Ava just looks sad.
“She’s the first woman who rejected you, that’s all,” Myles tells me. “You don’t want her, you just want to prove that you can have her if you want.”
I shake my head. “No. I’ve been rejected before. I know how that feels. And it doesn’t feel like there’s some kind of pneumatic drill going off in your ribcage.”
“You make it sound so romantic,” Ava says, smirking.
“I didn’t realize you could physically feel love before now.” I frown. Or that it was fucking painful.
“Oh you can for sure,” Ava tells me. “I felt it for Myles long before I realized what it was.”
He looks at her, his expression filling with warmth. “I felt it for you, too, babe.”
“Can we bring this back to me,” I ask. “I need your help.”
