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I scoffed. “You know everyone loves me.”
“Not everyone knows you like I do.”
I laughed.
The sound of the door opening on the floor above us made us both look up. Muffled footfalls echoed overhead.
“Wes is home,” I said.
All the hard edges Max embodied softened at the mention of his other half. Wes was the only person ever capable of making my brother soft.
“Must have brought a bunch of elephants with him,” I muttered, listening the noise overhead.
“It’s probably the Jeep bros,” Max grumped.
“You like Wes’s friends,” I teased.
“So do you,” he shot back.
I shrugged. I did like them, and they treated Wes well. He deserved that after everything he’d been through.
“Why aren’t you halfway up the stairs by now?” I ragged him.
He raised an eyebrow, and I sighed.
“Lars is here,” I told him. Just saying his name made me want to hit the weights again.
The ring in Max’s eyebrow tugged when he frowned. “Your roommate from Sweden?”
I nodded.
“Like here in town?”
“Here at Westbrook. He’s Elite now.”
Surprise crossed his features. “He’s a swimmer?”
“Yeah.”
“You never told us that.”
There was no accusation in his tone, but for some reason, I felt like I had to defend myself. “Wes already pointed that out.”
His arms folded over his shirtless chest. The sleeve of tattoos on his left arm looked glossy from sweat. “Is he someone that shouldn’t be around Wes?”
It was a logical jump, and considering how extremely protective of Wes Max was, I wasn’t surprised it was the first thing he wanted to know. Hell, I was overprotective of my brother too, but Max’s tone and the sharp look in his eyes flared my protective instincts for someone else.
“Lars would never hurt Wes,” I snapped.
Max’s arms dropped to his sides. “Okay, then what’s the problem? I thought you got along with him when you roomed together over there.”
I nodded. Oh, we got along all right.Way too well.So well that I was still freaking out about it, and seeing him earlier today was fucking with my head.
I can still taste him on my tongue.
“It was just a surprise is all. Seeing him.”
“That’s all?” Max seemed skeptical.
