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“Your mind is as absent as my brother is.”
“Have you spoken to him this week?” I ask, unable to help myself.
Lucian shakes his head. “Nah, but I know he speaks to Mom every day. Hasn’t he called you?”
I shake my head. “Do you think he’s just ignoring me?”
Lucian shrugs. “I dunno. Maybe he finally figured out you have a huge crush on him and it freaks him out.”
I slap his arm lightly. “Shut up.”
“Don’t worry, baby sis. When it comes to emotions, my brother is a bit slow.”
I roll my eyes. “We’re the same age, moron.”
He shrugs. “I’m like, three months older.”
“Whatever.”
It hurts just a little that Alexander does seem to have time for phone calls, yet he hasn’t even texted me. I wish I’d told him I’d come with him when he first mentioned the trip, but I’m too scared. I’m too scared my mom might need me, and I’d be too far away.
“Elena, you remember our pact, right?” Lucian says, snapping me out of my thoughts. “It’s childish, I know, but still…”
I nod, my expression turning serious. Lucian always knew about my crush on Alexander growing up. We used to fantasize about becoming siblings when I’d marry his brother, and we’d made each other countless promises just in case it ever actually happened. Even though most of our promises were childish, there’s one I know Lucian will want me to keep.
“I will always keep your secrets, and I will try to never be caught between your brother and you,” I promise him.
He grabs my hand and presses a kiss to the back of my hand. “I knew I could count on you, princess. I wish you hadn’t done it, because I don’t want to see your beautiful heart break. And honestly, my brother wouldn’t recognize love if it hit him in the face. But since you went ahead and married him, we’d better come up with a way for you to win my brother’s heart. The next time he goes on a business trip, he’ll be so in love with you that he’ll be calling you every second he’s got.”
I groan, this has disaster spelled all over it.
“You know the way to a man’s heart?” he asks.
I nod. “Through the stomach,” I answer.
Lucian shakes his head. “Nope. It’s through his dick.”
I blush and look around me, but luckily no one is sitting near us. “God, Luce.”
Lucian crosses his arms and nods at me. “Tell me, what is your sex life like? Don’t you dare leave any of the juicy details out.”
I blush. “Really, Luce? I can’t.” I say, shaking my head furiously.
Lucian grins. “So he has at least fingered you then?”
I slap my fingers over his lips. “Shh! Are you nuts?”
“Have you seenhis nutsyet?” he mumbles through my lips.
I kick him, and he groans, putting his hands up in defeat. I let him go and look around warily, terrified of being overheard. “Yes, and yes,” I admit, begrudgingly.
He grins like a maniac. “Tell me everything,” he says, chuckling.
“There’s not much to tell,” I say. “We, uh, we sleep together a few times a week. Other than that, he… he touched me at Vaughn’s.”
“Holy shit. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen him so mad before. Tell me exactly what he did.”
I groan, he’s never going to let this go unless I tell him the whole story. So I do. I tell him about Vaughn’s, and I end up telling him about the time Alexander forced me to my knees between his legs right before he proposed, and the time he caught me in the tub. By the end of it, Luce is equal parts amused and equal parts amazed.
