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“Marry me.”
Twelve
Hazel
If dealing with Ledger wasn’t enough, now I had to handle my brother.
“Chance,” I coaxed. “It’s not what you think.”
“Really? Then my best friend didn’t knock you up?”
Ledger shook his head, stepping into his face. “Don’t talk to her like that.”
Chance’s eyes widened. “Since when do you care how I speak to my sister?”
Ledger didn’t falter. “Since she became the mother of my child.”
Chance’s hands fisted at his sides.
“Chance,” I breathed out, overwhelmed by the turn of events for what felt like the hundredth time that afternoon.
His eyes flew from Ledger to me. “What the fuck is going on?”
I repeated, “It’s not what you think.”
“Actually,” Ledger chimed in, “it’s exactly what you’re thinking.”
I glared at him. “Stop it.”
“Stop what, Hazel? Chance knows the truth. There’s no need to hide it from him anymore.”
I couldn’t believe he was undermining me with the one person I didn’t want to deal with right now. Like dealing with us wasn’t already hard enough.
“There’s no better time than the present. I’m done hiding our relationship from him.”
“We’re not in a relationship!”
My brother bit, “What the fuck?”
“Chance.” I faced him. “Just let me think for a second.”
“I find out you’re fucking my best friend—”
“I’m not fucking him!”
“Then how the fuck are you pregnant with his baby?!”
“Jesus! Can you relax? I wasn’t expecting this.”
In one quick movement, Ledger shifted me aside and stood up to my brother. This was the first time in all our lives I was truly worried about what would go down between them.
From best friends to enemies in a matter of seconds, at least it was with Chance’s perception of the man standing in front of him. I’d never seen him glare at Ledger with such disgust and hatred. The tension was so thick and palpable it swarmed through Ledger’s old bedroom. The same room that hadn’t changed in the past ten years.
It was the worst case of déjà vu.
Chance appeared as if he was ready to strike and attack, taking no prisoners.
“Let’s all calm down, okay? This isn’t helping anything.”
