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“Totally! And he’s nothing like his tool of a brother, Landon.”
“So you and Maya were with Brandon that night?”
I nod.
“Where? In their mansion?”
“No. They had some sort of party there, so we met in a gaming café and played for a while.”
“Maya. In a gaming café? The nerd hotspot, as she calls it?”
Shit. I miscalculated that.
Maya wouldn’t step foot inside one of those places with her cheapest heel.
“She wanted to meet Bran because I’ve been telling her so much about him.”
“So much about him,” he repeats in a mysterious tone.
“Yeah. She totally likes him.” Now, I have to actually introduce Maya and Bran. Yikes. They probably won’t get along.
Nikolai fetches my phone from the floor and hands it over. “Call him.”
I jerk. “What?”
“You said you’re friends and spend time together. That means you have his number, no?”
I nod.
“Then call him. I want to verify your story.”
I open my phone and type furiously. “This is ridiculous. Do you have that little faith in me? It’s like you don’t believe me.”
“I don’t,” he says point-blank. “Call him.”
“He’s not used to me calling him.”
“I’m sure he won’t mind it this once since he’s soniceand such agentleman.” I don’t miss the way he stresses the words I mentioned.
Ah, crap.
I try to buy as much time as possible as I scroll to find Bran’s name while hoping Maya will pop in here already.
She’s always invading my space, but not this time. She’s probably hiding so Niko won’t grill her for answers. The little traitor.
When I take longer than necessary, Nikolai snatches my phone and types ‘Bran’ in the search bar. When the only contact with that name appears, he presses Call and hits the speaker button.
My heart nearly hits the floor as the ringing sound echoes in the air.
Don’t answer.
Don’t answer.
Please.
Please—
“Hello?” Bran’s slightly husky voice sounds in the air as if he was woken up from a nap. “Mia? Are you okay with calling?”
