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“And who is Liv?” Tessa asks, grinning.
“Tess.”
“Ty.”
I chew the inside of my lip.
“Tessa, this is my girlfriend.”
She smiles widely and bounds forward to hug me. Oh, wow. Okay. Apparently these two are huggers.
“I’m so glad to finally meet you!” She squeezes me then pulls back, holding me at arm’s length. “You’re gorgeous! Gosh, Ty. She is gorgeous.”
Now I’m definitely blushing.
“Tessa. Shut up. Not everyone has word vomit like you.” Tyler knocks her arms down.
“Oh, shit. I’m so sorry. I kind of did the same thing to Dayton last year. She looked at me like I had two heads,” Tessa muses. “I thought we were supposed to be the reserved ones, hmm? You guys are all shy and stuff.”
“Um,” I say. Way to make an impression, Liv. Good job, you fucking star.
I sigh internally.
Seriously though. How am I supposed to respond to that? ‘Thank you?’ I’m not even sure who she’s calling gorgeous.
She’s fucking stunning.
She’s the spitting image of Tyler, just oh so feminine. Her nose is tinier, her lips plumper, her eyes wider, her hair curlier.
The Stone family is so unfairly blessed with good genes.
I kind of hate them all.
“I’m sorry. I am kind of overwhelming sometimes.” Tessa smiles apologetically. “And I’m really sorry for barging in here like this. I didn’t realize Tyler wasn’t alone. In fact, I didn’t realize he was here at all.” She shoots him a glare.
I can tell by his sigh that he’s rolling his eyes.
“Jesus, Tessa. I thought you said Sunday. Ever heard of calling ahead to confirm?”
“In my defense, bro, you don’t usually have company the next morning.”
Tyler stops, rests a hand against the countertop, and rubs his forehead.
Tessa snaps her head toward me with wide eyes. “No offense. Crap. I think I’m jet-lagged. I’m sorry.”
“No worries,” I offer.
“Okay.” Tyler turns and hands her a cup of tea. “You drink this, replace your brain-to-mouth filter, then for the love of my sanity, and go to fucking bed. The spare room is made up for you. I’ll take you out for dinner tonight.”
“Okay.” Tessa meekly takes the tea. “Really, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay, honestly.” I give her a genuine smile. She’s so fucking adorable.
“Sure. Right. Okay. Going now.” She waves goofily and turns off to the left.
“To the right. Third door!” Tyler yells, shaking his head.
“Fuck you very much!” she shouts back, making an about-turn in the hall.
