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“Since we’re speaking of family, where’s Jordan?”
“Him and Damiano are out for the day.”
Realising that Delilah and I are out of the loop, William opens his mouth to speak, but Callum beats him to it.
“Jordan is William’s brother,” he says. Then, turning to me, he adds, “Brandon’s youngest.”
I nod at him, because he already told me all about Brandon on our date, but they don’t know that.
All three pairs of eyes are darting between Callum and I and I suddenly feel like we’ve made things too obvious. There’s a curious look on William’s face, but the girls are both smiling.
As Lyra stands up, she passes William’s chair as she walks over behind her father, putting her hand on his shoulder.
“Dad and Benjamin have something to announce!”
Feeling uncomfortable, and confused on what to do, I take a sip of my water. Callum has his eyes on me but I don’t speak, and neither does he.
Lyra is the one who speaks.
“Who would have thought Daddy would find a lover after all?”
My eyes widen as Callum’s lips pull up into a smile. Instead of disagreeing with his daughter and making things right, he shakes his head as he chuckles softly.
What is he doing?
William lets out a whistle, telling us how another one ofHarlington’sfine bachelors have been taken, when my sister decides to jump in too.
“Benji was practicallygushingthe entire time he spoke about him, and my brother has never been this vocal about a guy like this before.”
My head immediately snaps to Delilah as I narrow my eyes at her.
Traitor.
My face burns up and although neither Callum nor I have confirmed anything, they each continue teasing Callum and I, until he finally opens his mouth and says something.
“Stop harassing him.” Callum mutters out as he stands up and walks over to me, putting his hand on my shoulder. “Come on, sweetness, let’s go.”
I push my chair out as I stand up, nodding as both he and I begin moving.
“Sweetness?”William exclaims as he leans back in his chair, his eyes darting between Callum and I. “When the hell didthathappen?”
Callum takes my head as he leans closer, whispering as he tells me to ignore them, before he begins pulling me away from the table and out of the room.
As we leave, William and Lyra cheer, and I’m certain I hear Delilah laugh along with them too.
My heart feels lighter and as I take a quick look at Callum, I notice he’s got a small smile on his face as we continue walking through his home.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Callum
“I’m sorry for the way they were behaving downstairs.”
I say as both Benjamin and I move to my bed.
He shakes his head as he looks over to me.
“You shouldn’t apologise for that–not when Delilah was also involved. Besides, I thought that Lyra didn’t know? About you being gay, I mean.”
