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“You know we’re ridiculous,” Wes was saying. “And we have no boundaries.”
She snorted. “Well, I thought you hadsomeboundaries.”
I tossed the sweats to Wes, who muttered thanks and pulled them on.
“I’m sorry you saw that, Andi,” I said.
She finally looked up, seeming relieved to see me fully dressed. “I didn’t mean to walk in on…that. If I’d known—” She stopped short, seeming unable to finish her sentence.
“That we were involved,” I prompted.
Wes sighed. “Beck…”
“She already saw us,” I said to him. “I was naked and on top of you. I think the horse is already out of the barn, you know?”
Andi moaned. “Can you please not repaint the whole picture? I’m having enough trouble forgetting what I saw as it is.”
“Yeah, you’re probably gonna need some brain bleach for that,” Wes said, sounding rueful. He’d apparently given up on talking his way out of it. “Sorry. We thought you were going to be out all night. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have risked it.”
“I came back to grab my things. I’m moving back in with Colt, so I guess…this…” She waved a hand toward us. “Whatever this is, you won’t have to worry about me being in the way anymore.”
“You’re always welcome here,” Wes said. “We’re your brothers.”
She looked at us, seeming so confused. “I think of you both as brothers, but this…you two…you must not feel the same way about each other.”
“It’s complicated,” I said. “I was a teenager when our parents got married. Wes has been more like a best friend than a brother, I guess. Or maybe a weird mix of both? I don’t know. But at some point, it just…it shifted.”
“How long?” she asked.
“Just since we went to Vegas,” Wes said.
Her eyes went wide. “Oh my god. Did you really get married then? That wasn’t a prank?”
“Yeah,” Wes said softly. “But Dad doesn’t know yet, and we don’t even know if we’re going to stay married. We’ve been waiting for the marriage certificate to arrive to decide about filing for divorce.”
“It hasn’t arrived?” Andi said. “But that Vegas trip was weeks ago.”
“Yeah.” He frowned. “It’s weird. I’ll have to call and check on it. I knew it should be here by now, but I didn’t really want to deal with thinking about it.”
She shook her head, looking from one of us to the other. “But why would you get divorced if you’re…you know…”
“In love?” Wes asked, and my heart kicked. Was he seriously saying he loved me, or was he just guessing at Andi’s thoughts?
“Yeah,” Andi said after a beat. “I mean, if you love each other, then why would you end it?”
“What do you think people will say?” I asked. “What do you think Dad will say?”
“I don’t know,” she said softly. “I know he won’t be happy that you guys lied about everything. That hurts. I mean, I know you haven’t always seen me as a real sister, Beck, but—”
“That’s not fair,” I said. “You haven’t seen me as your real brother either. I’m the step.”
“You’re both being dumb,” Wes said, which earned him a glare from each of us. He shrugged. “What? It’s true. Monroe is just a name, and stepbrother is just a label. It’s how you feel that counts, and you both love each other. We’re family. Maybe a sort of weird one now that Beck and I are fucking…”
Andi gave a shudder. “Ugh.”
“What? Too soon?”
She gave a little laugh. “Yes, too soon!Gawd.”
