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Bree narrows her eyes.
“I doubt that. You’re still pretty irritating.”
“And it doesn’t get better with time,” Ryder intervenes.
My groan mixes with Bree’s laugh, an opposite reaction to my roommate’s interruption.
“Look who’s talking,” I spit, exasperated.
“Honestly, I love your friendship. You’re like an old married couple,” Bree comments, shifting her gaze between us.
I catch a small glow in her brown eyes, along with her playful smirk.
“Aw, thanks. I always knew that,” Ryder says, standing up from the couch to join the conversation formally. Instead of standing in his own space, the son of a bitch hugs me from the back, pressing a kiss on my shoulder. “See, love? We’re amazing together.”
I want to get away from him, but Ryder’s grab stays still as iron, keeping me in place.
“Get off, dumbass!”
Bree’s hollering is thundering as she watches the scene developing before her eyes. I’m sure we look like total dickheads, but this is something that I have to deal with a lot. My mom has thought more than once that we’re in a secret relationship, and Ryder only needs a little flame to create a forest fire. Right now, he’s trying to put me to shame as a social experiment, but it’s not working because Bree is enjoying the show.
After the way that our bizarre friendship began, I doubt that there’s a way for me to be ashamed in front of her.
“Oh, someone’s in a mood. Don’t worry, babe, when Bree leaves, I’ll make that crankiness go away,” Ryder promises, smirking and winks at me. He lets me go, and I roll my eyes, feeling the heat go all the way up to my ears.
“Don’t brag in front of me if you’re not going to invite me. That’s wrong, Ryder.”
My entire body freezes when I hear her say that. I think that even Ryder is stunned because he chokes on his saliva. He doesn’t make a smartass answer nor a flirty comment, maybe because there’s not a way to do it without sounding severe.
I don’t want the thought to cross my mind, but it does. The idea is swift and fleeting, and I can’t help it. There’s an embarrassing moment where the truth comes to life, and it’s that if Bree were being serious about it—which Ithinkshe isn’t—I wouldn’t say no.
I must be losing my mind. I just thought about having a threesome with Ryder and Bree, and the idea didn’t scare me as much as it should.
Fuck.
“It’s official, Bree. I want to marry you,” Ry reacts, following her game.
“Only if I can keep your millions after you die in suspicious conditions,” Bree proposes with a wink.
Ryder lets out a shaky laugh. I think that he wouldn’t deny the threesome either. But Bree isn’t serious about it.
I fucking hope…
“This has been the highlight of my day.” Ryder reaches for his phone in his pocket and extends it in front of us. “I have to take a photo of this to make it last. Stan, get closer.”
The asshole has his tricks because he positions himself in a way that forces me to stand close to Bree, her face being right next to mine. I can feel the heat coming out of her body. I’m not all that comfortable, so I put my hand on her lower back. Part of me, the horny one still thinking about her comment, wants to check if there’s been a change in her body language, but she remains completely relaxed. Bree’s staring directly at the camera, smiling widely.
As soon as Ryder takes the photo, Bree asks for his phone to check if it’s a good one, and I stray away like her body burns. I can feel part of my neck hot, but not because I am, but because I’m behaving like this girl is a possible conquest. I’m afraid that Ryder’s abnormal psychology is taking a toll on me already. It took less than an hour for it to start working.
Maybe I just need to get laid.
Not with her.She’s afriend.
Bree staysfor two more hours in which we watch a movie together. And by that, I mean the three of us, but that’s enough distraction to get my mind off the conversation that I had with Ryder before she came over. The truth is that we didn’t even study. I think that it’s not something that crossed our minds because we were having fun. Everything felt exactly as it should’ve been, as a hang out between friends.
Bree has a weird sense of humor, and everything feels chaotic with her, but her laugh is contagious. We have good chemistry.
Before she leaves, I ask her to text me when she gets home, so I don’t worry about her wellbeing.
