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“A blind man could see it.”
“Something you want to share, Tinks?”
Knowing I’m busted, I have to say something. “Obviously, I’m attracted to him. But he has this vulnerable side to him, that’s sweet and funny, and I...”
“And you what? Have fallen for him?”
“No!” But the old saying about protesting too much hits home right about now. “I barely know him. He’s been here an hour, tops.”
“I knew you for seconds and fell for you,” he points out.
“Well, that’s you.”
“Ouch,” he mutters. “You’re supposed to say it back, Tinks. Cut a man to the quick, why don’t you?”
“You know it didn’t go down like that.”
“But it did with Cathal.”
“No,” I say, getting pissed off. “I was primed to fall for Cathal because I’d already fallen for you. Don’t you get it?”
“So based on that, you have been doubly primed to fall for Caden.”
“Jesus!” I hiss. “What is wrong with you?”
“Trying to get you to admit that you want to fuck my brother.”
“So what if I do?” I snarl. “You going to stop me?”
“Whoa,” Cathal says, stepping into the room from the kitchen. “What the fuck is this?”
“This is us bearing witness to Caden’s charm, once again, affecting the woman we love.”
Narrowing my eyes, I fold my arms. “Thewomanwe love? How many have there been?”
“Just one. You. But there have been other women, Tinks. Separately, obviously,” he adds as he finally sees the root of my actual issue with his statement.
“Obviously,” I growl.
“Jealous, Tinks?”
“Fuck you. You’re jealous, and it’s ridiculous. You accept Cathal in my life, so why not Caden?”
“Is that what you want?” Cathal asks, coming closer and giving me a searching stare.
“I don’t know!” I wail. “This conversation went off the rails, fast. The point I was trying to make is that your brother doesn’t feel like he can talk to you.”
“He lands on my doorstep and expects me to help him, he damn well better tell me why,” Ciarán responds.
“Thought it wasours,” I retort.
“It is ours.”
“Look. I don’t know what the fuck I’m feeling, but I’m not trying to sleep with your brother, okay?”
“Then what are you trying to do?”
“I don’t know! I like him. He’s sweet.”
