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Cheers, Mom.
“It’s pretty terrifying being the one not breathing too,” he uttered.
But Blake did remember that moment clearly, despite being so young. Clasping at his neck and staring at his mother as she began screaming and running around looking for her phone.
It had been a close call from what he was told. That time, he did have to be intubated.
“I was so scared to feed you for months afterward, worrying you might be allergic to anything else. We assumed it was seafood. But it could have been any number of things.”
Technically, it was just shellfish, but Blake never ate any seafood because why fuck with fate?
“So Bella Montgomery, huh?” Jacob smirked, unpacking the cartons of Thai.
“Pardon?” Their mom said, freezing.
He frowned at her reaction then shot a look at his brother. “Asshole.”
“Language,” his mom admonished.
“Mom, we are grown-ups. When will you stop that?” Jacob laughed.
“Never. Cursing is wrong.” Samantha chastised, but her eyes were on him. “So who is Bella?”
“No one.”
Yet.
But he thought he might want her to be.
“Ward Montgomery’s daughter. You know the luxury fashion line. Verity Lane, Verity & Co., and so on,” Jacob recited.
“I know who they are,” Samantha snapped.
Blake watched her as Jacob reached behind him for the dinner bowls.
“Knox Montgomery was there too. You should have seen Blake with young Bella. He was like a little puppy dog.”
“Fuck you.” Blake laughed as he threw a grape at his brother’s head. When he went to pluck a few more from the bowl, Blake realized his mom hadn’t chastised him for theFword. He stared at her. She looked like she’d seen a ghost. “You okay?”
“Are you dating her?” she asked.
“No. Notdating. More like, I’ve seen her once.” Blake replied as Jacob snickered.
Please read between the lines because I do not want to talk about my sex life with you.
Samantha began serving the food and just nodded.
Weird.
“Anyway, she’s not young. She’s your age, Jacob.” Blake added, wondering if his mom was worried he’d hooked up with some young girl.
“A year older.” His mom said, then her eyes shot up.
“You know her?” Blake frowned and even Jacob stopped what he was doing.
“No. Let’s eat. This food is getting cold.” She snapped.
Blake shared a look with his brother and they both thought the same thing. And it had him suddenly feeling ill.
