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That made me chuckle. “Tell me.”
“I actively avoided Dominic at first.” I didn't want the attention that came with being in his orbit. “It seems he saw me as a kindred spirit because he also doesn't like people that much.”
“That's true. His friend circle can be counted on one hand.” I knew that all too well. Good friends, genuine friends, were hard to come by.
“But then we were assigned as partners in our computer science class. It was an easy A for me but not for Dominic.”
I fake gasped. “Dominic wasn't good at something? No…”
I thought I caught Sebastian’s lip twitch. “Once he found out that I had the highest grade in the class, he paid me to tutor him. I agreed, because I couldn’t say no to some rich kid overpaying me for a few hours of time going over things I’d already mastered. He met me at the library where I worked nights.”
“And then you became friends?”
“I tried not to.”
Another laugh burst from my chest. “I bet Dominic loved that.”
“Your brother can be persuasive. He's made a good career out of it.”
“How’d he do it?”
Sebastian pursed his lips. “We quickly discovered our shared love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and business theory books. I read every book I could get my hands on, some from the library, some were hand-me-downs from Dom, and on occasion I’d even camp out at the bookstore and read what I could before someone eventually kicked me out for loitering.”
“You liked them that much?”
“I couldn’t get enough information but even more than that I loved debating business theory with Dominic. We’d inadvertently created our own little business book club. More than that, I’d listen to his stories about his dad—your dad—and your family business and how he’d apply the theories or situations in the book to ones he’d seen or heard about in real life. It was a hell of a crash course. Better than most of my classes.”
“Wow. I had no idea.”
He shrugged. “Why would you?”
“At some point in college you started showing up to our family events.”
He shook his head. “Not until later.”
I stepped over a log. “That's not true.”
He scowled. “I think I remember when we met.”
Oh, really? “Name it.”
He lifted a brow as he held back a rogue branch that crossed the narrow path. “Your brother's going away party before he left for London. You were dating the douche.”
“Which one?”
Sebastian didn't look amused. “There's more than one?”
“There's half a dozen, easy.”
He grunted.
“It was your graduation day.”
Sebastian’s head whipped to face me. “I didn't meet you that day.”
We certainly did. Not that he noticed. “I promise you, I was there. We shook hands and everything.”
Sebastian paused his walking. “I have a very good memory for these things.”
