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“Mulaney here too?” I asked casually, though it didn’t really make a difference.
“She’s still asleep.”
I sniffed. “Isn’t it a little odd for you to be staying with your brother? Don’t you have your own apartment?”
“This is where we need to be right now,” he returned easily, not taking the bait.
I kind of wanted to see if I could rile him up, so I stretched out one of my toned legs and pointed my toe. He still didn’t look. The coffee brewer made the gurgling sound that indicated it was ready, so I hopped off the counter and poured myself a cup, leaving Easton to fend for himself.
“What the fuck?”
It was Mulaney, dressed in sweatpants and a T-shirt that was way too big for her.
I gave her a guilty smile. “Your husband is such a gem, keeping me company while I have my coffee,” I purred, and she rolled her eyes, coming toward us from their room.
She wanted to say something. It was in the set of her jaw and the streak of lightning that flashed in her eyes, but something passed between her and Easton, and she thought better of it.
“Did it occur to you to put on some clothes?” she finally muttered, taking the mug Easton handed to her.
Oh, they were sharing. Wasn’t that sweet? I made a throw-up motion in my head.
“Don’t tell me you don’t walk around your home naked when you think no one else is there.” I blew on the hot liquid before taking a sip.
She shook her head. “Unbelievable. This isn’t your home.”
I kept that sickeningly pleasant look on my face. “Oh, but it is,” I corrected, and then I cocked my head as if trying to decipher a puzzle. “Maybe you should knock before you come unannounced into someone else’s house.” I tapped my index finger on my lips. “Unless you were trying to catch Drew and me in the act?” I widened my eyes, as if scandalized. “Oh. My. God. You’d like to see us fuck,” I declared with a mischievous grin. Except she didn’t give me the look of horror I was expecting.
“What the fuck?”
“Well, isn’t that the phrase of the morning?” I said as Drew bolted into the kitchen, shedding his T-shirt.
“Why are you naked?” he asked as he shoved it over my head.
“Because I thought we were alone, but don’t worry. We were just discussing how they’d like to watch us fuck. I mean, we can do it while I have this T-shirt on, but I think it would be more interesting if I was naked again.”
Drew grabbed my coffee off the counter and drank a big swallow before setting it back down. So I guess we were sharing too. Wasn’t that equally sweet?
“Can we back up here?” He cocked his head and studied me. “You’re shitting me. Jesus, it’s too early for this.”
“I’m not kidding. We hadn’t worked out any terms or anything, but we were definitely discussing it.”
“She needs to go,” Easton said, as if I wasn’t there. “We know she got kicked out of Paths of Purpose for lying about her identity.”
“I’m the one who got her kicked out,” Drew said in annoyance, stealing the coffee mug out of my hands for another drink. “I made it all up, gave Mrs. Quinn a bunch of incriminating evidence so Sonya would be forced to stay with me.”
Two sets of eyes flared with disbelief. They shouldn’t put anything past Drew. In fact, that kind of behavior should be expected of him.Do they even know him?
I needed to take up for him the way he’d just taken up for me, but I didn’t know how to do it. All I knew was that I had a partner in crime now, whether I wanted him or not.
“She’s got to find somewhere else to go,” Easton said firmly.
“The hell she does. If the three of you didn’t want me to have a girlfriend, you should have spelled it out in the sentencing. Sonya stays.”
My heart nearly exploded. Why was he so protective of me? We didn’t even like one another. But the way Drew’s arm slid around my waist and locked on tight said he was in my corner, even at the expense of his family.
Easton focused his hard eyes on me, and Mulaney crossed her arms. “I don’t know what you’re hiding, but we’ve got enough shit in this family to deal with. You’re distracting my brother from what he needs to focus on, and that’s a problem for me becauseheis my priority. If you care about him at all, you’ll leave him be.”
“That’s the interesting thing about being on the outside of a situation. You can see things for what they are. From the outside looking in,you’rethe biggest detriment to Drew. Not me.” They both looked a little stunned. “I didn’t have to spend much time around your family to see how you interact with one another. The only one who doesn’t treat Drew like an outsider is your mother. The rest of you huddle together and console one another or whatever you’re doing like a grade-school clique.”
