“So?”
“Well, you have a shitty job that pays you what? Like ten dollars an hour?”
“I make thirty grand a year.” I glared at her.
“And you live with roommates.”
“I share an apartment with my best friend, not some random Joe from the street.”
“And well, you’ve always been jealous that I’m a natural blonde and you’re not.”
“Is this a joke?” I looked around the room. “Am I on Candid Camera? Is that show even on anymore?” My jaw dropped as she acted liked the Gabby I’d remembered from my teenage years.
“What are you talking about?” She stared at me blankly. “Anyway, Liv. I wanted to say I want us to move on from whatever kept us apart all of those years. You’re going to be an Aunt now.”
“So?” I scratched my head.
“So you need to be more responsible now.”
“What does you having a kid got to do with me?”
“I don’t want you being a bad influence on my—”
“Gabby, I think you need to leave my room right now.” I marched to the door and opened it and stared at her. “I’m not going to be responsible for what I say next if you don’t get out of here.”
“Liv, don’t be like that. I was just trying to say that—”
“Honestly, Gabby I don’t care.” I shook my head. “I just need to be by myself.”
“Fine.” She huffed as she exited the room. “I just thought you’d be happy for me.”
“I’m very happy for you, Gabby.”
“Good.” She smiled at me. “And if you play your cards right, maybe I’ll hook you up with Henry.”
“Henry, Xander’s brother?” My eyes widened.
“Yes.” She grinned. “He’s very handsome and well, wouldn’t that be fun if we were married to brothers?”
“Oh yeah, oodles of fun.” I smiled weakly. Here we come, Jerry. I groaned inwardly. There was no way in hell that I wanted to be hooked up with Henry. Talk about creepy and gross.
“I’m pretty sure he’s single.”
“That’s good.” I said and then sighed. “Um, we’ll chat later yeah?”
“Okay.” She nodded. “And don’t tell mom and dad about the baby, okay?”
“Okay.” I said and then closed the door, my heart racing as I stood there taking everything all in. I watched as Xander squirmed out from under the bed and stood up.
“So then.” He stared at me with an expectant look.
“So what?”
“Now you know why we’re getting married.”
“I can’t believe you want to marry her after listening to all that.”
“Why?” He frowned.
“She’s a gold digger.” I made a face. “And God forgive me, for saying that about my sister.”
“She doesn’t hide what she’s after.” He shrugged.
“You’re okay with that?”
“Gabby and I haven’t lied to each other about anything. We know what this is about.”
“So she knows you slept with me?”
“No.” His eyes narrowed. “But then I didn’t know who you were until about an hour ago.”
“Are you going to tell her now that you know?”
“No, of course not.” He paused. “That would unduly complicate things.”
“Because they’re not complicated now?”
“Well, not really.” He brushed some lint off of his jeans. “Nothing is really complicated right now. Though they could become more complicated if you still want to sleep with me; which I think you do.” He stared at my breasts.
“You what?” My jaw dropped at his audacity. Was he for real? I stared at the smirk on his husky face and I tried to ignore how sexy he looked. He’s a jerk, Liv. He’s not a sexy male God with a miracle tongue. Oh, I was going to miss his miracle tongue. No, stop it Liv you must forget his miracle tongue. I groaned.
“Something wrong?” He asked softly.
“No.” I snapped and glared at him.
“You still want me, don’t you?” His eyes danced.
“No.” I said adamantly.
“Okay, if you say so. Though I think you’re lying.” He grinned and licked his lips again. This time his tongue was sticking right out as if to taunt me even more. “Some people say I’m cocky.” He said after a few seconds.
“Who you?” I feigned shock. “Who would ever think that?”
“Are you laughing at me?” His eyes were light as he studied my face.
“Does it sound like I’m laughing? Can you hear the sound of laughter coming out of my mouth and falling into your ears?”