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“What’s up with Jules, anyway? Ava didn’t say.” I kept my tone as casual as possible. “I didn’t ask.” Of course he didn’t. Alex only cared about two people, and both their names started with an A.
“Pretty sure I would’ve noticed something was wrong when I saw you curled up like a deformed shrimp.”
“I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think it is,” I said. “As long as you didn’t murder anyone or set anything on fire.” “Wow. The bar really is in hell.” A small smile touched my lips for the first time that day. “At least it’s warm down there.” Jules snorted out a laugh. “If only I had your optimism.”
“Good.” I regained motor control. My glass touched my mouth and whiskey flowed into my stomach, but the shock from Alex’s statement lingered. “Because if you hurt her again, I’ll take that stick out of your ass and stab you with it.” “If I hurt her again, I’ll let you.”
“She understands me in a way no one else does, even if our worldviews are fundamentally different. When I’m not with her, I wish she were there. When I am with her, I want that moment to last forever. She makes me want to be a better person, and when I think about a world where she doesn’t exist…” His jaw flexed. “I want to burn every inch of it to the ground.”
In my defense, I had a good reason for breaking a guy’s nose and inadvertently starting a club fight.
“Because you’re mine,” I said against her mouth. “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily I can take a man’s life as I can save one.”
I once read somewhere that the opposite of love wasn’t hate, it was indifference. The
The urge to vomit returned. “He needs medical attention.” Alex’s sigh contained multitudes of exasperation. “You and Ava. So driven by your consciences.
No wonder you’re siblings,” he muttered. “Fine. I’ll send someone to take care of him.” “Take care of him as in…” Another, deeper sigh. “As in medical attention, Josh. I’m not going to kill him. I barely know him.” “Right.” With Alex, it was always best to double check.
even if said someone had the emotional range of a teaspoon.
“I’m not in love with her.” “You almost killed someone for her.”
“I’m sorry,” he said hoarsely. “For reacting the way I did. For lashing out at you when you tried to do the right thing. For not choosing you the way you deserve when you’re the only thing I’ve ever wanted.”
“Take however much time you need. I’ll wait.” For some reason, his words sent a fresh ache through my chest. “Why?” No one had ever waited for me. I couldn’t fathom why they would. “Because you’re it for me. Whether it’s today, tomorrow, a year, or decades from now, that’ll never change.” Josh’s lips brushed against my skin before he pulled back, his face taut with emotion. “I’m human, Red. I’ve made mistakes in the past, and I’ll make many more in the future. But one mistake I’ll never make is letting you go, not when there’s even a sliver of a chance left for us. Because the possibility of
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“I told you it wasn’t a date.” “And I told you I don’t share.
“My heart. My soul. My dignity. What do you want me to do, Jules?”
“Did you mean what you said?” Ava asked once we were out of the others’ earshot. “About what you feel for her?” “Yeah.” My face softened. “I love her, Ave. We may still fight and argue sometimes, but at the end of the day…she’s it.” I would take a thousand fights with Jules over a thousand easy days with anyone else.
“My sister’s rubbing off on you. You actually sound human.” “I’m good at imitations.”
But you…you walked my sister home every day for a year like a psycho Romeo. You always put her safety and well-being ahead of yourself, which for you is saying a fucking lot.”
