Downstairs, the sound of a closing front door and the muffled shout of a brother announced a departure for a quick errand, leaving a sudden, heavy quiet in the house. Sophie had already slipped away moments ago, sensing the shift in the atmosphere.
The air in the room felt thick as Jax lingered, his hand still resting over hers. The tablet lay forgotten on the bedspread between them, the glowing screen eventually dimming to black. For years, the boundary between being a tag-along younger sibling and something more had felt like an immovable wall, yet in this single moment, that wall seemed to have turned into a thin veil. Download Falling for Brothers Best Friend (Piper Rayne) epub
The truth was, Jax had been the star of my internal monologue since I was ten. He was the one who taught me how to throw a spiral, the one who stayed up late helping me with pre-calc, and the one who currently looked like he stepped off a runway and into a woodshop. I clicked. Download complete. Downstairs, the sound of a closing front door
He stepped closer, his shadow stretching over me. He handed the tablet back, but he didn't let go of my hand. "You know, some stories are better when they're not just on a screen." The tablet lay forgotten on the bedspread between
He leaned in, his breath warm against my ear. "Maybe you should stop reading and start asking."
"Your brother says you’re hiding. What are you reading that’s so important?"
The silence was deafening. I waited for the laughter. I waited for him to call my brother and make a joke out of it.