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“Do you need an option two? I really just recommend option one Really recommend it”

“I’d like to hear it,” I said, evasively

Tessa griht”

“What?”

“So do you like, love him? Or just want to fuck him?”

I almost spat out my mocha “Do I what?”

“Come on Seriously All this ‘I hate you soto for the last five years, it’s textbook No fucking around Be honest Are you or are you not in love with him?”

I held my cup with both hands and stared down at it

“I don’t know There is sohed in frustration “It’s complicated”

“Okay, let ht there You need to be careful around James I know you think you know him because he lives with you, but there's a lot of secrets he's kept from you”

“Secrets, Tessa?” I set e the fact that he kissedWhat's option two?”

She let out a resigned sigh “Option two is you go to Boston, confront him, and tell him you want to jump his bones”

“That’s not a real option,” I told her “Have you forgotten a little detail? He’s my brother”

“He’s your stepbrother Get it out of your syste this to yourself You don't need him”

“Get it out of h, I loved the idea of not wanting him the way I did