Chapter 38

“Think we have all been there. It’s only after you do find your feet that you realize you made a mess of getting there.” Jake winks at me cheekily with that knowing look and smug manner, and I find myself eye-rolling hard.

“Let me guess… Your adorable brother has already had the heart-to-heart about the problem Sophie has become.” I sigh heavily and push myself down in the seat to lift my feet onto his dash. Jake slaps my legs down with a warning frown that I’m hurting his precious car and gets one right back on the arm. He runs a flattened palm down my face annoyingly, forcing me to shut my eyes and squish my nose in the process. Just because he is always annoying as shit, and makes me slap out at him like a five-year-old in sheer impulsive irritation.

“I hate when you do that!” I snap and wipe my face in agitation, knowing he’s probably smeared my mascara into panda eyes, scolding him with a haughty look and sticking my tongue out immaturely. Jake grins, hitting me wit