Chapter 57

“Put it away, Carrero. I’ve told you a million times, I’m just not into you.” Daniel seems to be fed up with his choice of food and looks through the extra boxes on the bed for something else.

“Says the guy who crashed my Chinese food party to come to stare at a TV with me. Are you worried I won’t love you anymore now I have Ems?” Jake discards his food and stretches out, leaning back into the sea of cushions behind us. Noticing I have long since discarded mine, he hauls me over to nestle in his arm and lays my head on his shoulder. I stretch out alongside him and snuggle against his body.

“Totally heartbroken over here,” Daniel replies flatly without looking up. Finding something he wants, he settles back down to dig in and watch a particularly bloody scene on the screen.

Both men seem zoned in on the violent and bloodthirsty hero hacking bad guys to bits with a large sword.

I’ve never understood action movies and all that bloodlust.

“Don’t worry, Dann