Chapter 46. My (Brother’s) Girl (3)

She brought him up and broke the spell. They’d spend the rest of the night in misery, him sitting by her side as she cried herself to sleep. But not right now, right now he was angry at himself for enjoying her attention. For thinking for a moment that she was jealous, that they were more than two messed up people helping each other through the day. Right now he was going to have that dance, to hold her just a little longer no matter what it cost him later.

He looked down at her and felt the sway of her body against his.

When had he bent his head so low? When had he gotten so close to her forbidden lips? He tried to pull away, but she wouldn’t let him. Instead, she stumbled out into the dark corridor with him. He could have sworn he hadn’t been the one to do it, but he honestly didn’t know for sure who initiated, her or him.

She had him up against a wall, her mouth on his, his hands already somehow up her dress. This was wrong. They couldn’t do this. What did he ex