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I went to pick up my drunk brother Maverick Lewis.

I overheard him ask his best friend Julian Winchester, "Why haven't you brought out that secret girlfriend of yours?"

My heart clenched. Julian and I had been dating in secret for two years, and I hadn't told Maverick.

A moment later, Julian's tipsy voice drifted over. "Is it necessary? It's just a fling. I'm not serious."

My body went cold. I raised my hand and knocked on the door.

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Everyone turned to look at me.

"What are you doing here?" Maverick stubbed out his cigarette and patted the seat next to him, gesturing for me to sit.

"The driver took the day off, so Mom and Dad asked me to pick you up."

Maverick nodded and called out to the group in the private room. "Put out your cigarettes. Sonya can't stand the smell."

His friends teased him. "Wow, you're so protective of your sister. What happens when she gets a boyfriend?"

Maverick laughed, swore playfully, and ruffled my hair. "Don't get any ideas about her. Sonya's pure and sweet, nothing like you filthy lot."

A man I didn't recognize spoke up. "Are you saying there's not a single guy here you'd approve of?"

Maverick scanned the room, his gaze landing on Julian, who hadn't said a word.

He joked, "If I had to pick, Julian might do. I could get away with calling him my brother-in-law. But after what he just said, better not let him ruin our girl."

His tone was light, just banter.

Julian's expression darkened.

He glanced at me briefly, then looked away. "Stop talking nonsense. I see Sonya as my own sister."

A sister.

I stared at his tense, irritated profile, my eyes stinging with unshed tears.

"Sonya?" Maverick's voice snapped me back to reality. "Why are you staring at Julian?"

I quickly looked away, biting my trembling lip.

The group chimed in, teasing. "Don't fall for Julian's looks. He's not a good guy."