Six Months Living With My Adopted Brother

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shuffled into the kitchen wearing an oversized sleep s

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of the house. And yes,

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from the coffee. "You

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her arms. "

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lenched. "You're

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iled wider. "

dn't a

ou heard us last night... were you thinking about us?

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but curious. Studying her like

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her eyes.

the floor. "I do, actually," he said, voice lo

he snapped

r. "That blush

on her drink. "I

do when I

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ng at me like yo

ace flamed.

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p. Barely. But it sent a j

idn't

word,"

, we ca

t or

isse

grabbed his hoodie like they had a mind of

wasn't like this. It hadn't melted her. It hadn't made her fee

ir. Her body curved into h

waiting for th

maybe

pered against her lips. "T

di

. Her mouth found his. Or maybe it was

hot and messy and right.

te me?" h

ned. "S

you'd n

hit th

ulled her into a room-his room. Bedroom

ld've st

practica

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didn't

like it was made of silk and secre

s drinking her in. "You'

throat, over her

name, her hea

neck met her shoulder and

idn't

as she reached for

eased again,

ean

f them, eyes nev

w what

sn't s

sessed with a boy who wasn't reall

d, hands pausing at th

econd, she

ne this before

ression

e neve

head. "You'll

e she'd just dropped a l

cocky grin gone. "You don't

voice firm this time.

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never supposed t

she'd wa

e da

brothe

t knocked the wind

entler now. Like he underst

didn'

on

Guided her, coaxed her, made her laugh between

r, her breath hitched. H

" he said. "

ls in his back, body trembl

om her lips like a

d into her mouth. "Y

ined me, she w

She kissed

ke she'd run a marathon. Her heart thudded in her

his mouth on her skin, the sound of his voice in her ear, the

sting in

hat th

med about that

o to deserve to be paire