Coming for Coby: Silver Spoon After Dark by Nichole Rose

Author:Nichole Rose [Rose, Nichole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

"Hey," Keegan says fifteen minutes later, placing his hand on my arm as I move past him to add more tattoo soap to the cabinet. "Is everything okay with you and Coby?"

Crap. My brother may be oblivious most of the time, but he isn't an idiot. Coby is playing with fire. So why do I get the feeling that's exactly what he intended to do today? I don't think he cares if we get caught. Actually, that's not true. I think he wants us to get caught.

Surely, he's not that crazy, is he?

Yes. Yes, he is absolutely that crazy.

"Yes," I lie. "Why?"

"You looked worried when earlier," Keegan says, scrutinizing my expression. "I just wanted to make sure everything is good between the two of you. If he's giving you problems…"

"You worry too much, Keegan." I roll my eyes, trying to play it off as nothing. I'm going to strangle Coby, though. "I'm not worried about Coby, and he isn't giving me a problem."

"You sure? If I need to handle the situation, I will."

"I'm fine!" I huff. "Jeez. He wasn't bothering me." I narrow my eyes on him. "Besides, he's your best friend. Shouldn't you be telling me what a great guy he is or something?"

"He is a great guy, but you're my sister. You come first. That's just the way it works. If he's fucking with you, he isn't the kind of friend I need." Keegan shrugs like the math is simple, but it's really not. Because I'm not sixteen anymore, and Coby is exactly the kind of friend Keegan needs. And Coby isn't doing anything that I haven't welcomed.

But if I tell Keegan that, I don't think it's going to matter. All he'll hear is that his best friend is messing around with his baby sister. After what happened with Parker, he won't take it well.

How the hell am I supposed to get him on board with this?

"You're wrong," I mutter, pulling my hand away from him. "Coby is precisely the kind of friend you need, Keegan. He's an amazing guy, and you know it. Don't be an idiot and boil everything down to us versus the world. You're the one who told me that it won't ever have to be like that for us ever again. So stop making it like that now."

"That's not what I was saying."

"Yeah, it was," I say quietly. "But I don't need you to take care of me anymore, Keegan. I'm not a kid. I can take care of myself."

"What do you need then, Elodie?" he asks, looking at me like he's genuinely mystified. "Because I've been trying to figure it out since you moved here, and I don't have a fucking clue. You've been different, and it's driving me nuts."

"Maybe I'm different because I grew up, and you're only just now seeing it. The only thing I need is for you to be my brother. Can you do that?"

"I thought I was doing that," he mutters.

"No, you were trying to be my hero.

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