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He starts to speak, but then closes his mouth and shakes his head

"Don’t you dare say that it isn’t the sa A crush is a crush is a crush Brad has asininto yours"

He exhales loudly "Well, I guess I can see your point"

"Go work I’ to take a shower"

"Are you still rips et over it Go work and call htly over ers iny is in his kiss and I can’t help but ainst his lips

"Ditto, baby I’ll talk to you tonight"

He leaves me on the porch and I watch him slip into his sleek black SUV He smiles and waves and pulls out of my driveway

I’ve fallen in love with a beautiful, sexy, sweet, jealous control freak

Shit

Jules is in the kitchen when I go inside I slae open looking for a water

"Well, hello sunshine," Jules says sarcastically

"What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at work?"

"I’ from home Hey, you’re really pissed What happened?" She plants her hands on her hips and scowls at me, and I iym Luke has a jealous streak"

"Scary jealous, or sexy jealous?"

Jules asks, her eyebrows raised

"Stupid jealous" I sigh and fall into the deep cushions of the red couch in the living room Jules follows and sits in the armchair opposite me, her bare feet propped on the otto of her oater

I shrug "I guess I’ questioned about things I do"

"He’s not being a controlling asshole, is he?"

"No, but he does have a bossy streak

Not in a bad way I know he cares about entle with me But boy, he does not like Brad" I roll ainst the cushion

"Sexyin on us in the studio yesterday, and running into Brad at the gym today

"Gee, I wonder why That kid has it bad for you"

I scowl at her "He does not! He’s just flirty! Don’t you start, too"

"You never could recognize when so to worry about"

"Oh, I know that" She brushes my words aside with the wave of her hand

"Why doesn’t he?"

"This is new to him, too"

"Whose side are you on?"

"Yours, sweetie Always yours

Where is he?"

"He went ho out"