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“Well, eren’t gone And who doesn’t check where he’s going to sleep before plopping down on top of someone?” Alexis asked

“Someone who’s tired as shit and unaware soiven,” Layton said, flashing an annoyed glance toward Erik

Erik shrugged “Like I knew Let’s shelve the accusations and take a page from Emma’s book and not freak out”

Everyone looked at Eed an aard smile

For a few seconds the roo

“Okay, good Now, since it’s cold as frick outside and the roads are too dangerous, let’s bunk up and get through the night,” Erik said

“Your sister probably needs an ice pack or so to Alexis, whose ankle looked swollen “How about I grab soements”

Layton disappeared and a light calow to the hallway

“Why are you wearing a quilt?” Alexis asked

“?Cause I’her E-to-kill-Layton incident, revealing washboard abs and the hint of the delicious narrowing to No, she wasn’t going to think about the crush she’d always had on him

This was Alexis’s brother

And, yeah, he was hot as butter on a biscuit, but he was practically faies, who had pulled her pigtails Okay, not literally, but prettyShe wasn’t supposed to notice the quilt dipping low to reveal the curve of his ass or how nice his naked torso looked or the fact he had a tattoo of an eagle on one side of his chest, which looked sotough and male and—

“Wait, did you climb into bed with E her swelling ankle

“Yeah,” Erik ad unabashed

Alexis glanced at Emma, eyebrows arched above amused eyes “Well, how come you didn’t scream?”

“I never scream” Emma sniffed

“Well, if a big bozo sat on you, you would,” Alexis grumbled

The big bozo appeared with a bag of frozen broccoli wrapped in a dish towel He frowned at Alexis but shouldered his way inside, handing the bag to her friend “Here I’m happy to take the couch”