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I give her a half-assed wave “Yeahsure”

“Well, hel-lo,” Charlee purrs

My eyes snap up to find Dreering over her in the doorway

“Hello to you, too,” he says “And you are?”

Oh, hell no

Do you see that sparkle in their eyes? The way they’re subconsciously leaning into each other? That, right there, is the reason I’ve kept Charlee away from him all these years

I ju I’ll talk to you later, Charlee”

She stares at Drew appreciatively as she walks backwards down the hall “Yeahsure See you later” She winks before turning around and ducking down the stairwell

I push Drew inside and shut the door “What are you doing here, asshole?”

“That was Charlee? As in your sister, Charlee?”

“Yep Noer my question”

He widens his stance and crosses his arms over his ridiculously wide chest “Sure After you answer le? And why in the hell have I not met her before?”

“Nope” I shakethink about it I’m still scarred from her little tryst with Riley”

“What the fuck? As in my sister’s Riley?”

I rollto theether Supposedly one aard kiss when he was dropping her off but I never pressed any further because I didn’t feel like puking”