Lily grins, smug as hell.“Does it matter?”
“Yes, it matters,” Anna says.
I throw my hands up, unable to contain my absolutedelightat being proven right.“This means it wasfate.One way or another, we were bound to be together.”
Anna groans, covering her face with both hands.“Oh my God.You are so ridiculous.”
Quinn sips his drink with a sage nod.“Divine intervention.”
I point aggressively at the screen.“I adore your friends.”
“You are the absolute worst,” Anna claps back, reaching for her old fashioned—a new favorite.
I spin to Anna, grinning so hard myfacehurts.“Say it.”
She narrows her eyes.“Saywhat?”
“That youbelievenow.That fate,Joel Price, andmy raw, unmatched sexual magnetismmade this happen.We were always destined, my little feather plum.”
Anna throws a pillow at my face.
I catch it.Like a goddamn rockstar.
Anna stares at me like she’s debating whether she should kiss me or kill me.Probably both.
Lily snorts.“Honestly?He’s got a point.I think there was definitely a dash of fate in there.”
Quinn sighs dramatically.“Ilovethat he has a point.And I’ll voice for the sexual magnetism, too.”
“Thanks, Quinn,” I beam back.
He blows me a kiss.
Carlie, with an evil grin on her face steeples her finger under her chin and says, “God, I could so write this.Rockstar romance—brother’s best friend.Fated to come back together.I mean, it has all the right tropes.”
Anna glares.“Carlie.No.”
Carlie’s already typing into her phone.“Too late.It’splot bunnying.”
“Christ.”Anna pinches the bridge of her nose.
Vivian hums.“I mean, technically,wemade fate happen.Wemeddled.”
“Hey,” Lily gasps, pointing at herself.
Quinn gasps.“Wait.Arewethe main characters, then?”
“I mean, at some point, right?”Vivian’s right shoulder shrugs.
Anna groans, shoving at my chest.“See what you’ve done?”
I grin.“What I’ve done iswin.”
And speaking of winning…
I clear my throat and lean in, serious as hell.“Since I officially survived two months of book club exposure?—”
Anna snorts into her drink.“Barely.”