Swiping the blood from his nose, Rafe countered, “Considering my brother’s history with women, I seriously doubt that.”
Drea hook her head, sending a spray of water droplets onto Rafe’s shirt. “He was always a gentleman with me.”
Rafe stared past Drea to cock his brows at me. “Is that right?”
“Yes, it is. We never…” Drea’s cheeks tinged pink.
“I get it,” Rafe mumbled.
“I know you’re angry at the moment at the way we handled things, but I’d ask you to please forgive us. I think we both know you can’t help who you fall in love with.”
Rafe sighed. “No. You can’t.”
“Leo and I both want you to be happy in your future with Maeve, and despite how things started out, I hope you can be happy for us.”
Closing the gap between them, Rafe stared intently at Drea. He was a little too close for my liking, but I didn’t think it would help matters if I voiced my concern.
“You really do love him, don’t you?”
Drea nodded. “I mean, we don’t know each other as well as you and Maeve, but we’ve got the rest of our lives to fill in the gaps.”
My heart broke into a wild gallop at her words. “We sure as hell do.”
A ragged sigh rumbled through Rafe’s chest. “I want you to be happy, Drea. And if you’ve found it with my bastard brother, then you have my blessing.”
“That makes me happy, too. I look forward to being a part of your family.”
“You have your work cut out for you keeping Leo in line,” Rafe mused with a smile.
“If there ever was a woman strong enough to do it, it’s Drea,” I replied.
Rafe nodded. “Leo is a very lucky man.”
Although I should’ve appreciated that remark, the fact Drea was standing in front of Rafe in only a towel made it less complimentary than it should. Closing the gap between us, I said, “Come on. Let’s get you in the bedroom and dressed.”
She gave me a sheepish look. “Yeah, about that. I just realized all my luggage is under the plane.”
Rafe cleared his throat. “I’m pretty sure Maeve left some things in one of the drawers.”
“Thanks. I’ll check.”
When I started to follow her, Drea shook her head wildly back and forth. “Oh no. You’re staying out here.”
“Can’t I at least watch you get dressed?”
She smacked my arm. “Don’t talk like that in front of your brother.”
With a grin, I said, “I think Rafe’s virgin ears can handle my perversion."
“There’s no way you’ll be satisfied just watching,” Drea countered in a low whisper.
“You’re killing me.”
“I think I have a solution,” Rafe said.
“Unless it involves sedating Leo, I don’t think it’ll work.”
Rafe reached over to the compartment by his chair and pulled out a pair of headphones. “I’m going to put on these noise-cancelling headphones for the remainder of the flight. I’m not taking them off until we land.”