Page 9 of My Ex Girlfriend's Brother

I was more nervous now than I was when I thought I was actually going to spend the rest of my life with Camila. I wasn’t sure how Cash would react to what I said next. “How about you go as my boyfriend?”

A big smile spread across his handsome face, and his green eyes lit up. “I like the sound of that. You know you didn’t need to be worried, right?”

I shrugged, looking down at our bare feet. “We haven’t really talked about anything since you left your house. While I’m happy you’re here, I don’t know where we stand.” Shit, I made it sound like he should know our entire future in only two weeks. I sounded like a needy ass bitch.

“Jordan, look at me,” he demanded.

I couldn’t, though. I was in too deep in such a short amount of time, and now Cash knew it.

“Hey,” he cooed, putting his fingers under my chin and lifting it slowly until our eyes met. “What’s going on with you?”

“I like you,” I blurted out.

He gripped each side of my neck, and it instantly calmed my racing heart. “Well, that’s good because I like you too.”

“I’m sorry. You don’t need this,” I pulled away and stared out the kitchen window and out to the pool. “I don’t expect you to know where we’re going or what’s going to happen between us.”

“Life is full of uncertainties, but I can tell you one thing. When I think of my future, you’re in it.” I watched as his reflection in the window moved closer. He ran his hand down my back and stopped at the base of my spine. “If you want me to leave so you can have some space, I can.”

“I don’t want you to go home. I like you here, but I do wonder why you don’t seem to want to go home. Is it because of…”? I didn’t know why he wouldn’t go home after giving his sister an ultimatum.

Turning, I had to look at him. I needed to see his face.

Cash reached out and linked our fingers together. “First and foremost, it’s because I like you, and I’ve loved getting to know you.”

“And the other reason?”

“I don’t want to go back because I can’t get what my sister said out of my head. When I go back to get a new change of clothes, I keep hearing the hate in her words echoing off the walls. How can my family hate me so much?”

Oh, Cash.

Pulling him into my body, I hugged Cash to me and kissed his temple. “I don’t know because I think you’re one of the best people I know.”

“After what you saw with your own eyes, how can you want to take me home to meet your parents?” He asked, his hot breath against my neck.

I was worried, but I didn’t want to live with a lie as any part of my life. Not when this felt so great.

“I think once they get to know you, they’ll see why I’m falling for you, and I figure if someday we have kids through a surrogate, my mom will love them all the same.”

Cash’s eyes went wide. “Wow, and here I thought you wanted to get rid of me, and you’ve been—”

“Planning our lives?” I interrupted. “Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I’ve been thinking of what it would look like. If you don’t want kids or to go home with me, say so now.”

“I want all those things with you, and I should have said something, but I thought we had more time before we had this talk,” he laughed. “I thoughtyouneeded more time.”

“I don’t need time, but maybe you do.” Being with Cash these last two weeks had been utter bliss. “I mean, does it bother you that I was with your sister for years?”

“I feel sorry for you, but no, it doesn’t bother me. How do you feel about me being her brother?”

“Well, if we were going to be spending holidays and birthdays with her, it might make for some uncomfortable occasions, but I’d deal. I can be with you and not deal with her. I hate that you’ve lost your family, though.”

“Me too, but I’m used to it. When I came out to my parents, the night before I was supposed to leave for college, I lost them. They even refused to pay for my education. So needless to say, I didn’t get to go to an Ivy League school like Cami did.”

Damn, that I had to hurt.

He pulled me closer. “Are you sure you don’t need more time? I’m willing to wait.”

“I guess when you find the one, you know, and you don’t need time.” Or at least that’s how I felt. I’d never been more sure of what I wanted in my life.

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