Page 75 of Stepbrothers with Benefits
Right, don’t even look at Milo when other people were around, noted.
Wait. Hold on a minute. Something was missing.
I narrowed my eyes, deciding to let go of my annoyance at Raf’s presence. “Hey, Raf?”
“What’s up?” he asked, still looking at me with that irritating smile.
“You’ve been with Milo all day, right?”
“More or less, why?”
“Did Milo happen to go to the doctor’s office?” I didn’t need Raf to answer when I saw Milo’s eyes widen with understanding and a flash of guilt.
“Nope,” Raf said. “Why?”
Eva chuckled behind me. “Because someone is missing their cast.”
Raf glanced at Milo, who guiltily tucked his arm behind his back, grinning nervously. “It was gone when we met up…Milo?”
“You…” I growled, standing up and staring at Milo. “I told you not to do it yourself!”
“I…didn’t?” Milo tried, but it was the worst attempt at a lie I’d seen from him yet. An impressive feat considering he was a really poor liar.
“Oh, yes, he did,” Eva said with a chuckle. I glanced at the sound of a quiet but familiar voice from her phone. Grinning, she flipped it around, showing Milo on camera, holding his arm out for everyone to see. In his other hand was?—
“Who the hell gave you a box cutter?” I groaned. “You filmed and posted it?”
“What?” Milo all but whined. “People like that stuff.”
“People like seeing you do dumb shit in case you get hurt,” I said, sighing heavily. I grabbed his arm to look it over, yanking up his sleeve to see a red line on his forearm. “Like this!”
“Oh, come on,” he whined, trying to pull his arm away. “I thought about presenting options for people to choose from…but I went with the safest one.”
“The safest option would have been the doctor,” I said, glowering. “Which you didn’t do. Which I told you to do. Which you said you would do.”
“I don’t recall saying I would,” he said, looking shifty.
“There’s so many people expressing disappointment that he didn’t chop off a finger,” Eva added, holding the phone out for Raf to look. He snorted. “You have some really evil fans.”
“Since when are you subscribed to us?” Milo asked, wrinkling his nose.
“Since forever,” she said with a shake of her head as she tucked her phone away.
Raf gave what sounded like an exasperated but fond sigh. That’s Milo for you. I think I’ll leave this mess to someone better equipped to deal with it. I won’t have any luck reeling him in.”
Milo pulled away, looking at Raf. “Are you leaving?”
Belatedly, I realized he was talking to Raf, who reached out and drew Milo close, giving him a kiss that I chose not to watch. “Yeah, I’ve got to get ready for that wedding reception. Group discounts mean a lot of heavy drinkers.”
“Good tips though,” Milo said, dropping onto the couch with only a momentary hesitation before hitting the opposite side from Eva, putting him right in the middle of us. “Text me.”
“You got it,” Raf said. “The rest of you take it easy.”
“You too,” I said over my shoulder, knowing if I met his eyes, the anger and discomfort in my gut would find its way into my gaze. It only lessened when I heard the apartment door close behind Raf.
Eva looked around for a moment. “On that note, I should probably go too.”
I looked up in surprise. “Wait, what? I thought you were going to hang out for a while longer.”
