My brother shakes his head, his shoulders sagging under the weight of his words. ‘You broke my best friend Elijah’ he tells me quietly, ‘do you know how happy he was? When he told me about you two, he was nervous but so f.ucking determined at the same time. I was shocked, I’d had no idea, I . . . I punched him in the mouth.’ I gasp as Elliott gives me a sheepish smile, ‘I thought he was f.ucking around with you, with your feelings, but he told me how you had been seeing each other for months, that you were soul mates, he was sure of it. He said that he loved me as a brother, but if I wasn’t alright with it, that he’d pick you over me without a second thought.’
I stare at him wordlessly as he looks at me, ‘I had no choice, I said I was fine with it, went home, spoke to Darcie, had to expla
