2. Kai

Chapter two

Kai

I can’t believe that fucker got me to say yes.

Actually, scratch that, I can believe it. But that doesn’t mean I like it.

The worst part is that Liam has a game tonight, so he had to go before Lea got back, which is bound to make this much more awkward.

I’m sprawled out on the couch, my head resting on my forearms as I try and fail to keep my eyes on the TV when Lea makes her way inside.

Her sweet vanilla scent permeates the room, making me feel dizzy. My teeth grind at the thought. I hate how she’s always had that effect on me.

“Hey, Kai,” she says noncommittally as she passes me in the living room and lets herself into the room that used to be Liam’s.

“Leonora,” I say, working to control the tone of my voice and giving her a curt nod.

I can practically feel the eye roll she’s giving me right now. She hates it when I call her by her first name.

Which is precisely why I do it.

Yes, I realize I’m a grown-ass, twenty-six-year-old man, but it’s the simple pleasures in life that make the world go round. And mine happens to be childishly calling my best friend’s little sister a name she despises.

It’s her fault though.

Maybe if she weren’t so goddamn pretty, I wouldn’t have to say dumb shit to keep her at arm's length.