Instead, Jax looked from the screen to me, his expression softening into something unreadable. "Falling for the best friend, huh?" "It’s just fiction, Jax," I squeaked.
The silence was deafening. I waited for the laughter. I waited for him to call my brother and make a joke out of it.
The air in the room felt thick as Jax lingered, his hand still resting over hers. The tablet lay forgotten on the bedspread between them, the glowing screen eventually dimming to black. For years, the boundary between being a tag-along younger sibling and something more had felt like an immovable wall, yet in this single moment, that wall seemed to have turned into a thin veil. Download Falling for Brothers Best Friend (Piper Rayne) epub
"Doing what? Downloading a book?" I shot back, trying—and failing—to keep my voice steady. My finger hovered over the "Download" button for Falling for My Brother’s Best Friend . It felt a little too on-the-nose, considering my brother’s best friend, Jax, was currently downstairs in our kitchen, probably raiding the fridge. "It’s research, Sophie. Pure research."
He leaned in, his breath warm against my ear. "Maybe you should stop reading and start asking." Instead, Jax looked from the screen to me,
Jax didn't pull away. Instead, he took a seat on the edge of the mattress, his gaze fixed on her with an intensity that made the fictional romance on the screen feel pale in comparison. The conversation that followed wasn't about books or tropes, but about years of shared memories, hidden glances, and the terrifying possibility of changing a friendship into something permanent. It was a beginning that no digital file could fully capture, starting with a simple, honest conversation in the quiet of a late afternoon.
I scrambled to lock the screen, but he was faster. He crossed the room in three strides, plucking the tablet from my hands. He looked at the cover—a shirtless man, a very suggestive title, and the name Piper Rayne in bold letters. I waited for the laughter
"I can't believe you're actually doing this," Sophie muttered, her eyes glued to the tablet screen.