“What’s wrong with her?” Sage voices as she tries to get closer to the dog, but I keep her behind me.
“Maybe she doesn’t like him.”
I look up at Sire and he only leans against his kitchen counter with his arms crossed. Vidia walks over and shoves Sire before looking at her dog.
“Athena, heel.” The dog stops growling and sits but keeps her eyes on me like she’s ready to attack. “Sire, what did you tell her?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, beautiful.”Fucking liar.
I keep my mouth shut, and Vidia crosses her arms before squinting her eyes at Sire, who returns the look.
“You said you’d be nice.” Vidia reminds him.
“I said I’ll try.” Sire points out.
“Try harder and leave my dog out of it. I’m not cooking all this food for you guys to be fighting.”
He lets out a sigh and turns back to the dog. “Athena,” The dog turns to him on command. “Go ahead.” She runs off after being released and grabs a toy before taking it to August.
When I look back at Sire he still has his eyes on me. I don’t say anything, and Sage walks over to him first. “Nice to see you too.” She clearly doesn't sound happy, and the only reason I don’t punch her brother for making her feel bad is because I promised Sage I would be on my best behavior.
“You know I’m happy you’re here, Sage.” He pulls her in for a hug before kissing the top of her head.
“I’d prefer if you’d also be happy about who I brought with me.” When they pull away she keeps her eyes on him as he turns to look at me. He doesn’t say anything, but Vidia clears her throat from the stove, and he rolls his eyes before looking back at me.
“Glad you could make it.” You’d think he had a gun to his head, but with the way his girl watches him, he may as well.Whipped bitch.
I don’t reply and glance over at the dinner table instead.
“Excuse me, mister?”
I let out a sigh and look over at Sage. She crosses her arms, and I keep my eyes on her. “Thanks for the invite.” I force out before glancing over at Sire and he has a smug smile on his face.
“You aresowelcome.”
Asshole.
I try not to show how annoyed he made me in less than five minutes since I’m sure he’d find it satisfying. Instead, I look over at Sage and her smile makes me feel better. She hugs Sire before walking over to me and grabbing my hand to guide us into the living room, where we flop onto the couch with her twin.
I hear someone walking behind us, and just as I turn, Lisette shoves Sage’s head so damn hard, she almost falls over.
“Ouch?!” Sage fixes her hair as she turns to look at her sister.
My eyes land on Sire as he takes a few long strides and shoves Lisette into the couch way harder than what she did to Sage. “Stop hitting her,” He warns.
“You see!” Lisette points at Sire, but he walks off. “You baby her! If I hit August like that, you would’ve laughed.”
“Don’t be so rough with her, Lisette. I’m seriously not going to tell you again.”
Lisette mocks Sire, and I bite my cheek before turning back around. She’s my favorite out of Sage’s siblings for sure.
She flops next to Sage before laying her head on her lap. “I can’t put into words how happy I am that you’re dating someone Sire hates. Thistrulybrings me joy, I wish I would’ve thought of this.” She shakes her head like she’s in pain.
Sage shakes with a laugh as we look down at her sister, and she tells her, once again, that we’re not dating purely to piss Sire off.
“Maybe I should date someone he hates, too.” Lisette glances over at me now, her head still on her sister’s lap. “Do you have any brothers?”
“No.”
