Playing for KeepsChapter 2

The room went dead silent. I’d heard Julian had a twin, but this was the first time I’d ever met him. The face was identical to Julian's. But up close, they were different. Julian’s eyes were cold, always looking down on people. Liam... Liam just looked polite. Almost sweet.

When I didn't answer, he leaned in, his polite expression still in place. "My brother was," he added quietly. "He seemed pretty game."

The dig was so obvious that I felt Julian tense up beside me. And in that split second, a crazy thing happened. A little text bubble, like a caption, flashed over Liam's head.

[LOL, he’s not even pretending. Bro, turn around and look at your brother’s face.] [This is gold. The girl he’s been looking for for seven years becomes his sister-in-law, and his brother treats her like crap. He’s about to lose his mind.] [Ava, if you nod right now, tonight he’s going to be knocking on your door pretending to be his brother.]

...What the hell? I glanced at Julian’s thunderous expression. On pure impulse, fueled by the captions and a sudden rush of spite, I nodded.