It was comforting to her, this city where she grew up, and she relaxed into the familiar wash of lights. Not so comforting was her brother’s silence. He wasn’t a talker, and so he had to build himself up before he spoke. That usually involved a lot of weird manly noises like grunts and haws, but whatever. She wasn’t in the mood to hear it, not when her body still tingled from John’s kiss. Not when her belly was quivering in a liquid happy dance and her nipples were tight with hunger. Too bad her whole body was going to bed disappointed tonight.“Um, Alea—”“Save it. I’m a big girl who has been making choices on her own for a very long time now.”He shifted awkwardly in his seat. Hard to be uncomfortable in this car, but apparently he’d found a way. “Look, I’m not really someone who gives advice—”“Let me save you the time. Has your opinion of John changed at all since we were kids?”She looked at his profile, seeing how his solid jaw became rock hard as he clenched his teeth.
