Pete’s gaze grew darker. “If we’d met for the first time now…and let’s say I’m not Amandine’s younger brother…would you have turned me down?”
“That’s completely irrelevant. We didn’t meet now. You are Amandine’s younger brother, and I’m her best friend. There’s no point in discussing something that can never be.”
“It’s not irrelevant.” He used his chopsticks to gesture. “You’re avoiding the point of my hypotheticals, and—”
“I’m doing what to your what?”
“…and that tells me everything I need to know.”
Brooke was starting to feel a little dizzy. “Which is…?”
“That I’m not the only one who’s interested in giving us a real chance.”
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