Beyond the Rumors

Tessa paused. "You don't want to be Caleb's younger brother?"

Jaxon slightly lowered his eyelids. "I only wanted to be treated like a younger brother by you."

Tessa laughed softly, but didn't push the issue. "Alright then, if you don't want to be, you don't have to."

"And you? Have you always just seen me as your younger brother?" he asked, after a moment's hesitation.

Tessa looked at him, who had