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His what?

Sister?

Like they are fucking related?

I think I may be having a stroke. Seriously. I could not have heard him clearly.

“Your what?”

He looks up at me and something on my face must’ve frightened him because he slowly climbs out of bed and starts to back away.

My blood pressure is getting dangerously high.

“Rowan motherfucking Black. Your what?” I repeat again, sliding out of bed to follow after him like a lion advancing on its prey.

He swallows.

Good.

He should be terrified.

“If I ask one more time, I’m going to stick my foot so far up your ass, you’ll be coughing up toenails for a week.”

He holds up his hands defensively. “I swear to god that I did not know.”

“I described her to you!” I shout, shoving my hands into my hair. “Were you in on this with her? Was this some sinister plan to fuck me over?”

His lip curls. “First of all, ew. I tolerate her at most. Secondly, I did not know about this plan. Third, that girl changes her hair color all the time. I saw her last week and she had blonde hair.”

“You never once thought ‘hm, maybe my sister is the evil witch trying to harm my girl’.”

His eyes twinkle and he grins huge. “You're my girl?”

I glare. “Focus!”

“No, I did not because she quit practicing magic due to a huge fight between her and our mother.” He pulls me into his arms. “My love, I would never do anything to harm you. If I knew it was my sister, I would’ve killed her myself. I’ve loved you since we were kids and I love you now.”

I soften. “And I love you too.”

“Well, what now?”

I tug him onto the bed and sit on his lap, then lift my phone and snap a photo of the two of us.

Evie: Ladies and Val, meet my soulmate—Dr. Rowan Black.

Val: HAWT!!!

Mariah: Oh my god! You did good, girl.

Val: Spill the tea. Sex?

Evie: Thought he was going to fuck me to death. Like forreal.

I look back at Rowan and we grin at each other.

“What should we do next Halloween?” he asks, his eyes glinting with amusement.

I smirk. “I can tell you what not to do.”