Fairy-tale lovers

“What the hell were you doing with Miles?” He asked again, despite having figured out that his brother was trying to make it seem like we had something going on.

This time, I gave the answer I should have in the beginning. “I was looking for you. He said you would be here.”

“Like hell I would.” He glared at me so hard I thought he was going to take out his fury on me. Not that I would let him. He toned it down but only to give me a stern warning. “Stay away from Miles no matter what you do. It will not end well with that scumbag in the picture.”

‘It will end in flames,’ I thought. I nodded. “Whatever you say, husband.”

I had meant to tease him and the look on his face made it all the more worth it. He looked confused, puzzled and, annoyed at the same time. He didn’t say anything about it, probably because he wanted to pretend that didn’t happen.

I led the way down the hallway and thought we were going back downstairs until he grabbed my hand and shoved me into the room I had just