Nathan "This could be something out of a smutty novel." Brody, my half-brother grunts as he lifts the barbell over his head. I spot him, and he lowers it back to his chest, his biceps bulging. The planes of his chest strain against the sleeveless T-shirt he has on. He sits up and swings his legs over the bench before grabbing the towel I hand him, and mops at the sweat beaded at his temples. "What do you know of smutty novels?" I scowl. The man loves to read. He’s never seen without a book, except for at the gym, though if I weren’t here, he’d go through his routine listening to audiobooks. "More than you, apparently." He smirks. "Do you read them?" I scan his features. He shrugs. "Enough to know what women enjoy." "There’s a line between fiction and real life." "But fact is strange

