Summer’s Pov
Crew is silent.
I'm silent.
We're locked in this staring contest across the lunch table, and I'm waiting for him to deny it. To laugh it off, to tell Brianna that I'm crazy, to do literally anything except admit the truth.
"Babe." Brianna's voice rises, panicked now. "Tell me she's lying."
Then Crew does something I absolutely did not expect.
He moves closer to me. Slides along the bench until he's right next to me, and before I can process what's happening, his arm wraps around my shoulders.
"Yeah, we're stepsiblings." His voice is casual, easy, like we've been siblings forever. "Unfortunately—well, I wouldn't say unfortunately. Fortunately, her mother and my dad decided to get married. You're all invited to the wedding, by the way."
His arm tightens around me, pullin
