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"You mean a longie," he corrected.

"Whatever," I laughed. But then, my laughter faded when I recalled why I was here.

Jaden said, "Alright, what is it?"

"I'm just wondering..." I hesitated. "Who's Luna? Is she like an ex-girlfriend or something?"

And just like that, he wasn't smiling anymore. "No."

"So…" Again, I paused. "Can I ask who she is?"

His expression softened. "You can ask me anything."

I gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah, but will you actually answer?"

"Alright," he said. "She's my brother's wife."

I froze. "Oh, my God, you don't mean—"

"No," he said with something like a smile. "I'm not talking about Jax."

Relief – along with a good bit of embarrassment – coursed through me. I gave a nervous laugh. "I keep forgetting, you've got more than one brother."

Funny though, he never talked about them.

And why was that?

Later that night, I found my answer, but it wasn't from him.

It was from Cassidy.

Chapter 63

Cassidy had just walked in through the apartment door when I said, "Hey, I know who Luna is."

Shutting the door behind her, she said, "Luna? Who do you mean?"

"C'mon, you remember," I said. "A while back, I asked if that name meant anything to you?"

"Oh, right." She laughed. "Sorry, it's been a crazy few weeks." From the look on her face, that so-called craziness was a very good thing. She came in and joined me on the sofa and then turned sideways to face me. "So? Who is she?"

"Get this. She's their brother's wife."

"Oh." Cassidy hesitated. "I guess I should've known that, huh?"

"I don’t know," I said. "Does Jax talk a lot about his family?"

She shook her head. "Not if he can help it."

"What do you mean?"

She frowned. "It reallyisawful."

I wasn't liking the sounds ofthat. "How awful?"

"That depends," she said. "Do you know which brother Luna's married to?"

I recalled the little that Jaden had told me. "Yeah. Someone named Jake."