"You must be joking." Nathaniel threw his head back and a smile crept up his face. He was inwardly hoping Benjamin never harbored such thoughts toward his step-sister.
It was a taboo to eye another man's wife!
"I hope my words never made you overthink. But what I meant is, I would like to be your sister's friend." It looked like he was asking his friend a permission to see his sister.
Benjamin found himself chuckling internally because he never thought he would be interested in a woman like that. No woman ever made him look their direction. The only one who managed to have his eyes on her was married.
"You think being friends with Olivia would be that easy? She's a loner. Forget it." He tried to make his friend lose interest on Olivia and he walked past him, while slamming his eyes shut for a second only to open them again.
