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walking toward me, I get a better look at the outfit she has on. She is wearing fraying jean shorts with white paint splatters on them and a black shirt with a faded British flag in the middle. That wasn’t what caught my eye. The end of the shirt has little fringes hanging down, exposing an inch of skin on her stomach—her very tight and toned stomach. She elbows me in the ribs when I continue staring at her stomach. Tearing my eyes from her showing skin, I glance up at her. She is blushing but rolls her eyes. “Emma.”
    “Doesn’t she look hot? She tried to walk out of the room with a shirt that hung down to her thighs. So I brought out the scissors and got to work. I think it looks good,” says Emma.
    “I think I feel really uncomfortable,” Ryanne mumbles.
    “Girl, quit being so self-conscious. You’re hot. If I looked like you, I’d flaunt it a little more.”
    “No flaunting,” I say. Ryanne giggles and wraps her arms around my waist. None of us are blind. It doesn’t matter if everyone knows Ryanne’s mine, they’ll still look. I put my arm across her shoulder and pull her into my side. I can smell the floral scent she has on as she moves closer to me.
    “Wait, did you tell her?” Bragden asks when he sees us together. I nod a reply and tighten my grip around her shoulders. “Finally.”
    Ryanne glances up at me. “Wait, literally everyone knew but me?” I mumble an affirmative. “For how long?”
    “Since I let it slip while you and Larkin were fighting those men outside of Jane’s house.”
    “Are you serious? You’ve all known for that long?” She scans the room, but her eyes land on Liam. “So you knew at the wedding? That’s why you told me all that don’t give up, you never know what’s going to happen stuff?”
    Liam smiles and nods at her. Ryanne is the only person that can really elicit an emotion out of him. I’ve never seen him smile or laugh when she isn’t involved somehow. She looks over at Emma and says, “How the heck were you able to keep that a secret for that long? You’re always blurting out the stuff I tell you.”
    “Oh believe me, it wasn’t easy.”
    “Hmm, well I’m so sorry it was so hard on you. Keeping secrets can be very difficult.” She sounds sarcastic, but the wink she gives Emma throws me off. She smiles up at me before skipping out the room.
    “What the heck does that mean?” Emma says.
    Liam turns to me. “Good luck.”
    “Thanks. I think I’ll need it.”
     
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    Laughing to myself, I skip out of the room. I know that they’re in there talking about me right now, wondering what I was referring to. In actuality, I wasn’t really referring to anything, but since they all knew about the soulmate secret, I might as well pretend that I know something too.
    I haven’t really gotten a good look at the house yet. I was asleep when we arrived here yesterday and then I fell asleep again shortly after waking. I’ve only seen the living room, kitchen, and Colton’s room. Walking up the stairs, the first couple of rooms are all guest bedrooms. Colton, David, and Tom get their own rooms, while everyone else shares with one other person. Peeking in, it looks like all the bedrooms are furnished similarly. One or two large beds are located in the center of the room with a white duvet cover and a multitude of pillows. A nightstand with a lamp is located to either side and a mahogany armoire is seated in the far corner, to the left of the bathroom doors.
    After the bedrooms, there are three more rooms. The first one is a game room. In the center of the room is a large pool table. Two small pinball machines are located in the corner. An air hockey table is pushed up against the right wall, waiting to be played. The low lying ceilings create a very friendly atmosphere.
    Exiting the game room, I walk across the hall to what looks like a fitness room. I don’t recognize any of the machines except for the treadmill in the corner.  The last room