Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 159

Matt

The more involved Lia got in this whole bullshit, the more annoyed I became. It had only been a week since she started working with this dragon ambassador and I was feeling beyond jealous.

I hadn’t felt jealous over Lia for a long time now and I shouldn’t suddenly. We were fully mated now and had been for a while. No one else could lay a claim on Lia because she was with her four fated mates. Nothing was going to change that.

Yet I was still jealous.

Today I started my coaching job, but I was just sitting here trying to shove this jealousy to the side and get a grip over my emotions.

Jesse was sitting here with me, staring. He was doing his own thing-on some committee. I was trying to keep a distance from the whole political bullshit so the less Jesse, Lia, and Colby told me the better.

Rugby was the world I knew and loved. It was the world I wanted to stay in which was why I decided to go back to coaching as quick as I did.

“Alright,” he finally said, setting his mug down. “Spit it out.” I frowned. “What?”

“Whatever’s got you sulking like a kicked puppy. You’ve been weird for days.” “I’m not sulking,” I muttered.

Jesse raised an eyebrow. “Right. And I’m a fairy princess.” He leaned back, crossing his arms. “Let me guess-this wouldn’t have anything to do with Lia, would it?”

I tensed. “She’s been busy.”

“She’s always busy,” Jesse said. “That’s not new.”

Why does Jesse always have to hit the nail on the head? It’s so fucking annoying that he always must be right about this type of thing, but that is Jesse for you.

He’s always been like this.

It also means I am not going to easily be able to get out of this and brush him off. He’s going to keep picking and picking until he figures out what the hell is wrong with me.

I hate this.

This is the behavior a teenager should feel. I am not a teenager but a grown man in a pack who has a mate I’ll eventually have kids with. Why should I feel any amount of jealousy?

Yet it’s there, growing slowly.

I exhaled sharply, running a hand through my hair. “It’s different now. She’s spending all this time with the dragons, working with them, fighting for them. And this ambassador-“

Jesse groaned, dragging a hand down his face. “Oh my God. You’re jealous.” I scowled. “I didn’t say that.”

And there it is Jesse had figured out what the fuck is wrong with me and I am beyond annoyed. I glared at him, giving Jesse a

dirty look but I knew it wasn’t going to faze him. If anything, it might piss him off. Jesse could turn on his scariness at the drop of a hat.

“You didn’t have to.” He shook his head. “Matt, do you hear yourself? You’re jealous because Lia’s doing her job?” “It’s not just that,” I muttered. “She’s-she’s close to them. She understands them in a way I never will.”

Jesse let out a long, exaggerated sigh. “Right. Because spending time with people automatically means she’s going to forget you existence. That’s definitely how love works.”

I clenched my jaw. “I didn’t say that either.”

“You might as well have.” Jesse leaned forward, resting his arms on the table. “Listen to me, and listen close: you’re being stupid. Lia’s not going anywhere. She’s fighting this fight because she has to, not because she wants to run off with some dragon and leave you behind.”

I exhaled, staring down at my coffee. “I know that.”

“Do you?” Jesse asked. “Because if you did, you wouldn’t be sitting here brooding like some tragic novel hero.”

I rubbed a hand over my face. “I just-sometimes it feels like she’s slipping away, you know? Like she’s got this whole other world, and I’m on the outside looking in.”

Jesse was quiet for a moment, then said, “Then maybe instead of getting jealous, you should talk to her about it.” I sighed. “Yeah. Maybe.”

She smiled. “You don’t have to be. He and I have a working relationship. Plus, he says he is too tired to every being involved with anyone again.”

I sighed. “Yes, I know logically I have no reason to be jealous but I can’t help but feel jealous over him. can you blame me?” “No, but I’m telling you that you have no reason to be jealous at all.”

The two of us ended up sitting out there talking for a while. Before we went back inside, Lia pulled me down for a kiss. I growled softly, nibbling at her lower lip with my sharp canines. She moaned, standing up on her tiptoes and pressing herself against me as much as she could.

But we were still doing this outside, so I had to break the kiss, much to my dismay. “Let’s get back inside,” I muttered, trying to ignore my erection.

“To my room,” Lia said sheepishly.

I smirked, picking her up in my arms.

But then Rain came in, nearly knocking Lia out of my arms just as I was about to carry her up the stairs. This pretty much ruined the moment, much to my annoyance.

“What the hell, Rain?” I snapped, tightening my grip on Lia to keep her from slipping.

He winced. “Uh sorry about that dude. I didn’t mean to almost knock the two of you over. Hey, are you going to hang out upstairs?”

I set Lia to her feet, glaring at Rain.

“Rain you have effectively ruined the moment.”

Rain blinked. “It seems like I do a good job of that but I am sorry, dude.” It wasn’t that big of a deal. At least Lia and I had talked it out.

But the fact of it was-I would keep having jealousy.

It crept in at the worst moments, whispering doubts and insecurities even when I knew better. Lia had chosen me, yet I still found myself worrying.

She squeezed my hand, pulling me back to the present. “Come on,” she said softly. “Let’s go.” I nodded, casting one last glare at Rain before following her upstairs.