Chapter 1928

Debra hid behind Cecile and Dylan Potter, unfazed by Jordan's threats.

With the adults around, Jordan wouldn't dare touch her.

Jordan stomped his feet. "Mom, Dad, you're gonna spoil her rotten. All she does is boss me around and never respect me."

"You're older. It's only natural that you look out for her," Cecile said. Be a man and own up. You started it."

"What? You're joking. With you two around, who'd dare touch her?" he argued.

Dylan and Cecile exchanged looks, shaking their heads.

"Andrew protects you, and even my parents side with you. Happy now?" Jordan sulked.

Debra just stuck out her tongue at him. This text is hosted at FіndNovel.net

Frustrated, Jordan stormed into the study. "I'm done."

"What's wrong?" Andrew asked, sitting with his usual gentle smile.

"What else? It's Debra. Mom and Dad always take her side, saying I bully her," Jordan complained. "Are you really marrying her? I don't want her as my sister-in- law."

"Why don't you like her?"

"I just don't. I hate how she acts like she's above me." Jordan looked away.

Technically, he and Debra had grown up together.

While most childhood friends were close, the two of them never got along.

"Well, she's my one and only love," Andrew said, setting down his book. "And you're my one and only brother."

Jordan went quiet, then looked up. "Alright, I'll try to get along with her."

"No need to force it. Maybe this is just how you two roll," Andrew replied.

Jordan thought back. As a kid, he didn't like Debra because she was always glued to Andrew.

They were like enemies, always at each other's throats. It stayed that way as they grew up.

But at some point, he started feeling oddly possessive of her.

In elementary school, he was supposed to be a grade above Debra.

But his parents worried she'd get picked on, so they held him back a year after kindergarten. He ended up in her class.

He felt cheated and argued with Debra about it.

He made her cry once. After that, he never brought it up again.

Debra was a doll-like beauty even as a kid. Plenty of boys in class had crushes on her.

In high school, love letters for her never stopped. Jordan threw them all in the trash.

When other guys tried to get close to her, his first thought was, 'You think you're good enough?'