Chapter Five
Jade
“What?” Lucas asked. My older brother punctuated his question with a whip of his head in my direction and one of his dark brows slashing up.
Shocked was the only way to describe his one-word question. I picked up a slice of apple covered in peanut butter—my niece’s afternoon snack—and popped it in my mouth as I nodded.
“You’re going to a wedding with Walker?” Lucas asked slowly. He slid his hand over the counter, brushing away crumbs from the sandwiches he’d been assembling for Rylie, his daughter and my adorable niece. Turning, he dusted his hands over the trashcan and leaned his hips against the counter as he surveyed me.
“Yeah, that’s what I said. Is that a problem? And why are you looking at me like that?”
Lucas c****d his head to the side, his green eyes, so si
