Twin Deception: A BWWM Billionaire Romance by Izabella Brooks Page A

mood he had been in since Connor arrived.
                  Sadi had arranged for a sitter days before their dinner date. She found that she was excited to get out of the house and socialize with adults for one night.
                  Though she had been excited for it, when they were all seated around the table in what used to be Connor’s favorite restaurant, Sadi found that she worried about her children. She had left them with a sitter only twice before, and each time had been driven to distraction wondering if they were being looked after properly.
                  “Stop worrying,” Luke whispered after Sadi checked her phone for the hundredth time. “They’re just fine or Mary Ann would have called.”
                  Sadi nodded. “I know… it’s just hard.”
                  Luke squeezed Sadi’s hand under the table. She caught the look he sent towards Connor and Christine, who were affectionately holding hands on the other side of the table. Sadi squeezed Luke’s hand back, a warning against him saying anything that had anything to do with that less than pleasant look he was giving.
                    Connor and Christine told Sadi and Luke all about how they had met. Connor had found a job working as a janitor at the same school where Christine was a substitute teacher. It had taken Connor weeks to work up the nerve to talk to Christine, and even longer to finally ask her out.
                    Sadi thought that their story was cute. She glanced over at Luke and was surprised to see that same brooding look still on his face. What was wrong with him?
                  “Luke,” Sadi hissed. She poked him under the table with her foot. “I think that’s really cute,” Sadi said, encouraging Christine to keep talking. It was interesting to hear about the life Connor had lived. She was about to continue when Luke stood up abruptly. Sadi glanced up in shock.
                  “What are you doing?”
                  “I can’t sit here and pretend like this is real. It’s not.” He looked pointedly at Connor and Christine. “You can’t be in love with each other when you don’t even know who Connor really is. You didn’t even know his real name until a couple weeks ago. You don’t know anything about him or his life.”
                  Sadi felt her mouth drop open. “Luke!” She was completely appalled at her husband’s outburst.
                  Luke reached for Sadi’s arm but she pulled away. “Come on Sadi, we should go home.”
                  “What? No!” Sadi flat out refused. She was mortified over the shocked and hurt looks Christine and Connor were sending Luke’s way.
                  Connor finally stood up as well and faced his brother. Sadi stared at the two of them, mirror images, even in the way they expressed their anger. She had never seen them angry with each other before.
                  “I think we should save conversations like this for at home,” Connor told Luke in a flat tone. It betrayed little of his hurt or anger but Sadi could tell it was there all the same.
                  “And what purpose would that serve? I think we should just get everything out in the open. Right here, right now.”
                  Connor shook his head. “Are you insane? You don’t have to insult someone just because you don’t even know them. Maybe I lived a different life before that bombing but I don’t remember it. Christine is my life now and she has been for months and months. We were happy together before that car accident. Before you found me and changed everything.”
                  Sadi could see the rage on Luke’s face. “What? Before I changed everything? You think you would be grateful to have some of your old life back. You think you would be grateful