229 Fighting against the urges (2/2)

Brianna laughed. ”Look at the two of you. Suddenly you are relationship experts.”

Mia denied it. ”Not an expert. Hunter and I are specific. It's an animalistic attraction that does not apply to anyone else.”

”For an animalistic attraction, you are reserved.”, Brianna told Mia teasingly.

If this chat happened before Liz experienced pleasures of the flesh with Max, Liz would agree with Mia, but now she needs to agree with Brianna. ”What is so special about you and Hunter? Just say that you enjoy making love with him. Everyone here is like that. The only difference is that we don't get engaged one week after we met.”

Mia made an outraged face, and Liz, Brianna, and Sabrina burst into giggles.

Mia turned to Sabrina. ”Oy! Mocking of those two is understandable, but Hunter is your brother! You should defend us.”

Sabrina struggled to stop laughing. ”Hunter is my brother and I love him dearly. But I would not be engaged to him. He is not my type.”

Liz remembered Sabrina being in a good mood with Ashton... and her plan to get Sabrina to break up her fake engagement... and Liz's eyes flashed with mischief. ”It seems that Ashton is more your type.”

Sabrina froze. ”What?”

Brianna, Mia, and Liz stared at Sabrina's exaggerated reaction.

”Last night, I saw you talk and laugh, and I thought that's it, but now I think I'm onto something…”, Liz mumbled while carefully observing fierce blush which invaded Sabrina's face.

”They left the party when the third batch of oysters was served and came back with the second batch of roasted salmon, which was just before fireworks. That makes it about two hours.”, Mia said.

Brianna stifled a laugh. ”It sounds like you to measure time with food.”

Bri turned to Sabrina. ”Did something happen between you and Ashton while you were away?”

”For most of the party the two of you chatted, but after you returned, you were apart.”, Mia added. ”Did you fight?”

”No. There is no way that this is a reaction of someone who fought.”, Liz responded to Mia's question and turned to Sabrina. She thought of pointing out how Ashton is handsome in order to get Sabrina to look at him as a man (any man other than Jackson would do), but this is more than she expected.

Liz scrutinized Sabrina. ”You like him.”

”He is a nice guy.”, Sabrina said after some time.

”I know a few nice guys, but none of them makes me blush.”, Brianna said. ”Actually, only Quentin can get any reaction from me.”

Sabrina shook her head. ”Can we not talk about Ashton?”

Liz pursed her lips. ”No one is blaming you for anything. Ashton is a nice guy, and he is interested in you. If you like him, you should not shut him out.”

”It's not that simple.”, Sabrina responded.

”No one said that it's simple but don't overcomplicate things either.”, Mia voiced her thoughts. ”Think about what you are doing. In five years from now, what will you regret more, trying something or passing on an opportunity?” Mia saw that Sabrina frowned, so she added her example: ”When I met Hunter, things just fell into place. I didn't know much about him other than there is some inexplicable attraction between us, but I knew that if I pushed him away I would regret it for the rest of my life while wondering how that would end up.”

Sabrina smiled meekly and didn't want to talk about it. She knows that Liz, Mia, and Bri mean well, but how is she supposed to respond if she does not understand what is going on either? Sabrina closed her eyes and leaned in the comfy chair.

Liz, Mia, and Bri understood that the topic is over. They moved to talk about their relationships and to plan for the rest of the weekend.

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