His Naughty Lessons

** Harper **

"I mean, I think that’s a good move considering." Tyler was still talking. "The stomach is not a bad place to start if you want to eventually move on to— Ouch!"

Harper picked up a pebble and threw it at him, making the idiot shut up with a startled gasp.

"That’s just plain judgemental and mean, Tyler," she chided. "Hobbies are hobbies, they don’t have to serve a purpose! Especially not obnoxious ones like that!"

"Huh? What’s obnoxious about it?" Tyler rubbed the side of his arm where he was hit and returned her a confused look. "Don’t get me wrong, I really think that’s a good change for him. Now that he’s moved back to Davenshire with a new net worth, impressing rich single ladies with a handful of marketable skills is naturally a required mission, and culinary arts is a better approach than so many others."

Objectively speaking, what her brother said was indeed reasonable and even mostly fair ... But Harper didn’t like it. She threw a glare back, and a retort was already on her tongue when Eli suddenly said, "I already have a girlfriend."

"..." Oh shit.

Two pairs of eyes instantly snapped in his direction. Both shocked and incredulous, for completely different reasons.

"What? For real?" Tyler was the first to speak. "That’s not a title you give out to just any of them. Must be an important one this time."