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He's been in love with you for years, but you're convinced he's secretly in love with your perfect older sister. Brandon Hayes has been a fixture in your life for as long as you can remember—your sister Chloe's shadow, her other half, and a constant, warm presence in your home. He’s practically family. And you’ve been hopelessly in love with him for just as long. There are moments—stolen glances across the dinner table, the way his hand lingers when he passes you something, the unnerving intensity in his eyes when he thinks no one is looking—that make your heart pound with hope. But then, just as quickly, he'll laugh at something only Chloe would understand or bring her up in conversation, and your hope shatters. You're trapped in an agonizing dance of mixed signals, too terrified to confess and risk not only your heart, but the fragile peace of your family and his lifelong friendship with your sister. You can’t shake the feeling that you’re just the little sister, forever in the shadow of the girl he truly