<b>Chapter </b><b>7 </b>
Addison
I woke up to an empty bed, with Zane nowhere in sight. I hated to admit it but that made me relieved, cause at least I’d be able to think clearly this morning without feeling like my skin was on fire from just having his eyes on me.
After brushing my teeth and showering, I stepped out of the room, heading for the kitchen to grab al cup of coffee, and that’s when I ran into Marco who wasing in my direction as well. My heart. hammered heavily in my chest when I collided into his hard chest, and his hands had to settle on waist, which he used to steady me. His hands on my body, even for tiny minutes, made heart
my
flutter in my chest.
my
“Addi, I’ve been looking for you! I have wanted to have a conversation with you sincest night.” He said as he stared down at me, and I forced myself to stop subtly checking him out and to instead focus on what he was saying.
I didn’t end up hearing the rest of the things he said, and in the next moment, he was grabbing my wrist and tugging me into the room I shared with Zanest night, closing the door after us and then we stood right behind the door, staring at each other. My heart raced and my blood heated up as I briefly wondered if he brought me in here to kiss me stupid, just thinking about that had my stomach growing hot with desire.
Lord, do I want this man so…
Even back in uni, I used to like his kisses. They didn’t use tost that long, but they used to make me feel desired and cherished, especially when he’s also touching me tenderly at the same time as well.
“Now, cut the shit and tell me the truth, Addi. Are you really dating my brother?”
I blinked a few times, forcing my brain to quickly process what he just said..
“What-”
“I want the truth, Addison. Please tell me you did this just to fuck with me or something.” He demanded, his brown <b>hair </b>falling into his eyes as he spoke.
What he was talking about fully dawned on my stupid self, and I ended up shaking my head.
“Zane and I are really dating.” breathed out slowly and Marco’s eyes moved over every inch of my face for long minutes, then anger spread out across his face.
“How is that possible?? Why him of all <b>people</b>?” He demanded and I shrugged.
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“It’s just a coincidence. Why didn’t you ever tell me you had a brother?” I shot back and Marco sighed.
“Cause he was never important, Addi.” He muttered and I frowned in confusion.
“Isn’t he your brother though?”
“He is—but it’s prettyplicated.” He sighed out before shaking his head, appearing pretty annoyed. “Back to you and Zane. How the fuck do you want me to believe you’re both dating? If that’s true, I’m certain I’d have heard about it since we became friends once again.” He pointed out and I shrugged, hating that he was right.
“That’s because I was unsure if he was serious about the rtionship, and I wanted to be very certain before I start telling anyone I’m dating him.” I exined, feeling relieved that the lie easily rolled over
my tongue.
This time, Marco grabbed my shoulders and his touch sent a shiver down my spine.
‘If you’re dating my brother, then you need to end it with him instantly!” He exined urgently, shaking me a little for emphasis.
“Why?”
“Cause he’s my brother. It’s weird for my ex and my brother to date. If he had any decency left, he’d never have wooed you!” He bit out, sounding enraged and I sighed, unable to figure out why he was so annoyed about this, but also feeling giddy that he was this worked up about something directly
involving me.
“It’s not weird, Marco, I promise.” I finally breathed out but he shook my shoulders again.
“Zane is dangerous, Addison. Haven’t you wondered why I never introduced you to him back when we were together?” He demanded. “He’s dangerous. He’ll hurt and harm him. You should end this whatever this is, as fast as <b>possible</b>. I don’t want you to get hurt, Addi.”
His eyes were blown <b>wide </b><b>and </b>filled with urgency as he spoke, and he looked worried right now, like he was genuinely worried about me. That made my heart flutter even more in my chest, and it was already on the tip of my tongue to tell him Zane is nothing but a fake boyfriend to me- just because get so weak kneed whenever he <b>stared </b>at me like this.
However, as I opened my mouth to speak, the door Marco <b>and </b>I were standing in front of was being shoved open and Zane was leisurely stepping into the room, his brows arched as they settled on
<b>Marco </b>and I.
I quickly flushed beet red and attempted to step away from Marco at once, cause even though this was a fake rtionship, we have to keep the facade up, and it’s only natural for me to step away from
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Marco now that my supposed boyfriend has arrived–even though I’d rather step into Marco’s arms
instead.
“What’s going on here?” Zane asked slowly just as Marco pulled me right into his chest as I was stepping away, making my heart fly into my throat.
His hand was on my waist, and I was trapped against his very strong chest. I greedily breathed in lungfuls of his cologne before I felt strong hands pried me from that grip, then I was being tugged into
Zane’s side.
“What is the meaning of this, brother?” Zane asked a very seething Marco who was trembling with
anger right now.
“I was trying to get to the root of this!” He barked and I flinched. It was rare for Marco to get this annoyed, so it was shocking to see him this pissed over this situation.
Did he really hate the thought of me being with his brother this much?
“There’s no root of anything, brother. And you had to do it right here in the same room my girl and I fucked for hours in? Really now?” As Zane spoke, I instantly stiffened, my cheeks flushed brightly and I averted my gaze before Marco’s eyes could meet mine.
“You’re having sex together??” Marco roared. “You bastard!” He pointed at Zane as he gritted the
words out.
He was facing me the next moment. “Did he pressure you to do it, Addi?” He asked and I bit on my
bottom lip.
Marco was aware of the fact that I was waiting till marriage before having sex. That made me me myself after he cheated, and I <b>was </b>convinced it was because he went to get what I couldn’t give him outside. Which was why I was ready to forgive me, till he dumped me. However, I was still waiting till marriage to lose my V–card, and he was aware because right after we became friends again, it came up in a conversation.
I stared up at Zane, wishing I could smack him, <b>cause </b>why did he have to bring that up? We never
discussed that!
“H- he didn’t pressure me, I wanted it.” I finally forced those words out, with Marco regarding me like I
I just <b>stabbed </b><b>him</b>.
“You never <b>wanted </b>it <b>when </b>we were together. You said till marriage…”
I cleared my throat while shaking my head. “I ended up changing my mind.”
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Marco looked like he wanted to kill Zane right now, especially after Zane tugged me even closer and leaned down to nuzzle my cheek. “You don’t need to exin yourself to him, bunny, especially concerning our bedroom activities.” He crooned and my cheeks flushed even more.
Marco didn’t say anything else before storming out of the room, then I was letting out a long breath as I shrugged Zane’s arm off once we were alone.
“What was that? Why did you mention anything about sex?” I demanded, <i>my </i>cheeks coloring at the
He leaned down towards me as he spoke. “Why? Isn’t it normal for us to have sex as boyfriend and girlfriend? That’s supposed to make it more believable” He pointed and I spluttered, just as his beautiful brows arched again.
“Wait… are you a…virgin? And are you saving yourself for him?”
1 turned away from him, my cheeks feeling like they were on fire. Zane chuckled behind me and wished the ground would open up and swallow me at once.
“Aw, that’s the cutest thing I’ve heard in ages.” He finally said, and I felt anger shrug through me a little.
as I turned towards him again.
“But now he doesn’t know that you lied, and he might think I’ve really given my virginity to you. That might make him never want me anymore, then all what we’re about to do might be for waste-” I was still speaking when he grabbed my shoulder.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. We’re no longer in the medieval times, okay? Trust me, even now that he believes that you’ve fucked someone <b>else</b><b>, </b>he’ll definitely still want to have you once I start making him notice you and see you in a different light. Trust me, okay?“
Ireluctantly nodded, hoping for him to be right.
“Okay!
He shed me a warm grin.
“Good girl.”
I flushed all the way to my roots.
“Now that we’ll begin to carry <b>out </b>our <b>n</b><b>, </b><b>we </b>should establish a few rules.” He suddenly said just as
we stopped before the closet here in the bedroom we’re sharing.
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“Rules?” I echoed and he nodded.
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“You should not meet with Marco in rooms where it’s just the two of you, like you did here in our bedroom sometime ago.” He pointed out and I blushed at being reminded of that entire encounter.
“Why though? It’s not like we’re really dating.” I pointed out. If he thinks I’ll miss up any chances to be alone with Marco, then he has another thinging.
“It’s to make him yearn for you.” He revealed and my eyes widened.
“Yearn for him?” I mumbled, my heart racing at that thought. Thinking of him actually yearning for me was making my skin heat up right now.
He hummed while nodding.
“I think you make it too obvious that you’re still in love with him.” He pointed out and I flushed from
embarrassment.
“Whenever he asks to talk to you in private, you always agree without questions. From now on, whenever he does that,e up with an excuse and refuse to meet up with him privately like you’d usually do. That would make him wonder why you’ve suddenly stopped indulging him, and it would make him think about you more and more, then before he realizes it, he’ll actually start to yearn for you.”