Addison


    Mrs Carter spluttered. “W- what?”


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    Zane didn’t say anything else, he didn’t move from his spot by the door either, he just shoved his hands into his pockets and arched a brow at Marco.


    That seemed to finally snap Marco into action cause he moved through the crowd in the next moment and came to stand beside me, but right now, the amount of anger that consumed me was unlike anything I’ve ever felt, which was why when he ced a hand over my shoulder, I tried shaking it off but he held on firmly as he faced his mother.


    “Mum, you- you can’t send her away, she’s here as my guest tonight. Not just as a guest, but as my girlfriend” He revealed and everyone gasped around us. My heart dropped into my stomach at those words instead of it fluttering and for some weird reason, I dreaded ncing over at the oak doors to see Zane’s reaction right


    now<b>. </b>


    “What? You can’t be serious!” His mother cried out, her eyes blown wide as she looked between myself and her son.


    Marco didn’t back down and instead pressed further. “She’s really my girlfriend, mother. We’re together, so <i>go </i>easy on her, okay?”


    I stiffled a scoff at that moment.


    Go easy on me? Really now?


    I know that <b>I </b>should feel happy that Marco was defending me right now, but instead, I feel he irritated cause he was only speaking up after Zane arrived and asked him that question. Which means if Zane hasn’t arrived and done that, he’d have let me keep getting humiliated till I get sent home? We talked about this at the restaurant yesterday, and he revealed that he never defended me and only humiliated me in public to convince himself he didn’t care about me. But now we were officially dating sincest night, he was supposed to readily defend me today and not wait till after I’ve been humiliated so much.


    After a few more back and forths, his mother stormed off,


    Marco grabbed my shoulders and spinned me around, his gaze sliding across my face as he spoke. “Are you alright, Addi?”


    I pushed my anger down as I spoke. “Is there somewhere private we can talk?


    He took me upstairs, all the way to his bedroom here in his faintly’s house, and the room was as breathtaking as I expected it to be. On a normal day. I’d be shy and giddy to step in here cause of what it implies, but right now, I was too angry to think of any of that


    Once the door was closed after him. I whirled around till I was scowling at him


    “Why do you do that? Go mute when I’m being ragged on? You’re supposed to readily defend me in moments like that!” I cried out and he sighed, his lips pursed and his hands running through his hai


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    “Look, I was gonna defend you, but then my mothermented about you being passed between Zane and I, and that was honestly humiliating, the fact that my brother already had a taste of you, and you know I’ve already been hurt by that before tonight, so I guess that made me just freeze up and disconnect with the entire thing.” He exined, a pained expression on and I swallowed emptily as I felt most of my anger slowly start to melt away.


    “Oh.” I muttered and he nodded jerkily. I bit on my bottom lip, unsure of what to say. I guess I could try to understand him right now, but I do wish that he had still defended me despite feeling that way.


    In a way, this is my fault for having slept with Zane. If I hadn’t, Marco wouldn’t have felt hurt and embarrassed by his mother’s statement. I was still angry, but I shoved my anger away as I moved towards Marco and cupped his face,


    He looked sad, and I sighed, thinking of a way to make him feel better. I hated whenever he was sad, and although I felt like I didn’t do anything wrong to apologize, it just felt like an apology was the best I could do right now, seeing as I couldn’t turn back time and not sleep with Zane or get together with him at all.


    “I’m sorry,”


    He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly.


    “I’m sorry for not defending you too,” he sighed out and I nodded as I hugged him tighter. My chest felt empty, and it felt like I needed some fresh air after a few seconds.


    I pulled away first, then he cupped my face and kissed me, and my eyes fell close as I waited for my stomach to flutter, there was nothing, but I guess this time, it was because of the fight we almost just had.


    After that, I told him I’d be stepping outside for a bit, and he said he was gonna remain up here for a bit.


    I felt embarrassed as hell as I had to walk past his family members before stepping outside, then I heaved out a relieved sigh once I was breathing in the cool breeze of the night.


    I heard approaching footsteps behind me which made me stiffen till I nced behind me, then my breath caught in my throat at the sight of Zane approaching leisurely, his hands deep in his pocket and the moonlight illuminating his shadow as he got closer.


    “Small world, huh?” He drawled once he was stopping a few inches away from me and I felt myself blush beet red after figuring out that he was referring to the both of us coincidentally running into each other here tonight.


    I nodded awkwardly while my heart thudded hard against my chest. “I know, right?”


    His hot gaze raked over my body as he nodded and I almost fainted


    “You’ve changed up your style again?” He nodded at my dress and I flushed again.


    “I–well, Marco likes this better,” I mumbled and at once, he frowned


    “You’re supposed to do whatever you want, and not what your new boyfriend wants.”


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