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That little act seemed to have convinced Gregg because in the next moment, he began to speak about something else and they were bothughing in no time, and yet, Zane refused to loosen his hold on my shoulders. If Gregg found this weird, he didn’t indicate. My stomach was clenching and unclenching and I was focused on breathing steadily but unfortunately my mind was being flooded with all that we did two nights ago and my breathing kept getting choppy.
Thankfully, a call came in for Zane and he went to the corridor to answer it. That left me alone with Gregg and when he arched a brow my way, I flushed all the way to my roots and rushed into the kitchen, mumbling something about needing to get more beer for us. Truly, I didn’t want to be with gregg alone right now cause he wasn’t stupid. He’d definitely have a lot of questions and I wouldn’t know how to respond to them. I was also here cause I needed to pull myself together.
I remained against the counter, breathing in and out, and after some minutes, I felt calm and in control again, then I opened Gregg’s fridge to get some beer out, and that’s when I heard footsteps in the doorway of the kitchen.
“No questions, Gregg. Please.” I sighed out as I closed the fridge, but on turning around, I was met with the sight of Zand in all his glory and at once, my mouth dried up as I blinked at him in the doorway. His ck shirt looked smaller than it looked back in the sitting room, it stretched over his muscles deliciously and I felt my stomach clenched a little as our eyes met.
“Hi.” I squeaked out, watching with bated breath as he slowly stepped into the kitchen and made his way towards me.
“Hi, bunny,” he murmured and my face instantly med as my heart flipped around in chest.
my
“N–no nicknames here.” I tried to say in a stern voice, but my voice wavered when he stopped before me and ced a hand on the fridge, right above my head, as he stared down at me with an arched brow.
He snorted as he responded. “I can do whatever I want, bunny. Are you forgetting?”
My eyes widened just as he grasped my chin and jerked my head up. “Besides, you act like you hate that nickname when it’s theplete opposite. I remember your walls clenching around me whenever I called you that.”
My mouth fell open and a wave of embarrassment came over me while my entire body grew hot. I tried to speak a few times but no sound came forth.
“What do you want?” I finally managed while my stomach tightened with desire. He was standing so close to me right now and I wanted nothing more than to be kissed stupid by him right now. His eyes dragged over my face then down my body and back to my face.
“You know what I want,” he responded smoothly and my eyes widened as heat flooded my face again.
“Y–you can’t be serious, Zane.” I snapped, trying to re at him but I knew I failed when heughed softly.
“And why is that?” He demanded and I felt tongue tied at first but I was determined to push through despite
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feeling embarrassed as hell.
“You can’t want me anymore, Zane. I’m now with your brother.” I mumbled while my heart thudded away in my chest.
Zane remained still at first before he rolled his eyes while tsking.
“Whoever made that rule?” He demanded and a rush of heat shrugged through me just as he leaned down.
“Frankly, that doesn’t matter to me.” He continued and my eyes widened while my mouth fell open as I blinked up at him, my brain finding it hard to keep up.
“W- well, it should!” I managed before trying to shove at his chest as I continued.
“It matters to me. I’m not a horrible person.” I added and this time, he snorted while my face grew
red at
once.
“Of course, bunny. I’m the horrible person between the two of us. Everyone thinks so.” He informed me and I ttered as my eyes widened.
“Wait, I didn’t mean…” I began but he cut me off in the next moment.
“You look gorgeous tonight,”
I blinked in surprise, my chest filling with warmth at first before I realized that was undoubtedly a lie cause I look basic as hell tonight.
“I’m in nothing but boringrge clothes.” I pointed out as I tried side stepping him but he blocked me effortlessly again, then he rolled his
eyes.
“That doesn’t matter. Your body is stored in my head, so I know what you look underneath. I was referring to your face, it’s very gorgeous tonight, like it usually is if I’m being honest.”
I felt extremely flustered as he continued, his eyes sweeping over my clothes. “As for how you’re dressed tonight, it’s honestly adorable. I bet you’d look even better in my shirt though.”
My mouth fell open as I flushed again while wondering if he was flirting with me right now or not. Before I could confirm that, footsteps echoed from the passageway.
“What’s taking so long, Ad…”
Zane and I quickly separated just as Gregg emerged in the doorway and trailed off, his eyes bouncing between the two of us. I wasn’t sure if he saw anything. His facial expression gave nothing away but I knew better than to fall for that. He urged us to return back to the sitting room because he had already set up a movie for us to watch.
I practically fled the kitchen before Gregg could so I wouldn’t be left alone with Zane again.
Back in the sitting room, halfway into the movie which was about a girl who lost her job and began to strip, Greg turned towards me and spoke.
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“You also just lost your job, right Ad? I can’t believe I forgot!” He sighed out and at once, I grew sad as I nodded stiffly. I came over tonight cause I nned toe here to forget all about that, thene morning I’ll start finding a new job.
“You lost your job? How?” Zane asked from behind me, his eyes boring into me again and I nodded slowly while sighing.
“No reason, I was just fired.” I mumbled, still unsure if I can reveal the true reason to them yet.
Gregg paused the movie before sitting up and pping his hands and I stared at him in surprise just as he spoke. “Why don’t you work for Zane?”
I sat up instantly, my heart flying into my chest. “What??!” I managed in a weak voice, still feeling shocked as hell andpletely caught off guard right now.
Gregg rolled his eyes. “Well, yes! That’s actually a great idea which could totally work.”
He turned to Zane after that as he continued. “You just got your inheritance, right?” He asked and I watched as Zane slowly nodded.
“That’s right?”
“And you can find Addison a job, right? She’s really efficient, I hundred percent vouch for her!” He urged and I felt ttered as hell that he cared about me to this point but at the same time, the thought of working with Zane was enough to make me almost get a panic attack.
“That’s not necessary, Gregg. I already n to start searching for a job by morning.” I sighed out while my heart pounded away. I was just trying to avoid being left alone with him, so working with him is thest thing I can do right now, especially after our conversation in the kitchen some time ago whereby it had been clear that he still desired me. I also desired him, denying that was pointless and that’s exactly why working with him wouldn’t do me any good.
“Why bother about that when Zane can give you a job? Searching for a Job would take weeks or months, but Zane can get you one as fast as possible.” Gregg argued before turning towards Zane. “Right, Zane?”
Zane didn’t even seem to think about it before nodding. “Sure, I’m sure I’ll find a position for her without hassle.”
I spluttered while wondering why he wasn’t shutting this suggestion down. Why was he agreeing to it? I wanted a job desperately, but not this desperately. Him giving me a job would undoubtedly make me own him on top of this mess and that’s just something I wasn’t ready for.
“I appreciate your kindness, Zane, but I seriously don’t need a charity job.” I informed him before stopping Gregg when he tried to argue.
“Seriously, it’s gonna be nothing but charity.” I tell him firmly.
“It won’t be.” Zane pointed out and I stiffened, watching his Adam Apple move as he chugged down his drink. “It would just be friends showing up for each other, and we are friends, aren’t we?” His brow arched at the of his sentence and I flushed before averting my gaze,pletely unsure of what he tried to do at the end of that ridiculous sentence. We certainly weren’t actual friends to begin with.
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“I still don’t want a job like this, but truly, thank you for the offer. You’re too kind.” I finally breathed out at him and thankfully, he dropped it.
When I nced over at Gregg, he had an unreachable expression on and I didn’t know what he was thinking about but I hoped he wasn’t putting two together concerning myself and Zane. Thankfully, he dropped the subject too and we resumed the movie.
After the movie ended, we had some pizza and talked some more, then it was finally time to leave.
“This was fun. We should all do this soon, yes?” Gregg looked between us as he spoke and I awkwardly cleared my throat while Zane and him half hugged and pped each other over the back.
“We’ll see, man.” Zane assured him after the hug.
When Gregg pulled me into a hug, I clung to him tightly.
“Take care of yourself and call me if you ever need help, okay?” He murmured as he kissed my head and I promised him to do just that, knowing fully well that he had to be acting oblivious on purpose to an extent for my sake and I was truly grateful for that. Maybe one day I’d havepletely stopped desiring Zane then I’ll be able to fullye clean to him about the entire thing.
As he saw us to the door, we all made small talk, and Gregg nced at the time. “It’s prettyte, Addi. You sure you’d see a taxi fast? Why didn’t you order a ride minutes ago?” He asked and I bit at the inside of
my mouth. I hadn’t nned to take a taxi home, I nned to go catch the bus. Now that I’ve lost my job and didn’t know when I’d get another one, I couldn’t afford to spend recklessly ago. I’d have easily told him that but with Zane here right now, I felt shy to admit that out loud.
“Why don’t I drop you off?” Zane suddenly suggested and my eyes widened as I nced over at him. He had a jacket on now and his hands were in his pockets and he looked ridiculously hot right now, making my stomach clench tightly,
“That’s a great idea!” Gregg gushed just as I shook my head.
“Uh, that won’t be necessary, I’ll <i>see </i>a taxi fast-” I was still speaking when Gregg cut me off.
“Just let him drop you off, it won’t stress him out, I promise. Right, Zane?”
Zane hummed as he nodded. “Correct.”
I bit on my bottom lip, feeling extremely conflicted. I want to still insist, cause I really don’t want to be left alone with Zane again, but should I keep refusing, that would undoubtedly make Gregg more suspicious than he undoubtedly already was, and that was why I reluctantly sighed while nodding.
“Alright then.”