Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 7

Addison

| woke up to an empty bed, with Zane nowhere in sight. | hated to admit it but that maderelieved, 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, | stepped out of the room, heading for the kitchen to grab al cup of

coffee, and that’s when | ran into Marco who was coming in my direction as well. My heart. hammered heavily in

my chest when | 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! | have wanted to have a conversation with you since last night.” He said as he

stared down at me, and | 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

tugginginto the room | shared with Zane last 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 | briefly wondered if he broughtin

here to kissstupid, just thinking about that had my stomach growing hot with desire.

Lord, do I want this man so...

Even back in uni, | used to like his kisses. They didn’t use to last that long, but they used to makefeel

desired and cherished, especially when he’s also touchingtenderly at the stas well.

“Now, cut the shit and tellthe truth, Addi. Are you really dating my brother?”

| blinked a few times, forcing my brain to quickly process what he just said..

“What-"

“I want the truth, Addison. Please tellyou did this just to fuck withor something.” He demanded, his

brown hair falling into his eyes as he spoke.

What he was talking about fully dawned on my stupid self, and | ended up shaking my head.

“Zane and | 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 people?” He demanded and | shrugged.

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“It’s just a coincidence. Why didn’t you ever tellyou had a brother?” | shot back and Marco sighed.

“Cause he was never important, Addi.” He muttered and | frowned in confusion.

“Isn't he your brother though?”

“He is—but it’s pretty complicated.” He sighed out before shaking his head, appearing pretty annoyed. “Back to

you and Zane. How the fuck do you wantto believe you're both dating? If that’s true, I'm certain I'd have

heard about it since we becfriends once again.” He pointed out and | shrugged, hating that he was right.

“That's because | was unsure if he was serious about the relationship, and | wanted to be very certain before |

start telling anyone I'm dating him.” | explained, 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 explained urgently, shakinga

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, | promise.” | finally breathed out but he shook my shoulders again.

“Zane is dangerous, Addison. Haven't you wondered why | 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 possible. | don’t want you to get hurt, Addi.”

His eyes were blown wide and 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

stared atlike this.

However, as | opened my mouth to speak, the door Marco and | were standing in front of was being shoved open

and Zane was leisurely stepping into the room, his brows arched as they settled on

Marco and I.

| quickly flushed beet red and attempted to step away from Marco at once, cause even though this was a fake

relationship, we have to keep the facade up, and it’s only natural forto 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 pulledright into his chest as | was stepping away,

making my heart fly into my throat.

His hand was on my waist, and | was trapped against his very strong chest. | greedily breathed in lungfuls of his

cologne before | felt strong hands priedfrom that grip, then | 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 ofbeing with his brother this much?

“There's no root of anything, brother. And you had to do it right here in the sroom my girl and | fucked for

hours in? Really now?” As Zane spoke, | instantly stiffened, my cheeks flushed brightly and | 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 facingthe 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 | was waiting till marriage before having sex. That madeblmyself after

he cheated, and | was convinced it was because he went to get what | couldn’t give him outside. Which was why

| was ready to forgive me, till he dumped me. However, | was still waiting till marriage to lose my V-card, and he

was aware because right after we becfriends again, it cup in a conversation.

| stared up at Zane, wishing | could smack him, cause why did he have to bring that up? We never

discussed that!

“H- he didn’t pressure me, | wanted it.” | finally forced those words out, with Marco regardinglike |

| just stabbed him.

“You never wanted it when we were together. You said till marriage...”

| 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 tuggedeven closer and leaned

down to nuzzle my cheek. “You don’t need to explain 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 | was letting out a long breath as |

shrugged Zane’s arm off once we were alone.

“What was that? Why did you mention anything about sex?” | demanded, my cheeks coloring at the

last word.

He leaned down towardsas 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 | 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 behindand wished the

ground would open up and swallowat once.

“Aw, that’s the cutest thing I've heard in ages.” He finally said, and | felt anger shrug througha little.

as | 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 wantanymore, then all what we're about to do might be for waste-" | 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 else, he'll definitely still want to have you once | 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 flasheda warm grin.

“Good girl.”

| flushed all the way to my roots.

“Now that we'll begin to carry out our plan, we 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?” | 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

sometago.” He pointed out and | blushed at being reminded of that entire encounter.

“Why though? It's not like we're really dating.” | pointed out. If he thinks I'll miss up any chances to be alone

with Marco, then he has another thing coming.

“It’s to make him yearn for you.” He revealed and my eyes widened.

“Yearn for him?” | mumbled, my heart racing at that thought. Thinking of him actually yearning forwas

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, cup 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.”

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