Four Brothers and a Bride

Chapter 107

Chapter 107: Chapter 107

ASHTON

I can’t believe how many times I have lost to the new record holder today. My gloved fingers tighten around my steering wheel as I finish second place yet again. Racing is supposed to calm my nerves, not kindle the flames of my anger. I think I feel worse than I felt before getting behind this wheel. While the new guy jumps out of his car basking in the euphoria of finishing in first place, I remain inside mine to take deep breaths and calm myself.

Ashley isn’t moving out anymore and while that is a relief, I am still royally pissed at his habit of pinning the blame of his faulty marriage on me every time he gets bored or frustrated with Demi. I have to talk to him about that. We have to iron out our issues.

If he is still doing this while I am engaged to Mila, nothing’s going to stop him from throwing those accusations even after I get married and with Mila’s level of crazy, Demi will only suffer more. I can’t allow his erratic behavior to cause any more damage than it already has.

Liam starts walking up to check on me. I get down from my car and begin to walk away.

"Hey." He calls, jogging to fall in step with me. "Your driving skills are amazing, champ. We were almost neck and neck."

I turn to him. "I finished second. It’s just a car race and I am an adult. Give it a rest, new guy."

"The name’s Liam."

"Don’t care."

"I heard you used to be the reigning champ around here." Now, I halt at his words. "I understand if you’re feeling a bit slighted over the losses today. I’ve been there. It doesn’t mean you’re not as good as you thought. You might just be distracted today. I know distraction is the biggest reason why I come in second. I Just wanted to put it out there." When I turn to him, he is walking back to his car.

"Liam!"

"Yes?"

"You’re a hell of a driver." I admit to him. "Distracted or not, topping you wouldn’t be a walk in the park even for me."

"Thanks. Still, I’ll love to race you once you have a clear head."

"You bet."

I leave him and while I walk away, a ghost of a smile seeps into my face. Maybe the new guy isn’t a proud prick like I was during my time as the new guy. Mila offers me a bottle of water and helps me with my gloves.

"You’ll get it next time."

Again with the sugarcoated words. I am not down with this today. I guzzle the water.

"Losses aren’t unnatural. Besides, I do this for fun not for sport. There’s no need to get too upset with losing."

"Says the guy who was royally pissed when I beat him thrice in a row." She laughs at the look on my face. "Who’s the new guy?"

"Why? You want to race him too so you can gloat?"

"Wow, so much for not being pissed."

I grab her when she turns away with an angry face. "I’m sorry. My head is aching. I have a lot on my mind. I don’t mean to be an ass." I kiss her neck. "Forgive me. I am not fun to be around right now. That’s why I told you not to come. I didn’t want you to see me like this." She whirls to cup my face with her hands.

"We are going to be married soon. Whether I like it or not, I’m going to see all the different versions of you. There’s no need to hide the ugly parts from me." She kisses my lips. "Besides, I’ve barely seen you since our engagement party. You’re always busy. I knew I would grow grey hairs if I continued to wait for you to come to me so I decided to track you down and spend the day together."

"The day?"

"Yeah, too small?"

Too much, too soon. I remember the two weeks she spent at the mansion and how it was equal parts fun and draining. Beyond that, I have a lot of things to do and appointments to keep which she can’t be present for.

"I can’t promise the day. Maybe we can raincheck. I have a lot of things to get done and honestly, you can’t be present for my meetings. Why don’t we reschedule. I promise I’ll treat you to a fun date, wherever you want and whatever you want to do. Please?" She scowls at me. "Come on, you know I wouldn’t bail on you if it wasn’t unavoidable."

"Fine but I won’t take no for an answer next time though."

close to me and take her lower lip between my teeth as a tease before

to meet a wedding

"A what?"

an engagement party? Wedding prep of course. We have to start making the arrangements super early if we want to have a spectacular wedding as early as three months from now. We have to book our

is she even saying? Father said we

down on a seat. "What’s with the hurry? We just got engaged days

How is

that train by our parents. It sucked the fun out of our friendship and made every date seem like a chore. I always felt like

did you

didn’t abhor the idea. I want to be with you Mila. I was going to propose eventually even though my father hurried the process. However, I don’t want our actual wedding to be hurried. I want us to take our time to revel in this phase of our relationship. Let me enjoy you as my fiancée and vice versa. Let’s take this time to learn

Jimmy Choo shoes. "It does but I don’t know if I believe you, Ashton. I’m worried that the longer we wait, the easier

aisle because our families want me to. I want to do it because I can’t imagine anyone else walking towards me. Please Mila, this

head. "Promise me you’ll work with me to

"I promise me."

her again, this time slowly, savoring

going. Stay close to your phone at all times. You know how much I

your father I said hi." I don’t mean it but it means something to Mila whenever I remember to be

right where someone stands a few bleachers away watching me everything that just happened between Mila and I; Liam. He forces a smile when our eyes meet and waves creepily at me. I ignore him and grab

it’s a little packed for my liking, I rely on my dark sunglasses to help me blend in. Keith comes in at exactly two pm, finds me and slides into

or something?" He jokes, pointing to my

have

don’t trust you yet, Mr. Rollins. Besides,

what answers would you be giving me

begin, you should know I intend to

"That seems fair."

brings some burgers and drinks to our table. Keith dives into burger with a big bite. I am not hungry. I just

How did you come to learn that your lost sister could be my foster sister, Zoe?" He keeps his eyes trained on me even as he eats. He wants to gauge my reaction to

tip from a trusted friend who knows about my lost sister and the tip led me to your family." I lean on the table. "My turn. "Do you know where Zoe is right

shakes his

find that hard

time but that doesn’t mean I can’t reach out to her if I wanted to see her." He notes how my facial muscles

like he is trying to test my truthfulness. Keith continues to watch me. I have a hunch

"Cat got you tongue?"

She was only a baby. That’s

time, he pauses his

really plan on helping me reunite with

"Those are two questions..."

important to me. If you aren’t going to help

Zoe thinks. She hasn’t gotten back to me. If she wants to see you, I’ll arrange a

Zoe

"I did."

what I think he knows about Zoe’s past, then he also knows that telling her that one of her brothers came asking questions will only serve as alerting her to hide even better. She wouldn’t want to see me. She has every reason to be scared of me. Keith must indeed be out to waste my time. I rein

to help me while you await Zoe’s response. I need her documents from the

"No, they don’t."

also burn those

"They don’t have them but I do. The papers are carefully

just want to know what her real name was before

a name because she wouldn’t speak when she was

"Who brought her in?"

today, Mr. Rollins." My hand shoots out and clamps down on his wrist before he can move. His eyes

Do I look like a joke to you? You brought me out here to munch on a burger and waste my time? How many more of these five question sessions are we supposed to have before I start

free. "You’re as insolent as they come. You should be grateful I am even entertaining you. Going by what I have heard, I should have kicked you out of my father’s land the first day we met but I chose to give you the benefit of doubt. I was wrong. You don’t deserve to know the gem that is my sister. She’s better off without you and your family." He lurches to his feet,

his parents have just entered. When their

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