Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

Because of that, I swore that I would change.

My twisted relationship with Felix started when I was still in Mom’s womb.

Aunt Mel and Mom were best friends, and coincidentally, they both lived right opposite each other on the same level in the same apartment block. Thus, our families were close to each other.

When Mom was pregnant with me, Felix was still a toddler who waddled around in diapers.

Aunt Mel had been watching Felix play under a tree and suggested, “Harper, if your child is a girl, she should just marry Felix so we could all be a happy family!”

Mom had replied, “Well, that’s not up to me. We’ll let her decide in the future.”

“Felix, come here! Would you like the girl in Aunt Harper’s belly to be your wife?” Aunt Mel asked.

Felix had laid in Mom’s lap, giggling as he sucked on his thumb and mumbled the word “wife” repeatedly. He had amused Mom and Aunt Melinda so much that they decided to go ahead with the unofficial betrothal.

like that, my marriage was settled before I was

wife really meant, I had no say in the matter anymore. Besides,

I was a kid, I had always acted in a way I thought wives were supposed to. In

a snack, I would take a bite before keeping the

the school. I would cheer him

when he was playing sports,

Since I liked him

nothing more than a clingy neighbor he couldn’t seem

never smiled at me, and the way

back at home with Mom and Dad. Having finished cleaning up the Whites’ kitchen, we

…” Mom started, but she couldn’t seem to say

would be humiliated like that. She was a loving mother to

Aunt Mel were close friends who had coincidentally bought apartment units opposite of each other. They lived there

that Aunt

a mess had happened, my relationship with Felix wasn’t the only one at stake. Mom and Aunt Mel’s

I couldn’t bear to see her

but I also understood that feelings