Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

The dream couple that was my parents always did this. They never cared if I'd get jealous or not-they acted all lovey-dovey in front of me.

And they had become even bolder after I moved out for my studies. They flaunted their love life at me, and whenever they called me, they appeared together. They were like two middle-aged lovebirds, and I was just the third wheel. The focus was on them, not their dearest daughter.

Colin finally came out from the shower. Noticing that I was lying on the bed with a sulk, he walked toward me, sat down, and dried his hair. Then, he asked what happened and why I had a long face. Why else? My parents, of course. But I was too mad and embarrassed to tell him.

"Nothing. I'm going to take a shower now." I went to the bathroom glumly. Once I was done and dried my hair, Colin was already in bed. All lights in the bedroom had been switched off except for the mellow be lamps. I hung the towel, climbed onto the bed, and tucked myself in.

"Tomorrow" Colin wanted to tell me something, but his speech was interrupted by an untimely notification. It came from his phone. Colin frowned out of frustration. He glanced at his phone, which was next to

me.

I was annoyed and vexed. Only one person would text Colin this late at night-Jasmine, who was royally ignored just now.

"What did she send me?" asked Colin.

and turned my back against him. "Read

and there. I couldn't even sleep properly. How irritating. As someone easygoing, I had never given him the cold shoulder

so he froze. He tried to

to get too violent with me, his long arm flew over my head to retrieve his phone. As he withdrew his arm, he yanked me in the opposite direction so that I was facing the ceiling. Then, he kissed

wasn't strong enough to fight him, so I turned, letting him kiss me. His phone suddenly appeared before my eyes. He tapped on his chatting application. There was a red number one next to Jasmine's profile picture. He clicked it and entered the chat window, showing me

and you can defy all odds and remain unseparated till the end of

supposed to be sorrowful, she made it sound almost literary and coercive. I pouted and looked away,

was facing. His fingers danced on the screen. "My love for Lulu is eternal. We will defy all odds and

However, she typed her message for five minutes straight and nothing ever appeared. In the end, it showed that she had

to reply that way. But she left us on seen, and we did not know what she wanted. Knowing her, she should be throwing a tantrum and playing the victim. She would beg Colin to come to see her and tell him that she

The silence was unusual.

looked at each other

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