Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 54

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Marco’s face was in a pinched expression as he exhaled slowly, then he reached for my free hand across the table and took it in his, right before he responded.

“That was because I was fighting against my feelings for you. Doing that helped, and that’s why I kept doing it.”

“Oh.” I mumbled as I swallowed emptily again, unsure of how to react this time.

“And I was angry you were with my brother when I still liked you and I knew you still liked me.” There was a confident edge at the end of his sentence but I couldn’t fault him for that cause it wasn’t like he was wrong anyway.

“I- I guess I understand then,” I finally muttered, watching as he smiled softly, a look which had me weak kneed.

“I knew you’d understand, Addi.”

“But I didn’t like it though. It was really annoying.” I added and he nodded before kissing my knuckle.

“I know, Addi. And I’m sorry, it won’t happen again.”

After that, the waiter returned with our food and as we began to eat, we spoke about a lot of things relating to our past. Apparently, while I was hurting from heartbreak five years ago, he had also been yearning for me but had to stay Ari because of his parents.

caught Aisha cheating, would you have called off the wedding?” I asked at a point and this

he snorted.

day. I knew she had been cheating on me for a long while, but I never

“Wow.”

“Yeah. I was still gonna marry her that way even though my heart was with someone else, but after you rejected

years. However, seeing you with my brother was kinda the last straw, and the thought of you being with him while I got stuck in a loveless marriage with Aisha was just too much for me, so I brought up Aisha’s cheating as an excuse for

I whispered, cause that seemed to

up coming to pass, that his

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way, I owe my thanks to Zane for making

pulled out of my

me mad? If it was a ruse, I have to admit that it did its job cause

Zane and I never really dated, but I felt conflicted right now, so I ended up lying, cause for some reason, it felt

admitted and Marco huffed, clearly

least you’re done with him now.” He muttered

“Yes, of course.”

this time. “Was he mad when you broke things with him?” He asked and I

don’t know?” I muttered and he laughed, till

seen his face when he did that. Women never rejects him and

clearing my throat, hating that we were talking about Zane right now. I didn’t dump Zane cause we never even dated, but I doubt he’d get mad if we had actually

him the two of us right now, then we’ll get to see his angry face.” Marco

heartbeat accelerated again. Seeing Zane’s face right now would