Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 58

Chapter 58

Addison

Mrs Carter spluttered. “W- what?”

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Zane didn’t say anything else, he didn’t move from his spot by the door either, he just shoved his hands into his pockets and arched a brow at Marco.

That seemed to finally snap Marco into action cause he moved through the crowd in the next moment and came to stand beside me, but right now, the amount of anger that consumed me was unlike anything I’ve ever felt, which was why when he placed a hand over my shoulder, I tried shaking it off but he held on firmly as he faced his mother.

“Mum, you- you can’t send her away, she’s here as my guest tonight. Not just as a guest, but as my girlfriend” He revealed and everyone gasped around us. My heart dropped into my stomach at those words instead of it fluttering and for some weird reason, I dreaded glancing over at the oak doors to see Zane’s reaction right

now.

“What? You can’t be serious!” His mother cried out, her eyes blown wide as she looked between myself and her son.

Marco didn’t back down and instead pressed further. “She’s really my girlfriend, mother. We’re together, so go easy on her, okay?”

scoff

easy on

irritated cause he was only speaking up after Zane arrived and asked him that question. Which means if Zane hasn’t arrived and done that, he’d have let me keep getting humiliated till I get sent home? We talked about this at the restaurant yesterday, and he revealed that he never defended me and only humiliated me in public to convince himself he didn’t care about me. But now we were officially dating since last night, he was

few more back and forths, his

my shoulders and spinned me around, his gaze sliding

down as I spoke. “Is there

a normal day. I’d be shy and giddy to step in here cause of what it implies, but right now,

the door was closed after him. I whirled around till I was

on? You’re supposed to readily defend me in moments like that!” I cried out and he sighed, his lips pursed and his hands running

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hurt by that before tonight, so I guess that made me just freeze up and disconnect with the entire thing.” He explained, a pained

muttered and he nodded jerkily. I bit on my bottom lip, unsure of what to say. I guess I could try to understand him right now, but I do wish that he had

hurt and embarrassed by his mother’s statement. I was still angry, but I shoved my anger away as I moved towards Marco and cupped

thinking of a way to make him feel better. I hated whenever he was sad, and although I felt like I didn’t do anything wrong to apologize, it just felt like an apology was the best I could do right now, seeing as I couldn’t turn back

“I’m sorry,”

around me