Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 100

Chapter 100

Addison

AU

| was in the passenger seat of Zane’s car, with my phone gripped tightly in my hands and his jacket still hanging

off my shoulders. My phone was ringing again and Marco was the one still calling but | still felt hesitant to accept

the call cause guilt was at the forefront of my mind right now. When | glanced over at Zane, he had an eyebrow

arched as he nodded at the phone.

“Are you gonna answer that?” He asked and | shrugged, briefly biting at the inside of my cheek for a moment

before | looked down at my phone again.

“Wouldn't he suspect something?” | asked quietly and he didn’t respond until | looked over at him to watch him

let out a small laugh with a shrug.

“Well, do you think I care if he does suspect something?” He asked before shaking his head. “What if that's

exactly what | want? For him to finally suspect something?” He drawled and my eyes widened as | gaped at him.

A few seconds passed by before he rolled his eyes and wavedoff.

“Relax, I'm just saying, doesn’t mean that’s what I'm doing just yet. If | do want him to know, I'd kiss you right in

front of him.”

Color flooded my face as my mouth fell open. “You wouldn't dare!”

He snorted and gripped his steering wheel. “That's what you think,”

| let out a breathless exhale as | looked over the window, my stomach in nervous knots while guilt clogged my

throat. | looked down at my phone before letting out a small sigh, then | looked over at Zane who was about to

pull out of the spot he packed in. His car got brought around the back of the hall where we exited without

attracting any kind of attention.

“Before we leave, can you briefly go back in there?” | asked and Zane frowned at me.

“Why?” He asked as his brows furrowed a little. | let out a sigh and dragged a finger through my hair before

speaking.

“Well, | want you to go in like all is normal and see if Marco speaks to you about me. You can just act like you

don’t know where | am right now, just so that he wouldn't have second thoughts that I'm Witt you right now.”

“And why would | agree to do that?” He demanded and | huffed, flopping into the seat.

“To save my relationship. This is important. Zane.” | sighed and Zane rolled his eyes.

“Yeah, right. But it’s no concern of mine. | won't be doing that, cause it's not like I'm the biggest fan of your

relationship, you know how | feel about it.” He informedand | sighed before stiffly nodding.

“Oh, | know, cause you remindevery damn time. You don’t respect my relationship, you don’t think it’s real

and you think I'm wasting my time.” | breathed out, huffing in frustration at the end of my sentence and Zane

barked out a laugh by the t| was done.

“Damn, well at least you're self aware.” He drawled and | scoffed.

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“I don’t agree with all that | just said, | was just saying what you always say or imply.” | pointed out while he

snorted.

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“But | never lie though, that’s the thing.” He remindedbut | scoffed and glanced away, watching as he

started up his car again and began to pull out of the parking spot. He really wasn’t gonna go back in to take off

any suspiciousness that | left with him. How the hell was | even gonna explain this to Marco? Would he even

believe me?

My stomach was in nervous knots as the car got pulled into the road before speeding off, my eyes still staring

out the window.

“I hate you.” | breathed out but Zane snorted, completely unfazed.

“You'll thankfor this soon.” He informedjust even though | vehemently disagree with him, u didn’t bother

responding to him. At the end of the day, | have no idea than to call Marco and explain something worth

believing to him while hoping that he buys it. This would be happening right now if Zane hadn't ccorner me

in the restroom. Now he was even allowed into the female restroom and the fact that we weren't disturbed one

bit until we were done was still so baffling to me. I let out a sigh, glancing down at my phone for a few moments,

then | grabbed it and dialed Marco's phone number.

“Where have you been??!!” He demanded right after he accepted the call. His voice was sharp but also filled

with worry and | winced, exhaling long and hard while guilt churned within me, then I spoke.

“I'm so sorry, Marco. | had to leave early for the sleepover with Gregg.” | said into the phone, staring out the

window as | listened to Marco ask if | was being serious right now.

“Why did you leave without saying goodbye at least? Without informing me? I'd have dropped you off, for one.”

He pointed out and once again, | hated Zane for the bites he littered the side of my thrust with, which were the

main reason why | didn’t go back into the party.

“I'm so sorry, he calledthat the sleepover started earlier than planned and he forgot to callthis morning

ti update me. We were all supposed to see a particular movie by that time, which was why | had to leave at that

point.” | breathed into the phone and Marco let out a high, still not sounding pleased niybst least he wasn't as

mad as | had been fearing this whole time, but that didn’t makefeel less guilty presently.

“I was actually worried about you, that something had happened to you or something. You were supposed to go

to the restroom and then suddenly you were nowhere in sight anymore.” As he spoke, before | could even say

anything in response, he added. “Or did you leave because of Zane's unexpected arrival?”

My eyes widened at the mention of Zane’s nand | coughed and sat up fast, my heart lodged in my throat

right now as | exhaled shakily. “What?!” | cried out and he made a low sigh.

“I noticed that you grew uncomfortable after he arrived. Was that why you left earlier than expected? Because

he made you uncomfortable?”

My heart was pounding so hard against my ribs as | listened to him speak, hating that he was bringing up Zane

right now, cause he was right besideright now, which was makingfeel way more guilty.

“I- no, that wasn’t it.” | began slowly while Marco huffed.

“You don’t have to lie, Addi. | don’t care about him anyway. You're both exes now, aren't you? It’s normal for you

to be uncomfortable around him, but truly if you had stayed back, you'd have beccomfortable again

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cause he left a long tago, long before you even went missing.” He explained and | made a choked sound

cause | suddenly had nothing to say right now.

“1. I don’t know about Zane right now.” | begs, watching as Zane shota Quick Look, his eyebrow arched for a

moment as | looked away and continued. “I'm really at Gregg’s, that’s why | left early,

“What about if | cover for a bit? Would your friend mind if | crash their sleepover a little? Just for a little

while,” he proposed and | was frozen in place and too shocked to speak at first until a few seconds then I let out

a choked sound.

“What??” | cried out, my heart pounding so hard within my chest. “You can’t, the guys aren't gonna appreciate it

at all. You can meet them all sother time, not when we're all in our nightwear.” | pointed out and that

seemed to finally make sense to Marco cause he let out a sound that just madeknow he was nodding his

head right now.

“Alright.” He finally agreed. “That makes total sense. | guess we'll get to hang oot soon again, right?” He

mimicked and | agreed wholeheartedly, listening as he said a few more words tobefore ending it with the

signature word.

“I love you.”

I let out an exhale, my stomach knotting With guilt as | spoke.

“I love you too,”

After the call ended, I let out a long exhale, slumping against the window and feeling all the strength melt right

out from my veins. | suddenly felt drained to the core and sick to my stomach. What was | even doing anyway?

What do | even call this? Cheating on my boyfriend with his olde brother of all people? That's the low of all lows.

“That was disgusting.” Zane’s smooth voice echoed from right besideand when | glanced over at him, he

rolled his eyes and looked back at the diss.

“Listening to you lie your ass off just now. It was so smooth, like a pro at work.” He noted, his lips twitching and |

felt guilt stab through my stomach.

“Don’t say that, it just makesfeel much worse.” | sighed out as | pushed my hair out of my face. Slumming

even deeper into the seat.

| expected him to laugh ator something, but instead he just remained silent and focused on the road, but

that madefeel much worse and like the guilt was biting atfrom every part of my body.

“Just say whatever it is that you wanna say.” | finally got out through gritted teeth as I sat up.

Zane shot a glance over atbefore snorting. “What?”

| pursed my lips. “You definitely want to say something, | know it. So just... say it.” | pointed out and he rolled his

eyes and resumed driving, and he didn’t stop till we were at a red light, then he focused his full attention on me

as he spoke.

“I think you just don’t know what you want.”

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As his words danced through my mind, | felt a frown slowly settled over my face as I tried to figure out what he

meant right now.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s right there. You're confused.” He stated and my frown deepened. A little feeling of irritation rolled down my

spine cause | genuinely still don’t understand what he meant right now.

“I... I don’t... understand what you mean.” | stated along with a tiny shrug. Zane didn’t even seem fazed, he just

resumed driving once the lights turned green.

“What | mean is, what do you want in the relationship you're presently in?” He asked and I blinked slowly, my

mind wandering as the question echoed through my mind.

“I want a lot of things. It’s not even that hard to list them cause I've always known what | want.” | tell him before

adding. “I want love, | want happiness, | want peace, | want... a lot of things which | used to dream of as a child

in a relationship.”

Once | was done, Zane let out a low hum and belly glanced over atbefore speaking.

“And so you get any of that from yoor present relationship?” He asked and my mouth opened, already ready to

respond but | stopped halfway and blinked cause no response was coming forth. | blinked a few times before

slowly letting my mouth fall close, then Zane was snorting and sending one more glance my way.

“That’s what | thought.”

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