Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 13

Zane

| was feeling quite irritated.

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Addison is way hopeless than | could have anticipated. When Gregg said she still wasn’t over her ex, i never

could have imagined it was this bad.

This was makingvery annoyed, cause it means making her fall formight be way harder than | predicted.

The fact that she still seeks out his approval was proof enough of that.

Anger flooded my insides towards Marco.

Fuck ass Marco, who still loves Addison, but is content to have her at his side as his friend till

whenever it gets convenient for him to finally let her into his life. It’s too fucking bad for him that | was already in

the process of putting a halt to that plan of his.

When we had been at the beach, he had spent half the tglaring at me, then the remaining half, he spent it

checking out Addison in the ridiculously revealing bikini | had her wear today. | was certain Addison was

completely unaware of Marco's eyes on her throughout the whole twe spent at the beach, which was a good

thing.

She didn’t need to know that Marco still liked her, cause | plan to make her fall forafter all. She just needs to

keep believing that we're both working towards getting Marco to notice her.

Most of the guys who had their own girlfriends present had subtly checked Addison out down at the beach, and

that had clearly angered Marco, which was why he told her he was disappointed she wore

something that revealing.

If only he knew how | plan to make Addison fall forand completely get over him. That's something that’s

gonna utterly break Marco, and it's exactly what I’m aiming for.

| stared down at Addison still in my arms, her lips looking real kissable right now, and | was mildly looking

forward to when we’d get an excuse to kiss again, just so | can draw those cute sounds from

her throat.

As soon as we stepped outside the house, to where a fire was burning and everyone were already seated around

it, the guys hooted on noticing us and | gently settled Addison down, making sure that my hands lingered on her

waist, and at once, | felt Marco glaring daggers at me.

“Remember our plan tonight?” | murmured against her car, enjoying the way she shivered against me.

“Yeah.” She nodded, then we were sitting side by side, right in front of Marco and Aisha, who instantly

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glared at Addison.

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When my eyes met with Marco, he was scowling at me, hatred filing his eyes. | rolled my eyes and ignored him,

choosing to wrap my arm around Addison and tug her close to me.

“Now, the games can finally get started!” One of the guys whose n| don’t remember, yelled out as he

handed out drinks to Addison and myself.

I I usually refrain from physical contact except when necessary, but now, | have been doing a lot of that with this

woman since last night, cause I'm hoping all of this would make her fall foreven faster.

The faster she falls for me, the faster Marco would call off this ridiculous wedding in order to chase after her,

which would automatically leave my inheritance safe till i successfully win the twisted gbeing wielded

againstby my family.

“Now, we'll start off with truth or dare!” The sguy who I'd be assuming is hosting tonight's game,

announced and everyone hooted, holding their beers in the air.

“You've played this gbefore, right?” | murmured quietly to Addison who scoffed, then she

elbowedhard.

“Of course | have, | know how it works.” She snapped in a quiet voice and | resisted the urge to laugh.

Whenever she gets annoyed, she managed to look even more adorable to me.

“You're suffocating her,” Marco bit out, pointing to Addison, who shook her head then leaned it against my

shoulder.

“I'm okay, Marco.” She assured him with a warm smile on, and | liked the look of rage on Marco's face

as he glared at me.

| liked Addison’s response just now, and | fully approved of it. Perhaps her head is really back in the

game.

My phone chose that moment to ring, and | excused myself to go answer it, cause it was from my

grandfather.

“Hey, gramps.” | mumbled into the phone once | was at a far distance from the gathering.

My grandfather, the father of my father, was the only one on my side right now. The rest of my family has turned

against me, and because of what? Only because of a stupid fucking lie.

Everything my father owns, is from my grandfather, which is why now, my grandfather is behindsuccessfully

getting my inheritance back, cause he initially willed everything over toafter my

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father tried to deceive and betray him.

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“How are you? You getting along with your brother just fine?” He asked and | rolled my eyes. My poor

grandfather thought | was really here to nicely speak to Marco and convince him to step down from what

rightfully belongs to me.

“Of course, gramps.” | murmured. “And you? How are you? Are the meds helping today?”

He was presently sick, and has been sick for the past few years. After he fell sick, he was unable to handle his

investments and riches himself. That's the point my father began to steal his investments, and when he noticed,

he pushed my father away, pulledcloser, and fully trustedwith everything he had. He then willed

everything to me, but my father managed to get his hand on the will, had it altered, and moved the inheritance

to Marco instead. Cause if it all goes to Marco, they'd share the inheritance equally, so that was my father’s

Safest bet. He'd have willed the inheritance to himself after getting a hold of the will, instead of Marco, but

there's only so much altering that could be done to the will, so he had to settle with using Marco to get

everything from me.

After a few more exchanges between myself and my grandfather, the call cto an end and | returned back to

the gathering around the fire.

As | got closer, sof their conversations started reaching me.

“Admit it, you might be in a relationship with his brother, but you're still not over Marco.” One of the guys was

saying to Addison, then they were all laughing and urging her to admit it.

| could see Addison's face darken with color all the way from here, and | shook. my

head.

It was truly pathetic that literally everyone are able to easily see through her, and more pathetic that they've all

clearly witnessed her so love sick over Marco, which is why they love to tease her about it, and | feel a little sorry

for her, for falling for someone as horrible as Marco.

“I'm really not, guys! Please stop bringing it up, it's getting annoying!” Addison finally gritted out in

response.

At least she was able to speak back. If not, her pathetic-ness would be so much worst.

Besides, | still couldn't understand how she’s unable to move on from a relationship that happened. five years

ago.

“Oh, yeah? Okay. | dare you to go over to him and kiss Marco right now.” One of the guys said, and the rest of

the guys were instantly on board. Most of the girls present laughed, but | noticed that Aisha and a few of her

friends weren't present any longer.

When Addison remained silent instead of instantly shutting down that ridiculous dare and reminding

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them that she has a boyfriend, | decided to head back to the gathering right now before she does something

stupid like actually going over to kiss him. | wouldn't put it past her, knowing how love sick she is, she might be

unable to fight against the urge to do that.

As soon as | sat beside Addison and draped a hand over her shoulder, she flushed as our gazes met, and | just

know she’d have really gone over if | hadn't arrived right now.

“She can’t do that, cause her boyfriend is here beside her. If she’s to kiss anyone, it should obviously be me.”

Lannounced, and the boys groaned while slaughed, and others nodded,

“Uh, y- yeah.” Addison mumbled, unable to meet my gaze, and | snorted.

I'd have to have a talk with her again once we're alone. She really was a love sick fool.

“You're ruining all the fun!” Marco snapped, and my gaze snapped up to him as he continued. “Of course, | never

expected Addison to actually do the dare since she’s such a prude.” He snapped and everyone laughed. Beside

me, | felt Addison stiffen and recoil into herself.

“You have a fiancee, brother. You definitely shouldn’t have agreed to the dare in the first place, your should have

shot it down.” | pointed out calmly, and the silence that settled over us was quite heavy, till Marco spluttered.

“It was just a harmless dare, and everyone are adults and matured here, so it doesn’t mean anything. and me

having a fiancee doesn’t have anything to do with this. And like | said, | didn’t shut the dare down cause | just

knew she wouldn’t agree to do it cause she’s always been a boring prude since I've known her. If | knew she was

gonna do it, of course I'd have shut it down cause she’s literally my friend and nothing more, so why would | ever

wanna kiss her even as a dare?” He snapped again.

Addison stiffened even more beside me, and | hated that his words always managed to affect her this much. |

just know she’s already second guessing her entire existence right now. Truly, | feel very sorry for her that she

fell in love with my brother. Anyone else would have been better than him.

Now, this is where | cinto the picture; I'll uplift her and make her feel better, then in no time, she'd have

fully fallen forbefore she even realizes it.

“Well, she’s not a prude. She just didn’t do the stupid dare cause unlike others, she’s loyal to me.” | breathed

out, and everyone focused onagain. | could feel Marco glaring daggers atas | turned to face Addison and

took her chip in my hand so she was facing me

Her eyes were a little glassy, like she had been on the verge of tears, which she slowly blinked away as she

stared up at me. | stared at her for a moment longer before closing the distance us and taking her mouth in a

searing kiss.

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She whimpered, a tiny sound which i muffled and drank down as | sucked her bottom lip into my

mouth.

She had lied when she claimed my kisses made her feel nothing. | could feel her tremble againstright now,

and | could see her nipples harden through her shirt right now.

How cutely she’d respond if | twerk one of those buds, or lap at them with my tongue...

| was about to deepen the kiss when the guys began to groan about us getting a room, then | gently broke the

kiss, my eyes instantly locking with Marco's furious ones.

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